News / I love Poland because... (in 10 words or less) [182]

It produced some of my closest friends and other half :)

(The smiley face doesn't count as a word right? Ha ha)

Love / Polish People on Cheating? [39]

I was having a discussion about this the other day with a few of my male Polish friends (upon realising one of them was cheating on his gf of 15yrs and has been for a while).

Apparently where they're from (Bialystok) it's quite common for a lot of men to cheat on their other halves, and not too subtly either! They also said it's usual for the friends of the cheater, not to say anything to the cheatee and even help them to do the cheating like letting them use their flat etc

Again the religion aspect was brought up about how people will do anything to avoid getting a divorce if they (and more so their families) follow certain Catholic views as it's frowned upon to put it lightly!

Obviously I'm not saying this is true of all Polish people as it's just a few male opinions, but it did make me think a bit considering I have a Polish bf and he's one of the ones who is helping someone cheat... needless to say I had words with him!

Love / Polish People on Cheating? [39]

I agree with you SwedwPolsce, I don't think cheating is more common in Poland than other countries but the world seems to have placed a stigma on the Polish people for being notorious cheaters and having wives/families back home and then a bf/gf on the side. I think it's purely because a large number of Poles move to different countries for work and so everyone assumes they must cheat while they're away.

When the cat's away the mouse will play so to speak!

Obviously it does happen with Polish people but by no means any more than anyone else. My friends seem to think it does back in Bialystok but again, that's just their opinion.

I think it's completely ridiculous to say that a whole nation can have the same attitudes towards things like this i.e. saying that all Polish people will cheat on their other halves just because they're in a different country and most likely won't get caught. You can't base things like this on being a certain nationality.

It's like saying all British people love a nice cuppa tea and standing in queues just because they're British...