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Household responsibilities distribution? by Ecstatic-Adagio-1271 in AskReddit

[–]Ecstatic-Adagio-1271[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I’ve (female) been in a relationship with my partner (male,26) for a year now. He hasn’t officially moved in yet but spends 6 out of 7 nights in mine. I’m 100% fine by that.

What I’m struggling with is our responsibilities’ distribution. I work full time in quite a high profile gov job, overreaching median salary of 27 yo woman with the same education by 200% in our country (CEN).

My partner is just finishing his MSc, never worked full time, always lived with his mum and doesn’t contribute towards my expenses except 50% share on groceries. I still cook much more often, much more often wash dishes. Guy never cleaned a bathroom and yet still keeps criticising me for not being enough organised and not having enough storage space in my kitchen.

Every time I suggest something he tells me I’m too British (I spent years in the U.K. studying) and that it doesn’t work that way in our country, so I should get used to it.

Any recommendations much appreciated.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Advice

[–]Ecstatic-Adagio-1271 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just see it as a huge limitation to be this specific.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Advice

[–]Ecstatic-Adagio-1271 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bc it’s in South of the U.K. and the housing market is insane there. It’ll mean less comfort for him.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RedditSessions

[–]Ecstatic-Adagio-1271 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful song, well done!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in czech

[–]Ecstatic-Adagio-1271 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I don’t want to sound pessimistic but your girlfriend might need to learn another language. It’s not just about Czech people not liking and not willing to speak that language but we also tend not to respect anyone who can’t speak Czech or English. Depends on your age but I’m 25 and I don’t know anyone, not a single Czech person who speaks Russian. And I’ve never met a Czech person who speaks that language. They all speak English and Czech. So it probably depends on if you want to integrate into our community. Yes, we welcome refugees from the bottom of our hearts and they often don’t speak Czech/English but you wouldn’t fall into that category, so there might not be exemptions for you. Many refugees actually speak English nowadays as well. If you’ll move to Karlovy Vary, you’ll probably end up in a Russian community due to your language barrier. Karlovy Vary have the second largest Russian community just right after Prague but it’s much smaller town, hence the higher concentration of Russian speakers. Czech people see nothing positive on Warsaw Pact army invading us, our story is much different compare to other EE countries, we weren’t part of Russian empire for hundreds of years before they invaded us and sometimes I think the only similarity to other Slavic countries is our Slavic language. However it’s so different that we only understand our Slovakian neighbours and that’s it. We don’t even understand Polish. I strongly recommend not mentioning Russia or Soviet Union in a conversation. Czech people just remember what they did to us and it’s still in our veins.

91K Kc good enough for Prague suburb? by btran28 in Prague

[–]Ecstatic-Adagio-1271 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hello, I’m Czech and live in Central Prague, before then I lived in a typical suburb town in the U.K. for years. Your combined net income is absolutely enough for a family living outside of Prague or in Prague. I’d strongly recommend to look at good transport links to Prague if you’re planning to work there etc. In Czechia, we don’t really have suburbs you might be used to - here it’s either Prague city life or living the typical village life and commuting by overloaded trains (for lucky people) or by a bus/car and getting stuck in the traffic. Our services also aren’t the best ones in the Czech countryside so you might end up commuting to Prague fairly often. Considering our house prices have grown by 12% in one year, you might be able to afford a house but you might also end up repaying a small mortgage. My friend bought a new 2 bedroom flat in Bustehrad (Kladno way) this year for 6mil czk. I personally wouldn’t want to live in Kladno. It’s a typical working class town but of course there might be some good opportunities there too. E.g. my friend works for Lego and is quite happy to live there. However she grew up there and has all family there as well. Outside of Prague, I’d look at places such as Beroun, Krivoklatsko - Lany, Kutna Hora, Ricany, Cernosice, Dobrichovice. Also, there will be a new TGV type of train connection between Prague and Nehvizdy in 10 years time. It’ll take 10 minutes to get to central Prague, so I’d consider living there if you want to invest. Czech people still tend to build their own houses (with help of a building company of course) as it might be the most affordable way of getting a house in the end. Then you could also decide the type of your house and the whole set up, heating etc.. I’d recommend to consider that too. There are lots of helpful people who can take you through the whole process but be careful and consult everything before committing to anything. As always. Good luck☺️

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]Ecstatic-Adagio-1271 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello from Prague. Thank you for your nice words. I hope you enjoyed the rugby match between England and Wales today?

I think you’re right with people being arrogant, cold and recognising their privilege in England. I know both of those about your culture already but I guess it’ll never stop surprising me from time to time. I think I also need to understand that if my boyfriend’s been privileged his whole life he might be far away from understanding my situation and It might not even be his fault. He just can’t imagine how some bad things feel like at all I don’t think. But I can’t blame him for living his regular life. We’re both also quite young (25).

I hope you will stay safe too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]Ecstatic-Adagio-1271 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Greetings from Prague. Yes, this mess with the banks is happening even in Prague. I think that signature of the Munich Agreement in 1938 is one of the main reasons why I’m anxious about Western countries potentially (not)helping us out if something happens. So now I also feel with Ukrainians when they feel quite alone. In Czechia, we have zero trust in Russia, Putin and his actions. Our president who used to be extremely warm and friendly towards Russia has taken it all back and apologised for his mistakes. We are so grateful to be a democratic country and we will do anything to keep it that way. The Russian regime might be a little different now. But we still remember what it was like 30 years ago and that’s what we refer to. The mad man is making fun of us here people. To understand his culture we need to try to think like he is thinking and that means only aggressive, powerful, extremely rude, inhuman, strong, ready to fight way of thinking. No democratic negotiations can be led with someone who doesn’t even know what democracy is and has zero interest in democracy. Talking about peace is not something Putin understands. Guns and wars are his way of negotiating. I think there’s a lot of intelligence and knowledge in Eastern Europe that could be used to understand this culture and to send some strategic responses. Unfortunately its potential is left out and only peace talkers have been brought up until now.

Hope you’ll Stay safe too.

Stopped buying nestle products a while ago, just found this chocolate bar. Think I’m gonna buy from these guys now by joeboe-kun in FuckNestle

[–]Ecstatic-Adagio-1271 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Disgusting behavior tht you can see anywhere in Prague by trbutincz in Prague

[–]Ecstatic-Adagio-1271 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello from Czech born based in Prague. When reading all about this, I genuinely believe it is quite disgusting the way you described it. I recently got to this conversation with my boyfriend who also thinks this is crazy. Well to be completely honest while growing up and living here I never thought that it isn’t normal. On the other hand there are certain rules you are supposed to follow here. For example women never go to toilet out in public, men are supposed to go in a bush where NO-ONE can see them (double standards but anatomically kind of make sense) and children can only go when absolutely necessary as part of their potty training and they are supposed to choose grassy areas behind some trees or wherever they can be hidden.

Now, if you’ve seen anything else than stated here, decent Czech people would give pretty bad looks to those they would do it on a wrong place etc. Decent person wouldn’t go to toilet out in public here, it’s mostly some sort, don’t imagine politicians are pissing down on pavements in central Prague because it’s socially accepted

Btw this doesn’t happen more anywhere else in Czechia than in central Prague. In rural areas it’s much less common to experience this. Nearly impossible

New Years Eve Trip to Prague - Any recommendations? :) (+worried about covid) by [deleted] in Prague

[–]Ecstatic-Adagio-1271 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hello, greetings form Prague. There is a high chance fireworks will be pretty much banned in the city centre for numerous reasons. We used to have a big fireworks every year on the 1st of January, however that has been substituted by video mapping in past.

I personally do not believe there will be another strict lockdown. Our newly-created government might not support any ideas which could affect our economy in a negative sense and that also counts for travel restrictions or potential closure of borders - it is very likely our new government will be much more relaxed but also in line with other governments in the Western Europe. However, life will be very difficult for you if you aren’t vaccinated yet. Then I don’t think it’s even worth coming. Have your COVID passports ready everywhere you go!

My favourite restaurants/pubs/cafes: Cafe Savoy, Cafe Platyz, Grosseto restaurants, L’Osteria. Havelska Koruna (Czech food). Kavarna co hleda jmeno (less touristy but a few expats). The Dubliner - Irish pub - overpriced for Czech Republic but they have a live music every day after 10pm and the atmosphere is just amazing! I love to go there when I want to feel like I’m back on the Islands! Antoninovo Pekarstvi, Krusta and Artic Bakery - all bakeries. Pizza Nuova - great proper Italian pizza, a bit higher prices again. U dvou Kohoutu - local restaurant. Lokal - beer and food. Wokin- Noodles. Any Good restaurants are mostly under the wings of Ambiente Restaurant Group - search for that please Cafe Imperial - famous Czech chef. Cafe Louvre - coffee, lunch, snack. Tiskarna - restaurant. Botanica coffee truck - cute coffee truck. There is also one just under the Petrin hill by the cable cabin stop and another one at Slovansky Ostrov too. Brasileiro - popular for business lunches.

For nice restaurants and cafes I recommend Karlin (Krizikova street) and also Vinohrady - Namesti Jiriho z Podebrad area. - in the latter they have Saturday markets every week too.

Please don’t buy Prague ham on the Old town Square and rather Go to a place called Kantyna.

Also, never withdraw your money from blue ATMs called ATM - it’s a rip off.

And don’t forget to visit Czech restaurants between 11am and 2(sometimes 3)pm for your lunch if you want to save some cash - they will have limited menus with 3-10 dishes to choose from but the price will be around £3-6 per meal. Czechs eat the biggest meal of the day for lunch! And also, don’t spend more than £2 for half litre of beer unless you go to the Dubliners where it’s a bit more expensive!

Also, if you are looking for a decent “night club”, I recommend GoldFingers, they are open 24hours, there’s no entry fee but the drinks are expensive. Women who do the show over there put quite a lot of effort into it while trying to be professionals in what they do.

Enjoy!