This is a tough one all around.
What I want to know is how do we all feel after seeing the previews for the next part of Bringing Katherine back???
I mean, I'm someone who knows I guess you could say second hand about this. I have a cousin who married a man from the Middle East. We all thought very highly of him. He had been in the country for about 5 years when he and Lori met. They married and had a child. A son. He was pretty much the perfect son in law. He was well educated and became an Engineer taking care of Lori and their son very well.
Like I said, he was the perfect son in law, perfect husband, the whole package.
About the time that their son was 3 Aman asked Lori if she would come with him to his country to see his parents. His mother and father had only seen pictures of their grandson and were very eager to meet him in person as well as their daughter in law.
Lori was hesitant at first not because of Aman at all, but because of the things that she had heard about other women and their stories.
My Aunt and Uncle were beside themselves with worry and fear. They didn't want Aman to feel like they didn't want him to be able to go back to see his family either with his son, but Aman was totally understanding.
In the end though, they did go to the Middle East and were there for vacation for 2 months. Every day that they were gone my Aunt and Uncle lived in total fear that they may not ever see their daughter and grandson and son in law for that matter ever again. I mean, they had this horrible fear and they had known Aman's parents and become relitively close with them through email and telephone. But that fear was still there as evident as it is with Shawn and her family about Katherine.
We were lucky because at the end of the vacation, there was no suprise ambush. Lori and Aman both returned to the United States with their son and they have actually since returned two other times for vacations.
This was in the mid 90's when they took their first trip.
I guess the reason that I'm sharing this story is because Lori's story was not a bad one. They had a normal life here but because of the way it is so often in the Middle East, she and her family feared for so many reasons.
Even Aman was very understanding of their concerns.
I don't see that with Abdullah. And after seeing the previews for the next show, I know that her family was right. Usually when you have that feeling in your gut like Shawn has, it's their for a reason.
I just hope that everything works out.
Thanks for reading my message!!!!
(Original Air Date: 11/15/07) Dr. Phil continues the story of a young woman who made international headlines when she ran away to Palestine to be with a man she met on the Internet when she was just 16. Katherine was stopped by the FBI and brought back home, but two years later and now an adult, she’s left the United States again to be with Abdullah, the man she says she loves and wants to marry. Katherine’s terrified family thinks she is being brainwashed, and may never be allowed to return home. They say they’ve witnessed Abdullah’s violent temper when he’s verbally abused her over the phone. Now, in an exclusive interview via satellite, Dr. Phil speaks with Katherine and Abdullah together. Is Abdullah lying about letting Katherine return home? Is this couple already married? Talk about the show here.
