Pom, I was going to do it because I wanted to.  After this discussion, I am thinking I would be taken advantage of.  And not in a good way

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"Я это понимаю на рациональном уровне, но не могу принять на эмоциональном" --Бизнесмен Борис Березовский

pomidorchik:

Leah:

you were both giggling over the irony while you blasted me? 

 ok, that was cruel.

can we now put all that behind us and move on and..get back to our lovely threesomlike arrangement on the island with Egor cooking and playing guitar for us?

Sure.... as long as Egor will be the one cracking open your coconuts... because my feelings are still a bit hurt and I'm certainly not going to do it.
 

crack your own coconuts.  I want a prenuptual.

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"Я это понимаю на рациональном уровне, но не могу принять на эмоциональном" --Бизнесмен Борис Березовский

Egor:

... I would be taken advantage of. 

god, damn it! our best are getting liberated now...

Leah i'm gonna hold you accountable:-)

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Egor:

Pom, I was going to do it because I wanted to.  After this discussion, I am thinking I would be taken advantage of.  And not in a good way

After this discussion, I wouldn't dream of taking advantage of you.  :) 

Egor:

i dobt it, i just want to run all my crap by a fair-minded modern woman

 

So now I'm not fair minded?    You are on a roll today, hurting girls' feelings.

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Gou ni itte wa, gou ni shitagae.

So now I'm not fair minded?    You are on a roll today, hurting girls' feelings.

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You suggested a french maid as a solution to marital problems

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"Я это понимаю на рациональном уровне, но не могу принять на эмоциональном" --Бизнесмен Борис Березовский

Bagel Roll:

Egor:

i dobt it, i just want to run all my crap by a fair-minded modern woman

 

So now I'm not fair minded?    You are on a roll today, hurting girls' feelings.

He has a gift, doesn't he? 

Basically, I am putting everyone through a series of rigorous tests.

And you could each do a lot better.

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Egor:

Basically, I am putting everyone through a series of rigorous tests.

And you could each do a lot better.

and what improvements would you suggest? 

Oh, and about the french maid...  Sure, as long as I get to select the maid and approve the list of duties.  Be nice and I might even get you a pretty one.
 

Ok, so I can't possibly read all the four pages y'all have managed to write in just half a day but to answer pom's question.

That dozen families is out of 50 (roughly) other Russian(ish) families that I know. Actually, I have to amend what I said before. I know about two dozen out of 50 Russian (ish) families where husbands cook more than, or at least as much as, the wives. 

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Bagel Roll:

Egor:

no, I guess i meant that what you are looking for is not that ridiculous after all   

I hope you don't mind if I respond to something addressed to you, Leah...

Can't help but note that the original post was about men's expectations, not the other way around.  Besides, based on what we learned about Leah from the previous posts, she's quite a cook herself.  We can't begin to know what Leah is really looking for (if she's looking).  Right Leah? 

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jeeezzz all this bitching and moaning over simpliest things.... first it's toilet seat, then cooking....    

 

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- Независимость - это когда в 20-й раз наступаешь на одни и те же грабли, а русские уже ни при чем....

We need the bitching and moaning.  The forum would be so boring if everyone agreed with each other. 

Egor, what's not fair minded about the french maid suggestion?  You said yourself it was a good solution.

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Gou ni itte wa, gou ni shitagae.