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Satchkat   
9 Jan 2013
Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]

Oooh the gynaecologist! I've been living in the UK for over 6 years and the fact that one can't just go to have their chickparts checked was a shocker. I still don't feel comfortable with it and I probably never will - expecially that a smear test is done only once every 3 years as opposed to once a year, or twice even in some cases in PL.

Call me naive, but only recently I started noticing cultural differences I struggle with. To my excuse, those past 6 years have beena bit of a rollercoaster for me and 2 of them I can't remember due to depression, but hey... It's better late than never!

I'm new btw. Be gentle.
Satchkat   
9 Jan 2013
Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]

as a regular thing? sorry but to me that is just .....odd

Yeah... At least once every six months. Like someone here said, it can save a lot of hassle and prevents sh*t hitting the fan. A lot can happen in 3 years!
Satchkat   
9 Jan 2013
Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]

erosion.

Exactly. Which also can progress very quickly and leave us, poor females, with lovely little cancer. Srsly.
I'm taking the patriarchal vagina control as a joke of course.

You can if you pay

Of course - but while seeing a health professional privately is affordable in PL, it's ridiculously expensive in UK.
Satchkat   
9 Jan 2013
Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]

Sorry, I never thought of taking photos :(

In general I think that a male gyneacologist is somewhat out of place due to one simple fact - men don't have vaginas and the rest of the funparts. I'm not ashamed of a male doctor of any sort, but I've heard a lot about blokes ignoring some health complaints . I don't think a male doctor can fully...erm...relate. But that's OT.

Another difference that I think was already mentioned here - the drinking culture. Brits go to pubs after work and there's nothing strange about that here. In Poland, there's no pub culture and there's no need for a "local". Also, a man going out for a pint nearly every night would be considered a menel. I'm presuming majority is familiar with that word, let me know if not. Poles may be heavy drinkers, but they drink mostly on Friday/Saturday nights and at special occassions, social gatherings and the boozing is stretched over time, there's food, dancing, talking etc. Brits drink for the sole purpose of getting drunk.

Of course any students of any nation will drink like there's no tomorrow.
Satchkat   
9 Jan 2013
Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]

A decade of training suggests they are very far from 'out of place'.

I didn't mean that in a sexist way. I meant that certain symptoms can't be experienced by men, therefore they can't properly relate. I didn't say anything about male doctors being less educated.

Would you really prefer a village or community to have no secular focal point and for people to drink alcohol at home, either alone or in little groups?

Eh? What are you on about? I never expressed any opinion of this sort, I simply compared those two and said what the culture is. UK is a pub culture. PL is not. No judgment on either.
Satchkat   
10 Jan 2013
Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]

Regarding funny books, I just ordered Xenophobe's Guide to Poles for my husband - the whole series is hilarious and very accurate. Whole £0.01 + £2.80 shipping on Amazon.

I'm seconding pawian in an attempt to be explained what alexnye had on his mind posting his precious observations here.
Satchkat   
10 Jan 2013
UK, Ireland / Living with Poles in London [16]

Somehow my reply got moved, but just to repeat - you show them, oxen! Those filthy immigrants... They take your jobs, they take your women, they take your men - it's a long-term plan, you know? You'll wake up one day and find that 90% of UK's population is Polish. And nobody was listening to you before it happened and it will be too late...
Satchkat   
11 Jan 2013
Food / What made in Poland produce would you recommend [110]

karol, it's Hungarian potato pancake if anything, not pie or cake as you suggested. Also, it hasn't got much to do with Hungary despite its name - it's only because of using goulash that is a traditional Hungarian dish, but the whole things itself originates from PL. It also goes by the name of gypsy-style pancake.