Dating an Estonian Girl - 16 observations from my fiancé

We’ve been dating for about 3 years now and recently got engaged. With that, I thought it would be funny to ask his observations about dating an Estonian girl. After all, he has 3 years experience in that field. Obviously, these are not true for all, but it was definitely entertaining for me to learn about where my “Estonianism” comes out. So here we go, here are 16 things my adorable Turkish fiance brought out in me.


The sun obsession
If there’s 30cm2 spot of sun on the ground, you can be sure she’ll go and sit in that spot. Even her dog sleeps in the spot where the sun shines in through the window.

Confused friends
If you tell your friends that you have an Estonian girlfriend and they'll be like “Oh, where is that?”

Terviseks
When you are in a bar with a new group of people, and they want to learn “Cheers” in Estonian. And the Turkish people get uncomfortable because there is “sex” in it.

Describing what is kohuke
She is obsessed with kohuke! Sometimes she tries to explain to foreigners what is it. I found it's like a Kinder Penguin, but healthier.

Technologies
When I talk about Estonia, people seem to recognize Estonia mostly by the e-voting systems and as an IT hub.

Emotions?
You can’t understand if they are happy or sad or excited. No hand gestures, no change in the voice. It’s so hard to understand what they are thinking!

How to make an Estonian happy
It’s not very difficult to make her happy living in Turkey. Bring her to some palm trees and sun. Give her fresh juice next to the sea. She’ll be happy not only until the end of the day, but until the rest of the year.

Natural yogurt
How to Turkalize an Estonian girl - eat natural yogurt with everything!
As for now, she’s putting yogurt on everything - like pasta, rice, salad and even French fries.

How to recognize an Estonian?
Distinguishing them from other nationalities, Estonians seem to have high cheekbones.

Mixed cultures
When you realize she plays better Tavla (Turkish board game) than you. And you secretly get proud of her, when she beats you in Tavla again. And she also smokes more shisha than me...

The Vikings
She opens a beer with a key and knows how to change a light bulb. And you recognize that she’s a Viking and can handle these things.

Trying to do small talk
In Turkish culture is common to ask “how are you” many times and in many ways. “Ne yapiyorsun, ne haber, nasilsin?”
Be sure she’ll get pissed off when asking her “how are you?”, especially on the phone. She’ll be like - can we just get to the point?

Only one answer
When you see a Finnish girl and an Estonian girl, you have to always say that the Estonian girl is more beautiful.

Green finger
When you walk in nature and she stops at every tree and flower and tells the names of each species in Estonian. And for you, all of them are just ‘a daisy’.

The music
When you show your friends Tommy Cash videos, and that’s their first impression of an Estonian person after your girlfriend.

The potato nation
She literally eats potato with potato. Like boiled potatoes with potato salad. Potato everything, anytime!





Here is him in Tallinn Christmas market tasting some Glögi.