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PurpleLeo   
9 Apr 2009
Love / Are you in a Polish-nonPolish relationship? [150]

Hi,

I'm black (french/african) dating a polish guy
for a month and a half now.
It's goin really well and we really like eachother.
He speaks fluent English (few errors here and there)
but we understand eachother perfectly well.
Thankfully, I'm a language enthusiat so I'm
beginning to pick up sum Polish.
We goin to Poland for about 2weeks in June
and I'm very excited! He says he's attracted to the
fact that I'm black and his
mom's uber-excited to meet me.
I'm optimistic bout this relationship more
than most that I've had no cause to
feel discriminated against so far.
Although I am a bit nervous about goin
to his small town in Poland called Kalisz.
PurpleLeo   
12 Apr 2009
Love / Could "food" potentially come between us? [25]

Hi guys,

My boyfriend's Polish and I'm french African from Paris.
We both live in London and are getting pretty serious about
eachother. I really like him and I want nothing to come between
us but I get this weird feeling that food might be a problem.
I haven't eaten any Polish food yet but I've seen some recipes
and as sumone who has grown up eating mainly african food,
Polish food does not sound too great. I'm a picky eater and if its
different from food that I'm accustomed to eating, I really can't
eat it. Now here's the thing, between me and him we can always
compromise sumhow but I'm going with him to Kalisz in June
and we gunno be staying at his mom's (which means that I'm
gunno have to eat Polish food for 2 weeks) I joked to him that
I'll bring ma pack of noodles, chilli and spices along but he didn't
laugh about that. I'm really worried because for me this is a pretty
serious issue. What should I do guys?

Thanks for ur time!
PurpleLeo   
12 Apr 2009
Love / Could "food" potentially come between us? [25]

Why do sum ppl have to be so rude?

I didnt say I wudn't like it. I sed I may not based on the fact
that a lot of things they eat, I'm jus not familiar with. If I didn't
give a s*** I wudnt have sed anything, jus gone there and
refused to eat wuteva I was given.
We're plannin to have dinner a few times at a Polish restaurant
I'm willing to try but I do get hungry quickly wen I eat summin
I'm not used to eating or summin I stuggle to eat.

I feel insulted by sum people's manner of replyin to ma post.
I'm African (altho raised in France), I have been well raised and
I kno not to reject his mother's food or act rude at the table.
I wudnt have posted the topic if I knew ppl have meat and
wires for brains.
PurpleLeo   
13 Apr 2009
Love / Could "food" potentially come between us? [25]

Thanks guys for ur support.
At least there are people that understand me.

I'll try as much Polish food as I can before I go to
Poland because I really want his mom to like me...
Even ma bf, I think it's important I show him that
I'm willing to make sacrifices too cos I love his face wen
he eats ma spicy food...he becomes red as hell but he
LOVES it!

mafketis, I'm West African from Cameroon. We have maize meal
as well. I usually stick to food that is closer to ma native food
in general so if there's summin Polish that tastes or looks like it,
then it'll automatically become ma favorite lol!

Polskadoll, we working on all of that. His mom's a chill person
and I think she's quite understanding cos she was asking
him on the fone earlier wut sorta food I eat.

In the end, I think it'll work out well
PurpleLeo   
13 Apr 2009
Love / Could "food" potentially come between us? [25]

Ure a bloody twat!

I neva sed there was anything wrong with Polish food.
Doesn't sound like summin I personally wanna eat doesn't
mean it's not edible. Besides I'm workin on gettin accustomed.

Don't reply to ma post if u have nothin to contribute u flippin idiot!
PurpleLeo   
13 Apr 2009
News / Poland..wake up to a multicultural world [1059]

There r bare racist ppl on this thread!
Every page I read, black ppl are being attacked.
From black ppl being crime loving to black Africa
falling apart because white ppl were no longer in
power. Ouch! Big ouch!
PurpleLeo   
14 Apr 2009
News / Poland..wake up to a multicultural world [1059]

great!

so I'm gunno spend a wonderful 20mins tryna get thru
customs wen I go to Polska cos I'm black!

but I understand, its probably cos u find illegal blacks everywhere.
they come into the country and neva go bck e.g. in France, there are
bare black illegal immigrants from the Franchophone and even anglophone
West African countries etc...
I think its that more than jus cos they black tho don't u think?
PurpleLeo   
14 Apr 2009
Love / Should I Be Nervous About Going to Poland? Black female dating a Pole. [158]

Me Again,

Lemme start by saying that I'm not tryna generalize but
I really wanna kno, are Polish ppl generally discriminatory
towards black ppl?

Lemme break it down. Ma Polish boyfriend's grandparents
and brother r visiting from Poland. We got on really well.
Me with ma broken Polish and their limited English lol!
Ma boyfriend comes from a pretty relaxed family and they
didn't mind him kissin me in their presence. So we were on the
bus earlier today and chit chattin in Polish and he was holdiing
and kissin me like he always does (he's very into public display of
affection) Then this Polish lady comes over to the grannys, very
angry and wanted to kno why the grannys didn't do summin about
their grandson openly kissin a black girl.
She said (and these were her exact words), "Proper Polish men
don't date black ppl." She actually used the n-word.
I tried not to feel offended by this statement
because I've lived all ma life in Europe and I've been discriminated
against severally but I was really upset that she sed that to the grannys.

So now I'm really concerned about wut pplz reactions in Poland will
be towards me wen I go there. Should I be?

I beg ppl who r gunno reply to this msg not to say anything insultive becos
all I'm askin for is guidance. Thanks.... Dziekuje!
PurpleLeo   
14 Apr 2009
Love / Should I Be Nervous About Going to Poland? Black female dating a Pole. [158]

O-------k

McCoy, dude I am black! AND HELLA PROUD TOO!

Torq I grew up in France. No one wud eva say a thing like that.

Frd, I feel u. Wut rlly concerns me is the fact that this lady lives
in London and she reacted like this. I'm pretty sure I'm gunno be
snarled at a couple of times. Hopefully no one'll try to beat me up....

*sigh*
PurpleLeo   
14 Apr 2009
Love / Should I Be Nervous About Going to Poland? Black female dating a Pole. [158]

Its strange that people who have no idea who I am or
what I'm like can just jump into conclusions.

Guys I'm perfectly capable of speaking and writing "proper"
English. Infact, I don't speak with a ghetto accent and I don't have
a ghetto style at all. I don't dress ghetto, don't live in the ghetto,
don't walk ghetto, don't listen to ghetto music, I'm just a simple
black girl from Africa raised in Paris ok? Its just that when I type
on the net or chat, I abbreviate my words just like everyone else.
I'm a very well educated person thank u
very much! Don't be so derogatory! And don't use nigga freely if you're
white because somebody's going to get hurt real bad one day :-p

Ma boyfriend translated to me but I already caught the gist of what she
was saying because she was throwing me evil glances.

The kind of kiss in question was just gentle kisses on the cheeks and on
the lips. We weren't smooching or anything.
I would't even let him kiss me under normal circumstances in the presence of
his family because he would't be able to do that with my family
but he assured me that his family's not like that and I caught what he
meant after spending a few hours with them.
Besides he was kissing me and not the other way around...
doesn't really matter anyway, the fact is that he was with a black woman
and she was not at all pleased with that.

They told her to mind her business and then she said in London there's
freedom of speech and then she went quiet.

This really did happen guys come on! Why would I make it up?
I may not speak Polish but I'm very good at reading
body language and I already knew she had a problem with him being with me
even before he translated it. And he refused to translate it to me immediately
because he didn't want me to get upset on the bus there with his grandparents
present and stuff. He translated to me after and I did get upset but oh well
life goes on. I'm black...and so what now?
PurpleLeo   
14 Apr 2009
Love / Should I Be Nervous About Going to Poland? Black female dating a Pole. [158]

no no no z darius dude please don't comment on my
thread. you always say the wrongest things. you don't know
me and I don't know you but you always attack me on my
posts. I'm proud, glad. happy. joyous....use whatever adjective
you want, I'm black period!

don't comment on my thread. you're highly insultive.
u don't know me so don't act like you do.
so just hold it right there ok? thanks!
PurpleLeo   
14 Apr 2009
Love / Should I Be Nervous About Going to Poland? Black female dating a Pole. [158]

I'd say your English is "insultive" to the native speakers of the language. Just read their comments. If you expect respect, you need to show it too.

Is this coming from someone whose first language isn't even English?
And if English is your first language I didn't know there was a rule on this
forum that said no abbreviation or spelling words as you want them as long
as you can be understood...Is there a rule like that? If there is then I'll write
out all my sentences from now on (which I'm doing write now if you care to
notice anything good around you)
Seriously mate, if you think you can speak or write better
English than me then we can put that to the test.
Again, stop acting like you know who I am. You don't know a thing!

I will. That's what a public forum is for.
If you want to restrict people from posting you'll need to create your own forum.

Fair enough!
PurpleLeo   
14 Apr 2009
News / Poland..wake up to a multicultural world [1059]

Then who is in power then according to you? Obama? Black people?

Are you just another naive sheep who actually believes Obama has your best interests at heart?

If you didn't understand what I typed ask me before typing something like you just did.
I wasn't talking about Obama. This has nothing to do with Obama and I'm definately
not one of those that look to Obama as their savior. Don't really care to be honest!

I was just saying that I think people are being racist on here are making it out as if all black people are into crime and as if we can't do anything for ourselves...example the guy that said that Africa fell apart when the colonialists left.

Lots of other "races" are involved in crime too no?
PurpleLeo   
14 Apr 2009
Love / Should I Be Nervous About Going to Poland? Black female dating a Pole. [158]

You can say to me whatever you want to say z darius...

I wasn't tryna present maself as a "ghetto" anything. I'm far from
being that. That's just ma manner of typing when on the net
or chattin. I just want to ask you a question, why are you always
so deragatory? I think you're full of yourself z darius and have a serious
psychological problem. Consider a check up! :p
PurpleLeo   
14 Apr 2009
Love / Should I Be Nervous About Going to Poland? Black female dating a Pole. [158]

Speaking of psychological problems, how's your aversion to food you never tried going?

There you go again. Anyway, I'm going to have dinner in a Polish restaurant soon
so that's sorted...or going to be sorted...

I can't answer that question because I am not always derogatory.

That's how you come across in most of your posts that I've read. Very negative
all the time. Do you mind me asking how old you are?
PurpleLeo   
15 Apr 2009
Love / Should I Be Nervous About Going to Poland? Black female dating a Pole. [158]

DOBRA

Thanks mafketis for your contribution. I appreciate it!

I'm going to Kalisz....to be honest I don't know what region
it's in. It's probably more of a good thing than a negative that
I got that reaction from that lady before going to Poland
so that whatever happens won't shock me too much.
I'll try not to take everything to heart and I hope I enjoy my
stay there.

Again, cheers :)
PurpleLeo   
15 Apr 2009
Love / Should I Be Nervous About Going to Poland? Black female dating a Pole. [158]

Thanks for the info on Kalisz.

Btw. don't take this as hostility, but your asking where Kalisz is may be a sign of a problem to be corrected. I'd say it would be considered polite to do your homework about where you are going. Your interest in the new place may help break the ice and ensure friendlier acceptance.

I know. I intend to do some research before I go.
Besides it's not like I don't know anything
about Kalisz. My boyfriend tells me about it everyday lol!
I just didn't remember what region it was in even though I have
read about it before.

Still, thanks for your advice. I'll do my homework. Cheers.
PurpleLeo   
15 Apr 2009
Love / Should I Be Nervous About Going to Poland? Black female dating a Pole. [158]

trini nic,

thank God u found this thread and thanks for ur contribution.
I'm actually very excited about goin to Poland. Got ma ticket,
learning to speak Polski, getting accustomed to Polish food...
hehehe.... I was a lil' shaken up after that lady's negative reaction
but s'all good. I'm ok now...gunno go there with an open mind
and have loads of fun!

thanks everyone for ur contribution

x
PurpleLeo   
16 Apr 2009
Love / Should I Be Nervous About Going to Poland? Black female dating a Pole. [158]

yeah great adition to a Polish history book our ancestors were native European blond haired blue eyed Slavs and now were blacks, what an upgrade, not!!!

Are you trying to say that blacks are inferior to European, blond and blue eyed people?
Because that's exactly what "upgrade...not!" implied....
PurpleLeo   
16 Apr 2009
Love / 3 Polish Men.. it isnt just me right???? [25]

lol! Zabka u're not strange ... I feel exactly the same way!
I'm black too, ma ex was Lithuanian and now I'm with
a Pole and that's jus ma preference.
I love the way the languages sound. Some may find french or spanish
or Italian sexy. I find Slavic languages sexy! hehe...

I'm with u on this one!