Prepare yourself for the possibility of cooking for your – or her – friends, and of hosting dinner parties. – what's causing this. On Christmas, Romanian women named Cristina, Cris, Chris, and men named Cristi and Cristian also celebrate their name days. She might want you to meet her family early on to see if they like you, mainly because you're a foreigner. (together with the seasonal Merry Christmas – Craciun fericit in Romanian), for women you should also make sure you bring flowers for the name day, and a small (or big, your choice really) gift for Christmas. Narcisa is again a flower name – it means daffodil, and Lili is a Romanian name deriving from the flower lilac. She will not dump you, of course, if you don't send or give her flowers regularly for the rest of your relationship, but she will always remember the beginning and will secretly think she had to lower her standards when the relationship settled in.
But if you've already met her parents and you organize a trip to your home country, you should take her home too to meet mum and dad, or else she will think you're trying to hide her, or are ashamed of her being Romanian (Romanians do not have a great image abroad in some countries, you've all read the news).Romanians are in general very sociable and like to do things; apply that to a woman, and you can figure out the result. Two name days you will probably learn the hard way – Florii (the Sunday before orthodox Easter) is the name day for anyone named Florin (male name), Florina, Florentina, Florenta, Flora (women names), and anyone with flower names. But if you've already met her parents and you organize a trip to your home country, you should take her home too to meet mum and dad, or else she will think you're trying to hide her, or are ashamed of her being Romanian (Romanians do not have a great image abroad in some countries, you've all read the news).Romanians are in general very sociable and like to do things; apply that to a woman, and you can figure out the result. Finally, there is genetics. Women here work harder to look good. So better make sure you try to match her style, or at least avoid being in a totally different ballpark than her. All rights reserved. Here are five intriguing facts about the Romani. Judging by the game shows I have seen Stateside (which are way more than anyone should see), no too familiar.
You should also learn to cope with attending dinner parties, including family dinner parties, especially if it's not in your culture to attend home parties.Many Romanian women are independent and strong, so you would be tempted to think they could not care less about what their families think of their boyfriend. She will be even happier when it is something she can brag about a little to her friends, and will certainly be super excited when she will see you put some thought into it and made it personal. They are also edgier in their sense of style. Even if she is not keen on celebrating, she will be thrilled you tell her La multi ani!, especially if she realizes you made an effort to learn the information.
Romanians like to learn about other countries and about foreigners in general, and women love it when a potential partner has new information to share with them, and when they can teach them something (without patronizing them!).
She will not dump you, of course, if you don't send or give her flowers regularly for the rest of your relationship, but she will always remember the beginning and will secretly think she had to lower her standards when the relationship settled in.
They aren’t big on diets but they do work out a lot. Make sure you get the lady you're interested in something better/nicer/more thoughtful that what you give all other women on this occasion.In general Romanian women like to cook, they learn it at home at early ages (there will be exceptions, of course), so if they have time, they will cook often. This means don't be much overdressed – you will make her feel uncomfortable that she chose the wrong outfit or that she is too poor for you, but don't be under-dressed either, as she will see it as a negative point for you. Even if we’re talking ethnic Romanians, though, they usually have light brown to olive skin and shiny black or hazelnut hair.Romanian women often go blonde. February 28, 2018
There is of course also the case where she has you meeting the family late, or very late into your relationship, and in this case you should try to find out – subtly!
Be aware that meeting her family might happen sooner than you'd expect, and this is where being a foreigner might not come to your advantage. When you go to visit her family for the first time, bring flowers for all the women in the family (learn before hand how many they are and what are their ages, so you can buy appropriate flowers.
), but make the first step as often as you can. (If you go to the Opera, she will most likely dress in style, so you'd better suit up! So make sure you ask if and what her name means in Romanian. )Sometimes it is just best to ask, blaming it on your lack of cultural knowledge about Romania – ask her, for example: How should I dress for this restaurant, what would you recommend?
As they like to dress up (see point above), they also want to know they've impressed you, and potentially everyone else to. I hope you are lucky enough to have learned at least one of these.So I gave you a pretty extensive origin story for Slavic people but they are not even the subject of this article.