RUBbette Wives & Housework, si man

[N-o-l-a 7,169]

Alla had a woman that helped her mother clean her house. The problem is that no maids would stay very long because Alla was too demanding about how they clean. The whole wet fabric and hands and knees thing wasn't well received.

Too bad she didn't meet our Ukrainian maid from years ago. She used to clean with with a rag on her hand and knees!

We bought a Swiffer recently - we have all wood floors in the cabin and I like using the wet cloths on it. Then I realised it's a lot cheaper to buy a set of microfiber cloths and wet those, attach to the Swiffer and use, then throw in the washing machine afterwards.

As I was using it today I thought "Ah - I've created TBone's "rag-on-a-stick" and it's actually really effective

Gogo Bona! We just throw the cleaning pads in the wash and they even have one to apply Quick-Shine with. A little bit of vinegar in a water filled spray bottle and bam! clean floors!

[sinbad 1]

Cleaning the lint trap, no problem. Her description of my several year's collection of lint next to the dryer? Those words are not taught in class.

Why is there water in the toilet?

The dishwasher is where I will hide anything I do not want her to find.

And, I will never be able to find anything in the kitchen ever, again.

This is after 5 days, and for a visit.

I am a very happy man.

Merry Christmas, and enjoy watching the 'Irony of Life'.

[TBoneTX 47,952]

A definite, uh, bone of contention in this marriage is Mrs. T-B.'s consistent penchant for leaving brooms and dustpans in the way -- such as propped in the kitchen or in the way of the laundry machines. She'll even leave dustpans propped inside the kitchen trash can. I've told her over & over to move the infernal things, but it doesn't register. Must be like "immigrant wife & lint-trap" or "Ecuatoriana & rag-on-a-stick" or "Sears & Roebuck" or "Haldeman & Erlichman" or similar, sigh man.

[Neonred 3,937]

Cleaning the lint trap, no problem. Her description of my several year's collection of lint next to the dryer? Those words are not taught in class.

Why is there water in the toilet?

The dishwasher is where I will hide anything I do not want her to find.

And, I will never be able to find anything in the kitchen ever, again.

This is after 5 days, and for a visit.

I am a very happy man.

Merry Christmas, and enjoy watching the 'Irony of Life'.

You better hide the old work clothes too. Mine all disappeared. I guess she expected me to paint and work on the car with new white dress shirts.

[sinbad 1]

The old work clothes? I am trying to save the new work clothes!

[TBoneTX 47,952]

You better hide the old work clothes too. Mine all disappeared. I guess she expected me to paint and work on the car with new white dress shirts.

Oh, gosh -- the Ecuadorian K-1 fiancee of a buddy of mine spent something like 21 hours on 4 flights to reach his home, and the first thing that she did was to beeline for his closet and start tossing what failed to meet her standards. She then removed his deer antlers from the wall and forbade him from having his pals over to watch football. They're still married (!), although a couple of years ago he took an oilfield job away from home.

I got some continual comments about "ugly Gringo shirts," although I was pretty much allowed to decide when to get rid of them.

Edited December 30, 2013 by TBoneTX

[sinbad 1]

Why are we buying such a large chicken? I have the answer.... 'tradition'. I will see how long it is accepted.

[BatmanUSA 105]

My son's friends learned to remove their shoes when entering our home on the first visit... That was 6 months ago.. since then they have learned other manners, and now this weekend, 2 boys have been invited to sleep over...

my wife stopped sleepovers for teenage boys on day 1... mostly out of respect for her teenage daughter, and I agreed... as time went by, my son's friends would come to visit, and my son would always ask if they could sleep over... always told no... but now Elena gave permission for a sleep over....

I call this proof that American boys/men can learn how to appreciate/respect RUB women..., which is really one of the few things they expect...

My son's friends learned to remove their shoes when entering our home on the first visit... That was 6 months ago.. since then they have learned other manners, and now this weekend, 2 boys have been invited to sleep over...

my wife stopped sleepovers for teenage boys on day 1... mostly out of respect for her teenage daughter, and I agreed... as time went by, my son's friends would come to visit, and my son would always ask if they could sleep over... always told no... but now Elena gave permission for a sleep over....

I call this proof that American boys/men can learn how to appreciate/respect RUB women..., which is really one of the few things they expect...

[Amy_and_Victor 159]

Oh, gosh -- the Ecuadorian K-1 fiancee of a buddy of mine spent something like 21 hours on 4 flights to reach his home, and the first thing]/b] that she did was to beeline for his closet and start tossing what failed to meet her standards. She then removed his deer antlers from the wall and forbade him from having his pals over to watch football.

First thing would be enough for me to send her back home on another 21 hours 4 flights the very next day.

- Victor from Russia

[TBoneTX 47,952]

First thing would be enough for me to send her back home on another 21 hours 4 flights the very next day.

- Victor from Russia

Si, man. In addition, if she'd been like some (many? most?) immigrant wives from a certain country, insisting on sending all our money to her family, she'd have been on the next flight(s) back.

[cappucino boy 29]

Hmmmmm,

You guys all have Russian and women from Ukraine,

My little Polish sausage just found out we have a dishwasher in the new house. We used to do all the dishes by hand and I still do. She hates it when I wash the dishes that way and not put them into the dish washer. This from a woman who didn't know they had dish washers. If we ever return to Poland I know we will have to have a place with a dishwasher and a dryer.

Cleaning the lint trap, no problem. Her description of my several year's collection of lint next to the dryer? Those words are not taught in class.

Why is there water in the toilet?

The dishwasher is where I will hide anything I do not want her to find.

And, I will never be able to find anything in the kitchen ever, again.

This is after 5 days, and for a visit.

I am a very happy man.

Merry Christmas, and enjoy watching the 'Irony of Life'.

[TBoneTX 47,952]

Some chicas rapidly grasp the usefulness of higher technology, si man.

We entertained friends over the last 2+ days. When I got home from work on Monday, Mrs. T-B. had outdone herself getting the casa spotless. As part of this, every trash basket was full, which made for extra work on this normal semiweekly "heavy-garbage" day (including the cat's box & Mini-B.'s diaper pail). I just got finished when our friends arrived, huffnpuff man.

Then, we had a, uh, turkey fire in the kitchen, and now everything still smells like burnt grease. I have those Air-Wick or Renuzit thingies in every room. To be fair, Mrs. T-B. didn't start the inferno, nor did I, no man and no man.

[Loving_girl 38]

hi guys, i am reading your posts about you partners/wifes and wondering if this discussion is followed only by men (married to UA RUS woman)? cos seems like that one way street.....not fair

and

TBoneTX, señor, a veces suenas bien machista me interesa si tu esposa tambien esta de acuerdo con tus puntos de vista? si, man

but still very interesting to read your "reviews" about your wifes, some are true, some are very relative and age limited (meaning that some equal girls/woman raised in USSR forgeting that now all is changed and those who are younger are more open, more familiar to "modern tech" even some do know about dish-washers, washing mashings and kitchen apps

not trying to be mean, but you make me smile guys enjoy reading you all but some female point of view should be present too sometimes

[TBoneTX 47,952]

1. hi guys, i am reading your posts about you partners/wifes and wondering if this discussion is followed only by men (married to UA RUS woman)? cos seems like that one way street.....not fair

2. TBoneTX, señor, a veces suenas bien machista me interesa si tu esposa tambien esta de acuerdo con tus puntos de vista? si, man

3. but still very interesting to read your "reviews" about your wifes, some are true, some are very relative and age limited (meaning that some equal girls/woman raised in USSR forgeting that now all is changed and those who are younger are more open, more familiar to "modern tech" even some do know about dish-washers, washing mashings and kitchen apps

1. My thread so my rules, but you can probably contribute something if you know your place and behave yourself. Sure -- add something.

2. English-only except in the regional forums, si man... uh... OK... Mrs. T-B. probably doesn't realize how privileged she is. She probably loses perspective because a nearly-3-year-old (Mini-B.) is running the entire operation here. Actually, Mrs. T-B. did wonderfully well in cleaning up for our recent visitors, leaving me all the trash baskets to empty and throwing all unorganized items into the space in the garage formerly meant for parking the T-B.-mobile.

3. Mrs. T-B. has finally fouled the chief "rag-on-a-stick" beyond even what the "Heavy-Duty" cycle on the washing machine can overcome, so I'll throw it out when she's not looking. She'll probably grab one of my "ugly Gringo shirts" and use that next.

For anyone who hasn't read it, see man:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/382775-mrs-t-b-the-citizenship-test/

[Loving_girl 38]

1. My thread so my rules, but you can probably contribute something if you know your place and behave yourself. Sure -- add something.

Wow, thanks Will be super quite (though it's not my way to behave) and again do not agree with MACHISTA points of views and taking a wife as a "decoration" or "housekeeper"

Maybe this cos i am way younger than the spouses over here, but as someone already mentioned in this thread that young generation is a bit different from women who worked, studied in the USSR.

My huble opinion is: home apps are good if not overloading the house, mutual respect is also welcome while talking about house work cos it's freaking hard, unless u have a maid

Do not consider appropriate compare latin american woman (as far as i understood ur wife is del Ecuador) and RUB woman, cos they are tooo different worlds (say so cos been in Lat. America for a big time and know how different are latinas and ucranianas (in my case) different from the point of view of housekeeping, style (choosing clothes) and while behaving with a man) . DO NOT say that we are from different planets (i just generalize RUBs and Latinas) but in the end we all are female and all we need is LOVE but also agree when men say some "ladies" are materialistic or look for a sponsor (but still, it all depends and is a human factor!).

Yes, in RUB countries some try to hook a guy that has DINERO but this happens when "lady" is a ""zero" herself (no education, or still in the university, from the family where life with mans' money is charished, or is just thinks as "I AM A LADY MEN OWN ME" which is wrong, cos noone owns nobody!) and such ladies are usually not well informed as for life outside Ukraine and take any foreigner for a rich guy (which is farrrr from being reality). Maybe its post-USSR way of thinking that somewhere life is better and they have the right to think so, but still as a representative of "younger generation", consider that first of all girl has to "create herself" get education, get well paid job (which i know is hard in UA), travel, develop herself etc.

For the guys who still are in search of "slavic beauty", I want to say the following:

1. Do not be super focused on the beauty of local ladies (especially young around 19=28 y.o. cos u may burn) -majority looks for them but doubt that they want marriage

2. For God sake, do not go that often to marraige agency (so many times i hear that girl from the agency gets her money and disappears, THAT IS A BUSINESS in majority of cases!!) - do not say all are bad, but if u go to the agency check it 10000 times....cruel I know, but it's life,,,,be informed plus u get what u desirve cos local ladies are super spoiled with attention and money and are focused on USE and RUN than in anything else, but if the guy who is at his 50s comes to UA and checks for girls of 20s....we all know what for....so the end is predictable

3. Good girls/ladies are normally not in bars, hotels, discos and marriage agencies....be creative there are lots of places to find really good women! - for those who will be interested maybe someday will give hints where to find them

And to finish, I am for equality, openess, ability to expess ourselves. Sorry for my lyrics and if I hurted someone's feelings!