Learning English

[tom&tanya 48]

My wife's English is getting better every day ... Yesterday I made the mistake of going upstairs with my shoes on ... my wife walked in, looked at my feet, pointed and said: Vat iz Zis?! ... I promptly took off my shoes .....

[Neonred 3,564]

My wife's English is great. When I walk into the house with my shoes on and she catches me she just points to my feet and says "get out"

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

That is how they learn!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

My wife's English is great. When I walk into the house with my shoes on and she catches me she just points to my feet and says "get out"

This is where they often try to teach YOU Russian!

My wife's English is getting better every day ... Yesterday I made the mistake of going upstairs with my shoes on ... my wife walked in, looked at my feet, pointed and said: Vat iz Zis?! ... I promptly took off my shoes .....

So she has improved from "Vooowhat EEZ ZEES?" Congratulations

[tom&tanya 48]

The more she improves her English, the more she tells me how much she loves the Russian language ... so much more expressive and beautiful than English. But for me she will suffer and learn this crude and ugly language.

[AKguy 1]

I love that look of death they throw when you walk in too. Like, if they had a knife they might actually cut you.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

The more she improves her English, the more she tells me how much she loves the Russian language ... so much more expressive and beautiful than English. But for me she will suffer and learn this crude and ugly language.

Actually, and not to be judgemental or anything, these are my personal preferences...I do think Russian and a Russian accent is very pleasent, even sexy. (Yowzaaaaaaaaaaaa!) Along with a French accent from a woman (French accents from men sound gay to me )

Alla often talks me to sleep in Russian with her gentle and kind words (mostly I don't understand her, but what I do understand sounds good) I love it!

OMG today I had to have a meeting with a woman that had a very nasal Brooklyn accent and she wouldn't shut up! One of those that lives for meetings and one of the reasons I almost never go to meetings, you never know when one of "them" is going to show up. I wanted to throw a chair out of the window and JUMP! I kept chanting to myself..."this is WHY I married a Ukrainian, this is WHY I married a Ukrainian"

Alla is a person interested in language. I think she would be happy to be a student all her life and learn languages, and she does not consider English "crude" at all. But I understand her point.

[tom&tanya 48]

Oh Yeah ... That Russian accent .... very sexy. I also really enjoy my wife talking to me in Russian.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Oh Yeah ... That Russian accent .... very sexy. I also really enjoy my wife talking to me in Russian.

Tell her there are BEARS in Florida. Yeah, lots of bears. Then tell her the best way to be safe from bears is to sleep closely behind you, naked, and whisper you to sleep in Russian. I haven't had a "bad day" since!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I love that look of death they throw when you walk in too. Like, if they had a knife they might actually cut you.

No way! I am looking at your photos and thinking "NO way Anna can have THAT look!" You are the luckiest guy I know.

[visaveteran 1]

Just before my wife arrived in the US, I had new carpet put down, so I was fine with the no shoes policy given how much I paid for the carpet. It was protecting my investment.

The one thing about my wife and the "no shoes" edict is she did not get those goofy slippers I saw in Russia. The ones you must wear after arriving home at the doorway. We just go with socks or barefoot which technically seems to violate the Russian shoe policy. And she's never really gotten angry with me if I briefly walk with shoes on. I guess I didn't marry a Russian "hard case."

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Just before my wife arrived in the US, I had new carpet put down, so I was fine with the no shoes policy given how much I paid for the carpet. It was protecting my investment.

The one thing about my wife and the "no shoes" edict is she did not get those goofy slippers I saw in Russia. The ones you must wear after arriving home at the doorway. We just go with socks or barefoot which technically seems to violate the Russian shoe policy. And she's never really gotten angry with me if I briefly walk with shoes on. I guess I didn't marry a Russian "hard case."

Barefoot is not allowed. Not in this house. We have to wear the stupid looking slippers, but I fianlly bought my own which look better, like moccasins. She actually brings our slippers in a bag when we visit one of the other Amer/Rus couples home! At the homes of her better friends, she leaves slippers there! We have several pairs of slippers here for her friends which come often. It is some sort of CULT!

I put carpet in the first house we had just before she arrived in the upstairs master bedroom. She hated it. Hates carpet! It was gone in a couple of months, replaced with hardwood. She insists it is unsanitary, dirt, smelly "who would put a fabric on the floor you cannot clean?" The new house had carpet in 3 rooms and it was taken out and replaced with hardwood before we moved in. I actually prefer hardwood myself and only did the carpet because I was pressed for time before she arrived. Bad idea.

[tom&tanya 48]

When Tanya first arrived, she took off her shoes and walked on the carpet convinced she would find the bottom of her feet black with dirt .... HET.

But of course we wear slippers in the house because you know there are a lot of "microbes" and people who spit on the street and we would not want that in our house!

Personally I really enjoy the clean house! After living as a single dad for 2 years, what a pleasure!

[SMR 368]

As it was explained to me, slippers are worn in the house because your feet would get cold otherwise. This is because most Russian apartments are concrete and don't have carpet. The floor is covered in linoleum or something similar which doesn't insulate well. So the floor is cold. So your wear slippers. If you have carpet, you don't need slippers because the carpet keeps your feet warm. A dislike of carpet seems to be a personal thing, not a cultural thing. I have actually had Russians tell me not to take my shoes off when coming into their apartment because they have no slippers for me and the ground is cold.

[Brad and Vika 129]

We have carpets, wear shoes inside, and I go barefoot sometimes. Vika wears slippers, but I never get a word of protest or scolding (on that issue)