Word For The Day, Wednesday, January 15, 2014-- dragoman

[Texan5]

Very wise advice, indeed-I shared joint accounts for household expenses and bills with both MrT5 and my 1st husband-that was the account my 1st husband emptied on his mid-life binge, along with selling jointly owned assets-if I hadn’t had my own account, I’d have been totally trashed.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Wow - I”m starting to see this mid=life crisis as an excuse to just act like an idiot! I have a brother in law who did this - and now can barely afford to pay his own bills AND pay off the idiotic mess he spent while out whoring....plus he will be paying alimony for the rest of his life.

[Texan5]

Since I first worked with my compadre, and he read my resume 16 years ago, he has asked that I use my transferrable skills to keep our jobsites injury-free and to maintain a positive and cooperative atmosphere-harmony is money saved. That said, past training and education rule anyway-I think I’m hard wired that way, but I’m happy doing it...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Very smart!

[Texan5]

The male mid-life crisis is real, to some extent, but most do use it as an excuse for totally inappropriate and even illegal behavior-I hope for the BIL’s sake that he gets his head out of his ass at some time in the near future-my 1st husband ended up murdered over a married woman in her mid 20s...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I kind of doubt that ever went through his mind when he needed to feel young and wanted! sorry but that is ridiculous isn’t it?

[mikrofon]

If you come from Chicago , Buffalo , Cleveland , Detroit, Pittsburgh or Milwaukee there surely is a large church called “Saint Stanislaus,” or “Saint Hedwig,” within one block of your childhood home (that is, unless you’re one of those suburban exiles, in which case the church was within a few blocks of your babcia’s house!)

Your knowledge of the Polish language is mostly evident in ‘naughty’ words ie:., dupa, gowno, kurwa, etc, names for food ie: pierogi, kapusta, etc, and drinking toasts i.e.: Na Zdrowie,

You call your grandma “babcia” or “busia” and your grandpa “dziadzia.” You know how to dance the polka (or fake it) but you only do it at weddings after kicking back a few generous shots of vodka..

When frustrated, you slap your forehead, shake your head, and say “O Jezu Marija!” ("Jezusie drogi!")

Your relatives have strong devotion to saints, the Blessed Virgin, and the Pope (lots of pics of JP II)

Your parents have at least one crucifix or religious picture mounted on a wall in their house with palms tucked behind it.(!)

You get your food blessed at Easter and your house blessed at Christmas time.
Your family has a wigilia meal on Christmas Eve at which you share oplatki and kiss everyone. (sadly, no more)

You always prefer rye bread or pumpernickel to white or wheat.

Your dad has forced you to eat horseradish, claiming that it will “put hair on your chest,” (never had to!)

You know the words to “Sto Lat” and sing it at all birthday parties (or under the following circumstances.)

You can out drink all of your friends (at one time)

Words like kiszka, kielbasa, and golabki actually mean something to you.

You actually know who Kosciuszko and Pulaski are, and why they’re important (and have local streets named after them.)

You have at least one relative who plays the Accordion. (Dad used to play in a band – we still have the instrument)

You’ve never been to Poland , but you have mysterious relatives there to whom your busia sends gifts and money every Christmas.
(Mom's father was from the hometown of Karol Wojtyla - Wadowice)

You collect “prayer cards” from funerals.+++

People often have trouble pronouncing your last name (and actually think I'm Italian.)

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So, I guess I pass the ethnic test :-)

[xsmommy]

Knew it!! That was a great survey of your ethnicity!!