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USFriend   
11 Aug 2011
USA, Canada / My story. Born In the USA - do I have a chance in Poland, my Mother Country? [69]

You mention the KKK and Skinheads and how they control this country, and I quote, "that's a fact". No, it is not a fact. Having lived in the Southern US all my life, I do remember in my younger days the atrocities performed by the KKK. However, those days are long gone. Today, this country is very tolerant of ethnic differences and in fact, embrace them now more than ever. You apparently have had bad luck, but please don't paint a picture of this country as being nothing but a bunch of hate mongers and red necks. Not that they don't exist, but they are certainly the minority. I suspect that you will find mean spirited people in any country; it just depends on the type of "friends" you choose to hang around with.
USFriend   
8 Feb 2011
Love / Appropriate Wedding Gift for a Polish girlfriend of several months? [37]

thanks for all the suggestions in this matter. My friend lives in Krakow, so is there a 5* hotel there if I decide to go with the gift of a prepaid dinner or brunch? I would guess that at a hotel that nice, anyone there would speak English as I definitely do not speak Polish! I could check out the website, too, to see if it could be done online???
USFriend   
7 Feb 2011
Love / Appropriate Wedding Gift for a Polish girlfriend of several months? [37]

I am an American who has been friends with a Polish girl for several months (email friends only through work-related circumstances). We've never met before, but I have gotten to know much about her and the culture of Poland and would one day like to visit. In the meantime, she is going to be married in a few months and I would like to send a wedding gift to her. My question then, is it culturally acceptable to send money as a wedding gift? I don't know the culture there that well yet and do not want to be insulting, so I thought it would be prudent for me to ask this question first. I could send something besides money, but not knowing, obviously, what she needs/wants, etc, I would hate to spend a lot of money on postage for something that she neither needs nor wants. Can someone please give me direction in this?

Thanks so much and I do look forward someday to visiting Poland as a tourist. From what my Polish friend there has told me, I think that I would like your country!