Society/Humor

Bulgarian Men

They are a good catch

Nevena Pascaleva
5 min readNov 22, 2022

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A good-looking blond Bulgarian guy
Radmil Nikolov, a Bulgarian model

A long time ago, while I was still looking for a partner, a Bulgarian male friend complained: ‘You can always find a foreigner. Foreign men are crazy for Eastern European women. But us — they don’t want us for the world. No foreign woman will ever choose a Bulgarian husband.’

‘Why?’ I asked, puzzled.

‘Because we are too poor.’

Wow, I hadn’t thought of that. But yes, the truth is that Bulgarian men who live in Bulgaria are rarely extremely rich. To make up for this, however, they are extremely creative. And not only.

Yes, they are…

Let’s see what a Bulgarian man is, exactly.

1. No matter how small his salary is, you (his date) will never be able to tell from the way he looks. He wears fancy clothes, his hair is nicely cut, and on his fourth finger glitters an enormous ring with some Thracian runes on it. There’s a golden watch on his wrist, and on his neck — a golden necklace with a cross that aims to show a deep connection to his Orthodox ancestry and therefore, enviable nobility. He flaunts his newest iPhone and, although his car might be second-hand, it’s so shiny that you’ll think it’s just come out of the factory. He’ll always pay your bill, regardless of what you order and…

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Nevena Pascaleva
Nevena Pascaleva

Written by Nevena Pascaleva

A writer of evocative fiction and introspective personal essays. Owner of the publication "Tales of Blue".

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