What strange/unnerving/funny things do your Polish wives do?

Anyone every get this from their wife or girlfriend they live with?

Every once in a while [couple of times a year, possibly once a year if you are lucky] they feel this need to just completely alter the layout of the room. TV somewhere else, sofa facing this way, table over there, lamp on the other side of the room etc. If you ask why, they say the the room needs to be refreshed, you cannot just have it look the same all the time.

Taking home little packets of free condiments from restaurants.

my gf wanted to do that with the living room but when I told her to stay away from that she did this with the bedroom which I dont mind. btw she's not Polish but women are more or less the same everywhere.

Or defending those tracing paper style napkins as a good and effective way to wipe ones mouth / fingers after eating something sloppy at a restaurant.

I don’t really mind rearranging the room, even if I don’t like the new layout. It’s kind of hard to miss the new location of 60” TV or bed but what gets under my skin is the kitchen, every three months like clockwork the cupboards are rearranged. To find a spoon, beer opener or coffee cup can be a real challenging to put it mildly. By the time you get used to the new location it’s rearranged again! I think they do it out of spite.

Didn't you play hide and seek as a kid? Where's your sense of fun?
Most of my sentences at home begin with the words, "Where's the...?"
As others have said, it's not about Polish women in particular. Hey, if women were as easy to read as men, we wouldn't find them so fascinating, would we?

Having said that, when I find the cold beer I was looking forward to drunk but not replaced...oj.

Provided there's still one left as the shelf space allocation in the fridge for simple pleasures in life is also at short supply. Can't live without them but living with them presents its own set of challenges.

Not my wife`s.


Nope.


Yes!:):):):)

Do your Polish wives ever undergo a transformation?

No, I don`t mean any female werewolf, snake or wild cat act from horror movies.



I mean character transformation.

Normally my wife is a delicate, kind-hearted, unassuming person who needs my physical and emotional support in daily matters. But she turns into a real demon when her female mates visit us. Then she can be very pushy and she starts commanding me! She even makes fun of me in front of her mates! :):):) Unbelievable! She behaves like a master towards a servant.

I have always considered it very funny and never complained because the moment her mates are gone, she again becomes my darling sweetheart.

I tried to understand her motives and developed a theory. She fears that her mates might try to rob her of her husband that is why she sort of scares them off by belittling my person so that I look less attractive than I am.

What about your wives and their transformations?


You should still work on her.

I'd forgotten about this thread. Thanks for the reminder!
I think this might be true of all women but my wife is the back seat driver of my life. Like any little mistake no matter how inconsequential must be commented on and logged.

Just today she started shouting and carrying on like it was the end of the god damned world because I put a pair of dirty running shoes in a backpack of hers, which I had claimed many years ago.... I told her that's not how adults are supposed to communicate with each other.

Oh my God. I truly pity you. You are too kind. If my woman did sth like that, my revenge would be really nasty. E.g., ban on sex for a week!


Good but will she listen? Women are so stubborn.

I'd be abstaining every week if I did that. I think she is, like a lot of women are, just afraid that if she doesn't find something to argue or complain about then she'll forget this important life skill: )


She listened today. But is she stubborn enough to choose to forget?

Sorry to hear that.


:):):) I knew a few Polish women like that, One of them, my mother. :):):) When stopped by the road police for an obvious offence, she argued so long that they let us go. :):):)


Lovely! :)

I find that highly entertaining...that put a grin on my face

jasondmzk


Holy crap! MY MOM USED TO MAKE US DO THAT ALL THE TIME!

IT'S CRAZY

Come on, counting to 3 is not enough. It must be 10!

A little reminder:

Dear guys (I mean males now),
Did you ever come across articles suggesting your offspring`s intelligence is inherited from mothers only? It is not exactly true. So, don`t lose hope - you still have a chance to pass down your mental powers onto your kids.

forbes.com/sites/emilywillingham/2016/09/16/no-research-has-not-established-that-you-inherited-your-intelligence-from-your-mother/#5005daa96502

Did you know that intelligence is inherited from mothers?
Yet the claims in those headlines--and the articles that follow--are just rubbish, and pretty obviously so. Which just goes to show that no matter how smart we are or where we got those smarts, confirmation bias will be what makes us click...and share.

A joke on the Polish wife:

Does fairness exist in the (Polish) marriage?
Yes, it does: one time she is right, another time he is not right.
(Raz ona ma rację, raz on nie ma racji.)

It reminds me of that old joke about bosses.

Two main rules at your workplace:
1. Your boss is always right.
2. When he/she isn`t, go back to point no 1.

Guys, let`s talk about our Polish wives` sense of humour.

Rich, can I use your words from another thread?


Hmm, that almost certainly refers to my wife who can be so sardonic about my lifestyle and strange things I do on the daily basis that I can`t help but laugh out loud when I hear her comments.

Or whenever I ask silly questions, she answers in the same style, even using rhymes:

Seeing a dozen of freshly fried meat patties on a plate, I ask: A te sznycle to dla kogo?
Jej odpowiedź: Dla Misia Gogo

Who are those schnitzels for? I ask.
For Gogo Bear - she answers.

Unfortunately, some Polish wives have no sense of humour. See and watch a pato wife who critisizes her husband for playing roll of toilet paper in the room.

Oops.

youtu.be/Yho_ghNS-ro

I sympathize. My girlfriend's favorite way of spending time with friends appears to be when she's telling them what a rare idiot I am. Whenever those banshees visit my apartment, I try to do the polite thing and come out to say hello, but then try to scurry back to my room as soon as possible. There I pretend to be busy on my computer, however I can actually hear everything!


Wow, this seems eminently reasonable. How about getting yelled at for not turning out the socks before throwing them in the laundry hamper?

Mayby you shouldn't talk to her about politics. Especially if she is Ukrainian.🤭

Funny enough, that just doesn't come up much. Her friend group is something like 40%/40%/20% - Ukrainian/Russian/Other CIS. So even they don't discuss the war much when they get together, because it is too awkward. The topic just kind of hangs there like a dark cloud.

No, I'm an idiot for all the other reasons.

The female psyche is complicated. This may be an extrapolation.

Reading this thread has reminded me of that. Also, it has convinced me that there is no such thing as "Polish women", ""Dutch women", "Ethiopian women", etc... Women are just women, wherever they are on the planet. Although... I recently learned that my "Ukrainian girlfriend" is actually Polish on both sides.

Making fun of your loved ones in front of others or criticising them on regular basis is pretty toxic behaviour...


lol Well... she may have a point ;D :))))


It's possible that her mother was doing the same to her and she repeats the pattern.

Here's a video about what it's like to be married to a Polish woman from a foreigner's perspective :):

youtu.be/gc-W9ZrxZQY

About that fast walking - it's like he's describing my mother lol When you walk with her you have to tell her to slow down and wait for you and to remind her that there's no hurry lol

He made another video about Polish wives with his American friend, I think, but I can't find it now.


If that bothers you then maybe talk to her about it? Ask her how she would feel if you were behaving like that with your buddies (unless, of course, you're doing the same when you are hanging out with your male friends lol).

Interesting, this needs some further explanation.

I have to admit, I enjoy cracking a joke at the expense of my lady. Not too frequently I hope. A couple times she told me those jokes are pretty raw, so maybe it's me that started this. On the other hand, she told me a million times that if it were not for my sense of humor she would never want to be near me.

I really don't mind her thinking I'm an idiot. I think it's charming and cute, because I know in my heart she's really the idiot in the family.


Well... I always thought there was something very suspicious about her last name. I won't post it here to save her from the demons of PF, but let's say it's not a typical Russian or Ukrainian last name. I also knew that her extended family in Ukraine seemed rather small by our Eastern European standards. Then one day I started asking her if she knows where they are from originally, and just like that she said "oh we're from Poland". I asked if it's Jewish, or Polish Polish, and she said Polish Polish. To me it was like the explosion of an artillery shell, but for her - she didn't even think to mention it for the first couple years.

Well, that explains it... It's possible that she's taking "revenge" on you for that (maybe not even entirely consciously).


That may be different though when you're making fun of her in front of others (or even in private). I think it's always better to make sure you're not crossing some line, and you're both having fun, not just you, because it can become humiliating/hurtful for the other person.


Wow... I can imagine... lol A RuSSian Putinist with an Ukrainian girlfriend with Polish roots... That's freaking twisted ;D

Now that I know the truth, I know where her big nose comes from.

Poles have big noses.