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Levon, Each to his own. If you love her,hold on to her.

People,let's hear what are turn offs for you regarding the opposite sex.Here's a short list of mine. tattos piercings(except for ear) long nails extra long hair excessive make-up excessive jewelry punk and hippy outlook chewing gum

Heaven is where all the cooks are Armenian all the cops are British all the lovers are French and everything is organised by the Germans Hell is where all the cooks are British all the cops are French all the lovers are German and everything is organised by the Armenians

I think in this issue the most important element is self-confidence or rather lack of it.I tend to agree with Azat's mentioning that this is more of a problem in US. than in Europe.Apart from being more overweight,there is also the matter of work-inspired way of life in US. where people tend to be more depressed and along with that lack self-confidence. In the case of Armenian women who live in a relatively conservative community we can divide it to two phases;pre-marriage and post-marriage.Armenian women who are brought up with the sense that whose primary objective is to find a husband and play the role of the good wife and mother,in the pre-marriage phase are more vulnerable to these beauty concernes.Thinking about the issue that an Armenian woman who reaches the age of 30 and is still unmarried is regarded a spinster they naturally are more concerned about their beauty.In the post-marriage phase having accomplished their primary goal results in an increased self-confidence which(together with the knowledge of the low divorce rate in the Armenian community)in effect reduce these concernes in a significant amount if not completely. ps.I can't resist stating that these observations come from a 37 year old single Armenian guy.

Azat thanks for the tip!!! Not only his name is spelled Martin,but also his surname is spelled as Yorgantz.In France he is known with the name Marten Yorganz and that's where I was misleaded.

Anybody have any idea where can I find works of Marten Yorganz?I tried narek to no avail.

Here are my all time favorites.Among them there may be some names you haven't heard of;if so,I recommend you check them out. 1.Joe Dassin 2.Mireille Matthieu 3.Enrico Macias 4.Beatles 5.ABBA 6.Smokie 7.Barbara Streisand 8.Bee Gees 9.Chris De Burgh 10.Cat Stevens 11.Foreigner 12.Supertramp 13.Nicolas De Angelis 14.Richard Clayderman 15.Yanni 16.Jose Feliciano 17.Joan Baez 18.Kenny Rogers 19.Eagles 20.Phil Collins

Any members who are into Greek music I recommend you to check out Giannis Parios.He is one of my favorites.

Azat I'm in northern Jersey very close to Manhattan.(Oradell,Bergen County)It has been close to 2 years that I left Istanbul and came here.

By the way we have a saying in Turkish.It might be considered a bit macho but it is:you get to know the true face of your friend on three occations.At the gambling table,at the drinking table and while traveling.These are when people cannot hide their true character.

Dear Boghos The upper middle class life you refer to happens to be the life of the majority of the Armenians living in Istanbul.And these Armenians don't encounter animosity in their everyday life.But if you go up one level to politics,press,media etc. that doesn't happen to be the case.But even then the hostility at that level is not targeted to the Armenians living in Turkey.Of course there may be incidents of the opposite,but generally speaking the Armenians living in Turkey right now are in peace.

Kazza, I believe what you've heard should be "orospu chocugu" and that would mean son of a gun(unmodified of course).

In the tread "Turkish Friend" many people have posted their feelings about the subject but the concept of friendship I see differs from individual to individual.While some may regard the smallest bit of acquaintance as friendship for some it goes much deeper.What are the essentials for you to call someone "a true friend"?

Ok,here it goes. This is my first post.Since I was born and raised in Istanbul I am inclined to make a few comments on this subject.In the course of my 35 years in Turkey I had a number of friends and the majority of them were naturally Turkish.Along with that I had quite a few Turkish girlfriends too.With some of them I had a serious relationship,but parted not because of racial issues but rather the usual reasons why relationships end.I never encountered any hostility due to my race from the people I met in the couse of my lifetime,but rather I was welcome especially to prove that race would never be an issue of hostility.And many times it was even stated that way. I don't have any hard feelings against today's Turks.I still communicate with my friends over there and in spite of the distance we try to keep in touch.