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[–]begonia_skies 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (49 children)

I am American and I have dated someone who is British, someone who was Russian and I now live in Germany and I have gone on dates with German women. What I will say is that cultural differences can be hard, and language barriers can really make those differences feel insurmountable. There were challenges in each relationship. I found the Russian woman I dated was very blunt, and that was really hard for me since it felt like she was criticizing me a lot, but she did not see any issue with using direct language.

I also have had a hard time dating German women, I'm not saying anything negative about Germans or Germany because there are wonderful things about Germany, but Germans can be rather cold and, again, are very direct. Germans like to say that a German friend is a friend for life and view American niceties as frivolous and fake. Germans tend to see themselves as more authentic in this regard, maybe, but having to "prove" yourself worthy of friendship (or just basic friendliness) is draining, esp when you are an expat. So, for me, I think I would prefer to date another American or someone from a culture more similar to mine, but of course, if I met the right person then that may change, lol.

And these are just my own personal experiences, I don't think they are representative of any country as a whole.

[–]yousaythosethings 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (18 children)

The first girl I ever liked is Russian, and she’s now been one of my best friends for a while. Your take on Russian women is so true in my experience. I love the bluntness and directness but sometimes it can be a little too harsh when I’m feeling particularly sensitive/self-conscious. But on the whole I value straightforwardness and authenticity.

Also I love pretty much all Eastern European accents on women. 🥵

[–]florasis 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

Yeah,eastern accent is rough and hot lol I like how americans and british tend to be polite and nice and make a point to make you comfortable. It isn't the same for everyone, but the general attitude of the population is all smile and nice shit for wht I've seen. That's cute.

[–]yousaythosethings 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

I find Ukrainian accents more gentle/soft and that Russian accents have more intense peaks and troughs. I don’t know to describe it. But I do like both. Both are hot.

[–]VioletRemi 7 insightful - 5 fun7 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

It is because our language is much more soft sounding than Russian. And it is more gentle as well, we does not even have our own swears, lol. And even things like "fuck" is "кохатися" which is literal translating as "to make love".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQLM62r5nLI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lBetYkmyd4

[–]yousaythosethings 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The comedy sketch writes itself: the Ukrainian who tries to talk dirty in the bedroom and instead just ends up saying really sweet, loving things.

Like the Germans who say nice things sketch: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y6YpFzzusnM

[–]VioletRemi 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sounds about right :D

However, German actually sounds very gentle, especially Austrian accent, if said with love ;)

[–]florasis 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Spanish is the hottest though. I would pay for having a girlfriend yelling at me in spanish lol

[–]yousaythosethings 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I speak Spanish but not as a native speaker so I can yell but it won’t sound nice. I lived in Spain though and can confirm that Spanish women and their accents are sexy. Spanish women speaking English - intensely hot. Penelope Cruz, for example. But for some reason Spanish men speaking English tend to have an accent that makes them sound a little unintelligent and idk why that is. Not trying to be mean. I’m used to sounding dumb in foreign languages myself with my American accent lol.

Also when I lived in Spain, there were so many Italians there who pick up on Spanish very quickly due to the similarity with Italian but it’s funny because it ends up sounding like Spanish with Italian cadence/sounds, but it sounds nice.

[–]florasis 9 insightful - 5 fun9 insightful - 4 fun10 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, italian and spanish are very similar. I can see spanish series without subs and understanding most of what they say. Also spanish and italians got similar characters, both very expressive, especially when we get angry lol

[–]peaked2020 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Spanish women are wonderful. When I was younger, I worked in Barcelona for a while and had quite a few great nights... that accent makes anything sound nice.

[–]hermiona52 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

It's good to hear that there's at least one person who likes Eastern European accent haha. I always feel self-conscious about it when speaking with foreigners, especially from Western countries. Like it's something bad, you know? Even in schools we were supposed to speak with British accent but when I tried to do it I always thought it sounded so fake and stopped trying.

As for being blunt and straightforward I honestly wouldn't risk such generalization for Polish women. There's probably an equal number of more polite women to those blunt ones, so I guess there's nothing in Polish culture that reinforces either of those traits.

Edit: oh and for me... gosh, that Australian accent. There's a reason I have a never ending crush on Courtney Barnett.

[–]yousaythosethings 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I guess it’s true that the Polish women I know don’t tend to have the cutting bluntness I associate especially with Russians/Eastern Slavs.

Anyway, I think most Americans would probably find your accent hot. Especially if it includes some nice Slavic rolled Rs.

[–]yousaythosethings 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

As a Polish girl who is into Australian accents, how do you feel about Yvonne Strahovksi?

[–]hermiona52 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Miranda Lawson is such a babe... and I watched 2 seasons of Handmaid's Tale and I've never felt more conflicted about a tv show character ;)

[–]begonia_skies 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Agreed, I lived in Poland for a while and I did not feel the forceful coldness I tend to get in Germany, lol. I loved Poland, I was pretty surprised how deeply Catholic the country is and traditional, if that makes any sense. It seemed very, "the man is the head of the house" vibe to me, but you can correct me if that inference is incorrect. And I love an eastern european accent (obviously, given my dating history, haha).

[–]hermiona52 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Oh I can certainly confirm that Poland is traditional and Catholic... so as an atheist, lesbian and feminist I completely detest this side of Poland and Poles.

So... an anegdote. When I was a kid I always argued with my mother why I had to help her clean the house while my brother was playing video games and she said "because cleaning is for the girls". This is actually a good memory, because a feminist was born inside me that day ;)

[–]xv_xx 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

My gf is Lithuanian, her accent is like sweet honey to my ears, I just love it. Then again, I think Lithuanian is from a different language family to other Eastern European languages, so maybe that is why?

[–]hermiona52 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I sadly never met any person from Lithuania, so I have no idea how that accent sounds (I'll check it out today on YouTube) but it wouldn't be surprising. Poles and Russians (I think Belarusians and Ukrainians too - even though I work with them I can't take them apart from Russians) are often mixed together by accent and it apparently sounds very harsh, especially with our hard 'R'. And that 'th' sound... gosh. I'll never not feel stupid saying words like 'although', 'thought', 'think' and so on.

[–]VioletRemi 5 insightful - 5 fun5 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, we are here in Eastern Europe are like that, very straightforward, so here no american "lets call him a 'she' to be polite" :D

And that straighforwardness is a part of our politeness as well, we are just not lying to "look good".

[–]MrFahrenheit46 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

A blunt, straightforward girlfriend is honestly my dream. I'm American but tend to be very brutally honest since I have Asperger's, which is interpreted as being cold/rude and tends to turn people off.

[–]VioletRemi 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nice that someone likes eastern europe/slavic girls straightforwardness ;)

[–]florasis 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

As someone who is thinking to live in Germany, that's what I was fearing, the cold characters. Americans seem far easier to date and know.

[–]fckme 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Hehe can relate, also an expat in DE. Permafrost but when a German woman says 'I love you' you know she reallyfucking means it.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (15 children)

I've heard the idea of Americans being fake a lot when I was in Asia. You also have some Asians as well who will say one thing and mean another, but American "politeness" seems to not be popular while abroad. The biggest complaint I found was how we say, "I'll talk to you later," as a goodbye...but we rarely talk to people later on that day.

[–]begonia_skies 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

Haha, yes my German friends hate the "how are you?" greeting in America that is expected to be met with a "good" or a "fine". In their eyes, "how are you?" is a question for putting on a pot of tea and listing health and life problems for 45 mins. I've tried to explain, it's really just a greeting and not meant to be taken literally, but I can see how that may come across as fake or insincere.

[–]florasis 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (11 children)

How are you is a normal saying in Italy too. It's just a way to greet someone and you aren't supposed to really tell your problems. Seem like italian and american culture are ways more similar. Did you find USA more funny to live in?

[–]VioletRemi 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Here "how are you" is used as a greetings, but you should reply to it. So it is often "How are you?" - "I am not very well, and you?" - "I'm fine. Long time haven't seen you". Etc.

[–]florasis 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Same

[–]begonia_skies 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

I don't think I find the US more funny, I guess. I haven't been back in awhile, so it is always a little disorienting the first few days back. Americans will just start talking to you, like in a line, or anywhere and that never happens in Germany unless they are telling you that you did something wrong, lol! I have been to Italy several times and in my personal opinion Italians seem more laid back and more focused on their families. I think Italians are louder in conversations than Americans, but I don't think passion is a bad thing. Italians seem to be really proud to be Italian and proud of their culture. Driving in Italy is a nightmare though!

[–]florasis 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Are you going around all over the world? Yeah, we have pretty strong family ties. Relationships with our parents are sacred and mother is a very important figure here. In USA, parents expect to kick out their kids at 18. While here, especially in south, they won't complain to even help their kids at 40. The relationship with our parents is the most important because in the end they're the one that will love us like no others ever will. And being loud and hand gesturing is our nature. Even our most introverted ones, like me, will seem pretty expressive comparing to the north coldness. And yeah, there is pride in being italian. It isn't a case that many italian americans will brag about their origins, even if they don't speak italian and have little in common in italians born here. Our country is beautiful, if they had the organized economy and politics of north Europe, it would be the best country on the planet. I don't see much problem driving, but depends where are, I guess. But I think americans are more funny the north europeans and more exciting to know-

[–]begonia_skies 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Haha, okay I thought you meant "funny" as in weird. Yes, I think Americans do have a better sense of humor than Germans, but I don't really "get" German humor, so that might be the issue. And I love Italy, I have been many times! Spain and Italy are my two favorite places to visit because I love the laid back vibes, when I am on vacation I want to chill out and relax. So I am a big fan of southern italy and sicily, with a nice glass of red wine - sounds like heaven to me.

[–]florasis 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

No, I meant funny in character, way of being, the general country atmosphere. I think North America is better than north europe in that sense. But North Europe is better for stress free life. I guess it depends what you want in life. For someone raising kids, North Europe is way better. I mean, raising kids is already hard, if you also add healthcare expenses, edeucation debt, childcare and others big worries I don't really know how americans manage it.

I'm from Sicily, I won't live here for long, but I hope to die here.

[–]VioletRemi 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I actually dislike that part in americans the most :D

[–]florasis 8 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

The shitty individualism and lack of good universal healthcare? Yeah, it is depressing.

[–]blackrainbow 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Well, i think it also depends on the region, veneto is not that laid back and more similar to Germany than the US

[–]yousaythosethings 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That’s an interesting complaint about “talk to you later.” I speak a number of languages, though none of which is Asian, and they also have “talk to you later” or “until we see each other next time” as a basic goodbye regardless of intention.

Like in Spain where I lived, you’d tell people you had momentary encounters with “hasta luego” (“until later”) for a simple “bye.” It ends up sounding more like “stalogo” though.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Japanese also has a "See you later/until later" like Spanish, but I guess there's no implication that you're gonna go home and call them up - emphasis on "talk"? I think it's mainly a language barrier issue, or people having high hopes that someone they like will call them up/text. 🤷‍♀️

[–]blackrainbow 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Omg now I want a German girlfriend

[–]florasis 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

A qualcuna piacciono le stronze lol

[–]blackrainbow 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Non è stronzaggine, è serietà! :)

[–]florasis 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

La troppa serietà rompe i coglioni dopo un po'. A me piace la dolcezza, l'ironia, il tatto.

[–]blackrainbow 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Sono la prima a non avere tatto e ad essere mezza autistica, con una tedesca mi troverei bene. Anzi, mi son già trovata bene :)

[–]florasis 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Ah, allora capisco. Io continuo a sognare una spagnola lol

[–]blackrainbow 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Già stata con una spagnola, ma anche lì dipende dalla regione, catalane e andaluse sono diverse. In genere però consiglio XD

[–]florasis 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Beata te. Sono diverse, ma tutte hanno l'accento super hot. Fai conoscere l'italico ardore in giro per il mondo :D

[–]funk_transcender 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wrote a very long post but deleted it. I relate so much to what you've said about direct Europeans. I've essentially resigned to the fact that being raised in the UK has doomed me to life long neurosis where I will constantly look for subtext and intent in people's words.

I have tried VERY hard to not take the bluntness as abrasiveness, but I can't. It's impossible. It's too ingrained after 25 years of social conditioning. I will always be doing that mental gymnastics that doesn't even feel like gymnastics. I've tried. I've tried very hard.

[–][deleted] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

As a foreign person in america honestly I find the wording of this question kind of tokenising and offensive..

[–]TalerTest 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I really don't see what's offensive about it at all. And Ricky_Ticky is also a foreigner where she currently lives (Germany), if I remember correctly so I'm sure she didn't mean it in any kind of offensive way either.

[–]lapislezzie 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Are you European? Because I can see how this would not be offensive from a European perspective, where countries are small and have distinct cultures but there's a lot of free movement between the countries so you often do run into the situation where you're dating someone from a different country and navigating culture quirks, and would want to invite others to share their similar experiences.

But to a non-white foreigner in the US, this question immediately hits as tokenizing and offensive if you set the same question here. There's a dehumanizing racial element to ascribing characteristics to non-white foreigners in the US that blonde foreigners in Germany will not experience. Like, it was cute when I was in London and a white British guy hit on my white American friend by saying she is so friendly and talks like the women in films. But it is skin-crawling when a white American approaches me and tells me I'm 'so cute' and sound like whatever the hell anime character they probably have printed on their body pillow and says they "always wanted to date a girl from an Asian country." Like I'm some exotic new flavor of kitkat they want to sample, and like the different countries in Asia or the millions of women from dozens of distinct cultures within my country are all interchangeable. (I might be especially sensitive to this because there are JUST SO MANY weirdos that have a thing for Asian women it's exhausting. And they ALL think they're not one of the weird ones.)

It's not like it's inherently racist or insensitive to talk about how people from different cultures have different norms and expectations or can introduce you to new perspectives. That's a great conversation to have. Sexualizing ethnic stereotypes and talking about dating foreigners like you're collecting pokemon is not that conversation though, and at least a few people ITT don't seem to understand that difference.

[–]TalerTest 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I agree but...

Sexualizing ethnic stereotypes and talking about dating foreigners like you're collecting pokemon is not that conversation though, and at least a few people ITT don't seem to understand that difference.

...I don't think Ricky_Ticky did that in her question. How would you have liked her to title this post?

and yes I'm European

[–]Ricky_Ticky[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's right. I live in Germany and I am a foreigner in Germany myself :)

[–]Ricky_Ticky[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, I am from Europe. Ethnicity hasn't even crossed my mind when I was posting these questions. I only meant a country of origin

[–]SailorMoon2020 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I understand what you're saying. With post likes these, I often ignore or don't participate in because there is an idol beauty standard that is often mentioned and yes, after seeing that beauty standard often mention you eventually begin to see yourself as not that and therefore not participate. While Asian women both in the homosexual and heterosexual world(especially) have to deal with fetishing due to stereotypes, black/African women, or those mixed with black often have to deal with not being the standard of beauty because of our features. It two sides of the same coin: racial preferences based off of racial stereotypes. I honestly don't think non-white homosexual/lgb people can discuss racial issues like these unless they themselves are dating someone of a different race.

EDIT: Because when I've seen it brought up on places like Reddit, there's always a big sense of denial.

[–]florasis 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

Yeah, I would like to date an ukrainian... But on other than that, got a thing for spanish girls, because spanish accent is so hot, makes me so wet. Would also like to try an american or british. I like their characters and how open and nice they tend to be. Would maybe help me to be more social, as a super introverted.

[–]VioletRemi 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

I wonder who that ukrainian is ;)

[–]florasis 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The cooler woman I ever had the honor to speak with :D

[–]VioletRemi 6 insightful - 6 fun6 insightful - 5 fun7 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

Easy to be coolest, when your future wife is so hot italian~

[–]SailorMoon2020 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

This is an interesting topic. Let's see, I am a Dane/American and mixed race at that. I have dated numerous women of different cultural, ethnic and racial background.

In high school, I dated many Mexican girls. Upon going to college, I dated numerous international students from South America, Asia, and Africa. Ethiopian culture and the women are quite gorgeous. There's also this really cool dance Ethiopians have that apparently was the origin of the Harlem Shake (non-Americans may not know what this is). My two long lasting relationships was with a French Canadian woman and a Chinese woman.

Upon visiting family in Denmark almost every other year, I have dated Swedish women. Swedish people can often understand Danish depending on where they're from. I can read Swedish but can't understand it. Theres also a fun rivalry between the nations. Haha. (We're better than you, Swedes) I can understand Norwegian though.

Because I traveled so much as a kid and lived in three different countries by the time I was 12, maybe it allowed me to adjust to different cultures and customs easily. Not sure. A woman is a woman to me so I'm cool with who ever wants to share my bed as long as we share the same values.

[–]florasis 9 insightful - 9 fun9 insightful - 8 fun10 insightful - 9 fun -  (7 children)

You've fucked half the world, so cool lol

[–]SailorMoon2020 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

This is pretty right but I didn't want to seem like a slut so I chose certain words to be more...ambiguous.

[–]florasis 8 insightful - 7 fun8 insightful - 6 fun9 insightful - 7 fun -  (5 children)

You seemed like a female chad, not a slut lol

[–]SailorMoon2020 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

LOL Never thought of it that way. Maybe a charmer lol Am unsure.

[–]florasis 8 insightful - 5 fun8 insightful - 4 fun9 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

That's the first time I see a lesbians talking having tens of partners. Usually lesbians are more known for very serious long term releationship. But the world also need the chads lol

[–]SailorMoon2020 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nah, if this gets in my head, it'll ruin my game once Corona is over!

[–]VioletRemi 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well, if man had experience like that, everyone would call him an alpha male and think that he is very cool.

So you are an alpha female and very cool ;)

[–]SailorMoon2020 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Lol y'all are making me blush. I mean my co-workers and friends off line will often say this, but I always thought of them just joking but if peeps are saying this online then maybe there's some truth to it.

[–]yousaythosethings 3 insightful - 5 fun3 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

You sound cool. Like the lesbian Genghis Khan.

[–]SailorMoon2020 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Lol oh goodness, gracious.

[–]yousaythosethings 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I am American and I’ve never had a foreign girlfriend. My sibling married a citizen of another country though. I would date a foreign woman for sure. I speak a few languages so that expands my dating pool. I am especially attracted to Eastern European women but that’s my heritage too and so a lot of Eastern European culture is familiar to me. One thing I would worry about would be, if they are from an impoverished place, the power disparity that creates. But anyway I’ve lived and studied abroad in a few different countries so I do already know a lot of foreign women, just not lesbians (except for one suspected lesbian). Where are you hiding foreign lesbians?!

[–]VioletRemi 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

I only dated Asian and Russian women from foreign ones. I have a soft spot for Asian women, tho.

I know how to deal with hot tempered people well, so I suppose I would like Italian and Spanish women as well. And with one Italian woman seems to be everything going good so far ;)

I like English accent, and dislike American mentality.

[–]florasis 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

You dated an asian? What type of asian?

[–]VioletRemi 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

Taiwanese, but she lived in Ukraine for 10 years. So not really completely foreighner :D

[–]florasis 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

Taiwaneese. Interesting. Thai and filipinos and japanese women are the most fascinating amonst the asians to me

[–]VioletRemi 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

I like korean and taiwanese women the most of asians (mostly because of mentality and character, tho). Filipinos I saw were pretty hot, tho.

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            [–]biggreensunglasses 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

            I'm originally from UK and my gf is an Aussie. She's very firey and our cultures/humour are very similar so it works well. She's incredible.♥️

            [–]Seahorse 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

            You're incredible😊

            [–]WildwoodFlower 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

            I've never had a foreign girlfriend, but my grad school crush was from Colombia.

            [–]peaked2020 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

            I dated an amazing Scottish woman. A yoga teacher and with that accent... very hard to stay away. Ultimately we didn’t work out due to differing obligations. When I was working, she was not and vice versa. Kept her as a Facebook friend...

            [–]Freetochoose 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

            My amazing girlfriend is in australia. I like most about her except she can be quite defensive. She is a sweet, kind, thoughtful, exquisite, delicious and simply magnificent woman.

            [–]Seahorse 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

            My girlfriend is from UK and I'm Australian.

            Its interesting reading this thread cause apparently Russians and Ukrainians are like Australians🤣

            People say we are blunt but we just don't mince our words.

            [–]UneedREM 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

            I am from India and I had an LDR with a woman who is from Russia. We are still very much in love and had to break up because of the distance and the uncertainty of being together in the future. Although it being an LDR (for almost a year), it felt that we were so right for each other. I think our thoughts matched because of the conservative nature of our culture. I enjoyed learning about her culture and language. Most interesting was to realise the similarities between Russian and the language that I speak.

            [–]HelloMomo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

            Not dated by I started learning Mandarin Chinese and it was 60% because I had a crush on my friend from Shanghai. I wasn't even out to myself yet then, but it wasn't too implausible because I'm a linguistics nerd to begin with.

            [–]cervix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

            I dated a Filippina for a while. It was weird. Started out as a one night that turned into a FWB situation. I was fine with that. Then she said she wanted a girlfriend again. So I was like "ok let's date and see where this is going". Then she tells me she went on a date with someone else and I thought "ok I must have misunderstood her". Then she asked me out on a date and I was like ?????? Then she told me she was in a relationship of five years with her ex fiancée... And it ended because she cheated. But cheating is "not that big of a deal" in her culture, she said. And yet you and your fiancée are no longer together. Anyway I yeeted.

            Also had a weird online thing with a German for a while. She was extremely weird, and not because she's German. I spent quite some time in Germany, made some friends there, and no one was like her. Now I think she had some kind of personality disorder or smth.

            Right now I'm dating a second-gen immigrant from another Asian country. Not quite the same as dating a foreigner, but we have a lot of fun comparing our upbringings and spotting the little differences.

            [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

            I have a big crush on a woman in Canada (I'm in the US), but I managed to fuck that up good and proper, so it sadly never progressed to the girlfriend stage.

            [–]a_blue_bird 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

            I have moved a lot, therefore so far all my girlfriends have been from other countries. The US, UK, Greece, Sweden, Italy. I think that I related the most with the Swedish one (geographically we're the closest, too). It could have been a good relationship, but we both had to move to different countries at the time. Overall, I'd prefer someone from my native country. I had good experiences, but there always seemed to be some gap between us that couldn't be bridged. Now I'm dating a woman from my own country and don't feel this way about her.