Wonderful life.................

“It’s a wonderful, wonderful life…” – indeed it is. I have had a magical week with my most precious person…It was a happy time throughout the entire time, whether we were sitting at home, doing basically nothing, or cooking together, or cleaning, or just looking at each other…This was a major test for me, especially the part where he eats my Moldovan cooking or notJ)). Any woman in this part of the world knows the saying: ‘The path to a man’s heart is through his stomach!’’J))). The questions was whether Moldovan cuisine can conquer the heart of a man from Japan, who are virtually not used to the heavy food we have. It was double stress for me because he is also a cook….ahhh….while cooking I was very nervous. If you wonder…he did eat it….:))))! This made me very happy! During the entire stay we only had one fight and that happened because of a misunderstanding, a translation problem. The important thing is that though I was very upset for some time, I did not let it eat away at me and decided to give him the benefit of a doubt. This is a problem that may occur frequently in a mixed couple. Most importantly, please have the patience to listen to your partner, even if at times you do not want to. Listening to one another is crucial, but when your partner is a foreigner there might be some differences in the meaning of the words and expressions he uses, so pay twice as much attention to what he says. Listen not only with your ears but also with your heart.

I will never get tired of saying: ”Matters of the heart are complicated”. Relationships always require a lot of hard work and people have to be mentally prepared to make concessions in any relationship. Dating a Japanese man is no different. I would even say that it makes me even more aware that I have to be more understanding and more tolerant and more ready to take one step back as to see him taking a couple of steps back too. After all a Japanese man is somebody who is always thinking about the future…This can be a blessing and tiresome at the same time, but I prefer to see this as a good thing. Compared to a future I do not know I prefer to have somebody sketch it out for me. People are different and the process of making two people breathe and live as one is full of adventures and obstacles. I am fully aware of that…Every single day I get to feel so much…Somehow it is a different feeling from what I had in my past relationships. Frankly I do not know whether it is the nationality that makes the difference or the person himself, but I am grateful and full of admiration for the man who wants to be a real man when he is around me, for me and because of me, for the man who lets me feel a woman. The women who come to us are all very different and all seek different things but when you get down to it, what matters in the end is what you feel when you are with that person. At that moment, such trivial obstacles as the language barrier and cultural differences pale…We have a saying here “He who does not risk, does not drink champagne”. Deciding that you want to meet somebody from another country always assumes some sort of risk, the risk of a mismatch, but when you think about it is not bigger than the risk with any usual relationship I think. In the end it is all about giving yourself a chance, allowing yourself to be happy, to enjoy life, to love life and not run from those who bring out these feelings in us no matter how difficult it may seem at the beginning….Love does conquer it all, don't you know that?