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Posts by Lenka  

Joined: 17 Nov 2009 / Female ♀ 		Last Post: 4 Oct 2025
Threads: Total: 6 / Live: 4 / Archived: 2
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Lenka   
29 Oct 2013
Language / Should I learn Polish or she learn English? [83]

At the beggining? I don't think so. For now she needs encouragement not correcting. It's too early for that. If anything it will put her off. Giving an example by speaking clearly and correctly- sure but correcting (too much correcting that is) can slow down the process and make her feel stupid.
Lenka   
29 Oct 2013
Language / Should I learn Polish or she learn English? [83]

Reading but not understanding is ok for now. Let's do it that way- when we are born we do not comprehend any language yet we learn it by listening and so on. Just remember- let her ask for directions, buy stuff and things like that. Even if she's going to have some problems it will bebefit her. Classes are a must

When I started learning Russian after a month of classes I decided I don't improve enough so I watched some stupid soap opera (they are the best for easy language :) ). Even though I understood only singular words I kept doing it- after 3 months I was the best in my class in vocabulary and comprehension. Classes were giving me the basic skills and the series developed it.
Lenka   
28 Oct 2013
Language / Should I learn Polish or she learn English? [83]

Hm, as a Pole that had to learn English- the classes are a must but also TV, music, talking to you and so on. Just let her "bath" in the language at every opportunity (which won't be too hard since you are in UK) and DON't make it easy on her not to communicate in English- don't do stuff for her.
Lenka   
29 Aug 2013
Life / Bad Polish mothers [35]

Wow, I thank you very much- I did need that laugh.

I do know bad things happen but somehow I managed to live in Poland for 27 years without being trafficed, raped, drugged or anything like that. My friends escaped such fate as well. I repeat- Poland is not some haven without any bad things happening here but it's not hell either.
Lenka   
29 Aug 2013
Life / Bad Polish mothers [35]

Well, I live here for 27 years and although some bad things do happen I wouldn't say it's as bad as you describe. As to google search- type anything and you will get many results- not necessarily accurate or true.
Lenka   
15 Aug 2013
Life / What do Poles really think about cats? [470]

Well, she wants to make you proud. My mother once, after moving to my father's home, walked out barefoot in the morning and stood on dead rat my father's cat brought home. The cat waited to be rewarded for bringing this treassure and instead was suprised by my mother screaming her lungs out :)
Lenka   
22 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

In my opinion beating takes the cake- if we make sure things like that (both men and women) are not neglected and victims are helped we can move on to another, more subtle points. Thankfully in Poland if someone is hurt for more than 7 days (broken legs, arms and so on) the government starts investigation by itself.

And yeah, I will be crying because feminist showed women that it doesn't have to be that way. That if you are abused you can kick the abusers ass.

And one question- since feinists are so men hating how comes they are the one that invite singe fathers into their marches? I can't see other organisations fighting for their rights
Lenka   
22 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

Iron- if it was unbiased and serious I would agree. As I said- I hate the idea of men being ashamed of the fact that they are abused by a women and that when if some of them do report it they are often laughed at by police officers and told that thay should be able to handle their own women. This situations should be treated with the same stern approach but don't tell me that anything presented in that movie was even remotely ok.
Lenka   
22 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

Oh no Iron, I'm not. In the movie are parts like that women have bruises simply because when men defends himself he is simply stronger so sorry winetou. No Iron. I never lauged or ridiculed any victim of domestic violence. Men included. If something escalates to the point of hitting there is nothing understandable about it. One side or the other. And thanks to that "crazy" feminists victims of such violence are getting help more often every year
Lenka   
22 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

In the early ninties my mother worked with four other women in a office. And only two of them all didn't have to regularily put on a violet make up to cover the brusies their husbands gave them One of them in the end ended up in hospital with broken ribs, jaw pulled teeth and other things. Do you want to know why? Because her husband jumped on her and banged her head against the wall. So don't ask me Polonius to calmly watch a movie in which part of the blame for things like that is put on the victim. Most of my friends' mums were hit at least once by their husbands. Now at least women know they have other option and don't have to put up with men like that.

And I don't say men are not abused- but funnily enough it's female groups that tell hem it's no shame to go to the police. It's feminist circles that welcome single fathers that want equal rights with single mothers.
Lenka   
22 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

Because women have different physique than men.

Hm, it would be interesting seing for example men competing with women in artistic gynastics :) Of course we are different and joining sports would be just stupid.
Lenka   
21 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

Lol, I haven't seen such a stupid video in a long time. I feel repulsed by it. I saw beaten women. I saw them while they were beaten- and this...is BS
Lenka   
21 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

It's because we live in the real world.

I was happy enough to live among smart, confident men and women that didn't have to spew on one another. Both sides understood that they are equal. Period. Nothing more. And since that was understood noone had to hate anyone. Of course there are ppl on both sides that feel insecure and so on but I'm around ppl that know this basic truths.
Lenka   
21 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

When I read some comments here it actually makes me a radical feminist.
Like when today one article on onet about tram accident especially elaborated that the women were driving. Not even that "Panie motornicze" or something like that but separate sentence "Both trams were driven by women". I wonder if they emphasized it that way if it was about men.
Lenka   
15 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

There isn't even one women group that would represent most Polish women. Be it conservative, liberal...they just get support from some small percentage of Polish women. Why? Because most ppl are more busy with they day to day life and don't care.
Lenka   
15 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

I don't know the exact number- noone does but I think they have support of some Polish women. Probably more among young women but not only.
Lenka   
14 Jun 2013
Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

paid agitators and idle elitists who populate such media circuses

Well, I didn't know I'm not a Polish woman. Thanks for making me realise it.

They are not speaking for Polish women.

True, noone can really speak for all Polish women.
Lenka   
30 May 2013
Work / Medical tests before working in Poland [23]

The poop in necessary if you have contact with food. That's why your friend had to do this.
Dominic is right though- the doctor that will check you has all the requirements. Usually if the job doesn't have any special conditions the test takes 10 mins.
Lenka   
18 May 2013
History / How different would WW2 turned out if Poland accepted Hitler's offer [219]

Indeed, threads like this one, that proport to give "answers" to questions involving massive counter-factuals, may be interesting to read but these answers have absolutely no historical value. History is about what actually happened and no one can claim to know the truth about how WW2 would've turned out if the titular counter-factual had actually happened.

True, it doesn't have any historical value but it can be fun :) Of course as long as everybody treats it exactly that why- as harmless entertainment :)