Stereotypes and perceived age discrepancy

[MarkLeftTX]

Mark,
 
RW and lazy are mutually exclusive terms, especially a younger RW.

I hear that. Being from Pittsburgh, I always thought I had a good blue collar work ethic.


Then I met my wife. Think I have a good work Ethic? Guess again Comrade! She makes me tired just watching her...

[I/O]

RW and lazy are mutually exclusive terms, especially a younger RW.

I once believed this to be true, years of visiting Russia and observation tell me otherwise.

[brian131]

I met an overweight, very lazy Chinese woman with huge breasts when I was in Beijing.  I haven't been to FSU yet, but I take all of these statements with a grain of salt.  I try to think 'woman with Russian influence' rather than 'Russian woman'.  Human first, then woman, then Russian (to greater or lesser degree).  If I forget that I'll end up with a self-centered shrew and divorce number 3.   

[brian131]

Too add something to the original discussion, I dated a woman 10 years older.  I was 19 at the time.  I have to say that I enjoyed the way she thought of me as her 'beautiful boy'.  I got a lot more attention than I would have from someone my own age.  I never thought that I had a hold on her by being so young.  The characteristics I admired about her made me always think of her as very desirable to other men.  She had to tolerate a certain level of emotional security from me and I had to tolerate a lower energy level from her.  We had a great 4 years together and I was very upset to break up with her.  It had nothing to do with age, she was just too selfish in some ways for me to spend my life with.  We dated long distance the last year when i had changed colleges.  I had plenty of opportunity to fool around with younger, better looking women but they all seemed liked little girls compared to my more mature girlfriend.

I know a guy in his mid 20s, very good looking, good income, really nice and loyal who is engaged to a woman 20 years older.

I also know a man married for 15 years to a woman 12 years older.

It can work if she's marrying you because she loves you.  We men are pretty shallow.  If we can do it, they can do it.  Just make sure that you work at it.  She shouldn't have to give up her youth just because she loves an older man.  If she relocated, she's already made a huge sacrifice.

[Gator]

I once believed this to be true, years of visiting Russia and observation tell me otherwise.

Not true for some, many or most RW?
 
Always this way or a recent change/trend?
 
Maybe my selection criteria unknowingly eliminated the lazy so my observation sample is not representative.  I have high energy levels (can sit on the beach for two hours at most before my battery is fully charged).  The slow paced women bored me (and to be honest, I probaly frightened them ).

[Misha]

I once believed this to be true, years of visiting Russia and observation tell me otherwise.

Ditto 

[ML]

Don't know about a general statement, but most of the  FSU gals I have spent much time with were pretty active persons.

The FSU gal currently living with me is almost hyper-active.
School hasn't started yet; but up til now she bugs me everyday about giving her tasks to do.  i.e. she wants to do much manual work, etc.
Is now driving lawn tractors, pulling weeds, raking yard, cleaning the house, restaining back deck, taking typing lessons with program I downloaded, studying drivers license manual, etc.

When school starts on Monday, she is going to overwhelmed with the homework, so all these activities might stop.

Her driving has improved dramatically in just 3 weeks of practice.  At first would only drive to the end of my driveway (which is about an 8th of mile long), but now is sitting in driver's seat when I enter garage ready to leave and drives most everywhere we go.  Has been on the interstate 3 times now and said she is not afraid now.  But she cannot back-up for shit.  And I doubt she will ever be able  to parallel park.  So don't know how she is going to pass driving part of the exam.

Oh, the good  news . . . at least so far.  Rather than gaining weight, she has lost about 5 pounds.  (Note: The first week she was in USA, we both gained a couple of pounds.  But that was the constant eating at top notch restaurants.)  All  the yard work I think, plus I have gotten her into my routine of eating main meal around 3 PM and only fruits in evening.  She is a little (or maybe a lot)  peeed at me that I don't allow bread in the house.  Also, she has eagerly embraced working out with me on the weight machine in my game room.

We posted pics of her on vkontacte wearing short, shorts that I bought her. Her FSU female friends said she looked like an 18 year old (sans the 5 pounds).  But her male relatives are displeased with the pics and said she was looking  like a prostitute.  This is the way with males regarding their female relatives, so I told her not to worry.  But she doesn't want  her parents to see such pics for sure. 

[wicheese]

  She is a little (or maybe a lot)  peeed at me that I don't allow bread in the house. 

 


As much as Russians love their black bread, you should feel lucky she's only "peeed" (heck, my RW starts everyday with a thick slice and a big chunk of cheese).    I could not imagine telling her she's denied bread as she would probably be on the next flight home. 

[Boethius]

Wait until she arrives, wicheese, and can't find the good bread Russians and Ukrainians are accustomed to.  We tried for years to find good rye bread, and there are a lot of German bakeries where I live, but it is always underbaked.
 
 

[I/O]

Gator: Plenty of lazy girls and guys in FSU areas. It isn't all the "stupid governments" (goodness, how many times have I heard that) fault that it ended up in a mess.
 
Bread, don't start me...!!! Rye and bloody buckwheat, they're both effing weeds but try telling that to a Russian.    We poison the rubbish.

[Muzh]

Wait until she arrives, wicheese, and can't find the good bread Russians and Ukrainians are accustomed to.  We tried for years to find good rye bread, and there are a lot of German bakeries where I live, but it is always underbaked.

Ditto that.

[Misha]

The solution for good bread: bake your own. I bake my own rye bread made from scratch using a pizza stone.


This is my wife's favorite bread that I bake at home: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/jalapeno-cheese-bread/detail.aspx

[SANDRO43]

I bake my own rye bread made from scratch using a pizza stone.

Neapolitan geologists would love to hear where you found that .

[Misha]

Neapolitan geologists would love to hear where you found that .

LOL! They should try Stokes: http://www.stokesstores.com/en/produits.php?id=7&idp=246

[Doll]

 


As much as Russians love their black bread, you should feel lucky she's only "peeed" (heck, my RW starts everyday with a thick slice and a big chunk of cheese).    I could not imagine telling her she's denied bread as she would probably be on the next flight home.

Bread is not much worse than doughnuts (in the morning).

[OlgaH]

Bread is not much worse than doughnuts (in the morning).

I would say a slice of whole grain rye bread with a slice of cheese is much better than doughnuts, pancakes and  so on (in the morning and in the evening as well)