lol, the big moment has arrvied, 5 months to the day of meeting her, she arrives at Heathrow, thought this day would never come. I wish everyone on here, the same good fortune as myself.......
I hope we stil have plenty of Trad int eh forum - when takig a break from other things of course. We need to be kept informed of how adjustment is going. (Thats important too.)
Toad - thre is a lot more to bring a Russian woman over to live with you than just bringing a Russian woman over to live with you.
Our cultures have been seperated for all intents and purposes for hundreds of years (not just those of post WW2 and the Cold War). You would be greatly underestimating the differences if you think that all things will be hunkydory after you carry her over your threshold (or hedonistically - have some you paid carry her over your threshold for you).
In Moldova there are no large department stores - no Walmarts or Kmarts (whether that is good or bad not withstanding it is a fact), clothes are generlly washed byhand and hung up to dry. And interpersonal relationships are different completely. Trads lady does not speak English very well so communication will be different. The west is a different world from the east.
No doubt trad will have A LOT to say - though if he is like a few past forum members who contributed after bringing their ladies over (wtrav comes to mind) much of his input will be jointly written by both of them.
Actually bringing your lady over is not the end of the story. Its simply Chapter 2.
As woman who have boyfriend from UK, from Wales borders actually, I dont find any cultural separation. Large deparment store isnt cultural difference and belive, its smarter to hung up clothes dry (lost some of my best things to drier). I havent much trouble to communicate to my boyfriends family either, Liverpool accent is a bit hard to understand though. My friend from Estonia married to brit from Oxford and after 2 years she works as teacher at school! Maybe people from Moldova arent the brightest stars, but I dont think things are so bad as that description here!
Annika77 - I try to stay away from classifying differences in culture as "good" or "bad". That isn't the point. But they are different. And people respond to their surroundings, familiarity or lack offely.
It isn't a matter of rich or poor, good or bad, bright stars or not - it is just that things are absolutely different - and that extends into interpersonal relationships, cultural norms and value (oh great...now you've got be doing sociobabble).
I should explain - I have a cordless keyboard. And it seems that the batteries are getting weak. Every time I turn my swivel chair (and I do that a lot) I notice letters and words that have not shown on the screen that I know I typed in. I go back and correct most of them - till I can go out and buy batteries.
So its my keyboard and not me that accounts for the missing letters and words. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
And as for the words with extra letters and those just spelled wrong.... did I mention that I am also doing a tumbling routine... so I think sometimes my keyboard is upside down resulting in extra and juxtaposed letters... er my key board is drinking and ah...
What are these differences?
Im thinking that Siberia and Moldova, Ukraine and Usbekistan, Belorussia and Georgia are
different and nothing to do with FSU, they always have been!
I personally find wumen values are really high in UK, because in Estonia nobody havent
enough patient to stay home with teenage kids and take dust from carpets as it is in UK.
the perciev and interact in a good or a bad way, lol...(sorry, couldn't help poking holes at jet's efforts..:)
I think with you on one important thing, Jet. I am convinced the harder part starts when she finally arrives here, not getting her here.
gggee...if spending the cost of courtship, filing paperwork and waiting a few months for your woman to show were the hardest parts of marriage, then nobody would be getting a divorce.
Hi Everyone, been busy:-))))
What can I say, fantastic so far....I live in a small village in the middle of nowhere and was really worried she would hate it, but she is ok. 2nd day she was a little homesick and wanted to go home, but since then, it has exceeeded all my expectations, took her to musical theatre in the west end of London last night and she loved it, have settled down to living together very easily, no annoying habits on either side and getting on very well with her daughter and my daughter, ist day back at work today, so she will be home alone for 12 hrs, update as soon as possible