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- Dec 18, 2018
Yeah, the citizenship angle never made much sense to me, because it's just not as simple as marrying a Canadian to get citizenship here. Salad would have had a lot of other options, none of which would require him being in the physical presence of Chantal. This has to be about money, either through leveraging her YouTube channel for his own benefit, or roping her into some shady investment scheme, or both, or similar. And Chantal can tell herself it's no different than paying Nader's rent, which she was more than willing to do if only he'd pretend to love her. She doesn't realize how much control she'd be giving up, and how she'd be left with nothing when he decides she's not worth humoring anymore.I don't think Salad can leave Kuwait or travel internationally. According to new sources most Syrians in Kuwait had their passports canceled a few years back. If Salad didn't do mandatory military service in Syria, and since he's alive and in Kuwait he didn't, then Syria won't renew any passport for him if he applies. He could be stuck in Kuwait not matter what, so why not get a dumb fat Canadian over to milk for a few months.
I cannot figure out how he could get to Canada other than as a refugee, which has nothing to do with marriage. But Chantal can't get hubby on a plane without valid passport. I'm sure he has a plan, but I'm not sure even marriage can help with his citizenship if he's a illegal Syrian in Kuwait.
ETA: Chantal can marry Salad as a non-muslim and she wouldn't need male permission because she's not muslim, even if she's running around in a hijab.
Ironically, Chins could actually use a guardian to protect her from these sorts of schemes. Salad cannot believe his luck, I'm sure.
Edit: Actually, if things were even slightly different, Chantal could actually be very happy with this arrangement. She can leave the boring, complicated financial stuff to Salad and just make videos to satisfy her narcissistic need for attention at all times. She would, in this fantasy, be bringing in most of the money with her YouTube channel, with whatever income he makes (perhaps from his genius investments) making up any shortfalls and serving as extra spending money -- which would mean she'd still have quite a bit of power in the relationship and he could never leave her or take another wife, since she'd just stop making videos. If he were able to travel, then she could tour around the Middle East doing her stupid videos, talking about ME culture and delving into the challenges she faces as a Western woman (which a different YouTuber could make interesting and lucrative). They could even do an actual couples channel. Hell, he could play his fucking Casio and she could warble into a rose gold mic with heavy reverb and she could tell herself she was a popstar.
There's actually a lot of wholesome potential here, if you're willing to avoid acknowledging reality in any way. Which is Chantal's forte.
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