Age of marriage is getting older - 26 for women, 29 for men.
50% divorce rate. It is easy unless it is complicated. (!)
Marriage is civil ceremony - just signing paperas at the office - then a luncheon. 10 years later or so if things are going well the union is blesed by the church but it is a 3 hour servcie and greatly restricts your options for divorce.
Women stay home 1.5-3 years wiht full pay. Then all children go into group kindergartens.
Most young singles nad newliweds live with either one's parents.
Fat is a function of age. Young women are very thin. Middle ages and oldr is heavy. Men are muscular as youth, grow a pot in mild to late life. I have not yet seen a truly fat person a la Disney World.
Retirement is 55 for women. 65 for men. After that they get a pension that is not enough to live on. So they go on working.
After a death there is a service at the church connected to the cemetary and a burial. Cremation is not allowed yet in Yaroslavl although it is in Moscow and St Petersberg. At 9 days after there another gathering. Again at 14 days after they come together. Each gathering has a church service and a remembering party.
Today we made a very hungry caterpillar and a long green worm. No predicting how anyone will react or behave. Like home but a little more volitile and no parents to direct or care for them. All clean and fed. Few loved. I have room in my bag....
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