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Have you ever wondered why some men dream more about having a son than a daughter? Moreover, I have met married couples where this question was very categorical. The topic is actually acute and painful for us girls. Therefore, in my new column, I decided to talk about this.
I have heard several stories about how a man dreams of a son. Particularly fixated representatives of the stronger sex like to give their women ultimatums. Like, like it or not, she must give birth to an heir first. I'm not going to judge anyone, let's leave it on the conscience of men. But why does this happen?
In my opinion, there are several reasons for this. Firstly, procreation is important for every man, so the desire for a son is quite understandable. Secondly, men probably know how and in what conditions they will raise their future sons, or they will want them to continue their business. The third reason, it seems to me, lies in the fears of the father himself. If a girl is born into a family, the father of the family will have no peace throughout his life. The daughter needs to be constantly protected and preserved, worried when adolescence begins, and carefully monitor her surroundings and future suitors.
For fathers, a daughter seems less independent and protected, requiring more care than sons. Also, men who have not succeeded in their lives or careers dream of a son because in the future they can realize their failed ambitions in him. Is paternal egoism present in the last two cases? Maybe!
In my understanding, when a man tells a woman that he needs a son, but a daughter is out of the question, this is dislike for his other half. You need to run away from such a man; in my opinion, nothing good will come of this relationship.
Male egoism can cause trauma to a pregnant woman. Just imagine how an expectant mother goes to an ultrasound with fear, waits for the results, and then tells her husband about it. A real man will do everything to ensure that a son appears in his family, even if it is on the fourth try. Almost all men dream of sons, and they can also be understood. The main thing is not to put pressure on the woman you love and not to issue ultimatums.
When you love a person, it doesn’t matter to you who is born. At least, in my family with Yura it has always been like this. We were equally happy about the birth of Dima, Milana, and Danechka. The birth of a child is the most important thing, and gender is secondary! If Yura and I are thinking about a fourth baby, then we absolutely don’t care who is born, a boy or a girl, the main thing is that the child is born healthy!
, “Miss Kaliningrad”, “Mrs. Russia 2012”.
Inna Zhirkova, who bore the surname Gracheva before her marriage, was born in May 1989 near Kazan. Unfortunately, it is difficult to find the name of the city where Inna was born. In addition to the daughter, the eldest son Dmitry was growing up in the family.
The head of the Grachev family worked in the construction business and ran the company. Mom took care of the children and the home.
Inna was not much different from her peers. The girl was fond of dancing and attended a choreography club. Inna also loved to sing and learned to sew. At school, a girl could make herself a new dress on her own.
When Inna Zhirkova grew up, everyone noted the girl’s bright appearance. Modeling agencies also noticed her. At that time, the family changed their place of residence and moved to Kaliningrad. Here Zhirkova took her first steps in her modeling career.
When the girl was a high school student, she decided to participate in a modeling competition and received the title “Miss Kaliningrad.” Soon, the young beauty, supported by her mother, went to Moscow, where she planned to appear among the contestants in the Miss Russia competition. But along the way, the girl fell ill and was unable to participate in the casting.
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There is information that Inna Zhirkova received higher education at the International Humanitarian Institute. She has a specialty in “Socio-cultural service and tourism”.
Personal life
In 2007, the biography of Inna Zhirkova changed dramatically. The model moved to the capital, where she planned to continue her career. A chance meeting in a cafe turned the beauty’s life upside down. Inna’s friend introduced the girl to football player Yuri Zhirkov. The young people immediately liked each other. The novel developed rapidly.
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In February 2008, Inna and Yuri got married. But due to the urgent preparations of Zhirkov’s football team, the celebration turned out to be crumpled. But upon returning from Turkey, the newlyweds got married and loudly celebrated the wedding in a restaurant in the capital.
For the sake of a quiet family life, Zhirkova abandoned her further modeling career. In September 2008, the couple had their first child, son Dmitry. And 2 years later, Milan’s daughter was born. At the time the girl was born, Irina Zhirkova and her husband, Chelsea defender, were in London. There Milana took her first steps.
In 2012, Inna Zhirkova briefly returned to her modeling career, especially since her appearance parameters (with a height of 173 cm, Inna’s weight was 60 kg) allowed the girl to do so. Zhirkova participated in the competition for successful and beautiful mothers “Mrs. Russia 2012”, which took place in Malta. 23 young mothers represented their own cities. Zhirkova competed from Kaliningrad and won. The girl was presented with a crown made in the USA and studded with Swarovski stones.
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In 2013, Inna Zhirkova decided to bring diversity into her own life with a TV show on the NTV channel called “Island.” The girl spent several weeks on the ocean shore in extreme conditions together with Russian show business stars, among whom were Prokhor Chaliapin. The winner of the program was.
In 2015, it became known that the Zhirkov family welcomed a third child and a second son. The wife of a Dynamo Moscow football player gave birth to a boy in a clinic in the capital.
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Soon after the birth of her third child, Inna Zhirkova presented fashion lovers with her debut collection of family clothing, sewn in her personal atelier MiloMilo by Inna Zhirkova. On the podium, Zhirkova’s clothes were presented with children.
Scandal
In the spring of 2013, a loud scandal occurred in the life of Inna Zhirkova, after which the owner of the title “Mrs. Russia 2012” decided to give up the crown.
VGTRK correspondent Boris Sobolev interviewed the model and young mother for his own show “Crowned Persons.” The meaning of the program's plot is the venality and corruption of beauty contests, where titles are sold for money. At the same time, declarations that the winners of the competition are beautiful, erudite and socially active women, upon closer examination turn out to be empty words.
It was in this context that Inna Zhirkova was interviewed. The woman could not answer questions such as: the Earth revolves around the Sun or vice versa (the woman leaned towards the second option), who wrote “Oginsky’s Polonaise” and who are and.
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Often the designer herself appears in her own outfits in photographs on her personal page in “ Instagram" Recently, there has been an increase in the appearance of photos depicting dresses from Inna Zhirkova on the official websites of clothing stores not associated with the brand. At the same time, the price of outfits is 8 times lower than that of the designer. Inna Zhirkova turned to lawyers regarding copyright infringement.
In December 2017, in Kaliningrad, at the Euphoria club, which belongs to the Zhirkovs, there was a presentation of Inna Zhirkova’s New Year’s collection of the brand, which included 20 evening dresses. In addition to the girl’s family, the festive event was attended by the designer’s clients, friends and celebrity guest Anastasia Zadorozhnaya. Yuri Zhirkov also came to the event.
As you know, every family has its own “recipe” for happiness. The families of famous Russian football players are no exception.
The guiding force, the unique cement that holds their relationship together, are the wives, in appearance they are glamorous girls and spoiled by luxury, but in essence they are thrifty and purposeful businesswomen, good wives and mothers.
Among them there are those who follow their husbands to all cities, together with their children, trying to see their father and husband, even for five minutes. It is precisely such wives that the talented and very grasping by nature Inna Zhirkova belongs to, world champion's wife, famous football player, player of the Russian national team, midfielder of the Zenit club Yuri Zhirkov.
Little Innochka Gracheva (this is the maiden name of the future businesswoman) was born in a very small provincial town, which cannot be found on the map of our vast country, on May 15, 1989.
The little girl grew up in a full-fledged family, where her father was engaged in the construction business and was constantly busy, trying in the name of the family. Mom was busy raising two children and arranging her home. It has always been this way, and Inna adopted the same model as soon as she got married, becoming her husband’s true friend, support and beloved woman.
But that was later, and in childhood the girl developed with pleasure, and in several directions. She sang, danced and did choreography beautifully.
And, having matured a little, Inna became seriously interested in sewing and clothing design. Even in high school, a girl could afford to come to a party in her own, exclusive dress. The envy of all my classmates.
In addition, the girl’s natural beauty did not leave the young people around her indifferent. However, the girl herself, raised in the right family, did not inspire any of them with much hope, taking their attention and admiration for granted.
Her beauty was also noticed by the organizers of various beauty contests. Inna actively took part in these events and won first places and titles almost without much difficulty.
So, for example, Inna, then still Gracheva, easily became “Miss Kaliningrad” at one time, and then “Mrs. Russia - 2012”.
The girl’s modeling career took off and her mother, who decided to support her daughter, moved with her to the capital of our Motherland - Moscow. Modeling agencies were almost hunting for Inna Gracheva, who was smart, beautiful and friendly, ready to work day and night.
It's no secret that girls who come from the provinces are more hardworking and efficient. They are not at all afraid of various everyday hardships or difficulties. Inna was one of those people - a purposeful fighter in everything and always. She knew how to set goals and achieve them with maximum effort.
In addition, the girl found time and, most importantly, the desire to get a higher education at the International Humanitarian Institute with a specialty in “Socio-cultural service and tourism.”
The Zhirkov couple are sure of this now, because this is exactly what happened to them. How did the young people meet?
Yuri Zhirkov himself is also not a native Muscovite. He comes from Tambov, where he grew up in a not very wealthy family. His only outlet was football. It was this sport that Yuri devoted all his free time, improving his skills.
He didn’t want to go home; he was more attracted to the sports ground. And it didn’t matter what it was: a modern stadium with a professional football field, or just a small area with bricks instead of goals.
If anyone had ever told Yuri that football would become his main source of livelihood, he would never have believed it! After all, the guy played football just for himself, for his soul.
Interesting notes:But he was noticed, and the guy’s sports career took off sharply! Quite unexpectedly for himself, Yuri found himself in the capital as a famous football player, who is already recognized on the streets of Moscow!
Almost at the same time, a very young beauty Inna arrives in Moscow. True, she got sick on the road... Therefore, when her new friend invited her to unwind at the club and play bowling, the girl decided to agree. The friend came not alone, but with her boyfriend, who, in turn, also came with a friend - the already famous football player Yuri Zhirkov.
As soon as Inna and Yuri saw each other, they both realized that they didn’t want to be apart anymore. During all this time, the young people were not distracted from each other, told everything about their lives and realized that they had found their soul mate and they did not need anyone else.
From that time on, Inna and Yuri simply never parted. And if they separated, they were very sad in their separation. It seemed like they had known each other all their lives and understood each other perfectly.
Although the young people, and then they admitted this, absolutely did not realize that both were stars in their own field, so the real discovery for them was when Inna saw Yura on TV, and Yuri was stunned by the billboard with her image.
What to hide, fate itself brought the guys together, therefore, when the already famous and titled model Inna was faced with the question of choosing: career or family, she without a doubt chose the second.
I immediately rearranged my schedule and devoted myself entirely to my lover. Since then she has always been by his side. If not physically, then mentally for sure.
And not once did Inna regret that she sacrificed her career in the name of love. Yuri also appreciated this. He adored his girlfriend, just as he now continues to adore her, only this time his wife, the mother of his children!
Yuri Zhirkov proposed in the most unusual way, namely via SMS. At that time, the famous football player was at a training camp in Turkey, the time was very tense - the 2008 European Football Championship was at stake.
Naturally, preparatory training was in full swing, and the team’s travel schedule was very busy. Yuri made declarations of love and the proposal itself over the phone, sending Inna an SMS.
Realizing that the entire burden of responsibility and the preparation for the wedding itself depended only on her, the girl rushed to Turkey, where her chosen one was finally able to put an engagement ring on her thin finger.
The couple signed at the Russian Consulate General, where the entire team of the Russian national team, in which Yuri played, became witnesses!
The celebration itself took place in Moscow, upon the footballer’s arrival in his homeland. And this event became unusual, Inna tried very hard.
To the surprise of the guests, in addition to the impeccable preparation of the wedding itself, they were treated to a real Brazilian carnival! This is where it was fun and memorable! No one could have imagined that Inna organized all this in just a week.
So, in 2008, a strong and loving Zhirkov family appeared. Where in the same year a little happiness appeared - son Dmitry. And two years later, Princess Milanochka appeared.
Inna followed her husband everywhere. At the time of the birth of their daughter, the Zhirkov couple was in London, where Yuri represented the Chelsea sports club. Thanks to the fact that the family travels all over the world together, the children speak two languages, and in English no worse than in native Russian.
But Inna, despite the enormous difficulties with various moves and problems associated with everyday life, did not abandon her dream. She managed to continue her modeling career.
By 2012, Inna was able to recover and return to the ranks of the most beautiful and attractive girls on the planet. Thanks to her enormous efforts and hard work, Inna Zhirkova successfully took part in the competition for the most beautiful mothers “Mrs. Russia 2012”, held in Malta.
It was Inna Zhirkova who took home to Russia the winner’s crown, made in the USA and studded with precious stones.
A year later, restless in every sense and very active, Inna took part in the reality show “Island” and spent several weeks in very extreme conditions, once again proving to herself and those around her that she was not just a glamorous person, but a real Russian woman.
And literally a couple of years later, in 2015, an addition appeared in the Zhirkov family! Another baby was born, another son. Inna's husband, Yuri, then played for Dynamo Moscow. It is difficult to imagine a more active representative of the fairer sex than Inna Zhirkova.
In addition to everything else, Inna has perfectly realized herself as a fashion designer. Almost immediately after the birth of her third baby, the girl began her debut personal collection of clothes, made in her personal MiloMilo atelier for the whole family.
And she coped with this task simply brilliantly! Her outfits were demonstrated with great pleasure by famous people, also mothers: Yulia Baranovskaya, Nadya Ruchka, Nastya Zadorozhnaya and others.
But not everything in her life is so rosy. There were also very tangible falls that the family experienced together. One day, almost immediately after winning the Mrs. Russia 2012 contest, a scandalous interview took place, which the businesswoman practically failed. A huge scandal broke out.
Boris Sobolev, a VGTRK correspondent, interviewed the winner, where he asked her a number of questions. Inna's answers amazed and made everyone laugh. Surprisingly, a very smart and reasonable person was simply confused by the aggressive presentation of the journalist and stupidly answered the simplest questions.
For example, to the question “Does the Earth revolve around the Sun or vice versa?”, Zhirokva gave the wrong answer. This was the case with subsequent questions about “Oginsky’s Polonaise” and about Agnia Barto and Samuil Marshak. The video was immediately posted on YouTube.
One can only imagine how many caustic comments about the girl’s intelligence were written and expressed. My husband actually suggested throwing the crown off the balcony.
But the winner herself wanted to pass it along with the title to the second contender for victory, Maria Padiarova from Cheboksary, a mother of six children. But that mommy refused, not wanting to win this way.
A three-minute video on YouTube, posted a little over a month ago, literally blew up the Internet. Six million people watched a clip of an interview with the wife of football player Yuri Zhirkov. The mother of two children, the beautiful Inna could not answer seemingly simple questions about Agnia Barto, Samuil Marshak and Oginsky's polonaise. By the way, after the journalist Sobolev publicly failed the erudition exam, one of the most popular queries in Yandex was precisely (spelling preserved) “Who wrote Aginsky’s polonaise.” Meanwhile, the interview was part of an hour and a half film about the corruption of beauty contests, but people were hooked precisely by these three fatal minutes for Inna.
Gloating Internet users literally hounded the owner of the Mrs. Russia 2012 crown with obscene comments and mockery. Before this, Inna, unknown to anyone, was recognized by the whole country. Let us note that there were also many defenders of the beauty who, first of all, appealed to the fact that Inna’s mission is the birth and raising of children, love for her husband and maintaining the family hearth. But this didn’t make it any easier for the football player’s wife - she went on the defensive from journalists and friends, but a couple of weeks later, through a video message, she publicly renounced the title of beauty.
Only a month later Inna decided to go public. The occasion is her 24th birthday. The holiday was organized by her husband. Yuri chose an unusual restaurant on the roof of a high-rise building with a gorgeous view of Moscow and invited guests. Spotted at the celebration were: comedian Mikhail Grushevsky, Decl's father Alexander Tolmatsky, football philanthropist "Taiwanchik", whom journalists call a crime boss, as well as Lokomotiv player Roman Pavlyuchenko, Anzhi teammates Vladimir Gabulov, Fedor Smolov and others.
All the players came with their wives. The lonely ladies, dressed to the nines, were in for disappointment - single athletes were not invited to the party, the football players had an unspoken division into married and unmarried, walking separately. Meanwhile, Andrei Arshavin's wife Yulia, Inna's good friend, was also expected from London. However, she was never able to come.
By the way, the mentioned Smolov came with his young wife Victoria Lopyreva. On the hand of "Miss Russia - 2003", which the 23-year-old striker did not let go throughout the evening, there was a chic diamond ring.
We met at the birthday party of Yura Zhirkov and another friend of Senya Logashev,” Vika told Komsomolskaya Pravda. - They celebrated in the same place at the same time. I came to Yura because we have been friends for a long time, and Fedya came to Sena. And we immediately fell in love. We planned our wedding in the summer. But we haven’t decided on the date yet, because the games are going on and we can’t find a time frame to have a beautiful wedding. We may postpone it until the fall, but it will happen.
The hero of the occasion, Inna, came to her own party two hours late. But she looked gorgeous! She posed for photographers with her husband, four-year-old son Dima and two-year-old daughter Milana. The birthday girl’s mother, Nadezhda Nikolaevna, also came from Kaliningrad to congratulate her daughter. And then Inna spoke with a Komsomolskaya Pravda correspondent.
Congratulations! What did your dear husband give you?
Thank you! The most important thing that he gave me was love, this holiday. It is not customary for us to give something for a birthday. Because he already makes me happy and constantly gives me unexpected gifts. - Dima and Milana went to bed much later yesterday. They drew flowers for me all evening and were the first to wake me up in the morning and give them to me. They signed such touching cards.
- How do you feel about this whole situation after that program? Many people supported you, but still, it must have been sad?
Of course it was sad. But at the moment everything is fine with me, because the most important things in life are children and husband. And I really have the most important thing in this life. And I advise everyone to find the same happiness, children - this is the most important thing.
And your action when you refused the crown was appreciated by everyone. And those who were against sincerely respected you. This decision obviously didn’t come to you spontaneously?
Yes, not right away. My friends asked me to watch this film for a very long time, but I kept putting it off. But when I finally decided to look and saw all this dirt, I realized that I didn’t want to be associated with anything like that. The decision came as soon as I watched this film. I don't need such a crown. I have a husband and children, they were very worried about me then and constantly asked: “Mommy, why are you worried?” That’s what I thought – I’ll come back from the competition, put the crown on the shelf and that’ll all be over, I’ll become just a wife and mother again. But no, it’s all just begun. And you know, it’s true, everything became much easier after I gave away this crown.
Probably Sobolev is the most hated person on Earth for you?
I can't say that. I already said that I liked the film itself. He is very important. And the fact that he exposed me like that in an interview... Whatever is done, everything is for the better. I don't hold any grudges or anything. She was stupid for showing herself like that. Therefore, he has absolutely nothing to do with it.
What about the hypothesis that everything in our world can be bought?
I don't agree with her. In my case this was definitely not the case. And around, I’ve never heard of it. But I have participated in various competitions more than once. Do you know why I went to "Mrs. Russia"? I’ll tell you one secret now: after giving birth, I weighed, it’s scary to remember, almost 90 kilograms and I almost didn’t feel beautiful. And I definitely remember the day when I sat in the hall, looked at the beauties on stage and thought: I, too, can overcome myself, get in shape and fight with them on equal terms. I promised myself, it was such a challenge to prove to myself, to my husband, that I could become beautiful again. And I proved it!