Comments on: The pros of Russian husbands

By: Lilly

Lilly — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:39:18 +0000

If only I weren’t a liberal arts student, maybe I could afford to go to Russia and meet my own Russian man! Ah well, I will have to hope that one comes through my backward town (where many of the American men really only have three teeth! Imagine that loving up on you.)
I’d love to meet a good Russian man….well a good man period, but right now I’m feeling like Russian is winning that.
Thanks for the article!

By: Vicki

Vicki — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:11:33 +0000

I’m generalizing here. And by generalizing, i mean just making broad stereotypical assumptions.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:10:05 +0000

I think moldable is very dependent on the person. The words “upryamiy kak osel” come to mind.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:38:06 +0000

Thank you . Welsh people rock. I wish I were Welsh so I could have the flag.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:37:44 +0000

I’m surprised you’re still alive.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:54:29 +0000

I used to play basketball with a lot of Russian men. Boy, did they hate to lose.

By: Shefaly

Shefaly — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:30:25 +0000

Gherkin:

“Your advice on Russian men only applies to those who came here post 1990..”. Does this preclude those who came here as a kid, say at age 6, and took to ueber-programming anyway? Such as Sergey Brin? Thanks.

I only ask for my interest in Russia goes back many years. When I was a child growing up in India, it was much easier to find Russian things in India than American ones. I even recall reading for a time a large format magazine called “Baal Sputnik” (lit. Sputnik for Children) which was a straight translation from a Russian magazine for kids. It had improbable projects and interesting discussions on maths, potatoes (ok for Indians because we eat rather a lot of them) and snow (which a vast majority of Indians used to see, then, in Hindi cinema songs, and they usually didn’t notice the snow for the under-dressed actress in the song; didn’t I say it was always a song? In Switzerland?)Thanks.

By: Galina

Galina — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:09:03 +0000

I agree with everything you said. Russian husbands ROCK!

By: christy

christy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:52:32 +0000

Well Marinka has linked up to you a couple of times now and both times I’ve laughed out loud, so I thought I’d comment and introduce myself. I’m Christy; I’m married a Welsh man, though I briefly dated a Russian. I beat him in chess so he broke up with me! Thus, I’ve never had to deal with/been privy to a Russian MIL.

Fabulous response to a fun letter!

By: Vicki

Vicki — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:09:35 +0000

It’s ok, Jeanne. Just think of the whole chicken!