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Posts by chrison2wheels  

Joined: 17 Oct 2013 / Male ♂
Last Post: 23 Jan 2014
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From: NY
Speaks Polish?: Yes
Interests: Cycling, Fishing, Classic Cars, Astronomy

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chrison2wheels   
23 Jan 2014
Love / I am in a serious relationship with a girl i met on-line from Poland - advice needed [19]

Go visit Poland. Spend some time with her, see how it goes. You are crazy to be moving to Poland for woman you know only from the net/phone. If you spend some time with her and you guys click, then have her move down under or America. You do not want to move to Poland unless you are retiring and have nice chunk of money (minimum half a million dollars)
chrison2wheels   
20 Jan 2014
Love / I have a crush on my boyfriend's Polish friend ( advice needed ) [33]

Well, maybe he is not into you and just made up the story about his new girlfriend just to get you off his back. If he was interested in you, even if he had a new girl, he would keep his mouth shut about her keeping all options open. It's simple, the man of your dreams is not into you. Sorry for being rude.
chrison2wheels   
16 Jan 2014
Law / Can my American wife stay in Poland with me? I have citizenship of Poland. [12]

So I was born in Poland but my parents moved to Germany when I was very young, then moved to USA. I have Polish, German and USA citizenship. My wife is American. Lets say we decide to retire in Poland. I know I can stay but what about her? I tried searching this forum but coming up empty. Thank you
chrison2wheels   
16 Jan 2014
Life / Eating out in Poland, is it expensive? [28]

Actually Thailand has the cheapest food as most meals from street vendors are 35-50 Baht, which is $1.5. Cambodia is about $2-$3 per meal. We went to Ecuador in September and food was about $3-$5 per meal. We went to Quito, Cuenca and Vilcabamba. Weather is nice, 22c year round at 3000m elevation where most cities are. But the locals are very annoying. Always begging or trying to sell you things, none stop. After 3 days I started to get angry at them, this would get old fast.

I still like Poland best as I was born there and we like European life style. Plus you don't stick out like a tourist being white.
chrison2wheels   
15 Jan 2014
Life / Eating out in Poland, is it expensive? [28]

I have been looking at Cambodia. There are many Youtube channels about it. The problem is that only few places in Cambodia are livable and rest of the country is in poverty. Thailand, I can live anywhere, even in the small villages as the standard of living is higher so less chance of desperate people committing crime.
chrison2wheels   
15 Jan 2014
Life / Eating out in Poland, is it expensive? [28]

Thank you guys. Thailand is looking better and better. I remember in 2001 when my wife and I visited Poland, we bounced around in taxis all over Szczecin for a full week, ate in restaurant with desserts and spent maybe $200

Yes, but I'm retiring at 45 years old so I need cheaper place where my dollar has more buying power or keep on working which I do not want. I'm the only Polak that wants to retire early. Most others I know work till they die with millions in the bank. They just can't stop. I want to be completely broke at age 60. Have some friends that did that and they say it was best decision they made. Stop working in 40s, enjoy your life while you still somewhat young and let the Government take care of you when you old.
chrison2wheels   
14 Jan 2014
Life / Eating out in Poland, is it expensive? [28]

I'm having hard time finding out the cost of food (eating out) in cities like, Poznan, Wroslaw, Szczecin. It's been 12 years since I visited. My wife and I plan on retiring in Poland from USA. My family members in Poland keep telling me DON'T BOTHER and go else where as restaurants are expensive. We don't cook, never did here in USA. They kinda pop my bubble and lately I have been looking at Thailand, Greece, South America as eating out is usually under $2-$3 per person. Can someone please tell me honestly what is the cost of meal in Poland. Now I know there are fancy places and everyday places. We dine at cheap places here in USA (diners, some fast food, some small shops) so we would be fine with street food and maybe 2-3 a week going to actual restaurant. Thank you.
chrison2wheels   
6 Jan 2014
USA, Canada / Getting a VISA to USA by a Polish person nowadays [339]

My nice and nephew both got 10 years visa (multiple entry). I sent them invitation letter, the I-134 form and all my banks, employment data, everything. My sister contacted some agency in Warsaw and applied for tourist visa (never used my invitation) and both kids got visas. They were 16 and 19 year old. I was shocked. I was sure they would not get it even with my support but they got 10 year visas with no income, nothing holding them back in Poland.
chrison2wheels   
20 Nov 2013
Love / Dating a Polish guy for three years. Will he ever marry me? [44]

I say he will eventually leave you. Sorry but that's the truth. If he was around your age and had other women before you, divorced or had some kids of his own, I would say he is a keeper. But you got a guy who never had a woman before, who is 23 (20 when he met you), he will eventually want to taste some other things. I would move on. Plenty of older Polish guys around. But, lets face it, you are in love and you will wait. I hope I'm wrong.
chrison2wheels   
11 Nov 2013
Love / Massive problems with Polish mother-in-law [36]

Sound exactly like my mom. I was her only son, lived with her till I was 24 and when I found my wife, an American, I moved out but continue to support her till one day I said enough. My mother turned psycho. Tried everything to break us up. Would scream at my wife to get out off my life. Actually end up hurting her self (broken bones) to get my attention and make me feel sorry for her. Guilt was her favorite weapon. Trying everyday to kick my wife out. I kicked her out instead, taking her straight to the airport sending her back to Poland. I never spoken with her again and don't want to.

Don't worry, your husband knows what is going on. My wife was in the same boat, she went through total hell and that is how I know she truly loves me. Anyone who can live with my mother for just a week deserve a medal. Now two years later, my mom is trying to reach out to my wife, apologizing, thinking that of they start to communicate I will too.
chrison2wheels   
6 Nov 2013
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

I rest my case, even here people are rude. I don't know what I was thinking asking Polish rude crowd why are they rude. And no, it's not Germans or Russians, always Polish
chrison2wheels   
6 Nov 2013
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

Merged: Why are young Polish people so rude and bad in USA

Is it just in USA? The rudeness of young Polish people terrifies me, specially out in the nature where I live and work. Why are Polish young generation so rude, always very cocky and so so slick. Trying to rip off local businesses. On top of that, they have no manners. It's down right scary. Here in USA, every time we ran into young polish crowd, we always have bad experience. I live in the mountains to be around nature. I know most owners of local businesses, cops and camp ground owners in the area (most are my neighbors) that absolutely hate Polish costumers. Unfortunately lots of Polish people like to camp, swim, kayak and fish so the local owners put up with them. Examples:

When we go hiking, everybody on the trails are nice, will chat for few minutes, smile, wave, then you bump into a crowd and all you get is dirty looks, then you hear them speaking Polish. My niece came from Poland last summer and on our first hike in Catskill Mountains, she could not understand why we say Hello to people on the trail. WTF, everybody says hello.

Camping and Polish crowd is always an eye opening. They are the loudest campsite, completely drunk, get in fights with other campers, break all the rules including cutting trees and in the morning leave all garbage behind and drive away. One time I went to talk to bunch of them ready to drive away with trash all over the place. I nicely asked them in Polish will they pick up their trash. Well, will never do that again.

Same thing with fishing, they almost always keep illegal size fish or illegal number (hiding them in the trunk), use illegal gear, are so loud that they ruin everybody's day and again leave trash behind. And it seams like they always insist on breaking all the beer bottles on rocks so it's harder to clean up after them.

The locals here sell wood on the side of the road where you take a bundle and put money in the wooden box. Guess what, it's always the Polish crowd that gets in trouble as the owners have hidden cameras and report them to my local cop which always tells me ALL ABOUT IT knowing that I'm Polish (polish flag on my house)

Speaking of flags, this spring, one of the camp ground took 12 large European flags and put them in the entrance of the camp ground as most of his costumers are from Europe. Around May I noticed that all flags were there except Polish. So I stopped in ready to hear about how he is fed up with POLAKS and took the flag down. I asked the owner what happened to the Polish flag, the only one missing. He said it got stolen. I burst in laughter, he didn't think it was funny.

It's gotten so bad that I don't tell anyone that I'm Polish. Thankfully I came here as a kid and have no accent. I should not be a shamed of being Polish. And it is always the young Polish crowd that barely speaks any English, which means they were raised in Poland. My parents raised us to be good, polite, honest, help others. Where is this new generation coming from. Just scary.
chrison2wheels   
6 Nov 2013
Law / Advice needed on access rights and alimony payments regarding my Polish daughter [28]

Get a lawyer. I hate lawyers but sometime you need one. You have the visiting rights but it all has to be done through courts. I don't think you will be able to take your daughter to Portugal but you could bring your parents to Poland to see their granddaughter. Remember that once you get legal stuff going, you might end up paying even more. And whatever you are paying now, make sure it's well documented so she doesn't hit you for back child support.

Typical Polish woman, just wants money and will mess with your head to get it.
chrison2wheels   
17 Oct 2013
Life / Poland: The land of -isms [63]

Here is USA most Poles are racist. I moved here as a kid and lived in poor neighborhoods so most my friends were black or Latino. Yet even my Polish parents always looked down on blacks. Sure there are more of them committing a crime than say Asian people but 99% just want to work and have a good life. Just walk in any Polish store in NY and start talking about MURZYNI and you'll get an ear full. It's a shame considering how we Polish people are scattered all over the world where people welcome us jet we are first to judge someone with darker skin.