So, I am flying out to see a woman I met in several weeks for her birthday. This one seems to be important for her. It is her 25th. Is there somethng I should know beforehand in regards to this? Are there any traditions or significance to a 25th birthday in the Ukraine? Is there something I should be prepared for as her guy or expected to do on this occasion? Thanks in advance.
hi
) hope I'm still in time
don't worry, there is no any special Ukrainian traditions for 25th birthday. Normally it is just a bigger party, more people are invited, cause you turn quarter of century, so its kind of big deal
. we do have some special dates in our culture. for example some parents doesn't celebrate 13th birthday of their child,
yes, we are That superstitious:)))), well ... some of us
)) then it goes 16th birthday, because we receive the passport when we are 16. then its
18th birthday, because we become adult at those age, then its 25, as quarter of century and half of youth, then its 33 for man, because its the age when Jesus died some people don't celebrate it too ( please don't laugh too loud
), then its 40, then 50. the most fun starts on 50th birthday
my country is totally different to yours in the age questions. Here man 50 years old is a grandfather
he behave the same as old person
it is on its way to change, but still.
so here people use to believe that after 50 there is no sexual life, because you have your children already and grandchildren, so no need to make a new ones
so we have kind of comic ritual, when guests make kind of primitive version of penis (excuse my English)
( for example from carrot and two potatoes or cucumber and two onions )
and this pseudo-pennis got "cut" by the wife of the guy, whose birthday it is
)) it symbolizes that since now, the man's "thing"
belongs to his wife only and she decide to keep it for future or to throw away
) normally women keep it
. it is very old ritual, nowadays people follow it only in some villages or sometimes in towns too when they are drunk enough
)
anyway.... going back to your topic
. BillyB was right about flowers - buy her 25 roses
its common present : one rose for each year of life.
also it is very traditional in my country to buy some gold. some bracelet or earrings necessary expensive very much - its a average gift for woman in my country
yes, she may expect you to pay the bill, because its also very much common here when man pick up the bill
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what to do is your decision
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even if it wasn't helpful - hope you were smiling while reading it
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