Romanian girls: How to make one queen of your heart.

What are Romanian girls like? They have high expectations – read here how to win with the ladies of Romania!

Young Romanian women are skinny, fashionable and have very high standards! My friend, Simon came to Romania with me, when I arrived, to make sure that I was set up properly in Bucharest.

He took one look at me, and shook his head sadly and pointed out that I had a lot of learning to do to meet any Romanian females here. All my old clothes were bagged up in a black bin liner, and dumped, as you need to be sharp dresser in Bucharest, to get anywhere.

We spent an entire day shopping. In those days, everything was incredibly cheap, before the rest of Europe found out about Romania’s charms. Even the department stores were made up of small individual shopkeepers. His cunning plan was this – as long as I looked Romanian long enough for a local girl to take me under her wing, I would be fine. It paid off well. Only by looking at part, did I get my first date – though turning up in blue jeans at the ballet on my first date proved I have far to go!

Romanian ladies have high expectations of foreigners. Sadly lots of foreigners have come here and muddied up the British reputation (created from the myths of classical literature such as Dickens and Agatha Christie and programmes from National Geographic) – but many still expect perfect manners. Their parents will have even higher expectations. Never turn up at a date not armed with flowers. Anyone who arrives at a Romanian girl’s home empty handed will be looked down on.

Girls in Romania still expect to be treated as a woman. They expect the door to be opened for them, for you to carry everything, and know when to be in front of them, such as when they get off the bus, or when to be behind them – when getting on a bus or tram.

They also expect to be greeted properly. This is a really tricky area. I never really have worked when to kiss a girl’s cheek (you need to kiss both cheeks). When you first meet a Romanian female, make sure you kiss her hand – like in days of old. When you get to know her better, you can kiss both cheeks. However, if you are introduced to a peasant, you don’t kiss outside the family… I am still learning!

Romanian daughters are very close to their family, and it will be a major decision if a Romanian woman decides to follow you to another country. I decided I couldn’t do this – as in many families – my wife was the only child of an only child. However many Romanian girls do have wishful thoughts about what it is like to live abroad, and surely it is better than here. Romanian girls who decide to remain in Romania have a tough time, as their friends wonder why they don’t go West when they can. In reality, I think Romanian girls are happiest in Romania – where traditions still matter.

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