Itās a pattern that you find all across Eastern Europe including Balkans too. Stems from the fact that men are more traditional, everything seems gay and they prefer something practical and less āflashy fashionā. In contrast women like dressing up. I donāt know when this balkan man fashion developed, it could really be partly because of communism but then you can see this even in Greece which didnāt have communism.
This wasnāt true for Greece until about 10 years ago when we suddenly imported the looks of Balkanity and now most young guys have super ugly short haircuts and wear hideous tracksuits with brand logos and shit. If you look at clips from Greece in the 2000s and before, nobody looked like that. Probably why we had a reputation for being handsome which doesnāt really hold up anymore because now the average guy here is looking more and more like Shrek. Also our most common face shape doesnāt suit very short hair and I am begging everyone to stop it.
Sad part is a lot of them are naturally beautiful, but balkan culture seem to put a lot of pressure on surgery, makeup, brand clothing etc., anything to look "better". Whats worse is how down to earth and friendly all the balkan people I've met are. Even assholes are often polite and somehow friendly. Humans can be strange sometimes.
The wearing adidas tracksuits and eating sausages and bear, burping all day and talking crap is real here haha.I wish could just put my finger on this Slavic thing 'cause it's hard to tell what influenced it that much and why is it so chaotic in it's own way...the country side?That sounds like a common and cheap answer so I suppose it goes deeper
Balkan girls are known for having very high priorities in make up. A Serbian friend in high school told me once: a Balkan girl would hesitate spending money for food, but never for make up.
"Genetically", we are not ugly. It is just that many men do not like to maintain their looks as it is considered "gay" (which is pathetic tbh, everyone should try to do and to look their best).
Hot GF and ugly BF, even though the men aren't even ugly, they just have the standard Eastern European self-care routine, which is none by the way. Tracksuits, buzz cuts, the likes of that
That's very kind, madam!Allow me to be more sceptic, my experiences of always being alone certainly speak louder than anything but that was great so thanks haha
To be fair Balkan men age waayyy too quickly. Most of the boys are very good looking up until mid twenties then don't know what happened they just start to deteriorate.
ONLY Slovenians see people from Ljubljana as extra gai femboi and the rest of Slovenia as not. The rest of the Balkans see all of you as femboi, equally, cause you are. Literaly no difference when looking from outside. Extra urban femboi vs. rural femboi, basically.
Itās the same reason youād have a southern belle bomb with a husband that looks like someone used their head as an ash tray when they were a baby in the SE USA.
I would say this is true for mostly Slavs and not Albanians.
Slavs every year go to Paralia in Katerini and you could spot the sexual dimorphism a mile away. Slender, feminine women, the fattest necks with gold chains and the dad bod in the men.
hey Romanians are not slavic or balkan. also our most hot girls are no longer in Romania because they have millionaire boyfriends. old ones but hey life is hard
Not only in Balkan, I noticed this in Poland as well. In NORTHERN Poland. In Danz.. uhm, I mean Gdansk. Hot chicks everywhere and dudes looking like Shrek.
Maybe in 20th century, nowadays both genders provide equally to the household, so it is just more of an stereotype that only gays care much about their looks.
I'm from Balkans and i have seen guys with terrible case of acne, that they wouldn't want to cure because curing it means that they have to apply creams and creams are for women. Also we have unhealthy obsession with looking affluent, therefore guys often choose clothes as a way of expressing affluency. That's why you see a lot of Balkan men wearing same expensive pieces of clothing.
We should embrace the stereotype, just stick to jeans tshirt and gold chain. Usually I would put on a tshirt and she makes me take it off so she can iron it as she says if itās not ironed it makes it look like she doesnāt take care of me!
fair enough. Men in general stop taking care of themselves when they hit 20 years old. Alcohol+smoking+bad food+no working out ,it's not a rocket science
Substantial-Peach-90@reddit
Men dress very simply in Balkans, they all have this short haircut and have this caveman look but Balkan women look like the doll in the image. š¤£
LaurestineHUN@reddit
That's a pity, well-groomed Balkan men are šÆ
_lolman123_@reddit
But I don't want to be groomed
Dry-Bit-7462@reddit
You are Balkan, you're already groomed
P-R-E-S-S__F@reddit
Slams the door open Too bad Greek boy... come over here and kiss me on my hot mouth... I'm feeling ROMANTICAL
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_lolman123_@reddit
NOoOoOOo PLeAsEEeeEe
Glittering-Poet-2657@reddit
This is my favourite comment ever.
Pmike9@reddit
If I put too much attention on my looks I feel kinda gay :( I feel like thats part of the balkan man genes
legitematehorse@reddit
Yup. Same here. My time for grooming totals 10 minutes a week - just enough to not look like a homeless person.
Pmike9@reddit
Exactly!
GRIM106@reddit
Ain't no time to groom yourself. It's misery hour, every hour, sunrise to sunset.
chaoticeuropean@reddit (OP)
This seemed as a contrast!
Substantial-Peach-90@reddit
Itās a pattern that you find all across Eastern Europe including Balkans too. Stems from the fact that men are more traditional, everything seems gay and they prefer something practical and less āflashy fashionā. In contrast women like dressing up. I donāt know when this balkan man fashion developed, it could really be partly because of communism but then you can see this even in Greece which didnāt have communism.
Knight0fTheNine@reddit
This wasnāt true for Greece until about 10 years ago when we suddenly imported the looks of Balkanity and now most young guys have super ugly short haircuts and wear hideous tracksuits with brand logos and shit. If you look at clips from Greece in the 2000s and before, nobody looked like that. Probably why we had a reputation for being handsome which doesnāt really hold up anymore because now the average guy here is looking more and more like Shrek. Also our most common face shape doesnāt suit very short hair and I am begging everyone to stop it.
JohannesJoshua@reddit
The Slavicization of Greece that started in 7th century will now be complete. Soon you will only wear Addidas track suits. /j
JonhColtrane@reddit
The byzantines might have taken your land, but you finally conquered us with your culture. Bravo Vince
earendil888@reddit
Balkanity is a nice term thoughĀ
Sugar_Vivid@reddit
Super hot girl having a neanderthal looking boyfriend, usually driving a BMW, very common in Romania.
Several-Difference77@reddit
Change the BMW with a Mercedes or audi and you have the typical albanian
petahthehorseisheah@reddit
"hot"
shortEverything_@reddit
Boxtox and fillersĀ
akvarista11@reddit
Still hot
VoidYordle@reddit
The turbo folk look, that is nowaways called "instagram" was never hot.
akvarista11@reddit
No, not turbo folk. When used properly you canāt notice fillers/botox. Iām not talking about the cheap looking bimbos
petahthehorseisheah@reddit
And will never be
shortEverything_@reddit
Depends most of them I dont think theyāre hotĀ
BearishBabe42@reddit
Sad part is a lot of them are naturally beautiful, but balkan culture seem to put a lot of pressure on surgery, makeup, brand clothing etc., anything to look "better". Whats worse is how down to earth and friendly all the balkan people I've met are. Even assholes are often polite and somehow friendly. Humans can be strange sometimes.
Wislehorn@reddit
Yeah "hot". Who doesn't find Balkan women attractive?
79mn105ss105a104@reddit
Terms and conditions may apply
Voinat107@reddit
Hot might be a bit of exaggeration here unless you are into plastic
Kreol1q1q@reddit
What you meant to say instead of āhotā was heavily surgically altered.
Kroman36@reddit
Itās generally Slavic thing. Romanians are honorary Slavs anyway, so applies here as well.
chaoticeuropean@reddit (OP)
I have different view on Balkan men I think
RegionSignificant977@reddit
That's so nice of you.
Adventurous-Guava374@reddit
š¤£
CapOk2664@reddit
The wearing adidas tracksuits and eating sausages and bear, burping all day and talking crap is real here haha.I wish could just put my finger on this Slavic thing 'cause it's hard to tell what influenced it that much and why is it so chaotic in it's own way...the country side?That sounds like a common and cheap answer so I suppose it goes deeper
SlatkiMicek@reddit
Super hot girl having a neanderthal looking boyfriend, usually driving a BMW, very common in Romania.
very common in Croatia.
very common in Serbia.
very common in Bosnia.
very common in Montenegro.
very common in Bulgaria.
̶v̶e̶r̶y̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶m̶o̶n̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶S̶l̶o̶v̶e̶n̶i̶a̶.̶
legitematehorse@reddit
Yup. Very common in Bulgaria too.
feifii@reddit
Also very common in Ankara
Golday_ALB@reddit
Messi
feifii@reddit
Can i say I don't like football...
Golday_ALB@reddit
I give you permission to say it.
feifii@reddit
Hmm now I don't want to say it.
EnoughSolid146@reddit
chaoticeuropean@reddit (OP)
Is only in Romania or all countries?
Skywrathx9@reddit
We have a format here for them:
-AgentMichaelScarn@reddit
Albania is the same way except the āsmoke showā is pumped full of more plastic than the Bratz doll in the picture.
StPauliPirate@reddit
Donāt forget the giant forehead
Sugar_Vivid@reddit
I cannot comment on othersā¦but wouldnāt be surprised as I have seen similar āfaunaā from other eastern european countries, same speciesĀ
F_Solo@reddit
Balkan girls are known for having very high priorities in make up. A Serbian friend in high school told me once: a Balkan girl would hesitate spending money for food, but never for make up.
Stverghame@reddit
Pretty women - ugly men
"Genetically", we are not ugly. It is just that many men do not like to maintain their looks as it is considered "gay" (which is pathetic tbh, everyone should try to do and to look their best).
prolapseenthusiat@reddit
Im glad im taking care of my looks
junferarh@reddit
Pederu /s
ZinbaluPrime@reddit
By "Pretty" you mean dumb bimbos with plastic surgeries all over them.
BearishBabe42@reddit
Agreed. That mix of rus and viking genes is very good
PraviKonjina@reddit
Looking good costs money. Why would I do that when I could just tint my BMW? Nisam ja Rokfeler haha
chaoticeuropean@reddit (OP)
Yea I think So, although, many of them look good which seems even without trying just their face and haircut make them handsome
Arina_Eir@reddit
Almost all teen girls are like Barbies because of lots of makeup and boys kinda act like Shrek. I think this is what it means.Ā
Harriet_Wilder@reddit
Is this about facial enhancement? Did I get the point or nah? lol
RestaurantBoring417@reddit
Hot GF and ugly BF, even though the men aren't even ugly, they just have the standard Eastern European self-care routine, which is none by the way. Tracksuits, buzz cuts, the likes of that
Affectionate_Run1810@reddit
Kosovo je Srbija mamu vam jebem
Goated549@reddit
get a load of this guy
Affectionate_Run1810@reddit
NaŔe crkve na Kosovu su starije od vas mamu ti jebem
Goated549@reddit
i guess bro
casual_philosopher02@reddit
don't offend our men! they are uniquely hot
legitematehorse@reddit
Ok, what balkan man do you consider hot? Would you give an example?
casual_philosopher02@reddit
my usual type is dark hair, beard, at least around my height and up. I have liked lighter in colour men too so it is not strict at all
legitematehorse@reddit
Ye, you just described me. But this look is getting adopted by balkan men more and more lately.
CapOk2664@reddit
Nice to see someone still standing up for men here even if it's definitely not referring to me
casual_philosopher02@reddit
Actually I had you in mind when I wrote that!!!!
CapOk2664@reddit
That's very kind, madam!Allow me to be more sceptic, my experiences of always being alone certainly speak louder than anything but that was great so thanks haha
Impressive-Thing1177@reddit
šš
SuspiciousShock8294@reddit
Thank you, queen! I resent this stereotype. There's tons of legitimately handsome guys all over the Balkans. Myself included, naturally.
saddinosour@reddit
I know weāre ājokingā but I genuinely find balkan men to be 10x more attractive than men from Western European descent, generally speaking.
SuspiciousShock8294@reddit
š
chaoticeuropean@reddit (OP)
I actually think that Slavic or eastern men have something different and very unique tbh
casual_philosopher02@reddit
I mean if anything I think we have the most handsome ones, but I may be biasedĀ
bluexxbird@reddit
To be fair Balkan men age waayyy too quickly. Most of the boys are very good looking up until mid twenties then don't know what happened they just start to deteriorate.
Strong-Geologist-187@reddit
Drinking only alcoholic beverages for every meal, smoking a pack of Marlboro a day and eating only meat with bread does that to you.
FeelTheKetasy@reddit
The sad thing is that Balkan guys look like Shrek by choice š
Glittery_Marshmallow@reddit
Whoever put those flags is not familiar with Slovenians being fembois.
velesevvv@reddit
That's just Ljubljana. There is more to Slovenia than that and it is fitting.
Glittery_Marshmallow@reddit
Nope, unless you count the Bosnians that moved there.
SSSkuty@reddit
Bro has never been to Pohorje and it shows
ThatAnt8823@reddit
The one on the left is the Slovenian
Itchy_Question_8990@reddit
Sure thing. But not everyone here is from Ljubljana.
Glittery_Marshmallow@reddit
ONLY Slovenians see people from Ljubljana as extra gai femboi and the rest of Slovenia as not. The rest of the Balkans see all of you as femboi, equally, cause you are. Literaly no difference when looking from outside. Extra urban femboi vs. rural femboi, basically.
cikeZ00@reddit
Facts
CitaCita4Zite@reddit
Kosovo is serbia
Senior-Profession711@reddit
It's just a stereotype about NorthEastern Europe not really the Balkans. In Serbia, men look better than women
chaoticeuropean@reddit (OP)
Yeah thatās what I said earlier, I think Slavic men at least look handsome tbh
Fasula@reddit
How about Romanian men? :)
Loopbloc@reddit
Yeah, don't apply to BalkansĀ
InfuriatingLeisur081@reddit
I lived in Croatia for 4 years. If the couple does not look like this, it is because the guy is gay and she is her best friend
chaoticeuropean@reddit (OP)
ššš funny
SlatkiMicek@reddit
It's the average Balkan couple, the beauty and the brute
AggyProudmore@reddit
Tell me your Balkan without telling me you are Balkan.
You have the bag with bags.
Improvised_Excuse234@reddit
Itās the same reason youād have a southern belle bomb with a husband that looks like someone used their head as an ash tray when they were a baby in the SE USA.
Even-Acanthisitta200@reddit
Balkan men are very handsome. Tall and nice facial features, unique and sharp.
Eriic91@reddit
Back of the head is flat haha
TassadarForXelNaga@reddit
Leon Kennedy was modeled after a Romanian
https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Eduard_Badaluta
His name is Eduart BÄdÄluČÄ
So if you just after Leon Kennedy you must after a romanian
legitematehorse@reddit
Whaaaaat? Wow! Thanks, dude. Now I know something new.
United-Tailor-1727@reddit
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUyYzNjbnY0aXlsMGliZHZsb2JjcXhuMDZiYWR5YjZlamo3NzNpdHh0bCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/EY4MLxSE1D9g4SH2sv/200w.gif
shurdi3@reddit
Picture taken in my homecountry
legitematehorse@reddit
That poor poor kid, man!
SlavicRobot_@reddit
Ah hot bimbo wife with criminal husband is a thing everywhere to be fair
chaoticeuropean@reddit (OP)
š
TheNikola2020@reddit
Stereotype that is true for majority of balkan people
Borisb3ck3r@reddit
Thats mostly about albanians
BamBumKiofte23@reddit
Checks out that a lot of Greek couples are Albanians /s
rrrzrrr@reddit
How about mixed?
BamBumKiofte23@reddit
Yes
icancount192@reddit
I would say this is true for mostly Slavs and not Albanians.
Slavs every year go to Paralia in Katerini and you could spot the sexual dimorphism a mile away. Slender, feminine women, the fattest necks with gold chains and the dad bod in the men.
chaoticeuropean@reddit (OP)
It had many Balkan countries so I was wondering
Geo_fan_Albaniqn@reddit
Nah,albanians couple are either both ugly or ugly
Royal_Association750@reddit
Women are usually more attracted to how the guy makes her feel rather than just looks.
krisvelde@reddit
OP, this guy answered
chaoticeuropean@reddit (OP)
Well yea. I donāt think he needs to be pretty either but shrek? š
Cringsix@reddit
Hey, you better shut your mouth! Shrek is the peak male performance and a tribute to society!
krisvelde@reddit
We just like to exaggerate things sometimes, that's one of the characteristics of our humor. We're not that ugly :D
Golday_ALB@reddit
Balkan man with big nose
WiseCherry778@reddit
i am a woman and this is bsš¤£š¤£
Golday_ALB@reddit
Must be true since you are women
WiseCherry778@reddit
yeah it's true i also care about a man's looks
Royal_Association750@reddit
Im a man and Iām telling you that your wrong
Ok-Letter3498@reddit
Common in Turkey.
DeeaM36@reddit
hey Romanians are not slavic or balkan. also our most hot girls are no longer in Romania because they have millionaire boyfriends. old ones but hey life is hard
sul_tun@reddit
The0ryGD@reddit
am i the only one who tried to click the sound button š
fr1ri@reddit
My friend and his gf look exactly like this, the meme is true
Stealthfighter21@reddit
20 years later, she looks like Fiona.
EddieDexx@reddit
Not only in Balkan, I noticed this in Poland as well. In NORTHERN Poland. In Danz.. uhm, I mean Gdansk. Hot chicks everywhere and dudes looking like Shrek.
MariusCatalin@reddit
basically men simply dont put that much value into that cuz they have other worries, like making a house and doing chores
AdExpert2442@reddit
Maybe in 20th century, nowadays both genders provide equally to the household, so it is just more of an stereotype that only gays care much about their looks.
I'm from Balkans and i have seen guys with terrible case of acne, that they wouldn't want to cure because curing it means that they have to apply creams and creams are for women. Also we have unhealthy obsession with looking affluent, therefore guys often choose clothes as a way of expressing affluency. That's why you see a lot of Balkan men wearing same expensive pieces of clothing.
Key-Football-7492@reddit
Western lies while someone who was living there its actually how their men and women look(i mean both as shrek).
CommieAlert@reddit
Balkan men are (ugly except for slovenian femboys ofc)
MeetingImpressive689@reddit
I like Greek men, they are just fine!
BlokZNCR@reddit
r/PeterExplainsTheJoke
thunderc8@reddit
Lol my wife sees west men as the woman on the left š . Not manly enough, I guess I'm lucky.
SOHONEYSAME@reddit
sure.
Greece & Turkey aren't Balkan.
littledollyaa@reddit
LOL
Prior_Kick2693@reddit
We should embrace the stereotype, just stick to jeans tshirt and gold chain. Usually I would put on a tshirt and she makes me take it off so she can iron it as she says if itās not ironed it makes it look like she doesnāt take care of me!
Kitsooos@reddit
That most Balkan women dress and look beautiful, whilst most Balkan men dress and look like Orcs.
SwimmingAttention133@reddit
fair enough. Men in general stop taking care of themselves when they hit 20 years old. Alcohol+smoking+bad food+no working out ,it's not a rocket science
Radusili@reddit
And women stop around 22
Big-Vegetable4550@reddit
Whereas the women go for the trout lipsā¦
PVanchurov@reddit
DDDX_cro@reddit
wow this is such bullshit, how dare you?
Also, yes, true ;)
Ysar_K19@reddit
Not with shrek. think that girl with this mf
Silent-Laugh5679@reddit
this is so funny and so true
petahthehorseisheah@reddit
Literally next to me on the train rn