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Russian-American families - features of survival

'26.01.2018'

Many people are probably wondering how Russian-American families live. And you? As always, only from my own experience, and this is even more interesting, isn't it?

Russian-American families - is there a future? I propose to dismiss that nonsense, which is written on some sites.

Oksana, the author of the blog oks-bryant.ru with her husband Jason. Photo facebook.com/OxBryant

First, who are the Americans? We are here, of course, not about the Indians, the indigenous people of America, we will talk today, but about Americans in the sense of the word in which all people usually understand it. My husband, for example, is a mixture of English, Irish, German, Czechoslovak and Ukrainian (?) Bloods. That is, purebred American standard content.

Secondly, men are all different (including Americans). I don’t want to explain the obvious things, let's better share with you how we live here! Deal?

Americans go home in shoes

Everyone knows about it. When our relatives, neighbors or friends come, I watch with a creak in my heart as they walk on our newly washed floor and a white and fluffy rug, which I washed MANUAL a couple of days ago. I seldom speak to them; I prefer to wipe the floor again after they leave. I do not want to impose my orders on them. However, my husband learned to walk without shoes, and now he always takes it off at the entrance, and I am very grateful to him for that.

Americans throw out a lot of food

I mean this - guests came to you, praise your cake, finished eating, but part of the cake remained, and they go to the trash can and throw it away with a carefree expression. Or they boiled potatoes in their uniforms for mashed potatoes, three potatoes were left over, the same fate awaits them. Nice, fresh potatoes. And now I'm running, my hair is fluttering, my heels are covered in blood, and I try at the last moment to grab the potatoes on the way to the trash can: “Wait, what are you doing, children in Africa are starving, and you…!”. No, it's better to remain silent. Now my husband practically does not throw away food, he leaves everything in the refrigerator until I figure out what to do with it.

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Russian-American families: behavior with other people

We, Russians, do not limit ourselves in emotions and say everything (well, or almost everything), what we think, it does not matter whether there are other people nearby or not. Americans in public, you should smile and speak only in a friendly or calm tone, there should be no comments on each other. You are fine, no problem. Need to create an image picture perfect family, even if the soul scratching cats. My husband and I met at this point, as they say, in a middle, that is, I try to be cute, and he ignores my behavior if I did not succeed.

Americans shower at least twice a day and brush their teeth at least 2 times a day

Once someone in the comments wrote to me that Americans are not accustomed to hygiene, so, I wipe your nose, dear! Compared with them you will feel piggy. Oink oink. This, of course, is not a problem at all in Russian-American families, this is the moment when you need to learn something good from each other.

Americans wash towels and pajamas after ONE use

I will never understand this moment, and my husband cannot change his habits here. In this regard, towels wear out very quickly, moreover, the state of the environment is slowly but surely deteriorating (all of this powder is discharged into reservoirs). I can only take it for granted. The washing machine is turned on every day.

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Obviously, we are accustomed to different foods

Not to say that it causes quarrels and scandals, we just eat what both of them like - Italian food, sushi and sometimes hamburgers (I already see rotten tomatoes flying into me). Although my husband and borscht will not give up, and from the fried chicken with buckwheat. Americans eat at restaurants almost every day. Because of this, I now cook less and less. And it does not upset me at all.

Different approaches to parenting

My husband says that I and my daughter have a lot of lisping, I allow everything to her and I do not demand much from her. When he was small, he had to do a whole list of chores that are called here. chores. This is what I learned from him, and became more severe.

As you can see, it's not so scary! The main thing is to love each other and make compromises!

Oksana Bryant, blog author OKS-BRYANT

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