The middle ground.

recently, I meet this friend I havent seen in a long time, and to my surprise, he was religous (a 180-degree change)... So I thought: "great, good for him!"...

To my dismay, I didnt know the whole truth.

He was religous, but he had extremist views. It truly broke my heart when I found out, and I noticed that no matter how hard I tried, he was just too hard-headed. Reflecting on this, Ive noticed that it is an increasin trend in the UAE to not follow the middle ground, but rather be on either extreme. Take the example of local women, its either that they marry the perfect guy: tall, smart, RICHHH, RICHHH, RICHHH, from so- and -so family or tribe.... OR they dont get married... Im not saying thats its their fault they arent getting married, Im just saying thats the way it is... There are stories to the contrary, but verrrry few.

Think about it, you can see it in nearly all aspects of life here in the UAE two extremes but little or no middle ground.