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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in Soviet Union. Half the things you all name here didn't even exist there nor do we have a word for those things. Wash cloth, staying in a hotel was for foreigner and eating in a sit down restaurant was for few foreigner or some high ranking people only. Those things never came up every day as you walk in the city. I only knew they existed years later.
I didn't know what allergies, diabetes or diet were growing up in SU. There was a rumor that one kid in our village had diabetes, but nobody knew what it was besides some kind of illness.[/quote]

But didn't you have things at home that your mom did to make you feel fancier than other soviet families? Or you went to someone's house and they had a picture of the premier and thought it was weird that you didn't? Things you would do the respect elders that nobody does today or thinks is weird? What about going out without a full face of makeup? Did anyone do that? Inquiring minds want to know.[/quote]

DP who grew up in the USSR.  We had a saying “toilet is the hostess’s face” - “Unitaz - lico xozyajki”.   People were obsessed with cleanliness, and surfaces were supposed to be clean even when worn out.  And not just clean but super clean when people visited.  Took me a while to get used to visiting my American friends and seeing clothing lying around.  Or hearing that their parents don’t clean - the cleaning lady does, every other week.  [/quote]

Interesting! Thank you. [/quote]

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