adamm19830
25 Jun 2016
Life / Poland after one year of living here [105]
Hi,
I am a UK national about to embark on a big move to Lublin with my wife and 2 children.
I am from Nottingham and I'm 32 years old. Personally I have been visiting Lublin 8-9 times a year for the last 6 years and I have to say I love the culture, the family togetherness, the weather. I must admit Polish people are very opinionated and are not scared to show it. My polish wife also hates this attitude but we have taken the "water off a ducks back" approach. The main thing we find is that Polosh people have a certain way to look after their children and if you don't do it their way then you are wrong. Whilst frustrating we just ignore it and carry on. An example would be children wearing hats, on a mild winter day they would make their children wear woolly hats just because it's "winter" and would totally look down on you if your children wasn't doing it and make snide comments like "oh someone must be warm". My wife normally bites back at them, I just find it funny.
Anyway that's my main downside to the polish attitude, everything else makes up for it.
I think OP should stay another year. Personally, I'd be a hell of a lot more miserable living away from my children.
Hi,
I am a UK national about to embark on a big move to Lublin with my wife and 2 children.
I am from Nottingham and I'm 32 years old. Personally I have been visiting Lublin 8-9 times a year for the last 6 years and I have to say I love the culture, the family togetherness, the weather. I must admit Polish people are very opinionated and are not scared to show it. My polish wife also hates this attitude but we have taken the "water off a ducks back" approach. The main thing we find is that Polosh people have a certain way to look after their children and if you don't do it their way then you are wrong. Whilst frustrating we just ignore it and carry on. An example would be children wearing hats, on a mild winter day they would make their children wear woolly hats just because it's "winter" and would totally look down on you if your children wasn't doing it and make snide comments like "oh someone must be warm". My wife normally bites back at them, I just find it funny.
Anyway that's my main downside to the polish attitude, everything else makes up for it.
I think OP should stay another year. Personally, I'd be a hell of a lot more miserable living away from my children.