My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
Well, I think he's right to notice that there is a difference in attitudes and even in the broadest sense of world view between Eastern Europe and Western Europe. Which is old and which is new is an interesting question, and I almost think that maybe he's got it backwards.
I had no interest in being your basic vanilla girl. I've been lucky enough that I haven't had to play that.