UK, Ireland / National Holiday To Celebrate Britishness Could Be On It's Way [83]


A better time to have tried to introduce this would have been about 60 years ago.


Then it would technically become "English Day" so why introduce that when there's already St George's day?

UK, Ireland / National Holiday To Celebrate Britishness Could Be On It's Way [83]

How would British day work if Scotland gained independance and Wales refused to be involved?

UK, Ireland / The Poles are Coming documentary [38]

You should be able to watch it online at some point. Well, I'm hoping anyway... :)

News / Should Polish citizens living abroad have the right to vote in elections [69]


Of course. However, the thoughts go both ways. Some think it's becoming a great place to live and others are of the belief that it gets worse. I don't disagree with anybodies views as such but I'll never believe in any system that says people can't vote.

News / Should Polish citizens living abroad have the right to vote in elections [69]

I don't have a problem with someone who has no more ties with Poland not voting, that's fine. However, as is sometimes the case, Poles abroad have close family members in Poland still, parents, siblings etc and I feel they should still be allowed to have a say in how the country is run and I think it would be a sad day if they were ever told they couldn't vote.

News / Should Polish citizens living abroad have the right to vote in elections [69]


I won't disagree with that statement. It is true though that many who do live in Poland have no clue either so it's hard to say that people who aren't living there are any less clued -up or have any less right to vote.

There can never be a final answer to this.

News / Should Polish citizens living abroad have the right to vote in elections [69]

Fair enough, but there are Polish people abroad who would feel they kept themselves well informed (who may visit Poland throughout the year) and who would feel their knowledge is enough to vote in Polish elections.

There's no way to determine whether a person is knowledgeable enough to vote (lets face it, some of the people who are voting in Poland are not clued up enough).

News / Should Polish citizens living abroad have the right to vote in elections [69]

I would be a little skeptical about that also. People don't always leave a place because they truly want to, circumstances may have been out of their control at the time. They might still care very much about Poland and have family there, so why should they be denied the right to help shape the country? As always it's up to the indiviual whether they vote or note, so I suppose if they didn't care, they could always just not vote but I don't think the right should be taken away from them.

News / Should Polish citizens living abroad have the right to vote in elections [69]


What if they made an active effort to keep up with the politics and current affairs of Poland? It's easy to do now, especially with the use of the Internet.

UK, Ireland / The Poles are Coming documentary [38]


Good stuff :) Yeah I am interested in that too.


Good. I can maybe watch it the same night. Cheers :)

UK, Ireland / The Poles are Coming documentary [38]

Cheers szkotja, I knew about it but like you, I haven't tried it yet. I did wonder if they would show the documentary on it after the airing time. I hope so :)

UK, Ireland / The Poles are Coming documentary [38]


Typical, I'll miss it but I'll try and pick it up another time. Is it a new documentary?

UK, Ireland / Polish worker's excuse and a vacuum cleaner (UK) [79]

It's not anti-Polish at all, it just happens to be a Polish guy! Just a pity that the tabloids have nothing better to fill their pages with. Why the Telegraph bothered with it I don't know.

But...er...I wish them both well for the future...

Love / "Let's leave beautiful women for men with poor sexual imagination" [150]


Great! :) I'll just get my sunglasses out right now in anticipation... ;)

Love / "Let's leave beautiful women for men with poor sexual imagination" [150]

:) only because I got caught twice today in freezing, icy rain :S You're right you deserve most of the sun but the UK is tiny, give us some! ;)

Love / "Let's leave beautiful women for men with poor sexual imagination" [150]


I also agree with that completely. Sometimes someone may not be the prettiest but then you get to know them and right there is a fantastic personality that brings out the beauty.

Sometimes a girl (or guy) can be hot to the eye but have the personality of a slice of ham.


No freezing, icy rain in Canada then...oh well...

Life / Polish attitudes towards drinking alcohol [72]

True also when you see groups of Spanish or Italian teenagers here in UK on holiday, they aren't looking for the nearest place that'll sell them booze, generally I find they're looking for the local landmarks.

Life / Polish attitudes towards drinking alcohol [72]


The general idea is that if the child is used to alcohol and knows what it takes like and how it should be drunk then they won't be so much in a hurry to hurl it down their necks ages 13, 14 etc.


Then it'll happen anyway whether or not they'd had a glass of wine at aged 10.

Life / Polish attitudes towards drinking alcohol [72]


Very true. It's also true that some families will give their 10 or 11 year old child a glass of wine with a meal. Is there a problem with that? I don't think so.

Life / Polish attitudes towards drinking alcohol [72]


Getting drunk means drinking to excess. So if a person often sets out to get drunk then they have a problem.


Good :)

Life / Polish attitudes towards drinking alcohol [72]


So you never get drunk?

Life / Polish attitudes towards drinking alcohol [72]


And there's a serious problem in the West as well, particularly UK.

Love / Is this Polish guy's 'Sister' his wife? [8]

Well, my friend has dark hair and his sister is blonde. He has lots of pictures of her on his phone and in his flat because he misses her. It's easy to tell she is his sister though because she just got married :)

She had a child about two years ago but I don't remember if he returned to Poland for the birth. He may have done.

So it's difficult to tell in your situation though and I think if you want to be sure then you do have to ask him. Be prepared for an answer you don't like.

Law / Starting a Business In Poland - what should I know? [28]


What kind of business will it be MareGaea?

Love / Polish boyfriends [77]


That's the impression I got from my friend. He only wanted company and no one truly likes to be lonely.


I agree. I don't even think that the OP is doing more than sharing her experience and asking for opinions.

You're right, this is a Polish forum so yes, most of the opinions in this thread are going to include stories about Polish men!


Please correct me if I am wrong but you're not a female so I doubt you've had many relationships with Polish men - which is essentially what this thread is about. We know that there are hundreds of good Polish guys out there.

Love / Polish boyfriends [77]


I agree with that too. Then again men from all nationalities behave badly at times.

However, what I have seen recently (not only on the forum) are girls (not Polish) who suddenly declare that they only want a Polish man. Fair enough, but if you limit your scope to one group chances are you won't find happiness and that's what's happening.

Why, suddenly, do they want a Polish guy? Is it more exciting to date someone from a different country? Then if they do date someone from a different country they have to realise there are cultural differences as well and to make the relationship work, they have to work through these but often it is too difficult.


I found out from one male Polish friend recently that when he arrived in the UK three years ago (alone) he reached out for anyone who he could be friends with. He didn't like the feeling of being lonely and he admitted that he dated a friend of a girl at work simply for company and nothing more. He had a girlfriend at home in Poland. The girl here fell for him and he dealt with it by ignoring her texts/calls. He had no idea how to deal with it otherwise.

Life / Anna Name day in Poland? [13]


I still have none. I am also just recovering after that sudden change of avatar! ;)


I can see why people might want to "pick" their name day but why would it mean anything just to pick it. Doesn't it mean something more if you celebrate the first one after your birthday? Or does it really not matter?

Life / Anna Name day in Poland? [13]

As I understood it, your name day is the first one after your birthday so if July is the first one, then yes, I would say that is the one to celebrate.

It is confusing, some names have many names days. Some have none :(

Life / Anna Name day in Poland? [13]

Hmm, I'm also confused then because I thought that you don't choose your name day, it's the first name day after your birthday.

Life / Websites for Polish hospitals/hospices [7]

LondonChick, I just saw your reply - thanks for the webby, I'll have a look at it :)