1. Yes, I drink LOTS of tea but I didn't know it's because I'm a Ukranian. I do it 'cause I like it's taste and it helps me stay awake and focused when I have shit tonne to do
2. Yes, we have that weird tradition of sitting before going for a long trip but I personally don't fully understand why nor like it
3. Both of my grandmothers gave two shits about babysitting me or my younger brother. To be fair, one of them lives in the rural area but the other one lives literally next door. But my case is more of an exception to the rule. I even remember joke: "Nobody can go from grandma hungry"
4. I've never had a dog
5. I wear slippers as I'm writting this. It's pretty cold here so they keep my feet warm
6. As she said men don't care about that
7. If stranger is about my age I would refer to him/her "boy/girl" (or "young man/young woman"). If he/she in their 30-40s - "man/woman". If older - "grandpa/grandma". Also, there's a thing about pronoun "you" in Ukranian. While you English people can use "you" reffering to a singular person as well as group of people here we have two distinct pronouns for reffering to a singular person or to a group of people: singular -
ты (ty), plural -
вы (vy). If you don't know somebody it's recommended to refer to him/her by plural
вы. That way you demonstrate your respect to a stranger and It's like rule of general courtesy here. Once you become more acquainted formalities are dropped and you can refer to each other by singular
ты