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[dragonpiwo]

I've been to several Polish weddings over the years and I must say, they are always great. Unlike English weddings, where you can guarantee an argument, rain and vast expense, Polish weddings tend to focus on lots of food, dancing and industrial amounts of alcohol. I was wondering who here has been to a Polish wedding and what your thoughts were about it.

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[Master Shake]

I've been to several Polish weddings since I came here. They're good fun and I really like the games, food and hospitality - much better than weddings in the US where you often have to pay for drinks and the whole thing is over by 10pm, or even earlier.

What I don't like about Polish weddings is the music - it's always the same, stale stuff and sometimes I can almost predict what's going to come next. Last one I went to featured a bungling 'band' playing along to a shitty karaoke versions of 'ona tańczy dla mnie' and 'jesteś szalona' - as if the originals weren't bad enough....

The best wedding I've been to ditched the crappy band in favor of a DJ with a massive bank of mp3s. Much better.

[sparks]

If you're complaining about the music at a Polish wedding, it means you haven't drunk enough In my old age now, large amounts of food and alcohol doesn't impress me like it used to. I do like the "wiejski stol" though, it's always fun to test some bimbers and sausage, see how they compare.

[ecocks]

No Polish weddings for me. Well, unless one of my students gets married or has a family member do so. Most of my students are professionals, a bit older and steadier than the norm here it seems so I would expect a bit more class even if I do.

I'm sure they are fun and all that, but doubt they are in the same league as Azeri or Russian ones I have done in the past.

Besides, there is always some self-important, boorish, buffoon of an expat who shows up, overdoes it and has to be bundled off in a taxi by friends of the family later in the evening.

[dynow]

just 8 months in Poland ecocks, give it time. u'll get invited to one soon enough

i've been to several, including my own. they're great if you do it right and spend the money.

and yes, the music is generally awful and every other song you find yourself in a line going in circles around the room, i didn't enjoy the games either....a bit tacky.

[ecocks]

[dynow]

[Infinite]

Dated, just like Sinatra during American weddings, was just at a wedding in Torun and it was an outdoor event with bunch of DJs actually turntablists, great tunes and loads of fun... I guess it all depends who you hang out with.

Polish weddings are a blast, most central and eastern EU parties are a blast. Discopolo is total crap, but that's not all that's out there... there's an amazingly good song about this by Gogol Bordello called - An American Wedding. haha...

"Have you ever been to an American wedding, where's the vodka, where's the marinated herring!?"

Sums it up... I find it so tragic that people on this board rate the entire country on their poor and very limited experiences here. That's like me going to Louisiana, spending 4 years there at some poor blokes place with no electricity and no running water, chasing snakes and gators out of my yard every day then returning back to the EU and telling people about how "dated" the US is... oh ... wait... dang.

[ecocks]

[dragonpiwo]

Infinite has a point there. Some bits of Poland are really modern now. I've lived in 3 of its cities. Poznan has new trams, the nicest shopping mall I've seen as well as the others, a new train station and a new football stadium. There are Cuban cigar shops, you can get all your designer gear (I buy mine in Berlin) and there are lots of places to go out for every budget but I wouldn't want to do it on a TEFL budget .

The bureaucracy and some social attitudes are dated for sure. Some of the datedness is nice. I like women who expect men with manners. I like the way they are so feminine and don't try and compete with men. It's really cute and endearing. They also have strong family ties more often than not; it's OK to live at home past 18. Kids have a childhood and are mollycoddled a bit.

[gwiazda]

Polish weddings take a bit of getting used to. I love the dancing, food and the fact that the party goes on and on and on, (although 2 days is a bit too much to be honest). On the other hand, the games are just dire

[dragonpiwo]

My next wedding's going to be uber chilled. I fancy a ceremony and bbq in the garden next summer. No suits, no games just cool people relaxing.

[Master Shake]

[ecocks]

[gwiazda]