The 11 Differences Between Dating a European Man vs an American Man.

[mudwhistle]

We seem to have veered off the cultural differences:


Ten Basic Differences Between the USA and Europe

Turning back to cultural differences. I haven't spent all that much time in Europe, but I do have a favorable impression of a lot of areas there. I particularly like English villages.

• But I do see some trends among Americans that I dislike:
• Being too damned loud. Some Americans seem to have trouble modulating their voices.
• Being bombastic, and failing to remember that other people should have a turn to speak, while one who has already spoken or is waiting to speak should sit and take their turn at listening.
• Being unfamiliar with some of the basics of "American culture" and our institutions, like our Constitution and our great authors and musicians, while talking up these things that they know nothing about.
• Being, frankly, physically uncoordinated and sort of dumpy and sloppily dressed.
• Being unwilling to try anything new.
• Showing a lack of imagination and appreciation of imagination.

End of rant for now. I'm a sort of quiet person (although known to dance at concerts), and I like to read, hold long conversations about interesting things, and I love people with a quietly deadly sense of humor, so I'm filtering this through my own tastes and experiences. I know that I sometimes buy into the stereotype that Europeans are somehow better at these things.

I agree with you.
I think it has alot to do with how kids are raised in America.
Not to mention the fact that just about every kid in America is watching the garbage that passes for entertainment on our televisions.
American kids are being raised by our flat-panel TVs.
They're emulating the fools and sexual deviants that pass as actors living in Hollywood.

I spent several years overseas, living in Germany and other countries.
Most over there felt I was a native....till I started talking.
I never had any problem fitting in.
Mainly because I learned to talk and act like the locals.

I would agree with you except that I find that many of the people at whom I directed my criticism are in the age 40-to-70s range, being loud, cursing, interrupting, etc., so poor childrearing started well before this contemporary age that you reference, before there were cell phones and flat-screen TVs.

And you don't think that adults are susceptible to this as well?
Children are easy to trick and mislead.....adults are more difficult....but the truth is....this conditioning has been going on in America for quite a long time...at least 40 years......only recently has it become obvious.

BTW, Mudwhistle.

Not that many Germans left in Germany. It's like the United Nations here. One shopping mall is like visiting downtown Cairo.

Every day I hear languages, I don't even know what they are.

This is what Socialism gets you.
Shame....I love Germany.

 

[Mindful]

Turning back to cultural differences. I haven't spent all that much time in Europe, but I do have a favorable impression of a lot of areas there. I particularly like English villages.

• But I do see some trends among Americans that I dislike:
• Being too damned loud. Some Americans seem to have trouble modulating their voices.
• Being bombastic, and failing to remember that other people should have a turn to speak, while one who has already spoken or is waiting to speak should sit and take their turn at listening.
• Being unfamiliar with some of the basics of "American culture" and our institutions, like our Constitution and our great authors and musicians, while talking up these things that they know nothing about.
• Being, frankly, physically uncoordinated and sort of dumpy and sloppily dressed.
• Being unwilling to try anything new.
• Showing a lack of imagination and appreciation of imagination.

End of rant for now. I'm a sort of quiet person (although known to dance at concerts), and I like to read, hold long conversations about interesting things, and I love people with a quietly deadly sense of humor, so I'm filtering this through my own tastes and experiences. I know that I sometimes buy into the stereotype that Europeans are somehow better at these things.

I agree with you.
I think it has alot to do with how kids are raised in America.
Not to mention the fact that just about every kid in America is watching the garbage that passes for entertainment on our televisions.
American kids are being raised by our flat-panel TVs.
They're emulating the fools and sexual deviants that pass as actors living in Hollywood.

I spent several years overseas, living in Germany and other countries.
Most over there felt I was a native....till I started talking.
I never had any problem fitting in.
Mainly because I learned to talk and act like the locals.

I would agree with you except that I find that many of the people at whom I directed my criticism are in the age 40-to-70s range, being loud, cursing, interrupting, etc., so poor childrearing started well before this contemporary age that you reference, before there were cell phones and flat-screen TVs.

And you don't think that adults are susceptible to this as well?
Children are easy to trick and mislead.....adults are more difficult....but the truth is....this conditioning has been going on in America for quite a long time...at least 40 years......only recently has it become obvious.

BTW, Mudwhistle.

Not that many Germans left in Germany. It's like the United Nations here. One shopping mall is like visiting downtown Cairo.

Every day I hear languages, I don't even know what they are.

This is what Socialism gets you.
Shame....I love Germany.

I think much of it is due to a falling birth rate. A rapidly aging population, all these pensions to pay, and no one to exact taxes from. Hence Merkel's cynical ploy to bring in migrants.

 

[mudwhistle]

I agree with you.
I think it has alot to do with how kids are raised in America.
Not to mention the fact that just about every kid in America is watching the garbage that passes for entertainment on our televisions.
American kids are being raised by our flat-panel TVs.
They're emulating the fools and sexual deviants that pass as actors living in Hollywood.

I spent several years overseas, living in Germany and other countries.
Most over there felt I was a native....till I started talking.
I never had any problem fitting in.
Mainly because I learned to talk and act like the locals.

I would agree with you except that I find that many of the people at whom I directed my criticism are in the age 40-to-70s range, being loud, cursing, interrupting, etc., so poor childrearing started well before this contemporary age that you reference, before there were cell phones and flat-screen TVs.

And you don't think that adults are susceptible to this as well?
Children are easy to trick and mislead.....adults are more difficult....but the truth is....this conditioning has been going on in America for quite a long time...at least 40 years......only recently has it become obvious.

BTW, Mudwhistle.

Not that many Germans left in Germany. It's like the United Nations here. One shopping mall is like visiting downtown Cairo.

Every day I hear languages, I don't even know what they are.

This is what Socialism gets you.
Shame....I love Germany.

I think much of it is due to a falling birth rate. A rapidly aging population, all these pensions to pay, and no one to exact taxes from. Hence Merkel's cynical ploy to bring in migrants.

Now you know why socialists back abortion so vehemently.

I was in Germany before the wall came down.
I imagine alot changed after East Germans started flooding into the more prosperous FRG absorbing all of your benefits.

 

[Mindful]

I would agree with you except that I find that many of the people at whom I directed my criticism are in the age 40-to-70s range, being loud, cursing, interrupting, etc., so poor childrearing started well before this contemporary age that you reference, before there were cell phones and flat-screen TVs.

And you don't think that adults are susceptible to this as well?
Children are easy to trick and mislead.....adults are more difficult....but the truth is....this conditioning has been going on in America for quite a long time...at least 40 years......only recently has it become obvious.

BTW, Mudwhistle.

Not that many Germans left in Germany. It's like the United Nations here. One shopping mall is like visiting downtown Cairo.

Every day I hear languages, I don't even know what they are.

This is what Socialism gets you.
Shame....I love Germany.

I think much of it is due to a falling birth rate. A rapidly aging population, all these pensions to pay, and no one to exact taxes from. Hence Merkel's cynical ploy to bring in migrants.

Now you know why socialists back abortion so vehemently.

I was in Germany before the wall came down.
I imagine alot changed after East Germans started flooding into the more prosperous FRG absorbing all of your benefits.

There's still animosity between the two sides.

I'm not a German, btw.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Really don't have a dog in this fight. I married a Chinese man.

I will say the author might want to consider that maybe she's just associating with the wrong guys in the wrong places, and assuming ALL American men are like that.

 

[Mindful]

Really don't have a dog in this fight. I married a Chinese man.

I will say the author might want to consider that maybe she's just associating with the wrong guys in the wrong places, and assuming ALL American men are like that.

Like what?

It's just a question of style. That's all.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Really don't have a dog in this fight. I married a Chinese man.

I will say the author might want to consider that maybe she's just associating with the wrong guys in the wrong places, and assuming ALL American men are like that.

Like what?

It's just a question of style. That's all.

Like what what?

America is a big place, with a lot of men in it. If you're making generalizations about "American style" across that entire broad swath of people, you're automatically wrong, and need to consider that maybe it's not "American men"; maybe it's just the men YOU have met.

Furthermore, she invalidated herself within the first couple of paragraphs.

". . . it’s become clear that there are definite cultural norms specific to European men versus American men . . ."

"Now, when I discuss the differences between European and American, I’m referring to a mindset."

She needs to make up her mind. She's either talking about a cultural difference, or she's talking about some guys being assholes and some not regardless of location and culture. Pick one.

 

[Mindful]

Really don't have a dog in this fight. I married a Chinese man.

I will say the author might want to consider that maybe she's just associating with the wrong guys in the wrong places, and assuming ALL American men are like that.

Like what?

It's just a question of style. That's all.

Like what what?

America is a big place, with a lot of men in it. If you're making generalizations about "American style" across that entire broad swath of people, you're automatically wrong, and need to consider that maybe it's not "American men"; maybe it's just the men YOU have met.

Furthermore, she invalidated herself within the first couple of paragraphs.

". . . it’s become clear that there are definite cultural norms specific to European men versus American men . . ."

"Now, when I discuss the differences between European and American, I’m referring to a mindset."

She needs to make up her mind. She's either talking about a cultural difference, or she's talking about some guys being assholes and some not regardless of location and culture. Pick one.

Americans........abroad.

And no, they're not being assholes. That's a whole different topic.

 

[mudwhistle]

And you don't think that adults are susceptible to this as well?
Children are easy to trick and mislead.....adults are more difficult....but the truth is....this conditioning has been going on in America for quite a long time...at least 40 years......only recently has it become obvious.

BTW, Mudwhistle.

Not that many Germans left in Germany. It's like the United Nations here. One shopping mall is like visiting downtown Cairo.

Every day I hear languages, I don't even know what they are.

This is what Socialism gets you.
Shame....I love Germany.

I think much of it is due to a falling birth rate. A rapidly aging population, all these pensions to pay, and no one to exact taxes from. Hence Merkel's cynical ploy to bring in migrants.

Now you know why socialists back abortion so vehemently.

I was in Germany before the wall came down.
I imagine alot changed after East Germans started flooding into the more prosperous FRG absorbing all of your benefits.

There's still animosity between the two sides.

I'm not a German, btw.

Yes......because the East Germans came in and squatted....soaking up all of the nest-egg they had built up.
Our friend Ann, who is a German national, was bitching about it for months.

 

[Mindful]

BTW, Mudwhistle.

Not that many Germans left in Germany. It's like the United Nations here. One shopping mall is like visiting downtown Cairo.

Every day I hear languages, I don't even know what they are.

This is what Socialism gets you.
Shame....I love Germany.

I think much of it is due to a falling birth rate. A rapidly aging population, all these pensions to pay, and no one to exact taxes from. Hence Merkel's cynical ploy to bring in migrants.

Now you know why socialists back abortion so vehemently.

I was in Germany before the wall came down.
I imagine alot changed after East Germans started flooding into the more prosperous FRG absorbing all of your benefits.

There's still animosity between the two sides.

I'm not a German, btw.

Yes......because the East Germans came in and squatted....soaking up all of the nest-egg they had built up.
Our friend Ann, who is a German national, was bitching about it for months.

You know that Angela Merkel is an East German?

 

[Cecilie1200]

Really don't have a dog in this fight. I married a Chinese man.

I will say the author might want to consider that maybe she's just associating with the wrong guys in the wrong places, and assuming ALL American men are like that.

Like what?

It's just a question of style. That's all.

Like what what?

America is a big place, with a lot of men in it. If you're making generalizations about "American style" across that entire broad swath of people, you're automatically wrong, and need to consider that maybe it's not "American men"; maybe it's just the men YOU have met.

Furthermore, she invalidated herself within the first couple of paragraphs.

". . . it’s become clear that there are definite cultural norms specific to European men versus American men . . ."

"Now, when I discuss the differences between European and American, I’m referring to a mindset."

She needs to make up her mind. She's either talking about a cultural difference, or she's talking about some guys being assholes and some not regardless of location and culture. Pick one.

Americans........abroad.

And no, they're not being assholes. That's a whole different topic.

Actually, what she's describing IS what is normally known as "assholes". I myself know very few men who are like what she describes as "Americans", even though most of the men I know actually ARE Americans, and European men are pretty rare in my neck of the woods.

 

[Mindful]

Really don't have a dog in this fight. I married a Chinese man.

I will say the author might want to consider that maybe she's just associating with the wrong guys in the wrong places, and assuming ALL American men are like that.

Like what?

It's just a question of style. That's all.

Like what what?

America is a big place, with a lot of men in it. If you're making generalizations about "American style" across that entire broad swath of people, you're automatically wrong, and need to consider that maybe it's not "American men"; maybe it's just the men YOU have met.

Furthermore, she invalidated herself within the first couple of paragraphs.

". . . it’s become clear that there are definite cultural norms specific to European men versus American men . . ."

"Now, when I discuss the differences between European and American, I’m referring to a mindset."

She needs to make up her mind. She's either talking about a cultural difference, or she's talking about some guys being assholes and some not regardless of location and culture. Pick one.

Americans........abroad.

And no, they're not being assholes. That's a whole different topic.

Actually, what she's describing IS what is normally known as "assholes". I myself know very few men who are like what she describes as "Americans", even though most of the men I know actually ARE Americans, and European men are pretty rare in my neck of the woods.

That's too complicated for my feeble brain.

 

[mudwhistle]

This is what Socialism gets you.
Shame....I love Germany.

I think much of it is due to a falling birth rate. A rapidly aging population, all these pensions to pay, and no one to exact taxes from. Hence Merkel's cynical ploy to bring in migrants.

Now you know why socialists back abortion so vehemently.

I was in Germany before the wall came down.
I imagine alot changed after East Germans started flooding into the more prosperous FRG absorbing all of your benefits.

There's still animosity between the two sides.

I'm not a German, btw.

Yes......because the East Germans came in and squatted....soaking up all of the nest-egg they had built up.
Our friend Ann, who is a German national, was bitching about it for months.

You know that Angela Merkel is an East German?

Nope.
That explains alot.

 

[SweetSue92]

The only people who can make a success or failure of a family and child-raising are its two adult heads, both partners.The onus should not be on the woman, when they are both present.

Your statement about people and their genitalia is just plain grossly disgusting, totally shallow, and reflects a repulsive notion that women are somehow less than men and the man is marrying an inferior being.

It also reflects an attitude that sex is somehow dirty and shameful. Many Americans seem to feel this way, as do their counterparts in the Middle East. I wish that these people would not try so hard to wreck heterosexual relationships.

If you love and respect a person, you accept who he or she is currently, which involves the sum total of their past experiences. If one cannot accept this simple concept, this person has no respect and should not marry.

People who’ve had sex with other people before marriage tend to have sex with others after marriage too.

And they divorce at higher rates.

We seem to have veered off the cultural differences:


Ten Basic Differences Between the USA and Europe

Turning back to cultural differences. I haven't spent all that much time in Europe, but I do have a favorable impression of a lot of areas there. I particularly like English villages.

• But I do see some trends among Americans that I dislike:
• Being too damned loud. Some Americans seem to have trouble modulating their voices.
• Being bombastic, and failing to remember that other people should have a turn to speak, while one who has already spoken or is waiting to speak should sit and take their turn at listening.
• Being unfamiliar with some of the basics of "American culture" and our institutions, like our Constitution and our great authors and musicians, while talking up these things that they know nothing about.
• Being, frankly, physically uncoordinated and sort of dumpy and sloppily dressed.
• Being unwilling to try anything new.
• Showing a lack of imagination and appreciation of imagination.

End of rant for now. I'm a sort of quiet person (although known to dance at concerts), and I like to read, hold long conversations about interesting things, and I love people with a quietly deadly sense of humor, so I'm filtering this through my own tastes and experiences. I know that I sometimes buy into the stereotype that Europeans are somehow better at these things.

Truly you are one of the most bombastic posters I have ever encountered online and you live for cartoonish stereotypes. So this is really......just wow

But then again I really shouldn't be surprised, this is how hardened Leftists are created. They really have one image of themselves and have NO IDEA how they come across. None whatsoever. It's just...I guess I'll never be done with being shocked at it

I know that you are a right-wing cult fundie who can't even write anything substantial in response to anything I say, but just parrot what your master or trainer tells you, so I don't take anything you write very seriously. You obviously are obsessed.

Honey you do nothing but buy into stereotypes, as you said yourself up top. About Europeans but really, you do this about everyone. Everything you type is a cartoonish stereotype. About yourself and about others. It's uncanny

 

[sealybobo]

People who’ve had sex with other people before marriage tend to have sex with others after marriage too.

And they divorce at higher rates.

We seem to have veered off the cultural differences:


Ten Basic Differences Between the USA and Europe

Turning back to cultural differences. I haven't spent all that much time in Europe, but I do have a favorable impression of a lot of areas there. I particularly like English villages.

• But I do see some trends among Americans that I dislike:
• Being too damned loud. Some Americans seem to have trouble modulating their voices.
• Being bombastic, and failing to remember that other people should have a turn to speak, while one who has already spoken or is waiting to speak should sit and take their turn at listening.
• Being unfamiliar with some of the basics of "American culture" and our institutions, like our Constitution and our great authors and musicians, while talking up these things that they know nothing about.
• Being, frankly, physically uncoordinated and sort of dumpy and sloppily dressed.
• Being unwilling to try anything new.
• Showing a lack of imagination and appreciation of imagination.

End of rant for now. I'm a sort of quiet person (although known to dance at concerts), and I like to read, hold long conversations about interesting things, and I love people with a quietly deadly sense of humor, so I'm filtering this through my own tastes and experiences. I know that I sometimes buy into the stereotype that Europeans are somehow better at these things.

Truly you are one of the most bombastic posters I have ever encountered online and you live for cartoonish stereotypes. So this is really......just wow

But then again I really shouldn't be surprised, this is how hardened Leftists are created. They really have one image of themselves and have NO IDEA how they come across. None whatsoever. It's just...I guess I'll never be done with being shocked at it

I know that you are a right-wing cult fundie who can't even write anything substantial in response to anything I say, but just parrot what your master or trainer tells you, so I don't take anything you write very seriously. You obviously are obsessed.

Honey you do nothing but buy into stereotypes, as you said yourself up top. About Europeans but really, you do this about everyone. Everything you type is a cartoonish stereotype. About yourself and about others. It's uncanny

Aren’t you the anti abortion teacher who votes against your own financial interests? All over seeds in wombs?

And you are protected by a union but you don’t pay your dues. You should be fired and your pension should be stripped

 

[Marion Morrison]

I think the difference might have to do more with European women, rather than American males.

European women are sluttier than American women. So naturally European males being in Europe have more to chose from. Whereas American males only have a few to choose from.

Oh come on you know American women are sluttier. No virgins at 18. Giving bjs at 15. Get real.

But I will agree with this. It is the woman’s fault. Guys do whatever works with women. If it didn’t work on women guys wouldn’t do it.

Need an example? It’s black womens fault black men wear their pants low and their underwear sticking out. If that shit didn’t work with the ladies they’d pull their pants up immediately

That's not for the ladies..

 

[Mindful]

I think the difference might have to do more with European women, rather than American males.

European women are sluttier than American women. So naturally European males being in Europe have more to chose from. Whereas American males only have a few to choose from.

Oh come on you know American women are sluttier. No virgins at 18. Giving bjs at 15. Get real.

But I will agree with this. It is the woman’s fault. Guys do whatever works with women. If it didn’t work on women guys wouldn’t do it.

Need an example? It’s black womens fault black men wear their pants low and their underwear sticking out. If that shit didn’t work with the ladies they’d pull their pants up immediately

That's not for the ladies..

Wondered when you'd show up. lol.

 

[sealybobo]

I think the difference might have to do more with European women, rather than American males.

European women are sluttier than American women. So naturally European males being in Europe have more to chose from. Whereas American males only have a few to choose from.

Oh come on you know American women are sluttier. No virgins at 18. Giving bjs at 15. Get real.

But I will agree with this. It is the woman’s fault. Guys do whatever works with women. If it didn’t work on women guys wouldn’t do it.

Need an example? It’s black womens fault black men wear their pants low and their underwear sticking out. If that shit didn’t work with the ladies they’d pull their pants up immediately

That's not for the ladies..

Wondered when you'd show up. lol.

Watch this.

 

[sealybobo]

I think the difference might have to do more with European women, rather than American males.

European women are sluttier than American women. So naturally European males being in Europe have more to chose from. Whereas American males only have a few to choose from.

Oh come on you know American women are sluttier. No virgins at 18. Giving bjs at 15. Get real.

But I will agree with this. It is the woman’s fault. Guys do whatever works with women. If it didn’t work on women guys wouldn’t do it.

Need an example? It’s black womens fault black men wear their pants low and their underwear sticking out. If that shit didn’t work with the ladies they’d pull their pants up immediately

That's not for the ladies..

What would you know faggot?

 

[Mindful]

I think the difference might have to do more with European women, rather than American males.

European women are sluttier than American women. So naturally European males being in Europe have more to chose from. Whereas American males only have a few to choose from.

Oh come on you know American women are sluttier. No virgins at 18. Giving bjs at 15. Get real.

But I will agree with this. It is the woman’s fault. Guys do whatever works with women. If it didn’t work on women guys wouldn’t do it.

Need an example? It’s black womens fault black men wear their pants low and their underwear sticking out. If that shit didn’t work with the ladies they’d pull their pants up immediately

That's not for the ladies..

Wondered when you'd show up. lol.

Watch this.

Watch what?