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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > im going to US in a week Author Post miss Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 4/18/2008 2:51:47 AM   Here in Ukraine we have a long hollidays on May and i planned my vocation to visit my host family and a boyfriend. I have been living in the US in an american family for one year as an exchange student. But i dont know what to bring with me as a gifts. Maybe those of you who have been already in Ukraine found here something nice.... I know my boyfriend likes our dark chocolate with a wholes :)but i dont want to bring just a chocolate. I will appreciate your advices Land of oz Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 4/18/2008 7:33:02 AM   Gift giving is not as prominent in the US as it is in the Fsu so gifts will not be expected. I am sure you want to give something that will be remembered anyhow. You must also think of size for packing. I think the most valued gift I have received from over there is a coffee mug with my friends photos on it. Also you have wonderful artwork such as refrigerator magnets, eggs, painted plates, banners, the dolls inside each other, and other small things that either say you or the area you are from. This is the area I would look in. The last time I was there a dear friend gave me a big pencil made out of a tree branch that had the name of her city on it. It is a very unique gift and I have not seen something like it before. This is the kind of gifts I would appreciate. Zabava Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 4/22/2008 12:22:16 AM   Hi Miss, Here are some more ideas for you. You can surprise your American family with some simple but very special gifts. The host may enjoy a hand crafted dining set such as a tablecloth and napkins. Your friends will be excited to receive some books about Ukraine, a poster or a calendar. Another gift idea for your boyfriend can be a teeshirt with a logo of Ukrainian soccer team or with a name of a famous soccer player on a back. Americans like unique and trendy style so this teeshirt will be something that nobody else will have. Also, you will never go wrong with matreshka or wooden salt and pepper set for a gift. Kirkland Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 4/22/2008 5:40:21 PM   A Rostov watch. jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 4/22/2008 5:50:22 PM   How about a fake Rolex from the local market? I paid the equivalent of $3.00 for one in Moldova (an Oyster with calendar the text on the watch said - but there was no calendar window on the watch itself. Must have been a Rolex factory second.) Sadly my $3.00 Rolex, never kept good time and stopped working altogether within 6 months. It seems that you just can't buy a good $3.00 Rolex anymore. realsweetdeal Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 4/22/2008 10:48:38 PM   Gifts don't mean jack to most american men, I think your smile will be more than enough. Land of oz Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 4/25/2008 12:12:16 AM   Never give a ukrainian a watch or expect one from them. It may be the last present you give her :-(. colin Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 4/25/2008 5:58:46 AM   oh whats that about watchs oz? colin Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 4/25/2008 6:10:05 AM   darn landofoz I bought a couple of watchs as presents a few weeks ago just googled what you said ! ' Ukranian old wives tales'don't give a watch or a clock as a present because the time of your relationship with that person will not be long" I dont belive in stuff like that but hey who wants to take chances..... OM Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 4/25/2008 8:13:47 AM   Why Land of Oz I meet a lady she did not have a watch and she told me she does not need one, that people with no watch live happier and longer But on my last day at the airport she was trying to find the time and her mobile did not had batery I gave her my watch it was a Nike sport not expensive she knew it was about 150 dollars she smile and said i do not need it but kept it/ I think had crafted gift which are nice in Ukraine always nice or small porcelain pieces from Ukraine will be also nice. I will avoid Russian gifts. No food can get into US so worth but chocolates can come so mix from Milk chocolates and Mix of dark chocolates will be also very nice Young boys like hats or T shirts with Ukrainian words be sure the shirts are not with rudes jokes My kids and I love these kind of gifts or souvenirs so are my friends little price but always nice to have something little for each person and chocolates are easy or baseball hats. And for the family or house a table cover hand made or a piece of woodcraft for the kitchen will be a good gift OM miss Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 4/25/2008 10:47:31 AM   Thanks guys. I think ive got some nice gifts. Hope everybody will be happy. I know it is not necessary but i will love to bring something from my country. :) about watch as a gift...I personaly do not think that this is a bad gift. Land of Oz, it is not true! Although....some people think that this is a not good sign..."if you get a watch from you bf/gf...means you will break up soon"...its just superstition thanks again Land of oz Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 4/25/2008 10:44:29 PM   I will agree that it is superstition and I do not take stock in it. But if your lady does it is not a good plan. I had read about this before and when in Ukraine the last time just out of the blue as we walked my friend told me never give a clock or watch as a gift. It made me smile. I told her that I had heard about this but my smile was caused by the fact that she was concerned that I would do something that would jeopardize our relations. Her motive not her advice was the part that was priceless. And she quoted the same thing as miss posted. "if you get a watch from you bf/gf...means you will break up soon". jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 4/26/2008 2:28:04 PM   I had never heard of the superstition about the watch either - until I went to Yalta last August with my girlfriend. She found a watch at the market (not very expensive) that she really wanted. As it was we began to quarrel A LOT right afterward and even considered breaking up. After we made up much later, and in retrospect she thought about it, she was CONVINCED that it was the WATCH that made us do argue! She mentioned something about a "custom" regarding the watch and decided she had to take it back - but then she decided instead to give it to her SISTER. She only told me about all of this later whan I had already returned to America. You see, while at the airport in Paris, I bought her a watch showing the Eifel Tower (a monument she loves). It was THEN that she told me the details about the watch superstition. I asked her what to do. Fianlly I suggested that I could SELL her the watch. SHe was sending me some photos in tha mail anyway and I suggested that she tuck a grievna inside to pay for the watch. SHe agreed and all was well. thomasm3 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 4/28/2008 6:36:21 PM   Indeed, when I presented my gf a watch, she just paid me 10 grivna or so...otherwise it's bad luck :-) Your Reply: Your name:   New Registration Password:   Forgot password?   refresh Code:   Russian brides > Main Forum > im going to US in a week
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