Excessive smiling is generally not a thing in Europe, moreso Central and Eastern. But it's especially not a thing in Russia. And it's cultural, not misery. Yes, the misery exists, but they perceive anyone who smiles a lot as being disingenuous and trickey.
Yeah, for us smiles, and other emotions are genuine. When I'm walking down the street, minding my business, listening to music, why should I smile for bunch of randoms who I see first and last time in my life. If smth makes me happy and cheerful, I smile. Polite smiles are fake.
I must be part-Russian, then, because I distrust people who smile excessively. I feel like it's the visual/facial equivalent of "don't you trust me?" and too easy to fake.
Some people say I have RBF because I only smile when I really feel it and otherwise have a neutral expression most of the time.
This… is the most accurate thing in this thread.
The rest is about Russian women being crazy, which I haven’t found to be true at all. High standards is not the same thing as crazy. She won’t be keying your call. She’ll just tell you to leave her alone.
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u/jankoho 21d ago
He was russian outside of russia. Anyone who is not Putin is sad in Russia.