You Know You're Russian or Ukranian If...

Current mood: silly
Category: Life

You know you're Russian or Ukrainian if... -You had to share a room until you were 21. -You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course aluminum foil. -You are standing next to the two largest suitcases at the airport. -You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and think its normal. -All your children have nick names, which sound nowhere close to their real names. -You know someone with 20 kids -You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house. -You can fit 10 people into a Dacha. -Your parents never throw anything away and if you by some chance manage to get something to make it to the garbage can... it mysteriously appears back where it was again. -You have lace curtains. -You have lace tablecloths. -You have or had rugs on your walls. -Your mom tells you you're too skinny even though your 30 pounds overweight. -Girls cant have boyfriends when they are 17 but they have to be married at 18. -You have curtains hanging across every doorway. -Your parents tell you not to care what your friends think but they won't let you do certain things because of what other 'brati' and 'sestri' will think. -You know someone that married his girlfriend of 2 months. -Your mom thinks she is a doctor and force feeds you medicine for anything ranging from a headache, stomach ache to a stubbed toe. -Your house is full of Ukrainian medicine that is probably illegal here. -You sing at every party you go to. -Your mom recycles plastic cups and plastic plates, and sandwich bags by washing them. -You dont know how to use a dishwasher. -You use grocery bags to hold garbage. -Your dad has butchered a pig or lamb. -You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of bowls as possible. -Your kitchen shelf is full of jam jars, varieties of bowls and plastic utensils -Going to the movies is a sin. -Your parents call you farm animals when you get them mad. (baran) -Your dad has washed your mouth with soap for saying bad words. -Getting married at 18 is normal. -Getting married at 16 actually happens. -Your mom washes your clothing at 40. -A new tax being passed by the government is simply a cover up because the end of the world is really coming. -Asking if you can get a discount at a discount store on clearance items is normal and not embarrassing for your parents. -You don't use measuring cups when cooking. -You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax. -You can only travel if there are 5 persons at least to see you off or receive you whether you are traveling by bus, train or plane. -You only make long distance calls after 11 p.m. -If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight. -When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover you're talking to a distant cousin. -Your parents don't realize phone connections to foreign countries have improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs when making foreign calls. -You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them away from getting dirty. -It's "normal" if your wedding has 600 people. -You dont know half the people at your wedding cuz your parents invited them. -You've seen the ground while inside the bathroom of a train. -You have mastered the art of bargaining in grocery shopping. -You walk out of the grocery store with no less then two packed shopping carts weekly ADMIT IT... you know its true ;)