Life / Culture & Women [80]

Hm, I've seen this happening before as well. It seems that Polish girls tolerate more from Polish men and sometimes from non-Polish men as well. A Dutch girl would have kicked his *ss if he'd approached her like that. Maybe this has to do with the thing I heard (and I do not know if this is true, but I heard it quite a lot of times though) that Polish girls are too polite to say "no" in any occasion and instead rather let it happen and hope that it'll blow over without her rejection or make up a story to deter from the situation. But once again, that's what I heard (mainly from Polish men, though), so I don't know if this is a fact or just an urban legend.

M-G

Love / Does she like me? - help needed please from any Polish girls.. [79]


Yeah, or just inform her that you're going someplace and add to that that "she should come along with you". That way you're acting not too keen and you were heading that way anyway and you want her to tag along. In other words, you're communicating to her that you couldn't care less if she's coming with you or not - you're going anyway. Another good point of this is that it shows that your whole world is not revolving around her.

M-G (wow - wonders why he got slapped with a suspension)

Language / misleading differences between Polish and English languages [92]


It's not misleading, that would imply that the evolution of languages had the sole purpose of deceiving you. It's just due to the fact that they are totally different languages, not even part of the same family. I myself wonder while learning Polish why there is absolutely no recognisable word (except the load-words) in Polish.

M-G (it's all one big set-up!)

Edit: the part of the not recognisable words is not entirely true, I just figured. When I try to learn Polish with my own native language, Dutch, as basis, I find that there ARE some recognisable words: one simple example is Szukaj, the Polish word for search. In Dutch that would be Zoek. The combination oe is in Dutch pronounced like a Polish U. With a little imagination you can figure out what Szukaj means without using a dictionairy.

Love / what is reasonable - he does not want me to go back to poland [55]


Then at least she has a chance to see the wonderful countryside of Poland...

M-G (life's full of surprises)

Edit: but on a more serious note, I would say forget the dude. If ppl start acting mysteriously and are not open (nevermind the persons which are secretive by nature), they usually have something to hide. In this case, just like Wroclaw says, there is a fair chance that he's still married or is together with his ex again. The relationship Poles have with their exes is weird anyway. But on the other hand, he IS from a different culture and things you might consider to be sweet, fun and touching might just be annoying or pushy to him, hence this MIGHT be the reason for him not answering your texts. Also, we tend to forget that it is one hell of a world more difficult for Poles who don't master English that well to reply back in the way they want to, so there might be another reason for him not texting you back. But this last point really shouldn't matter when you love a person and that person loves you back, you should not be afraid to say something wrong. But in all, the odds are not good for you. Find yourself a guy nearby, one you can see everyday, if needed. There are so many men out there, why would you waste your valuable time on some dude who is obviously not so interested in you as he says he is. The feeling I get is indeed that he keeps you on the backburner to have somebody to go to, should he head for Britain. The smart thing to do was just say goodbye to him and find another bloke. But I know this is a hard thing to do, especially when you love someone, but in the long run it will be best for you yourself. It's also the most logical thing to do, but try to talk some logic into a woman :)

Love / what is reasonable - he does not want me to go back to poland [55]

Actually I read somewhere here that the age difference seems to be a big issue in Poland. Although I do not understand why, it seems a fact. But: what age difference is acceptable? Are we talking about 5, 10, 15 or 20 years? And: is this different for men and for women?

M-G (personally never had issues with age difference - it seems that Polish society has yet a long way to go)

Love / what is reasonable - he does not want me to go back to poland [55]

Do a surprise visit! Then you know immediately what is going on and see how he reacts. If it's not what you're hoping for, it was an expensive surprise, but hey, texting every day costs money too and at least you get to see some of Poland.

M-G (I wonder if this was a good advise though)

Life / The Papaya (Urszula Dudziak) taking over Poland [15]

New sequel in that ever so famous series: Killer Tomatoes Invade Poland...

:)

M-G

Love / Polish men are more sexy.... [64]

I'm personally not attracted to Polish men (nor British men or any other man for that matter), but I think this statement is utterly rubbish. Polish men are not so much more sexy than they are exotic. Polish men are just like any other men, some are attractive, some are not. Just like the girlies from all over the world.

Edit: Bringthepoison: would you be so kind to switch off your megaphone? I have a kinda heavy headache. Thanks!

M-G (hm, what to think of a nick like "PolishPower"?)

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

Actually, I never understood the concept of Bank Holidays. What is the purpose of them? Compensation for a shortage of regular vacation-days?

M-G

Life / How do Polish people view themselves? [92]

Tornado is making a good point there: I noticed that too. They are fully on their qui vivre about not being put below other nationalities and at the same time they look down on, indeed, muslims, Russians and so on. It's a bit double, therefore I wanted to get it clear how the sit actually is. And what better place to do this than a Polish forum? :)

M-G

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

Ok, back to the original subject. If there is going to be a National Day To Celebrate Britishness in the UK, how would this look like? Would there be celebrations at Trafalgar Square or some other place of remembrance? Would there be festivals to celebrate your Britishness? Tournaments? Or would it just be an extra day off where everybody stays on the couch watching telly or take the opportunity to do some overdue shopping?

M-G

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


Ulster fry yeah, it's called like that. It's probably the most fattest of 'em all. Instant heartattack they call it in Belfast, I believe :) The Scottish deep-fry just about anything - even Mars-bars and the eat it with (yuk) ketchup. They also have something gross that is called Haggis. Basis for all these breakfasts is the same: sausage, bacon, eggs, beans, white and black pudding; sometimes they add mushrooms and a half tomato or hashbrowns; I know in Ireland they add Hashbrowns and a half tomato and I had in London every now and then mushrooms. Don't know about the other variations.

And: don't pay attention to Shelley, she thrives on attention :)

M-G

Language / learning aids for polish learning english [8]

Try a bookshop.

M-G (always glad to help)

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

It is fun. Been there a few times and was great craig every time. But I generally thought it was to celebrate harvest or something?

M-G

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


We accuse you guys from digging holes in our beaches and sit in them all day long :)

M-G

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

But that's mainly because you only are a democracy and a new republic since 1949. There is no tradition in that department in Germany. I'm sure that before you'd have a Kaisertag or something, but maybe you should do like the Americans (after all, you guys are like the Americans of Europe:) ) and install a President's Day in February or March.

M-G

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

You guys seem to have a Bank Holiday each month, so I would not complain if I were you :)

M-G (was born and raised near the German border and saw his village flooded each German Bank Holiday with Germans looking to buy coffee and cigarettes, so he knows first-hand)

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


The Dutch actually have the least Bank Holidays. Besides the Christian Holidays like X-mas, Easter, Pentrecote and Ascention Day and the Universal New Year's day there is NOTHING except Queensday. And since this is just the birthday of our queen, they wanted to have a special non-royal house related day just to celibrate a typical DUTCH day. Like said, I don't mind. I like the prospect of another day of not having to work :)

M-G

News / More countries sign visa free travel agreement with the U.S. Still no Poland? [16]


the UK is doing that for decades now. Still everybody tolerates them. Poland always seems too eager and this naturally forces the other countries to just wait and see what happens. And after all, when Poland joined the EU, there were still parts of the country (so I read) where villages didn't have a sewer-system at all.

M-G

News / More countries sign visa free travel agreement with the U.S. Still no Poland? [16]


You know the first thing that caught my eye when Poland entered the EU was that they want to be part of just about all the favourable things the EU has to offer all at once and immediately. They forget that it took the original states decades of fighting and consolidating to achieve this. Poland has to go through the same process as everybody else and it doesn't really help the Polish cause to -like that Polish prime minister did last year- blame it all on the Germans and the war. That just causes irritation EU-wide and a reluctancy to help Poland achieve what they want. One must also not forget that not even 20 years ago they were part of the enemy-pact (viewed from Western eyes). It's not the EU that is failing, it's just that Poland should learn to observe patience. This does not mean that I don't want Poland to get all these things, au contraire, but I get the impression they want everything all at the same time.

And Kasia: yeah, something smells fishy here; those darn Russians again!

M-G

News / More countries sign visa free travel agreement with the U.S. Still no Poland? [16]

If you read the article well, you would've read that Estonia and Latvia also have to wait. So they cannot travel with a Visa Waiver yet. And about Poland: I guess Poland wants it too much, as the old Dutch saying goes: "children who beg get skipped".

jkn: Czechia also qualifies.

M-G (is in favour of a Visa Waiver for Poles, though - if it were only to take his lady to the US)

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


Do you pronounce the word British as Bri-ish, Arise Sankt Georg?

M-G

News / March of Tolerance in Krakow [478]


There you go wrong: it is not psychological; it's a genetic thing. By calling it psychological you are basically saying that homosexuals are mental patients, which is a gross insult to them as there are many who are much smarter than you are and have better jobs than you have.

Teaching schoolkids about the normality of homosexuality is a good thing, I think. It would prevent a lot of hurt and gay-bashing and discrimination in the future as these kids have learned to accept homosexuality as normal part of society, a flaw which older generations have to cope with as they have always been thought that it is a deprivation of some sort. And: just because 1 million ppl believe it's wrong, doesn't mean that it actually IS wrong! The opinion of 1 million ppl is all too often brought forward as evidence that it must be true. But it doesn't prove anything; the only thing it proves is that 1 million ppl think like that. Nothing else.

It's just a matter of respect. If you don't respect somebody else, how can you expect that that other person respects you? Unfortunately most ppl who talk about the "dictatorship" of minorities don't respect those minorities and at the same time expect those minorities to be respectful of them. As long as this crooked way of thinking exists, nothing will be solved and nothing will progress. We need to get rid of it.

M-G

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

Actually there have been plans to do this in the Netherlands too; would be 10th of July or 5th of May. However, they plan to do this for over 20 years now and nothing ever came of it so far. To celebrate Dutchness on 10th of July would be on the occasion of the killing of William (the silent) of Orange on 10 July 1584, the father of the Fatherland as we called him 50 years ago. And the 5th of May would of course be due to our liberation from the Nazi-occupation. I do not care so much about the underlying thoughts and philosophies; to me it would mean an extra day where I do not have to work :)

M-G

News / March of Tolerance in Krakow [478]

No. It's just that they yet have to come of age. Like Ireland it's a Catholic country that has been listening to idiotic Catholic dogma's and so on for decades. In fact they have listened to it so long that the society is a bit retarded from other societies in this sense that they yet have to come to accept that homosexuality is a normal part of society. That's all. The Polish society just has to come of age.

M-G (does however think that the Polish society drastically has to review it's views on these issues as their views are not contemporary anymore)

Love / Does she like me? - help needed please from any Polish girls.. [79]


Oh, I'm such a clever, crazy little girl => watch me being crazy...Sounds like a woman in her 60's who was never really a hippy, but decides to throw her right-wing politics overboard and act A LITTLE CRAZY...You don't want to know what I think about that.

Edit: Oh you have such long nights of meaningful discussions with her about the meaning of life and you feel there is a connection and you are warming up to her, but she says "let's just wait and get to know each other" and then a Turk comes and f*cks her. And you are wondering what the hell went wrong - that is, if you ever get to know that it happened.

M-G (has just posted the B-Side of his new single on MySpace =>go have a listen!)

Love / I have met a wonderful Polish woman, but she has a 9 yrs old daughter [66]


No, it isn't. Didn't you know that?

M-G (good mood)

Love / I have met a wonderful Polish woman, but she has a 9 yrs old daughter [66]

There's at least for a month of meat on a 9 year-old - should be a good investment in the future...Kids are great in filled soups and stews.

M-G (in a funny mood today)

Love / Does she like me? - help needed please from any Polish girls.. [79]


That's a good one, should try that someday - "Hey girl, M-G has died; sad eh? Oh yeah, and he asked me if you would come to Thomas Read's this next Saturday Afternoon to have coffee with him."

Edit: other suggestion in the non-department: inflict some serious injury on yourself and land up in the hospital and then get a friend to call her and inform her of that. Or: get a friend to call her and tell her you turned back to nature and were living with the apes. If her reaction is good, then she likes you. Unfortunately she will scr*w your friend, but hey, that's all in the game, isn't it?

M-G