About dancing: We have dancing lessons where we learn ballroom dances like: waltz, cha-cha, polka. Those lessons are voluntary, but our mothers volunteer us.
@@katerinafolvarcna1698 My in that time ex-GF volunteered me. She is an awesome girl (at least was in that time - have not seen her for over 10y) and she wanted to get there with someone she knows. As an antisocial person used me to prevent any attempts to get any closer to her. :o)
Janabroderick Well, Czech Republic is small country and crazy people don’t bother to care about us... In USA are all the mad crazy people, who wants to rule the world. ;-) (I am not complaining about USA! Just about crazy people. :-) )
@Janabroderick Well Mayflower arrived to American shores like two weeks after our great military defeat in religious/civil war later known as 30 year war. That war was like fourth or fifth civil war in our written history and we've spent another 298 years under the rule of Austrian royal family who forced their religious views to our society. Only the tragedy of First world war ended their empire.Then we've been occupied by fascists and communists just during 20th century.21st century started better but we'll see. US has a dark history but much of it was to some degree diluted with hope of building and moving up in the world. Their history might be more concentrated in sucess and failure and cruelty which changes the outlook. Hey and there is really nothing sacred here. Religious communities tend to have dark humor limited to some topics.
as you spoke about the underwear, I immediately looked at mine :D and about five minutes later my father came from work and the first thing he did was to get rid of the pants xD
@@ArepasforDinner ofc it deppends, but mostly when there are guests or you are the guest its not that much popular :D but with some friends its possible even that
I'm a Czech guy and yeah I admit - this is pretty accurate :-D I have one more for you: When we get sick, we tend to act like we're dying and we need absolute attention and care of our mother/girlfriend/wife (you probably already figured out that they play a similar role in our life). It's a very common joke around Czech women - they call it "rýmička", which is a diminutive of rýma=cold.
Good video! About no sports on TV I personally see that nobody really cares about sports, but when is championship in hockey people are becoming crazy. In my school we stopped learning so we could watch hockey.
Outside world have problem with an alcohol, we Czechs tend to have a problem without it :D And for the tradition, we really stick to the: Build a house, plant a tree and make a son.
Dark humour is or thing like hundred years. We were even called "laughing beasts" by germans during time od protectorate (german occupation of bohemia during second world war)
Our czech humor is awesome. Michael Palin from Monty Python said, that Czechs are the most humorous people in the world. For me, this statement means a lot. I love English humor, I love american South Park. Irony, sarcasm. - That's great. I cannot imagine live with the people who don't have this ability.
Here in Czechia we prefer true, long relationships.. like when your friend every month show you new girlfriend/boyfriend, it starts to be annoying, and we think like "he's great friend, but he can't stay in relationship, Mění holky/kluky jak ponožky" - That's what we actually saying a lot... And it's the same with showing your girlfriend/boyfriend to parents. When we start dating someone, we don't often tell this everybody immediately, but we trying to know each other, and thinking, if this relationship could be great. And after some months, when we are convicted about our relationship, we start showing the rest of each others friends, and important - to parents. This is my point of view, of course it can be somewhere a little bit different. btw, nice video :)
Tak tohle rikaji Rusaci a ne Moravaci a i oni uz uznali, ze to neni pravda a konecne ho zaradili pod alkohol pred par lety, doufam, ze nejsi Rusak ,ze ne? A jako vtip to vtipne neni, pac na tom neni ani spetka pravdy a tu vtip musi obsahovat aby byl vtipny ;) Je to jako bych napsal, ze vino z Moravy neni alkohol , zdravim z Ukrajiny.
Wow, this was quite eye opening for me. You see, I thought I'm a czech woman, but I now I realize I'm a czech man (except for hiking, maybe). :D (This happens when you're raised by a single father).
you know why the guy is trying to move in so quickly....you said it yourself....the girl takes care of everthing in the household....so.....once he is in, he is pretty happy having his kind of mom or carrer
Exactly my thought. First they have mother to serve them and then they get a girlfriend/wife servant. And if you don't like that role, you must be weird or something:D
Ow my God guys…everything she said is spot on. Me and my boyfriend started dating and 2 weeks into it he asked me to move in with him😂and we both met in here in my country South Africa. And here things are totally different.❤ love it!!!
As for the gender roles in the household, my BF (we are both Czech) loves to operate the machines in our home, so he loves to use the washing machine, use the dryer, use the dishwasher, use the "robot" vacuum cleaner :-D That's not much else for me to do around the apartment :) So I cook from time to time (he likes to cook too), put the clothes that can't be dryed in the dryer on the drying rack, fold it, water the plants, wash dishes that shouldn't be washed in the machine, swipe the floors. I think we have divided it quite equally... It's also about what you are willing to do. You can "teach" your husband, that "no, it's not 1950s, you have to do the work too around the house." He is not much into gardening, I on the other hand love it, so I turned his balcony (where only his rusting bike was located) into a jungle. However, my brother (40yo, IT specialist) is in his garden every day, planting, tending to the garden all the time. My father too. Drinking is a thing in the Czech Republic. My family however is very "dry". Drinking is not a thing for us, we have a glass of wine for special ocassions (birthdays usually), but that's it. But friends and my BF's family drink much more. In my household (me living with my BF) we drink very rarely (because of my approach to drinking). My BF got used to it quite easily.
I'm quite lucky to be dating a Czech guy who doesn't believe in gender roles and actually cooks every day ;P Very interesting video, keep up the good work! :D
@@twilightknight2333 that bs, i dont agree with these identity piolitics pricks etc.. lgbbt etc ... but just because he cooks ? whats wronn with that ? if he stays home and his girlfriend works in uran mines well then itsa different story
I have to say that it's almost accurate, as always there are some differences, but yeah, you are right. Anyway, really nice video and keep it up. It's super cool, even for Czech people to find out, how does other nationalities see us.
Thank you Andrea! Thank you, thank you) Really. First I am greatful for that content and second I came across the video in a bad sad state of mood so it made me happy! ;) It is good to see who exactly we the Czech men are :D and you said it well and precise.. I feel more self confident right now. Thank you. Have a nice evening :)
Dark Humor is like food.. Not everyone has it. Also the moving in is usually because of the housing market. It's usually pretty hard to get a proper nice flat, or house, by yourself, with your usual job. I'm talking a store clerk or a receptionist. In these jobs rent can be more than 3/4 of your pay. So it's easier, and more economical, to share your housing with someone, be it your partner, or a room-mate.
This is very good summary girl pretty much corresponds to my own findings about czech men...you are empathic and have good observation skills! If you are from Prague we can go for a double date:) We are fun czech/swedish couple:)
Just came across your video and laughed so hard at that “how Czechs are made” meme! One of the first things I noticed during my first visit was how the style for older men was a vest over a t-shirt, shorts and water sandals with socks. I thought it was specific to his small town! También soy una latina that married a Czech... so I’m looking forward to watching your other videos to compare experiences!
I watch this with some time later again. I review not only quantum physics videos, but even other with time difference. You are right in many ways. Nowadays I can observe people in bad life situations and I am amazed. They help each other. Partnerships are stronger if it survives first month and you have a chance to look at the people around. I thought family focus is a tradition in few families, but now I can see really strong bonds amongst many families. Even friendship bonds proved to be good (at least in my case and what I can see around). Nowadays due to some family problems (possible near death) I found out my bonds are fortunately strong and they help me with preparation for unwanted situation. Corona proved you in many ways more correct, than I expected.
Flowers: I don't think czech men love/like giving flowers, but it is usually expected they should do that (under the threat if he doesn't, he'd hear complains whole year why he didn't gave flowers - sometimes as joke, but sometimes really seriously).
I am watching this to compare the lifestyle of czech citizens to those of czechs in America (mainly nebraska where most czechs settled) there are similarities and differences for sure but it does seem like traditions and culture has come across with immigrant families. My grandparents may have not passed down the language, but they passed down the culture. I have pulled my boyfriend into my culture, he is Korean but doesn't have strong ties like I do and is very excited to now be a Czech man. He fits in very well
When black lives matters movement started after that unfortunate kneeling kill, my friend had seen some dozens of people kneeling in the television and he said: "It seems like everybody wants to try it." Well, you must understand that there were times our older fellow czechs had nothing more than a joke to cheer them up. So they made jokes about any unfortunate situation there could possibly be. Now, its part of our culture... and its contagious.
Damn this is pretty correct. And yea...since we are little kids parents teach us to be like gentleman (sry for english xd). Also Generation Z and Millennials aren't all that different from each other. If you date Gen Z there is high chance that he will want play video games with you :D So prepare for it :D Btw you should visit Moravia :D We are kinda...different from other Bohemian people. Just writing for someone who doesnt know anything about Czech republic. There are 2 big regions and 1 small. 1st region is Bohemia. Which are people from ''Western side of Czech republic'' and they are more ''western''. Also they speak non-standart language and are more vulgar. 2nd region is Moravia. These people are from ''East side''. Moravia is more ''slav''. People there really like drinking beer, wine etc. Also (most of us) we write and speak more in standart language. 3rd region is Silesia . These people are know for loving football. Also some of them sounds more like a Polish.
Typical Brňák. Forgot to mention there is some healthy rivalry between Bohemians and Moravians. Most prominent in Driving, where in Prague, you say that someone parks like a Brňák, while outisde of Prague, you say that someone drives like a Pražák.
Hi ! Great video ! I’m French with a Czech man and we live in England 😬 this was very interesting ! We speak English at home but I’m trying to learn Czech ! Not easy but I need to to communicate with the in-laws ! I find not that many people speak English ! What do you think ?
Cuisine with Je ne sais quoi not many older generations do! And by older I mean 1990 or older. The younger are learning it at school so that’s good. But even many friends of my husband can’t speak
Nice video, pretty accurate I think Oh and that family/kids thing even new neighbors ask about if I have or will have a kids Just like "Hello, I live here over road and btw do you have a kids and when will you have them ... "
Hahah omg I’m also a Venezuelan and my boyfriend is from Tabor and yes. The dark humor jajaja is always present in our conversations . Pero nada son de lo que conozco son muy cheveres 💓conocí a mi novio en Mexico, porque vivo acá. Pero que cool qué hay alguien más que comparte este tipo de diferencias culturales ☺️
There are 3 types of Czech men 1) classy czech guys who have international exposure, fluently speaking several languages, treating eomen like ladies 2) Czech guys who are comfortable around beer and dumplings who are not interested to exel 3) good natured non-city Czech guys who will help regardless how you ste dressed and what you drive- these guys are seemingly the best
Pretty much on point but i would disagree with "watching sports" thing. During hockey matches sometimes whole country literally stops and football is also pretty big for us.
Semi. Hockey kinda. But if you lived in Spain during La copa del rey or in Venezuela during baseball season you’ll see Czechs have nothing on this madness. Or even living in a southern state during college football season in the states!
Por el nombre del canal imagino que hables español. No manches tu video expica muchas cosas XD. Yo soy de México y estuve saliendo un tiempo con un checo, solo era un amor de verano porque no teniamos planes parecidos a largo plazo, pero luego de la primer cita quería que vivieramos juntos jajaja fue un shock enorme XD. Me agradan los checos, espero poder tener una relación con otro pronto. Gracias por tu video. Saludos ^ ^.
Jake hola!! Pues si hablo español 😂😂 si son especiales pero el mío nunca vivió conmigo hasta después de casarnos porque yo no quería vivir juntos antes 😂
Hi Andrea, lovely video. Could you please recommend me some of venezuelan musicians, maybe even some of your favourites, it's been years that i come across Felipe Pirela (on colombian internet radio :-)) and i instantly fall in love with his music, for me it's magical mix of sadness and hope and i'm wondering whats venezuelan music in general is like, and I'm guessing it surely has a huge cultural significance to venezuelan people. In past video you have mentioned that they like to listen to music loudly and everywhere, maybe the difference in contrast to czech music could be a topic of next youtube video ;-)
i feel like partners of friends (doesnt matter if male or female) are in group activities off limits, hence no double dates. Usually i like the person for one kind of thing and their significant other for other. So there (in CR) is no need for mixing it up.
I wonder, have you ever been in a traditional homemade pigslaughter? And no, you will not see one in Prague. I would be interested in hearing your take on it.
@@ArepasforDinner It was pretty obvious what event that photo was from, it only was not clear if you were in presence or even active participation (yes, I know women are mostly busy inside :), it actually prompted the question. But I was wondering, was it okay for you then, or some sort of brutish indigenous tradition of gore?
"they are in their underwear a lot" looking at my dad right now :D he's sitting in a chair, in his "home" boxers with a beer, it can't get anymore czech than that
4:10 well most of them are single.. so which girl they can take 🤣 or on the other side Its better to visit nightclubs sepperately because Its a best way to avoid conflict or if you have bf or gf in the club you can hardly fully relax, you must still keep attencion on the other one and you can also avoid jealous scenes
Hola, me llamo Lenin soy del Ecuador vivo en Italia desde hace ya 20 años, me encanta la Republica Checa cada vez que voy me diverto un montón, creo que en Europa es my ciudad preferida, especialmente por que no es complicada al menos eso me parece no viviendo allá tu tienes mas experiencia. has ido a bailar a los locales latinos, como la Macumba, yo me he diertido un montón, también el Tresor donde hacen latino los miercoles y a veces los sabados tambien, y hay otra discoteca tambien no me acuerdo el nombre, seguramente el proximo mes me dare una vuelta, aunque por que acá en Italia no se puede bailar todavia por esto del Covid, que ya ha pasado pero la gente sigue dandole vueltas. conchale, te saludo.
Mija, la buena noticia es que se pueden reformar si nosotras no perpetuamos esos roles de género que tanto daño nos hacen a todos. Mi esposo me mandó el link de este video para ver si él cumple con las características en común que has encontrado y la verdad es que no, tiene mucho que ver que él ha sido expat desde hace mucho entonces se re educó. Pequeña anotación al margen, en plural se dice WomEn.
Mmmm interesante. Mi esposo cumplía con menos de estos puntos cuando vivíamos en usa. Ahora es más checo que antes!! 😂 pero si en mi casa los sexismos no son permitidos nunca
@@ArepasforDinner eso confirma mi teoría de que alejarse de esa cultura les hace bien. Tiene cosas muy positivas, pero otras no tanto. Supongo que para una mujer tradicional no habría problema, que las hay por desgracia.
Cool video! What about double blind dates? I.e., a couple will go out with two of their single friends who have not met? Do Czechs try to "fix-up" two of their single friends/colleagues?
OK, I don’t walk around in my house in underwear, I don’t drink, so I don’t have to deal with hangovers. I do like to live in the city and like to travel, not that much hiking. I love to cook as a man. I like to be surrounded by expats and I am on daily bases because I don’t live in Czech Republic. I would consider myself handy. I don’t mind gardening. Sport is not that big thing for me. I am designing in fashion. I can’t sky, I can skate. I am not crazy about giving flowers. I am bad dancer and I don’t enjoy it. I don’t follow dating rules and don’t really do double dates. I am not crazy jealous. I don’t fight at all. I am slow when it comes to moving together. I am not a womanizer. I like to stay single with no kids. I am not a family man.
Thomas Nox there you go you no longer live here. Me for example I’m such a not Venezuelan Venezuelan. My personality nothing has to do with the common of Venezuelan people. My husband has it 50/50 sometimes he is soooo czech his name should be Jirka Novák and some times he could be John Smith... 😂 if that’s your personality btw you are gonna LOOOVVEEE next Tuesday’s video! And I’m not even joking!
We often say our humor is so black it could harvest cotton. Political correctness is simply not a thing here. Jokes about race, sexuality, disabilities, nazis, anything goes. I guess we just know that anything gets less horrible if you can make fun of it :))
@@ArepasforDinner As Terry Gilliam from Monthy Python said: "The only other nation I can think of that has the humor where nothing is sacred, it is Czech Republic." Stereotypes, death, disabilities, anything goes.
99% accurate. Just with flowers, I have to disagree. Nowdays, I am living for half a year in Tbilisi, and this flower habit is here quite more rooten. And I have to laught with this underpants. :D Watching it in them :D :D
So true about the groups of friends, I am with my husband more than 15 years and each of us is having own group of friends, not really having common friends... and regarding moving together... we started living together after 3 weeks lol
Hi, Andrea! Great video, I had a lot of fun! I have to praise you, you estimated the mentality of Czech men very well! 👍😉 Question: (a bit of Czech dark humor) - how many children do you want so that your husband does not get scared? 😂😉😄😃😛
So for the gender equality in Prague for manager positions etc. Some Czech men find some Czech women in power very intimidating so they look for wifes that can be more in this gender roleplay. So in the end they end up marrying Russian women that are happy to provide this and get in Europe from Russia. However, most of these marriages don't last very long thanks to the differences and expectations. I have so many stories about this.
I bet... I'm ok with gender roles... As long as everyone is happy doing it... Can't force a woman to work and give up having kids if that's her goal and her husband's... But in general I see more inequality than in my home country... (There's a lot of inequality there too) but you will never see a mom working and then also taking care of the home... NEVER if she works full time or dad and kids do it all with mom or they hire someone to help (Depending on how much money they make)
funny, I know the couple moved together before first date :) . And it's not that case, when 2 random flat mates happened to be a couple... She moved to his apartment as his new girlfriend after they get to each other online, while he lived abroad... and they met after he returned :D
I'm not sure that they fights that often. In my bubble when someone says for example that his brother often fights, people tend to understand that he has a social disfunction or some psychical trauma. Maybe in the villages, some teenagers are fighting often because the boredom. Of course, if someone have relationship with a football hooligan, than can have the impression that his friends and Czechs in general fights often. But I don't think it's common or normal behavior.
I do dance well. But that’s because I study a contemporary dance in a conservatory. The school’s name is Duncan. But actually it’s really rare to meet someone who loves dance.
hahaha of course if you are a dancer that's different... But this czech friends of mine do enjoy dancing... Sometimes even more than my latin friends haha
Arepas for Dinner for sure it’s different. And I think that we all enjoy it because of alcohol and also we really like party music. Getting the vibe and throw thing behind. Just enjoy it.
The sense to black humor is like legs... You either have them or you don't
whoa, that so black, that it steal my wallet!
Hellyeah
About dancing: We have dancing lessons where we learn ballroom dances like: waltz, cha-cha, polka. Those lessons are voluntary, but our mothers volunteer us.
Yes, after second lesson: "What about get a beer" :D
@@007Ivory007 And because such attiude I've got my dancing lessons very cheap.
"our mothers volunteer us" - 😂😂😂
@@katerinafolvarcna1698 My in that time ex-GF volunteered me. She is an awesome girl (at least was in that time - have not seen her for over 10y) and she wanted to get there with someone she knows. As an antisocial person used me to prevent any attempts to get any closer to her. :o)
😂
Dark history => dark humor.
To je geniální.
Omg, yes. My partner is very much like this. So highly inappropriate at times. I wanna smack him at times😂
Janabroderick Well, Czech Republic is small country and crazy people don’t bother to care about us... In USA are all the mad crazy people, who wants to rule the world. ;-) (I am not complaining about USA! Just about crazy people. :-) )
@Janabroderick
USA has no history. : D
@Janabroderick Well Mayflower arrived to American shores like two weeks after our great military defeat in religious/civil war later known as 30 year war. That war was like fourth or fifth civil war in our written history and we've spent another 298 years under the rule of Austrian royal family who forced their religious views to our society. Only the tragedy of First world war ended their empire.Then we've been occupied by fascists and communists just during 20th century.21st century started better but we'll see.
US has a dark history but much of it was to some degree diluted with hope of building and moving up in the world. Their history might be more concentrated in sucess and failure and cruelty which changes the outlook.
Hey and there is really nothing sacred here. Religious communities tend to have dark humor limited to some topics.
koukam na to v trenkach :D
Tak ještě aby ne :d
Ja taky 😂
však jak jinak, ať je teplo nebo zima v trenkách je vždycky prima..:-D
Jn
Koukám nahej
My wonderful husband is from Czech ...the happiest times of my life are with him! I feel like the luckiest woman in the world!
Sames!!!
as you spoke about the underwear, I immediately looked at mine :D and about five minutes later my father came from work and the first thing he did was to get rid of the pants xD
hahahahaha
@@ArepasforDinner ofc it deppends, but mostly when there are guests or you are the guest its not that much popular :D but with some friends its possible even that
In villages it is even more funnier usually grandpas are working on the garden wearing just underwear
@@Hilariusgamer hahahaha I've heard!
When she spoke about underwear I figured it's just about time to put some on.
I'm a Czech guy and yeah I admit - this is pretty accurate :-D I have one more for you: When we get sick, we tend to act like we're dying and we need absolute attention and care of our mother/girlfriend/wife (you probably already figured out that they play a similar role in our life). It's a very common joke around Czech women - they call it "rýmička", which is a diminutive of rýma=cold.
Hahahaha that one is international!!! 😂
Yeah, in the UK they call it a "man cold", meaning there isn't a cold (even where there is!)
My son told me it's scientifically confirmed that men suffer much more the women...
World: Alcoholism is problem
Czechia(Slavic countries): Alcoholism is solution
Perfect dark humor example 😂🤗
Alcoholism is word I've never heard:)) .. had to come from NASA but... we drink because we have to deal with idiots every day
Alcoholism can be problem even in here in Czechia but only if you have not enough alcohol...
Correct.. the thirst is worse than war... that's why keep drinking not to get in a war
By the way our beer situation is misunderstand in world wide. We just wanna solve world hunger problem because "hunger is just disguised thirst".
Good video! About no sports on TV I personally see that nobody really cares about sports, but when is championship in hockey people are becoming crazy. In my school
we stopped learning so we could watch hockey.
Yeah. We did the same.
jo to byly Časy NAGANO 1998. a tak teď doufám,že to pamatuju dobře :-D
Outside world have problem with an alcohol, we Czechs tend to have a problem without it :D
And for the tradition, we really stick to the: Build a house, plant a tree and make a son.
ahahaha I love this comment!!!!
Of course. Make a house, build a tree and plant a son. :D
Já myslim že to bylo nějak jako že zasadíme syna, postavíme strom a vzplodíme dům .. :-D
I love how you talk like the czech boys would be some kind of animal, like this is their habitat, this is their feed, ... :D
lmao
Married 16 years to a Czech man...and happier than I have EVER been!!!
Dark humour is or thing like hundred years. We were even called "laughing beasts" by germans during time od protectorate (german occupation of bohemia during second world war)
My she friend once on Erasmus in some pub in France told some jokes about Jewish holocaust and nobody liked that. She did not know why. Nor I do.
@@kallblodigtdjur4599 Dark humour is like legs. Somebody has it, somebody doesnt.
Ohh I beleive that ! We say when something is stuck like a rusty bolt "it holds like jewish religion" 😂
Royal8k yea we was occupated by Germans during ww2 for about 6 years...
I am damn sure, since i am Czech and i know history of my homeland.
I am surprised how accurate this is, you did a great job!
Dark humor is best humor :D
Agree!
Our czech humor is awesome. Michael Palin from Monty Python said, that Czechs are the most humorous people in the world. For me, this statement means a lot. I love English humor, I love american South Park. Irony, sarcasm. - That's great. I cannot imagine live with the people who don't have this ability.
The best first second of an intro in youtube history. That facial expression after you fell into deep snow is golden :D.
Yes we are gardeners, thank you. Also, no woman touches our chilli peppers. We plant them. We grow them. We take care of them.
Counts for garlic, too.
Yes I get that 100% my husband's chili pepper are there in our balcony just now! haha
@@ArepasforDinner Relatable :D I think it is kind of tradition, that we men plant our peppers and watch over them without anyone interfering :)
Here in Czechia we prefer true, long relationships.. like when your friend every month show you new girlfriend/boyfriend, it starts to be annoying, and we think like "he's great friend, but he can't stay in relationship, Mění holky/kluky jak ponožky" - That's what we actually saying a lot... And it's the same with showing your girlfriend/boyfriend to parents. When we start dating someone, we don't often tell this everybody immediately, but we trying to know each other, and thinking, if this relationship could be great. And after some months, when we are convicted about our relationship, we start showing the rest of each others friends, and important - to parents. This is my point of view, of course it can be somewhere a little bit different. btw, nice video :)
Beer is not an alcohol.. greetings from Moravia :D
Pivo je,,zapijatko,, na borovičku alebo rum...
Tak tohle rikaji Rusaci a ne Moravaci a i oni uz uznali, ze to neni pravda a konecne ho zaradili pod alkohol pred par lety, doufam, ze nejsi Rusak ,ze ne?
A jako vtip to vtipne neni, pac na tom neni ani spetka pravdy a tu vtip musi obsahovat aby byl vtipny ;)
Je to jako bych napsal, ze vino z Moravy neni alkohol , zdravim z Ukrajiny.
That is what my doctor said
Beer is a liquid bread 🤷😅
@@smajla82 Rusové neberou pivo jako alkohol bo se nedá pít xD
I am a Czech girl and I could relate to so many things you said. Like hangover being treated as a flu or a bad dance moves😄nice video!😊
Wow, this was quite eye opening for me. You see, I thought I'm a czech woman, but I now I realize I'm a czech man (except for hiking, maybe). :D (This happens when you're raised by a single father).
gay or taken :D :D :D :D LOOL :D
or tourist
you know why the guy is trying to move in so quickly....you said it yourself....the girl takes care of everthing in the household....so.....once he is in, he is pretty happy having his kind of mom or carrer
Wow smart!.. never thought of that
Exactly my thought. First they have mother to serve them and then they get a girlfriend/wife servant. And if you don't like that role, you must be weird or something:D
Same reason americans/canadians marry latin women, they are looking for a second mother. Don't be that!
Dark humor is like a dead kid. Never gets old. Same as generalization people :-D
Ow my God guys…everything she said is spot on. Me and my boyfriend started dating and 2 weeks into it he asked me to move in with him😂and we both met in here in my country South Africa. And here things are totally different.❤ love it!!!
Hi siz, I'm from Kenya and I'm dating a guy from Czech how is it for a African girl like us?
Hi Katy ! I’m dating a man from Czech too I’m a Rwandese
Good luck
As for the gender roles in the household, my BF (we are both Czech) loves to operate the machines in our home, so he loves to use the washing machine, use the dryer, use the dishwasher, use the "robot" vacuum cleaner :-D That's not much else for me to do around the apartment :) So I cook from time to time (he likes to cook too), put the clothes that can't be dryed in the dryer on the drying rack, fold it, water the plants, wash dishes that shouldn't be washed in the machine, swipe the floors. I think we have divided it quite equally... It's also about what you are willing to do. You can "teach" your husband, that "no, it's not 1950s, you have to do the work too around the house."
He is not much into gardening, I on the other hand love it, so I turned his balcony (where only his rusting bike was located) into a jungle. However, my brother (40yo, IT specialist) is in his garden every day, planting, tending to the garden all the time. My father too.
Drinking is a thing in the Czech Republic. My family however is very "dry". Drinking is not a thing for us, we have a glass of wine for special ocassions (birthdays usually), but that's it. But friends and my BF's family drink much more. In my household (me living with my BF) we drink very rarely (because of my approach to drinking). My BF got used to it quite easily.
I'm quite lucky to be dating a Czech guy who doesn't believe in gender roles and actually cooks every day ;P
Very interesting video, keep up the good work! :D
Mine neither!.. Well he is dating a latina... We have quite the personality so he can't be a macho around me hahaha
sounds like you married a woman, lmao
@@twilightknight2333 Or a normal modern man, who is much loved by his girlfriend.
@@twilightknight2333 that bs, i dont agree with these identity piolitics pricks etc.. lgbbt etc ... but just because he cooks ? whats wronn with that ? if he stays home and his girlfriend works in uran mines well then itsa different story
I have to say that it's almost accurate, as always there are some differences, but yeah, you are right. Anyway, really nice video and keep it up. It's super cool, even for Czech people to find out, how does other nationalities see us.
Seen a few videos on the topic as a Czech, and this is the best one. Beautiful quick presentation, realistic view, but with affection. Thanks!
Thank you Andrea! Thank you, thank you) Really. First I am greatful for that content and second I came across the video in a bad sad state of mood so it made me happy! ;) It is good to see who exactly we the Czech men are :D and you said it well and precise.. I feel more self confident right now. Thank you. Have a nice evening :)
Aaaaaw this is so sweet!! I’m glad you liked it and that it better your day 🥰🤗
This is so professional ethnographic study! :)
Dark Humor is like food.. Not everyone has it.
Also the moving in is usually because of the housing market. It's usually pretty hard to get a proper nice flat, or house, by yourself, with your usual job. I'm talking a store clerk or a receptionist. In these jobs rent can be more than 3/4 of your pay. So it's easier, and more economical, to share your housing with someone, be it your partner, or a room-mate.
This is very good summary girl pretty much corresponds to my own findings about czech men...you are empathic and have good observation skills! If you are from Prague we can go for a double date:) We are fun czech/swedish couple:)
I am from Brazil. Really enjoy your videos.You express yourself with a very good English.Congrats!
Aaaw thanks for watching them
Just came across your video and laughed so hard at that “how Czechs are made” meme! One of the first things I noticed during my first visit was how the style for older men was a vest over a t-shirt, shorts and water sandals with socks. I thought it was specific to his small town!
También soy una latina that married a Czech... so I’m looking forward to watching your other videos to compare experiences!
Heeey I’m glad to find another one like me!!! Thanks for watching!! More coming
This video is an incredible tour of Venezuelan culture. Also: compliments on the acuity of your observations.
Hahaha it is but soon I'll be making videos about Venezuela
Arepas for dinner is one of the best channels to ever exist: a english channel hosted by a venezuelan lady talking about the czech republic
I watch this with some time later again. I review not only quantum physics videos, but even other with time difference.
You are right in many ways.
Nowadays I can observe people in bad life situations and I am amazed. They help each other. Partnerships are stronger if it survives first month and you have a chance to look at the people around.
I thought family focus is a tradition in few families, but now I can see really strong bonds amongst many families. Even friendship bonds proved to be good (at least in my case and what I can see around).
Nowadays due to some family problems (possible near death) I found out my bonds are fortunately strong and they help me with preparation for unwanted situation.
Corona proved you in many ways more correct, than I expected.
kukám na to v trénkach a pijem pivo.....boha, asi som Čech...
I don't understand at all 😁
@@jeszadelacruz6938 Google translate?
Flowers: I don't think czech men love/like giving flowers, but it is usually expected they should do that (under the threat if he doesn't, he'd hear complains whole year why he didn't gave flowers - sometimes as joke, but sometimes really seriously).
Oh I might look like a girl that likes flowers then cause I always get them from my husband and friends. At least more than Americans I mean
And defo much much much more than Spanish. They simply don’t give. Ever
You should visit Velké Bílovice if you want to taste best wine in Czech Republic or to see true village life.
Pretty accurate, I'm impressed, never noticed some of these things myself. Maybe because I'm not a good observer and it's mostly normal to me.
Black humor, gardening, beers ♥♥
Thank you for this video! and I'm glad to see all the positive comments too!
I'm looking forward to video of Jan's birthday :))
I am watching this to compare the lifestyle of czech citizens to those of czechs in America (mainly nebraska where most czechs settled) there are similarities and differences for sure but it does seem like traditions and culture has come across with immigrant families. My grandparents may have not passed down the language, but they passed down the culture. I have pulled my boyfriend into my culture, he is Korean but doesn't have strong ties like I do and is very excited to now be a Czech man. He fits in very well
Like..honestly
I look at my shorts and at the same time I read the black humor that my friends send me :D
When black lives matters movement started after that unfortunate kneeling kill, my friend had seen some dozens of people kneeling in the television and he said: "It seems like everybody wants to try it."
Well, you must understand that there were times our older fellow czechs had nothing more than a joke to cheer them up. So they made jokes about any unfortunate situation there could possibly be. Now, its part of our culture... and its contagious.
Damn this is pretty correct. And yea...since we are little kids parents teach us to be like gentleman (sry for english xd). Also Generation Z and Millennials aren't all that different from each other.
If you date Gen Z there is high chance that he will want play video games with you :D So prepare for it :D
Btw you should visit Moravia :D We are kinda...different from other Bohemian people.
Just writing for someone who doesnt know anything about Czech republic. There are 2 big regions and 1 small.
1st region is Bohemia. Which are people from ''Western side of Czech republic'' and they are more ''western''. Also they speak non-standart language and are more vulgar.
2nd region is Moravia. These people are from ''East side''. Moravia is more ''slav''. People there really like drinking beer, wine etc. Also (most of us) we write and speak more in standart language.
3rd region is Silesia
. These people are know for loving football. Also some of them sounds more like a Polish.
More vulgar? Come on, that sounds, that you are from Brno! :D :D
Typical Brňák. Forgot to mention there is some healthy rivalry between Bohemians and Moravians. Most prominent in Driving, where in Prague, you say that someone parks like a Brňák, while outisde of Prague, you say that someone drives like a Pražák.
Say that in Moravia is spoken “standard” language is kinda overstatement and somehow confirms the theory of dark humor:))
@@007Ivory007 Haha skoro :D Jsem z Valašského Meziříčí ,což je blízko Zlína :D
The only thing you need to know to date czech man is "run girl, run!"
The only thing i kinda disagree on, is the sports on TV, otherwise pretty accurate :)
Nemyslím, když se podívám, jak to berou Španělé vážně, tak jsme opravdu k těm sportům vlažnější :)
My mom is from Greece and my dad is from Czech republic :D
I know you probably have no experience in this matter 😅 but can you please make a video about dating Czech women.
Maybe next year hahaha I don't feel prepare for it haha
hah as a Czech woman i would like to see that too :D
Hi ! Great video ! I’m French with a Czech man and we live in England 😬 this was very interesting ! We speak English at home but I’m trying to learn Czech ! Not easy but I need to to communicate with the in-laws ! I find not that many people speak English ! What do you think ?
Cuisine with Je ne sais quoi not many older generations do! And by older I mean 1990 or older. The younger are learning it at school so that’s good. But even many friends of my husband can’t speak
OMG ! I should have watched this video before dating my boyfriend, that would have helped us a LOT ! 😂😂😂
Hahahaha glad you enjoyed it!!! Yeah I also should have but there wasn’t many videos on czech men back then
same :)
I feel it 1000% 😂😂 some things were really confusing for me, especially i didnt knew any czech person before. 😅
soo accurate. i understand myself better. the underwear, beer and humor is spot on.
I am gen X coming from Balkans and I agree with you totally.
Czech men have to: plant a tree, build a house, have a son.
I'm laughing so much at this!!
@@ArepasforDinner But it is true, meybe some are afraid of having to pay aliments...
Nice video, pretty accurate I think
Oh and that family/kids thing even new neighbors ask about if I have or will have a kids
Just like "Hello, I live here over road and btw do you have a kids and when will you have them ... "
Hahah omg I’m also a Venezuelan and my boyfriend is from Tabor and yes. The dark humor jajaja is always present in our conversations . Pero nada son de lo que conozco son muy cheveres 💓conocí a mi novio en Mexico, porque vivo acá. Pero que cool qué hay alguien más que comparte este tipo de diferencias culturales ☺️
Que interesante!!! Donde viven? En Mexico? Bueno si alguna vez están en Praga escríbeme!!! 💜😁👌🏽
Arepas for Dinner hahaha claro aparte ajaj tengo un restaurante venezolano en guadalajara Mexico ajaj por si quieres ver se llama la Arepiza Bistró
There are 3 types of Czech men
1) classy czech guys who have international exposure, fluently speaking several languages, treating eomen like ladies
2) Czech guys who are comfortable around beer and dumplings who are not interested to exel
3) good natured non-city Czech guys who will help regardless how you ste dressed and what you drive- these guys are seemingly the best
Loved your video! I am relocating to CZ to move in with my Honza :) Defo suscribing to your channel!
Thank youuuuu
You are lucky, you found a very good man, congratulations.
Thank you!
Pretty much on point but i would disagree with "watching sports" thing. During hockey matches sometimes whole country literally stops and football is also pretty big for us.
Semi. Hockey kinda. But if you lived in Spain during La copa del rey or in Venezuela during baseball season you’ll see Czechs have nothing on this madness. Or even living in a southern state during college football season in the states!
Por el nombre del canal imagino que hables español.
No manches tu video expica muchas cosas XD.
Yo soy de México y estuve saliendo un tiempo con un checo, solo era un amor de verano porque no teniamos planes parecidos a largo plazo, pero luego de la primer cita quería que vivieramos juntos jajaja fue un shock enorme XD.
Me agradan los checos, espero poder tener una relación con otro pronto.
Gracias por tu video. Saludos ^ ^.
Jake hola!! Pues si hablo español 😂😂 si son especiales pero el mío nunca vivió conmigo hasta después de casarnos porque yo no quería vivir juntos antes 😂
Hi Andrea, lovely video. Could you please recommend me some of venezuelan musicians, maybe even some of your favourites, it's been years that i come across Felipe Pirela (on colombian internet radio :-)) and i instantly fall in love with his music, for me it's magical mix of sadness and hope and i'm wondering whats venezuelan music in general is like, and I'm guessing it surely has a huge cultural significance to venezuelan people. In past video you have mentioned that they like to listen to music loudly and everywhere, maybe the difference in contrast to czech music could be a topic of next youtube video ;-)
Well yes!! I can recommend you our country music top is Simon Diaz... I love his music. Is very country tho!! 😁
i feel like partners of friends (doesnt matter if male or female) are in group activities off limits, hence no double dates. Usually i like the person for one kind of thing and their significant other for other. So there (in CR) is no need for mixing it up.
I wonder, have you ever been in a traditional homemade pigslaughter? And no, you will not see one in Prague. I would be interested in hearing your take on it.
Yes of course the zabiačka went to one two years ago. Took sooo many photos (the photos of guys know how to cook are from it. I took those)
@@ArepasforDinner It was pretty obvious what event that photo was from, it only was not clear if you were in presence or even active participation (yes, I know women are mostly busy inside :), it actually prompted the question. But I was wondering, was it okay for you then, or some sort of brutish indigenous tradition of gore?
Haha ohh dear it so pain, “ if you see well dress man in Prague, there are two thing gay or taken “ 😂😂
or cops lol
That parth when you say ,,gay or taken´´ I am just still laughting.
😂😂😂
Funny video. I had to send it to my girlfriend, who is also a foreigner and she has very similar observations as you. :)
"they are in their underwear a lot" looking at my dad right now :D he's sitting in a chair, in his "home" boxers with a beer, it can't get anymore czech than that
"Gay or taken" i can't 🤣🤣 this one was so good
😂
Your video is very insightful!🥰 By the way, I’m your new subscriber😊
Hello!!! And welcome to the family!! I hope you enjoy the ride 🤗💜
Arepas for Dinner I will. Thank you!🌻Hugs🤗💕
4:10 well most of them are single.. so which girl they can take 🤣 or on the other side Its better to visit nightclubs sepperately because Its a best way to avoid conflict or if you have bf or gf in the club you can hardly fully relax, you must still keep attencion on the other one and you can also avoid jealous scenes
Hola, me llamo Lenin soy del Ecuador vivo en Italia desde hace ya 20 años, me encanta la Republica Checa cada vez que voy me diverto un montón, creo que en Europa es my ciudad preferida, especialmente por que no es complicada al menos eso me parece no viviendo allá tu tienes mas experiencia. has ido a bailar a los locales latinos, como la Macumba, yo me he diertido un montón, también el Tresor donde hacen latino los miercoles y a veces los sabados tambien, y hay otra discoteca tambien no me acuerdo el nombre, seguramente el proximo mes me dare una vuelta, aunque por que acá en Italia no se puede bailar todavia por esto del Covid, que ya ha pasado pero la gente sigue dandole vueltas. conchale, te saludo.
Mija, la buena noticia es que se pueden reformar si nosotras no perpetuamos esos roles de género que tanto daño nos hacen a todos. Mi esposo me mandó el link de este video para ver si él cumple con las características en común que has encontrado y la verdad es que no, tiene mucho que ver que él ha sido expat desde hace mucho entonces se re educó. Pequeña anotación al margen, en plural se dice WomEn.
Mmmm interesante. Mi esposo cumplía con menos de estos puntos cuando vivíamos en usa. Ahora es más checo que antes!! 😂 pero si en mi casa los sexismos no son permitidos nunca
@@ArepasforDinner eso confirma mi teoría de que alejarse de esa cultura les hace bien. Tiene cosas muy positivas, pero otras no tanto. Supongo que para una mujer tradicional no habría problema, que las hay por desgracia.
Cool video! What about double blind dates? I.e., a couple will go out with two of their single friends who have not met? Do Czechs try to "fix-up" two of their single friends/colleagues?
Girl, I cannot relate more to you! My fiance is Czech and i've been here for almost 3 years!
Hahaha is he now?? Where r u from??
He’s from Prague & I’m from iran 😅.
czech this out well then same like us haha súper different cultures but hey! It works!! 😂🤗
Konečne som stihla tvoje nové videjko si vážne super i Tik Tokerka a aj RUclipsrka. 🥰
Watching at home. In shorts of course. Wierd, I never realized... :D
Yeah, we want families, but not too big ones. Number of kids at or slightly above the population replacement rate is ideal.
Sustainable happiness.
OK, I don’t walk around in my house in underwear, I don’t drink, so I don’t have to deal with hangovers. I do like to live in the city and like to travel, not that much hiking. I love to cook as a man. I like to be surrounded by expats and I am on daily bases because I don’t live in Czech Republic. I would consider myself handy. I don’t mind gardening. Sport is not that big thing for me. I am designing in fashion. I can’t sky, I can skate. I am not crazy about giving flowers. I am bad dancer and I don’t enjoy it. I don’t follow dating rules and don’t really do double dates. I am not crazy jealous. I don’t fight at all. I am slow when it comes to moving together. I am not a womanizer. I like to stay single with no kids. I am not a family man.
Thomas Nox there you go you no longer live here. Me for example I’m such a not Venezuelan Venezuelan. My personality nothing has to do with the common of Venezuelan people. My husband has it 50/50 sometimes he is soooo czech his name should be Jirka Novák and some times he could be John Smith... 😂 if that’s your personality btw you are gonna LOOOVVEEE next Tuesday’s video! And I’m not even joking!
We often say our humor is so black it could harvest cotton. Political correctness is simply not a thing here. Jokes about race, sexuality, disabilities, nazis, anything goes. I guess we just know that anything gets less horrible if you can make fun of it :))
It is fun... Yet I don't dare to translate them to my mother hahahaha
@@ArepasforDinner As Terry Gilliam from Monthy Python said: "The only other nation I can think of that has the humor where nothing is sacred, it is Czech Republic." Stereotypes, death, disabilities, anything goes.
99% accurate. Just with flowers, I have to disagree. Nowdays, I am living for half a year in Tbilisi, and this flower habit is here quite more rooten.
And I have to laught with this underpants. :D Watching it in them :D :D
So true about the groups of friends, I am with my husband more than 15 years and each of us is having own group of friends, not really having common friends... and regarding moving together... we started living together after 3 weeks lol
Radka Janotova hahaha 100% then!!! 💜💜💜
Hi, Andrea! Great video, I had a lot of fun! I have to praise you, you estimated the mentality of Czech men very well! 👍😉
Question: (a bit of Czech dark humor) - how many children do you want so that your husband does not get scared? 😂😉😄😃😛
So for the gender equality in Prague for manager positions etc.
Some Czech men find some Czech women in power very intimidating so they look for wifes that can be more in this gender roleplay. So in the end they end up marrying Russian women that are happy to provide this and get in Europe from Russia. However, most of these marriages don't last very long thanks to the differences and expectations. I have so many stories about this.
I bet... I'm ok with gender roles... As long as everyone is happy doing it... Can't force a woman to work and give up having kids if that's her goal and her husband's... But in general I see more inequality than in my home country... (There's a lot of inequality there too) but you will never see a mom working and then also taking care of the home... NEVER if she works full time or dad and kids do it all with mom or they hire someone to help (Depending on how much money they make)
You are 100 percent right. I was not lucky in Czechia cuz when he was dating me, he was living with another woman.
No way!!!!!!
funny, I know the couple moved together before first date :) . And it's not that case, when 2 random flat mates happened to be a couple... She moved to his apartment as his new girlfriend after they get to each other online, while he lived abroad... and they met after he returned :D
I'm Haitian married to a Czech man. And this is soooo true!!!! My husband watched this video and proceeded to tell me a dark joke lol!
😂😂💜
I am dating a Czech guy but he doesn't drink alcohol
Well said, really enjoyed ...
Hi im Czech Man and im single. Dont be shy and write.
I'm not sure that they fights that often. In my bubble when someone says for example that his brother often fights, people tend to understand that he has a social disfunction or some psychical trauma. Maybe in the villages, some teenagers are fighting often because the boredom. Of course, if someone have relationship with a football hooligan, than can have the impression that his friends and Czechs in general fights often. But I don't think it's common or normal behavior.
Perhaps no longer. This friends are all 30/32 years so they where fighting around 15 years ago!.. they are from poor neighborhoods
Your videos are so interesting .can you make videos on how they approach women? What are their expectation from women?
I do dance well. But that’s because I study a contemporary dance in a conservatory. The school’s name is Duncan. But actually it’s really rare to meet someone who loves dance.
hahaha of course if you are a dancer that's different... But this czech friends of mine do enjoy dancing... Sometimes even more than my latin friends haha
Arepas for Dinner for sure it’s different. And I think that we all enjoy it because of alcohol and also we really like party music. Getting the vibe and throw thing behind. Just enjoy it.
You have great obervation skill. Everything you said is true
Aaaw you are too kind! :D