Someone send this to me in an email - and being  Polish, I wasn't sure if I totally agree with this... what do you think?

Polish kids and American  kids

American kids: Move out when they're 18 with the  full support of
their parents.
Polish kids: Move out  when they're 28, having saved enough money
for a house, and  are two weeks away from getting married....unless
there's  room in the basement for the newlyweds.

American kids:  When their Mom visits them, she brings a Bundt cake,
and  you sip coffee and chat.
Polish kids: When their Mom visits  them, she brings 3 days worth of
food, begins to tidy up,  dust, do the laundry, and rearrange  the
furniture.

American kids: Their dads always call  before they come over to
visit them, and it's usually only  on special occasions.
Polish kids: Are not at all fazed  when their dads show up,
unannounced, on a Saturday morning  at 8:00, and starts painting the
window
frames or mowing  the lawn.

Amer ican kids: Always pay retail, and look  in the Yellow Pages when
they need to have something  done.
Polish kids: Call their dad or uncle, and ask for  another dad's or
uncle's phone number to get it done...cash  deal. Know what I mean??

American kids: Will come over  for cake and coffee, and get only
cake and coffee. No  more.
Polish kids: Will come over and get cabbage rolls,  pierogies, roast
chicken , salad, bread, fruit, cheesecake  a few before, during and
after dinner  drinks.

American kids: Will greet you with "Hello" or  "Hi.
Polish kids:Will give you a big hug, a kiss on your  cheek, and a
pat on your back.

American kids: Call  your parents Mr and Mrs.
Polish kids: Call your parents Mom  and Dad.

American kids: Have never seen you  cry.
Polish kids: Cry with you.

Amer i can kid s:  Borrow your stuff for a few days and then return it
Polish  kids: Keep your stuff so long, they forget it's  yours.

American kids: Will eat at your dinner table and  leave.
Polish kids: Will spend hours there, talking,  laughing, and just
being together.

American kids:  Know few things about you.
Polish kids: Could write a book  with direct quotes from you.

American kids: Eat peanut  butter and jelly sandwiches on soft  mushy
white
bread.
Polish kids: Eat kielbasa  sandwiches with dill pickles on caraway
rye  bread.

American kids: Will leave you behind if that's  what the crowd is
doing.
Polish kids: Will kick the  whole crowds' ass who left you behind.

American kids:  Are for a while.
Polish kids: Are for life.

American  kids: Think that being Polish is cool.
Polish kids: Know  that being Polish is cool.