UK, Ireland / polish girls outnumbers polish men interms of relationships with native from uk or ie [178]


I think that the whole “polish problem” issue is blown out of proportion on this forum. Just like admin said, there are only two trolls on this forum, that use several nicknames and are slaging of Polish people. There's freddy/barbarella/etc, who I really think had some bad experience with polish people, but now acts really silly, creating many artificial problems. And there’s also uk/bulldog/etc that's probably a young childish male that likes to argue and draw peoples attention. I must say that as much as I think that's he's not the smartest kid in the world, at least he does stick to the Poland related topics, and sometimes he even triggers a really interesting argument (I agree with frank 100% in the "trolls r us" topic but shhhhh, don't tell anyone :) )

My advice for all users is not to take these two posters very seriously and everything will be fine.


And this post really made my day. :) It's total crap, but at the same time a very “juicy" one. :)


And I'm not saying that you are wrong.

Just as iwona said, more confidence and more promiscuous hip movements during dancing and you will have your personal British babe under your arm in no time. :)

Study / Entering college in Poland. [23]


Copernicus and John Paul II are one of many famous graduates of that university, so maybe it’s worth taking a risk and applying?

UK, Ireland / polish girls outnumbers polish men interms of relationships with native from uk or ie [178]


It looks Bartolome that while setting up this thread you already had an answer to your question. From my experience however, polish lads don't even tried to pick up British ladies because of their problems with the language. I'm not trying to indicate that I'm more right than you. As far as I'm concerned it could be both reasons standing behind the whole situation.


Polish men are just like all other men in the world. If you are a pretty lady, and after seeing your picture on this site I know that you are one, you won't have any problems with dating a polish guy. Of course there’s also the character, sex appeal, etc aspect (an average looking girl can easily be perceive as a sex bomb just because of their personality, etc) but lets leave this topic for another occasion. :)

UK, Ireland / I understand poles coming to uk [196]


Ok, theres something seriously wrong with that sentance. :)

What I was trying to say was that the Poles just like the Pakistanis, have been present in the UK for sevelar decades, but while there are still some problems with the integration of the Pakistanis, the old polish group of immigrants is basically invisable.

UK, Ireland / I understand poles coming to uk [196]


Ever heard about thousands of Polish soldiers that stayed in the UK after the end of WWII? Did they not integrate? It's a rhetorical question, because we all know they did. They are still Polish communities spread all around the island that cherish their culture and origin, but generally they accepted the English way of life, and caused no further problems.

And they didn't had an easy life at the beginning. Just like today, they were also accused of taking the jobs, and under cutting the wages, but they stayed and now they are considered normal British citizens.

The same situation will happen with the current immigrants. Give them some time, just like you are giving it to the Pakistanis, although they did come to the UK later than the Poles, and after all those times, they still seem to cause some friction in the society.

Life / What is your favourite comedy (also Polish)? [63]


I think that it's the funniest polish comedy made after the fall of communism. Absolutely love it. I think that Koterski's films are all great.

Love / Do Poles consider getting married more than other nations? [21]

It's very hard to have a divorce when you get married in catholic church. People do vow to be together until the death takes them apart, and they do try to stick to it. If one is not sure, then for the sake of the children he better don't do it. So yeah, marriage in Poland is a very serious matter.

Life / Halloween in Poland? [77]


No... I don't know of any.

OK, it's really time for me to go get drunk! See you later fisz. :)

Life / Halloween in Poland? [77]

I personally don't treat this holiday as a sad one, but more as a mystic one. Every year I'm attending a mass on cemetery on afternoon, then I eat my dinner with my family, after that I usually go visit some kind of spooky place with my friends where we tell each other scary stories, then it's cemetery again (it looks really beautiful after dark with all those lighten up candles) and I usually end up this day drinking beer in a pub. :)

Actually I have to go now. Have a good All Saints Day everybody! :)


No. I think that it would be considered a boner. :)

Life / Halloween in Poland? [77]


Zaduszki are celebrated on the 2 October, and have their roots in a pagan holiday called "Dziady". On that day our ancestors were meting on the graves of their relatives to feast and pray for them. Aside from sharing the food with their ancestors they were also setting up bonfires on their graves, paths and crossroads to keep their dead worm and show the wandering restless souls the way home. The other tradition was to set bonfire on the grave of a person who died in a tragic way, as it was believed that that person may become a vampire, and it was just a precaution to stop the daemon from haunting their living family members.(vampires are typical Slavic daemons, and maybe when I have some free time, I will write something more about them)

Besides at that day Slavs believed that earth was full of wandering restless souls, and some people were summing them in order to help them achieve redemption, etc…

At present some of the old tradition prevailed in Zaduszki, like for example lighting candles on the graves of ones relatives.

Love / some polish guys will f their own people ovr to get what they want [13]

I agree with fisz. There is just a type of men all around the world, appearing in all cultures and nationalities, that will do anything to achieve their goal. But it's not a polish comon characteristics.

As for "not trusting other fellow Poles" while staying abroad, there were some people that just preyed on other honest peoples work, in result causing some feeling of mistrust among the new Polonia. As much as I would love to see all poles being fair and helpful to each other, they are only humans, and don't seem to be any different in that matter to other nationalities.

PS: During my stay in the UK I haven't encountered any back stabbing from the side of my fellow countrymen.

Love / Rules for dating Polish girls [189]


Call me old-fashioned, but I wouldn't allow that. :)


Sorry to hear that, but it's obvious that aside from greed she had no filings for you. A normal polish lady wouldn't take such an advantage from you. I think that in a very short time you will be able to "smell" a gold digger form a mile.

Pozdrawiam :)

UK, Ireland / I understand poles coming to uk [196]

ola123 I think that you are being to harsh with the English right now. I wouldn't accuse the whole nation of the actions of one man. There were a lot of MP's in the UK Parliament that really stood for Poland and it's fate. And I wouldn’t say that Poland was betrayed. I would rather use the word deceived. :)

UK, Ireland / I understand poles coming to uk [196]

blur13 It will take decades for Warsaw to regain it's beauty from the times prior to WW II. Warsaw was twice heavily damaged then, the second time being in the 1944, because of the uprising of its inhabitants and the underground polish army. At the beginning Poles had only ammunition for about 2-3 days of fighting, and only about 2000 of them had actually a side arm, but still they managed to defend for 62 days. The resistance of Polish people made Hitler so mad that he ordered to wipe out Warsaw form the surface of the earth. In result 80% of the buildings were destroyed, and 18 000 soldiers, and about 150 000 civilians were killed on the Polish side. Germans also had some serious losses, of 26 000 soldiers killed and injured. During all this time Soviet forces were standing near the city, only observing and waiting for the uprising to fall.

So as you see, about 60 years ago Warsaw was a big pile of dust, human ash and dead corpses, but its greatness is being slowly rebuild, and I really like it that you appreciate the results.

UK, Ireland / I understand poles coming to uk [196]


I still live near the place of my birth, Wielkopolska voivodship, Poland. And may I ask now, why did you want to know it?

News / Terrible School Incident in Gdansk, Poland [34]


In the last few days, that question was one of the most frequently asked questiones in the country, and still nobody knows how to answer it. I'm shocked and angry at those oppressors as well as on the rest of the class, that did nothing to help that poor girl.

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Travel / First Time to Krakow [21]

Actually, according to the legend, only one of them, Lech, was the founder of Gniezno. :)

Love / Rules for dating Polish girls [189]


For me it's obvious that since I'm asking a girl out on a date it's my responsibility to pay for it. It's just a part of our culture. If you don’t like it, don’t date polish girls.

Love / Rules for dating Polish girls [189]


Ok, omit the "non-polish passport" part, and you can successfully replace the word "Warsaw" with "London", "Paris", "Berlin", "New York", etc...

UK, Ireland / They eat a LOT of chocolate in the UK! [30]

I think that the most chocolate obsessed nation would be the Mexicans. I heard that they even eat chicken in chocolate!! :)


Ptasie Mleczko??

Travel / First Time to Krakow [21]


Correction, it was the second Capital of Poland. The first one was Gniezno.

Law / What are the current market gaps in Polish business? [18]


The current practice? :) Where did you get this? :) I think people already stopped doing it in the 50's.

UK, Ireland / polish girls outnumbers polish men interms of relationships with native from uk or ie [178]

Again, back to the main topic everyone...:)

The reason why Polish women outnumber Polish men in terms of forming relationships with natives from the UK is generally because of the poor English that many of our country men display. A Pole with a proper English shouldn't have any problems with dating an English girl. But lets face it, many Poles can speak English only on a basic level, which is not enough to start a decent conversation with a woman. Polish girls don't have this problem, because in both of our societies men are the ones expected to trigger a flirt.

As for you Bartolome, maybe you are just looking in the wrong places?

UK, Ireland / What do the Poles Living Abroad Think about Their Host Countries (the UK) [29]

I think that uk wouldn't have any problems with britishness of Shelley if she would prefer Istanbul to Krakow. :)

Life / Whats driving like in Poland? [70]


Częstochowa is called "The City of the Saint Tower", and is a catholic sanctuary, so I don't think that you will ever see them standing there.

As for Poznań, I haven’t seen them for over two years now. Maybe they have changed their working place? :)

Life / Poles love to send SMS [47]


These companies are present here for longer than a decade, and they still didn't notice that Poles are sending a lot of text messages? If they lose because of this service, and still they are continuing to advertise it, what does it make them look like, Ben?


When it's something important, you phone the other person. Simple as that.


Are you really not able to write in less than 5 minutes something that you can articulate in 5 seconds? What are you, Corky Thatcher or something? :hihi

Genealogy / Is Rafal a Polish Name? [56]

Thank you Sarah. I recommend my service for the future. :)

Genealogy / Is Rafal a Polish Name? [56]

Matyjasz was being used in the XVII century. Maciej is the proper version these days. Females usually call me Maciek. ( matchek) :)


It's Sara. It's a very short name, so we don't need to shorten it more in polish. :(


I never thought about it that way. :) I guess it really does sound pretty good. :) :)

Genealogy / Is Rafal a Polish Name? [56]


I think Raphael is the english eqivalent of the polish Rafał.


It's Przemek. It's a shorter version of Przemysław. Very often it's shortened to Przemol. (pshemol) :)

Genealogy / Is Rafal a Polish Name? [56]

You are both right. Mateusz and Matyjasz (which BTW is the old polish version of Maciej, and is practically no longer being used) are Mathew in English. Unfortunately I didn't knew that at that time. :(