News / Poland one step closer to visa waiver by US Senate [59]

All depends on whether one beliefs official statistics. According to USA numbers Poland simply didn't exceed the limit for the first number. So nothing to do with diplomacy.

Another thing is that officials could have been told to go easier on the visa refusals

Food / Vodka for a Polish Wedding [40]

Well, when I do drink czysta I become entertainment for my friends- apparently I make a very funny face after I drink the shot. I must say that while I generally prefer other alcohols, wòdka has its good points. 'Długie Polaków nocne rozmowy' are done best with clear wòdka.

Food / Vodka for a Polish Wedding [40]


Neither can I most of the time. Only difference was with Czech wòdka- oh god, that wac vile

Food / Vodka for a Polish Wedding [40]

Hmmm, few years ago Krupnik seemed to be in fashion and not too expensive.

UK, Ireland / Do people still get married for passports, visas etc to stay in the UK? [7]

Well, if a couple is commited etc they might consider speeding things up a bit or even going for the formalities at all (earlier it didn't make much difference). However from what I know it doesn't make much difference in the status. All those laws about how much one has to have in a bank to bring non EU spouse etc- if the same will apply to EU citozens than I don't think it will become a thing- easier to relay on the fact that one already has a life here, job, place in community etc.

Btw- are you talking about new arrivals or the people who are already here?

Life / Financial incentives to increase fertility in Poland [9]


Of course that's the trend. As soon as women know how to prevent pregnancy and have the means to do it thay usually start to opt for less kids.

However I do agree with Maf that rather than simply giving money the better option is childcare, job security, housing conditions and more equal share in household chores ( although the last one is of course outside of the system and between the partners). Money are good but only as a safety net so the parents know they won't starve if something happens

Law / Preventive police phone call in Poland [9]

It's not preventive police but the department of prevention (Simple Bobbies). They might have contacted you for verious resons. Some more serious than others

Life / Is it OK in Poland to walk a dog in a graveyard? [11]

Well, it won't be something common... It's a place of grief, mourning and respect for the dead. Somehow dogs peeing and pooping everywhere don't match that image

Love / Do the Polish girls like foreign boyfriends or they just prefer local boys? [34]

It's funny since you responded to quote about the fact that more Polish women marry foreign man than Polish man marry foreign women.

Love / Do the Polish girls like foreign boyfriends or they just prefer local boys? [34]


Open borders work for both sexes so hardly an explanation for why more women go for foreign fruit.
Worth mentioning is also that both genders go for different nationalities.

Love / Do the Polish girls like foreign boyfriends or they just prefer local boys? [34]

Now you took it to the other extreme which is as silly as Sylvuo's claims. The truth, as usual, is in between.

Love / Do the Polish girls like foreign boyfriends or they just prefer local boys? [34]

And yet more Polish women marry foreign than Polish man marry foreign girls. So how is it if girls don't like them?

Love / Do the Polish girls like foreign boyfriends or they just prefer local boys? [34]

Maybe it was him and not where he is from?

Life / Poland's National Anthem "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego" (download mp3) [49]

You should just change the tense- reacts not reacted. Each and every time :) I really like that tradition of singing a cappella

Life / Poland's National Anthem "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego" (download mp3) [49]


I can only describe it as 'ciary' :)
Besided generally liking volleyball I also love the fans

Language / Getting the wrong ending of a word - do Polish still understand? [25]


Seems like it but here it was about Polish version so Pawian gave the right one.

Language / Getting the wrong ending of a word - do Polish still understand? [25]


Actually no. Not the Polish version

Food / Need some Polish dessert recipes [47]

Easy but not for me sadly. I hate not baked cheese cake

Food / Need some Polish dessert recipes [47]

My favourite one is sernik krolewski...yummy

Food / Need some Polish dessert recipes [47]

Yeah, that's what I thought :(

Food / Need some Polish dessert recipes [47]


Do you you cheesecake cheese from Polish shop or some British equivalent?

Genealogy / Piekarski surname - is it Polish? [7]


Seriously? I would have never guessed... Good series though.

News / Poland directly threatened by ISIS. Do Islamists planning terrorist attacks in Poland? [390]


It does when you talk about taxes and benefits. In Poland she wouldn't get the same things as a women raising her kids with a husband.You didn't pay a penny to the system so what women do in any of those countries don't affect your precious money.

And being in a relationship with a muslim guy doesn't mean one qualifies to the group you mentioned
- at first we talked only about relationships- doesn't mean there will be kids
- even if he does have a kid from that relationship it's a far cry from being single with a bunch of kids from different fathers.

The thing that you don't seem to get is that women are not anymore the property of a man and it's her choice what she does even if not always the best choice ( because of course man never make bad decissions ).

News / Poland directly threatened by ISIS. Do Islamists planning terrorist attacks in Poland? [390]

What century are you living in? Goverment does mean us- as in men and women. And women pay taxes too so...flawed logic. And even then - according to what you say you live in USA so your taxes have nothing to do with Czech and Slovakian women choices.

News / Poland directly threatened by ISIS. Do Islamists planning terrorist attacks in Poland? [390]


Well I have no intentions of trying to figure out what he meant and instead responded to what he actually said.

And I am indifferent to the state of that mixed relationship to the point a law is broken. The same goes for couples of the same background. What I'm tired of is men trating women as the property of the nation and supposing they can have any right to limit their choices and feel betrayed when they cannot score over a 'stranger'

News / Poland directly threatened by ISIS. Do Islamists planning terrorist attacks in Poland? [390]

But it's not your buisness- the mother may be offended that the father of her child doesn't treat her culture equally but you? You are a stranger that has absolutely no right to be offended by who an adult chooses as their partner.

And the couples with muslim father that I know have names from the cultures the kids are being raised in so I don't find confirmation of your words in my experience

News / Poland directly threatened by ISIS. Do Islamists planning terrorist attacks in Poland? [390]


Offended? Wow.

News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]


Process is different at first but not their legal responsibilities. Both have to support their kid.

News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]

But they are both legally responsible.

News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]

And in some media you can even find the air quality for ghe day. I don't see 'dobra' too often...