Been gone awhile, and it ain't over yet.... Here's the story.

[ggiese]

I got married.













Long story short...


Whirlwind 6 month long distance romance. She's from Iran, actually I was born there but left shortly after cause of the revolution.... I don't speak Farsi by the way, just German.... Anyways, if I were to go there I would have to join the army for 2 years, among other bullshit, so we met in Austria for a month(My mothers homeland), and married on July 1st 2011..... 7 days later I was back in Canada and shortly after getting refused two tourist visas to Canada she's back in Iran. Now I'm balls deep in forms and applications to get her permanent residency, which could take a year. Oh, one more fact, my family has known her family for more than 40 years, although they had nothing to do with us hooking up, just a nice coincidence.... So sorry about my inactivity lately, and i don't know how active I can be for the immediate future, but I will be poking around

Wish me luck on the application if you can... It's been super hard, a roller coaster of emotions and stress hehe But nothing good in life is ever easy, right???


Still smokin' like mad when I can though, like now Keeps me sane

That's awesome! She must be a very special lady for you to be going through all of this...

A good friend of mine emigrated from China many, many moons ago - and it was necessary he leave his wife behind. It took him years to sort through all the red tape. An arduous journey, but the reunion was incredibly special.

I hope your situation does not take years to resolve and it is relatively painless (...not sure about that, though - those Canadian Customs and Immigration agents are something "special" ) - but know there is light at the end of that tunnel. And - it will be incredibly special when you two are finally together.