Frank
17 Sep 2006
Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]
Polish people have every right to be miserable....................look at their history, living standards, current struggles to make their way in the world, Europe and retain the confidence of its people.
It almost needs to be reborn/re-invent itself. It will be very difficult. NOTHING to smile about.
Plus they have the suspicion that all this won't last, if they smile too much, they will jinx their freedoms/progress and the be back in a living hell, they keep looking over their shoulders, recent history was so bad so huge, they remain cautious!
BUT if you go to Paris also , no-one smiles, it is a cultural thing, smiling is reserved for friends and family.
I do think Polish people will again learn to smile - but only on their terms, when things improve, when they become confident as a nation, not because they are told too!
Polish people have every right to be miserable....................look at their history, living standards, current struggles to make their way in the world, Europe and retain the confidence of its people.
It almost needs to be reborn/re-invent itself. It will be very difficult. NOTHING to smile about.
Plus they have the suspicion that all this won't last, if they smile too much, they will jinx their freedoms/progress and the be back in a living hell, they keep looking over their shoulders, recent history was so bad so huge, they remain cautious!
BUT if you go to Paris also , no-one smiles, it is a cultural thing, smiling is reserved for friends and family.
I do think Polish people will again learn to smile - but only on their terms, when things improve, when they become confident as a nation, not because they are told too!