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DFW

(59,382 posts)
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 04:04 PM 9 hrs ago

A homecoming--in one piece, too, despite Putin's best efforts.

I have gotten no details yet, but it seems that two and a half years of getting bombed and forced to run down to bomb shelters every night is over--for now. My nephew, who has been living in Kyiv for the better part of the last 3 years, is now back in northern Virginia for a while. Best news, he is quite even tempered, and not a nervous wreck. Just, "OK, I'm back for now, you wanna go out to the Indian place next time you're in town?"

It must take some special kind of ultra-cooled emotional makeup to weather that kind of situation for the better part of three years, and I have to say, I have NEVER seen him rattled over anything.

So, welcome home, nephew. Don't get bored!

(fat chance of that--knowing him, his idea of relaxtion is probably going down south of the border and observing the Sinaloa Cartel from some jungle blind, and reporting it back home with an ipad in one hand and a bag of Nachos in the other).

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A homecoming--in one piece, too, despite Putin's best efforts. (Original Post) DFW 9 hrs ago OP
You seem to come from a line of titanium nerved people. Enjoy your kinfolk irisblue 8 hrs ago #1
My nephew must be from secretly toughened alloy DFW 8 hrs ago #2
Why is he in Kyiv? maxsolomon 8 hrs ago #3
That's where his job was. DFW 1 hr ago #8
So glad he is home safely Lifeafter70 7 hrs ago #4
Thank you for sharing the good news with us. NBachers 7 hrs ago #5
C'mon, "South of the Border" ain't that bad! JustABozoOnThisBus 7 hrs ago #6
South Carolina does have at least one very good Lebanese restaurant DFW 1 hr ago #9
K&R orangecrush 6 hrs ago #7
You have one very cool nephew, my dear DFW! CaliforniaPeggy 59 min ago #10
He has always maintained his cool, even when totally excited. DFW 27 min ago #11

DFW

(59,382 posts)
2. My nephew must be from secretly toughened alloy
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 04:49 PM
8 hrs ago

From his demeanor, you'd think he was the unassuming receptionist at your corner pharmacy.

DFW

(59,382 posts)
8. That's where his job was.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:30 PM
1 hr ago

Let’s just say the work he was doing was to benefit the Ukrainians. Sorry to be vague, but since I don’t know where his next assignment will be—he might not know, either at this point—I’ll have to leave it at that.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,487 posts)
6. C'mon, "South of the Border" ain't that bad!
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:00 PM
7 hrs ago

Well, maybe, it IS in South Carolina.



I don't know if they serve good Indian food.

DFW

(59,382 posts)
9. South Carolina does have at least one very good Lebanese restaurant
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:33 PM
1 hr ago

“Layla” in Charleston. Worth a visit if you find yourself in the neighborhood.

CaliforniaPeggy

(155,745 posts)
10. You have one very cool nephew, my dear DFW!
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 12:16 AM
59 min ago

Your description of how he might relax made me LOL!

Whatever his job is, he's obviously good at it and not especially bothered by it. More power to him!

DFW

(59,382 posts)
11. He has always maintained his cool, even when totally excited.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 12:49 AM
27 min ago

He was the one who, in 2008, age 18, but small for his age, was in that indoor swimming pool in Virginia at 6:30 AM and the only other two people there were two of then-Senator Biden’s staff, discussing the still-secret selection of their boss as Obama’s VP. He never gave a hint that he understood English at all (he has Oriental features), and let them babble on. That was the reason I knew before most people, and definitely before anyone else on DU!

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