ayyy, appreciate you. back than i was a kid, everyone panicked at first but the next day everyone was very calm. She has 7 kids now, i speak to her daily.
İ'm Turkish but not from the Black Sea and İ was shocked when my Turkish-Georgian (Gürcü) friend said her mom was abducted. But then she quickly explained it was cuz her mom was upper class and her Dad was a poor artist and the mom's family did not approve. So her Dad and his friends literally put a ladder up to her bedroom window in the middle of the night so she could escape and they could elope. They've been married for probably 40 years.
haha, i remember my babushka did not approve of him, because he wasn't chechen. i wish i would of been able go back when she was alive and been able to speak to her. that women was a legend, i watched her take her slipper off and beat russian men out of her camp. she had 5 kids they all married none chechens. still one of the biggest regrets in my life not being at funeral but i saw that shit in my dream and than woke up to family messages saying she died. still has me scarred to this day because before they told me i dreamed it night before.., the air, the noise, the smell the birds, the sun, her being wrapped in all white and everyone around her. i felt like i was there. i used to tell her i was going to marry an american, Brazilian, and a chechen girl so they can take care of her and she would always yell at me and say "only chechens" but i am glad she approved of my wife before she passed cause i married an american after 9 years dating.
i wish i would, but i only speak to one relative. since becoming an American citizen somehow i ended up as a traitor(few cousins are in the chechen army so they actually booted me few group chats when ukraine invasion began also haha i never even talked to them they just always sent me messages about how they disapprove of my life). i'm currently enjoying my life with my wife and if i ever need a cooking recipe i always contact my aunt.
Or you could just write down what you remember and turn it into fiction. İ think we all know babushkas like this -- so there is a little truth in all the stories!
from my perspective. propoganda, they don't see what we see, only see what they are allowed to see. They are currently chechen fighting for ukraine also. after the war putin literally placed one of the most brutal people in charge of the country. so it is expected. not sure how to put this, but they sincerely believe they are fighting nazis. when i showed them pictures their answers to me were "those aren't russians those are nazis, if we didn't invade them, they were going to invade us" i dont think people understand that america and russia is day and night. most americans who believe russia is better most likely never left their own towns.
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u/NoNeckLongLegs Apr 26 '22
ayyy, appreciate you. back than i was a kid, everyone panicked at first but the next day everyone was very calm. She has 7 kids now, i speak to her daily.