I don’t think I’ve seen any of the guys on this board engage in any “summer-hookups”
I’ll explain what I mean.
Back in the CCCP days robotniki at the zhvod would get an all-expense-paid trip to some Black-Sea resort owned by the “party”
It would be an opportunity for the young factory workers in state factory #34 to check out other factory workers who were also there from state factories 3-17
it led to a lot of “hook-ups"
these kinds of hookups eventually just became “part of the culture”
it STILL is embedded in Russian culture.
as any wood worker will tell you
it’s easier to cut WITH the grain than against it!
you get a LOT of 20ish/30ish professional single women who after a freezing winter in either Moscow or St Petersburg, yearn to swim in the Black Sea, without husband or boyfriend, they’re flying there solo...
I noticed her standing by herself next to the beach
in cut-offs and an ironed officers shirt
graceful, shapely legs, smooth and pale
short blond hair, glasses, a student maybe...
her eyes caught mine, but neither of us could turn away...
I reached into my pocket, clutching an old worn coin I found
I walked slowly towards her...
“Izenitya” (excuse me)
sorry to bother you, but do you know what this coin is?”
I hold it out in front of her, she puts her fingers around mine and examines the coin.
“da, eta 3 kopece”
I gave her the coin to keep as a souvenir, and because it was hot, I suggested that we go to the nearby “piva tent” and we took seats and I told her American jokes that she never heard before and they made her laugh while we drank more and more of the cool lager ...