Any relationship can bring with it a number of challenges, especially if you are dating a foreigner with a different culture and background. Then you would have to deal with things you do not have to deal with if you were dating your own countrymen: language barrier, differences in culture and lack of knowledge about your fiancee’s views on life’s issues. But you can always start hurdling the challenges from the point of the most mundane – knowing your ladylove’s eating and drinking habits.

Ukrainians are definitely a very hospitable group of people and they are very generous at feeding their guests. Also, in all likelihood your Ukrainian lady knows how to cook. So, the first dating tip we can share is that, when you are at her place having dinner with her family, condition yourself to eat much and do not refuse a second serving of anything that is served on the table. If you do, you might just offend her and her family (her mother especially). They might think you are rejecting their efforts and that you do not like their food.

Ukrainian cuisine offers some very tasty food items alongside the exotic ones. The most traditional of Ukrainian dishes are Borshch or beet soup, Vareniki or Ukrainian Ravioli, Nalisniki or pancakes, Golubsti or cabbage rolls and Salo or pig’s fat with garlic. Some of them you might like and some you might find positively revolting. So, come up with a very nice explanation on why you do not want to eat or even taste some of the food being offered to you. Of course, you should make sure that your excuse is nice, and more importantly, believable. Pig fat is not eat in the United States and in most countries of Europe. You might even be feeling sick now as you are reading this, but do not tell it to her family. So think ahead and come up with a very good reason why you deny it when it is offered to you.

As to the Ukrainian drinking habits, you should know that many Ukrainian men do drink a lot. Most Ukrainian men prefer vodka or cognac. In fact, this is one of the reasons why many Ukrainian women wish to marry foreign men. Thus, if you want to be successful in your Ukrainian dating you should better follow the third one of the Ukraine dating tips: do not drink much and do not share much with your lady your “pub adventures”.

Of course, some ladies in Ukraine do drink a lot of alcohol, but most of them would think it acceptable to drink some wine or liquor on certain occasions, such as dates, celebrations or holidays. Moreover, some ladies make it a condition for the men they wish to date or marry that they would not take any alcohol at all!

Tags : Culture, Drinking, Eating, Ukrainian