Galway single women and dating

Nathan251

I love the way all the ladies are saying "ah sure, 'twould be a bit of craic", which basically is code for "I really am desperate to find companionship but I'll hide that fact beneath the craic/having a laugh excuse", the lack of honesty and openness is amazing, no wonder the women in Galway drink so much, the repressed catholic maidens are alive and well here let me tell you....if only the people here could express themselves a little better, because when they do, they have a warmth and charm and modesty and mischievious yet not malicious humour that is admirable.

i was at a movie "he's just not that into you" recently with my girlfriend and there was lots of groups of female friends about and they all got over-exciteable and teary at the moment where the ben affleck character proposes to the jennifer aniston character, this was just typical hollywood rom-com garbage designed for delusional woman and to see and hear their reactions to this scene astounded me.....some of them were literally shrieking and shaking and whooping and fainting and hollering and collapsing and almost climaxing, i've never seen such a pathetic scene (on or off screen) and i really despaired for these women and their delusional fantasies and I theorised that all the women who reacted like this were the ones who had come with their female friends, on the other hand many of the sound, reasonable, mature, decent, kind-hearted, non self-centred emotional drama queen women were there with blokes


conclusion: the majority of single women in galway (who have left university) are desperate shrieking delusional exciteable types and just a bit mad to be honest, they need to get real and show some dignity and class coz many many of them lack it and they wonder why they are single


i do realise that threads like this often provoke extreme reactions, i take no pleasure in writing what I have written here, but please can we discuss the issues and not let this descent onto some petty slagging match.....I have lived in many different cities and countries and I have to say the continental women carry themselves much better in my eyes and are, for want of a better word, more "feminine", they are not ashamed of their sexuality and are able to express themselves without being drink


if the galway single women need role models then they should look no further than the eastern european women who have graced our shores, these girls dress so much better than our own, look after their bodies, are not afraid to be feminine, don't drink excessively or act all bolshy and exciteably and try to imitate the behaviours of men

I myself am going out with a Latvian girl and the difference between her and a galway teacher i went out with last year are like comparing light and day


of course this is all just my opinion, one well-travelled man's opinion, i'd be interested to see if any share my bview

JohnCleary

Nathan251 wrote: »

I love the way all the ladies are saying "ah sure, 'twould be a bit of craic",

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of course this is all just my opinion, one well-travelled man's opinion, i'd be interested to see if any share my bview

Fixed your post


:pac:

Well I like going out on the beer/getting drunk myself so I prefer having a girlfriend that also likes going to the pub etc so I vote for Galway women.

Wouldn't be much good on a Saturday when I want to go on the lock having a woman who wants to do something else as it wouldn't work.

tman

Nathan251 wrote: »

conclusion: the majority of single women in galway the universe (who have left university) are desperate shrieking delusional exciteable types and just a bit mad to be honest, they need to get real and show some dignity and class coz many many of them lack it and they wonder why they are single

FYP
Women are crazy everywhere, Galway just seems to have an extra few truckloads of crazy...

Das Kitty

So you're basing your theory on women who went to see a chick flick in a big group eh?

Is it not more likely that they wouldn't be as inconsiderate as to bring their boyfriends / husbands to see a gammy chick flick in the first place?

Generalising about any group of people is always a dumb idea, but then again you think "Light and Day" are really different, so meh.

BillyGoatGruff

Nathan251 wrote: »

I myself am going out with a Latvian girl and the difference between her and a galway teacher i went out with last year are like comparing light and day

So similar then.

Nathan251

sorry i meant night and day

KStaford

I think Irish people (both men and women) are emotionally insecure. They do not express their emotional sides truthfully unless they have a few beers. I notice this when I go abroad or meet people in other countries (other than the UK). I love having good conversations about real sh1t with people. I find this hard to do in Ireland even with my mates. So I kinda see where the OP is coming from......kinda, but hey men are as bad fella!

Nathan251

Das Kitty wrote: »

So you're basing your theory on women who went to see a chick flick in a big group eh?

Is it not more likely that they wouldn't be as inconsiderate as to bring their boyfriends / husbands to see a gammy chick flick in the first place?

Generalising about any group of people is always a dumb idea, but then again you think "Light and Day" are really different, so meh.

...not just basing my theory on the women who went to see the chick flick-that was just the eureka moment for me, the final dawning of the truth....the reason they didn't bring their male partners was because in my view, they didn't have any (hence the huge yearning and overreaction to the sugary sentimental scenes)...oh and there were lots of couples at this movie aswell and none of them seemed to be getting all hysterical

banshee_bones

Nathan251 wrote: »

conclusion: the majority of single women in galway (who have left university) are desperate shrieking delusional exciteable types and just a bit mad to be honest, they need to get real and show some dignity and class coz many many of them lack it and they wonder why they are single

Broad generalising statement there. I doubt you have met the majority of women in Galway. Dont tar us all with your ill informed opinions. By the sounds of it your spending too much time in CPs or Karma if this is all you recognise on a night out.

Nathan251 wrote: »

if the galway single women need role models then they should look no further than the eastern european women who have graced our shores, these girls dress so much better than our own, look after their bodies, are not afraid to be feminine, don't drink excessively or act all bolshy and exciteably and try to imitate the behaviours of men

Are you totally blind? The eastern european women i know as well as the ones i have seen out dress like complete tramps! No class whatsoever! Irish women are quite stylish and there are plenty who are very feminine. Eastern European women come from a totally different culture, you cant compare them with Irish women you really can't. They have very different ideas, morals and values with regard to alot of things. and may i suggest a trip to TLL here on boards if you want to read Irish womens and mens views on eating and food, theres an active thread in there at the moment. Oh and i will choose my own role models thankyou very much.

Nathan251 wrote: »

of course this is all just my opinion, one well-travelled man's opinion, i'd be interested to see if any share my bview

oh well bully for you, you left Ireland. Congratulations. How about you consider staying gone if what you claim to see here upsets you so much.

and no i dont share your view.

cornbb

banshee_bones wrote: »

By the sounds of it your spending too much time in CPs or Karma if this is all you recognise on a night out.

You've hit the nail on the head there tbh.

There are doubtlessly a proportion of single women out there who are actively trying to find a man to settle down with (and this is just nature at work after all) but your comments about how Irish women are "bolshy and excitable" and implying that they are all generally unattractive are unfair. Your "eureka" moment doesn't show many signs that you've thought this through very objectively tbh. I know Irish girls who know how to make themselves exotic and stunning and I know foreign girls who fit your caricature of Irish girls.

You make the fact that you have a Latvian girlfriend seem like you have won some sort of trophy. Good for you if you have a nice girl in your life, but get over yourself. I've dated numerous foreign girls and they are in general no better or worse than Irish girls. People are the same the world over.

banshee_bones

cornbb wrote: »

People are the same the world over.

+1

Precisely, i meant to say that in my post!

Nathan251

banshee_bones wrote: »

+1

Precisely, i meant to say that in my post!

you criticise me for generalising then you make the biggest generalisation of all


...in all seriousness i accept that you believe earnestly in the points you are making but I respectfully disagree

I feel our environment plays a huge role in our perosnality/character, hence why irish women drink so much in comparison to their eastern european sisters, hence also why the strict catholicism and poor diet/weather has given them a poor self-image, really i am trying to deal in facts here rather than cliche and triteness

may i say 99% of the time i can identify purely from their face an eastern european woman from an irish woman, but there are also many other hints, their clothes, their body shape, even their way of walking, their eye contact.......to say we are all the same is most foolhardy in my most humble of opinions but i will concede that though we may indeed be different we are all entitled to our opinions no matter how nonsensical they may be

spinandscribble

oooh how unthought out your post is, it actually made me laugh outloud.

Sure i share your view. everyone knows irish men are such hard bodied, classy creatures who dress amazingly well and have been putting up with us women for years.

people in glass houses shouldn't throw rocks. the irish people aren't exactly the most attractive lot, but be careful now, i'm somewhat travelled myself and i've seen foreign men take a shine to our jolly humour and pale exotic skin.

PopeBuckfastXVI

Nathan251 wrote: »

I myself am going out with a Latvian girl and the difference between her and a galway teacher i went out with last year are like comparing night and day

Way to make your ex feel like sh*t if she reads this thread...

mikom

Nathan251 wrote: »

I love the way all the ladies are saying "ah sure, 'twould be a bit of craic", which basically is code for "I really am desperate to find companionship but I'll hide that fact beneath the craic/having a laugh excuse", the lack of honesty and openness is amazing, no wonder the women in Galway drink so much, the repressed catholic maidens are alive and well here let me tell you....if only the people here could express themselves a little better, because when they do, they have a warmth and charm and modesty and mischievious yet not malicious humour that is admirable.

i was at a movie "he's just not that into you" recently with my girlfriend and there was lots of groups of female friends about and they all got over-exciteable and teary at the moment where the ben affleck character proposes to the jennifer aniston character, this was just typical hollywood rom-com garbage designed for delusional woman and to see and hear their reactions to this scene astounded me.....some of them were literally shrieking and shaking and whooping and fainting and hollering and collapsing and almost climaxing, i've never seen such a pathetic scene (on or off screen) and i really despaired for these women and their delusional fantasies and I theorised that all the women who reacted like this were the ones who had come with their female friends, on the other hand many of the sound, reasonable, mature, decent, kind-hearted, non self-centred emotional drama queen women were there with blokes


conclusion: the majority of single women in galway (who have left university) are desperate shrieking delusional exciteable types and just a bit mad to be honest, they need to get real and show some dignity and class coz many many of them lack it and they wonder why they are single


i do realise that threads like this often provoke extreme reactions, i take no pleasure in writing what I have written here, but please can we discuss the issues and not let this descent onto some petty slagging match.....I have lived in many different cities and countries and I have to say the continental women carry themselves much better in my eyes and are, for want of a better word, more "feminine", they are not ashamed of their sexuality and are able to express themselves without being drink


if the galway single women need role models then they should look no further than the eastern european women who have graced our shores, these girls dress so much better than our own, look after their bodies, are not afraid to be feminine, don't drink excessively or act all bolshy and exciteably and try to imitate the behaviours of men

I myself am going out with a Latvian girl and the difference between her and a galway teacher i went out with last year are like comparing light and day


of course this is all just my opinion, one well-travelled man's opinion, i'd be interested to see if any share my bview

Well good on ya, aren't you a great lad altogether, a fine catch. :rolleyes:
Be careful though, you may just think you are going out with her.
The other party may think something totally different.
Remember your PI http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055336007

JohnCleary

People from different cultures / backgrounds will be different - it's what makes people unique - Deal with it. If you don't like the attitudes of Irish women, no one is making you talk to them / woo them / give them attention. Personally, I love Irish women for their (generally) more relaxed attitude. Oh, and the red fetlocks, can't forget the fetlocks rarrrrr

If you don't like the way things go here - no one is making you stay. That goes for everyone and anyone, not a stab at you OP

It's like the way people giving out stink about the recession and saying what a sh1thole Ireland is - No one is making you stay ffs, begone!

Das Kitty

Nathan251 wrote: »

really i am trying to deal in broad sweeping generalisations here rather than cliche and triteness

Fixed that for you.

cornbb

mikom wrote: »

Well good on ya, aren't you a great lad altogether, a fine catch. :rolleyes:
Be careful though, you may just think you are going out with her.
The other party may think something totally different.
Remember your PI http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055336007

LOL nice find

Seriously though OP for someone who claims to have a well-travelled worldly view you seem to be basing your opinions on well-worn clichés... has it occurred to you that you could just as easily have had a horrible time with a Latvian teacher and be happy with an Irish lady right now?

mercuroman

Why are you worrying about single girls if you're going out with someone? Is she going back to Latvia cos of the recession and you realise what you're going to be left to choose from?

BTW IMHO female Galway teachers > lativan girls and thanks for ruining the movie

Nathan251

spinandscribble wrote: »

oooh how unthought out your post is, it actually made me laugh outloud.

Sure i share your view. everyone knows irish men are such hard bodied, classy creatures who dress amazingly well and have been putting up with us women for years.

people in glass houses shouldn't throw rocks. the irish people aren't exactly the most attractive lot, but be careful now, i'm somewhat travelled myself and i've seen foreign men take a shine to our jolly humour and pale exotic skin.

hmmm...'fraid to say love but social convention (based on years of anthropological study of a variety of different cultures and pure common sense) would argue that more emphasis is placed on the female to look good, hence why generally you guys have tons of creams and moisturisers, take longer to get ready, apply lots of make-ups, get your hair/nails/tan done, go shopping for new clothes/shoes more frequently etc etc (need i go on?)

any academic with any kind of credibiity or reputation would argue that the pressure is predominantly on the female to look good and the male to be good company/confident/assured etc., unfortunately irish women fall down on this basic societal rule as although i accept they are a great laugh, intelligent, witty, good company etc., these are traits that are valued in a man by a woman who is looking to mate, a man who is looking to mate will prioritise looks, in this respect i feel sorry for the galway woman

the irish man, even if unattractive is more likely to mate with an attractive female than an irish female with an attractive male because the irish male has the qualities favoured by the female (good sense of humour, witty, twinkle in the eye, charm, confidence etc.-i do admit this is often fuelled by alcohol and of course i do not deny that physical attractiveness is not valued by females, it is but they can see beyond it, males cannot see beyond it so basically the irish female is doomed if she seeks a RELATIONSHIP with a high quality male, she may of course be permitted to have sex with a high quality male as males will often drop their standards for the purposes of penetration alone)

anyway i am waffling on, i hope you get the point, don't shoot the messenger, again this is just my well-researched view

JohnCleary

Nathan251 wrote: »

hmmm...'fraid to say love but social convention (based on years of anthropological study of a variety of different cultures and pure common sense) would argue that more emphasis is placed on the female to look good, hence why generally you guys have tons of creams and moisturisers, take longer to get ready, apply lots of make-ups, get your hair/nails/tan done, go shopping for new clothes/shoes more frequently etc etc (need i go on?)

Sounds like the majority of men in this country over the past few years, tbh :pac:

I'll stick with my blade 3 all over and dirty-overalls for working on the engines though

JohnCleary

Nathan251 wrote: »

any academic with any kind of credibiity or reputation would argue that the pressure is predominantly on the female to look good and the male to be good company/confident/assured etc., unfortunately irish women fall down on this basic societal rule as although i accept they are a great laugh, intelligent, witty, good company etc., these are traits that are valued in a man by a woman who is looking to mate, a man who is looking to mate will prioritise looks, in this respect i feel sorry for the galway woman

Problem is that it's these 'academics' who do all the 'research' that actually know the least about women in reality. Why? Because while the normal Joe Soap is out there actually interacting with women, the 'academics' are at their desk writing theories :rolleyes:

Reminds me of a foreign guy last year who came to our course on Erasmus for a year - He could remember (in his head, down to the last letter) the majority of advanced commands for setting up QoS/Routing Protocols etc. on a Router - yet he'd never actually used a router in real life

Das Kitty

High Quality Male!

How old are you?

You're spouting a lot of guff, I sincerely hope you're not studying anthropology as you're in for an epic fail in your exams.

mikom

Nathan251, your real name is Dmitri, isn't it.

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

pointofnoreturn

Nathan251 wrote: »

I love the way all the ladies are saying "ah sure, 'twould be a bit of craic", which basically is code for "I really am desperate to find companionship but I'll hide that fact beneath the craic/having a laugh excuse", the lack of honesty and openness is amazing, no wonder the women in Galway drink so much, ...
.....the majority of single women in galway (who have left university) are desperate shrieking delusional excitable types and just a bit mad to be honest,

Well put, from one well-travelled person (almost ) to another, excellent analysis and description! couldn't put it better this myself!

And I can tell you the closest I've been to an Galway girl is Half Irish
I'm sorry Ladies but can't find the motivation in Irish girls anymore, lets say thanks to the Euro + Ryanair there's real competition..

Das Kitty

mikom wrote: »

Nathan251, your real name is Dmitri, isn't it.

Nathan is a premium dancer.

Tawny

Nathan251 wrote: »

...based on years of anthropological study...

...this is just my well-researched view

LOL years of well-researched anthropological study??

Nathan251

sigh :rolleyes:.....a somewhat predictable response from the majority of you


Can we discuss the issues at hand no matter how they pain you? You may disagree with me but do not question

A) my integrity

my intellectual prowess

c) my successful conquests of a wide variety od different women, i didn't mate with all of them but I learnt from every one and all I am doing is sharing wisdom with you


...you may of course have different views, the earth is a wonderful place for the richness of opinion of its inhabitants, if we all thought like me I would indeed be a boring conventional individual, i am glad to have provoked a response but let us not be sidetracked by silliness, let us not turn this into a debate about my motives/background/sanity, let us instead seek to save galway women by debating how they may be redeemed in a world that values style over substance

mikom

Nathan251 wrote: »

c) my successful conquests of a wide variety od different women, i didn't mate with all of them but I learnt from every one and all I am doing is sharing wisdom with you

I may be wrong here, but I don't think it is socially acceptable to have sex with a lady once she has od-ed.

bigeasyeah

Haha -you went to a chick flick

biko

Leaving this open for now for the lulz, PM me if you feel otherwise OP.
Btw, first class rant!

Robbo

pointofnoreturn wrote: »

I'm sorry Ladies but can't find the motivation in Irish girls anymore, lets say thanks to the Euro + Ryanair there's real competition..

Indeed, it's enshrined in European law.

Article 144 of the Treaty of Rome states that "No barrier, economic or physical shall be brought to impede the free movement of fine-ass bitches between the member states, **** is so cash."

I believe it was Jean Monnet himself who insisted on that Article, being an enthusiast of foreign ladies.

There's more casual misogyny here than in a golf club but it makes a change from the threads written from the other side (and we shall name no names to protect the guilty) lamenting that the males of Galway don't abide by the dating conventions of American sitcoms.

cornbb

All your conquests must be so lucky... the ability to "mate" with female specimens of diverse cultural backgrounds, and years of beer/vodka-fuelled anthropological research conducted in Busker Brownes that would obviously trump any serious attempt to subjectively study the human condition. Oh, and oodles of humility.

I feel sorry for your girlfriend. Do you think she would be comfortable reading your opinions here? If yes, I feel even more sorry for her.

big b

Like most others, I winced at the OP. Self-aggrandisement with a large dose of sweeping generalisations is seldom a winning mix.

I wouldn't necessarily agree with Cornbb that women are the same everywhere. Similarities- some, the same - no.

It's a long time since I played the mating game, so I have little interest in how the teenies & 20's assess each other. But I'm kinda sick of the "if ya don't like it, why don't ya f*ck off" standard response.
I think I started seeing it here with the immigrant workers, who might dare to have an opinion damn them, but now it seems even the Irish can be told to f*ck off out of Ireland, if they dare say something that someone doesn't agree with. It's low class, insular & does no one any credit.

That's all

spinandscribble

Nathan251 wrote: »

hmmm...'fraid to say love but social convention (based on years of anthropological study of a variety of different cultures and pure common sense) would argue that more emphasis is placed on the female to look good, hence why generally you guys have tons of creams and moisturisers, take longer to get ready, apply lots of make-ups, get your hair/nails/tan done, go shopping for new clothes/shoes more frequently etc etc (need i go on?)

any academic with any kind of credibiity or reputation would argue that the pressure is predominantly on the female to look good and the male to be good company/confident/assured etc., unfortunately irish women fall down on this basic societal rule as although i accept they are a great laugh, intelligent, witty, good company etc., these are traits that are valued in a man by a woman who is looking to mate, a man who is looking to mate will prioritise looks, in this respect i feel sorry for the galway woman

the irish man, even if unattractive is more likely to mate with an attractive female than an irish female with an attractive male because the irish male has the qualities favoured by the female (good sense of humour, witty, twinkle in the eye, charm, confidence etc.-i do admit this is often fuelled by alcohol and of course i do not deny that physical attractiveness is not valued by females, it is but they can see beyond it, males cannot see beyond it so basically the irish female is doomed if she seeks a RELATIONSHIP with a high quality male, she may of course be permitted to have sex with a high quality male as males will often drop their standards for the purposes of penetration alone)

anyway i am waffling on, i hope you get the point, don't shoot the messenger, again this is just my well-researched view

thanks thats the second laugh i've got out of you today.

not only do you make negative broad sweeping statements about irish women but you go on to be oh too positive about the male specimen. witty, smart, confident? not on average op, lets be honest. twinkle in the eye? oh dear. if i need to see a guy looking towards a light bulb to be charmed there's certainly a problem.

in my opinion a "high quality man" couldn't be as shallow as to be primarily looking for a slight figure and a confident swagger in a relationship. tbh such a man isn't even on radar.

ScumLord

Eastern European women have a major drawback in that after the first date they expect a ring on the finger. They're much more set in domestic roles, if you like your women subservient then that's the road to go down.

Not all of course, but sure, why not throw another generalisation into the pot and see what happens.

scottledeuce

ScumLord wrote: »

Eastern European women have a major drawback in that after the first date they expect a ring on the finger. They're much more set in domestic roles, if you like your women subservient then that's the road to go down.

Not all of course, but sure, why not throw another generalisation into the pot and see what happens.

generalisation or not the above is pretty true... I don't know why people are so unwilling to accept that stereotypes don't just come out of nowhere.

I have to somewhat agree with the OP, Since living in Galway The majority of girls I've been with were foreign and YES there are differences..

I don't want to slate ALL Irish girls but I only ever can approach the majority when they are drinking...I remember having a good old chat with some girl working in a shop...I said we should meet for coffee some day and she pretty much laughed saying "what are you american or something" maybe a one off but Irish girls don't seem approachable/Open unless in a Pub/club situation

I'll just wait for the backlash on that one

A bit OT but I could be called racist for saying some of the following generalisation's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB8AozV1TD0

Zzippy

Nathan251 wrote: »

you criticise me for generalising then you make the biggest generalisation of all


...in all seriousness i accept that you believe earnestly in the points you are making but I respectfully disagree

I feel our environment plays a huge role in our perosnality/character, hence why irish women drink so much in comparison to their eastern european sisters, hence also why the strict catholicism and poor diet/weather has given them a poor self-image, really i am trying to deal in facts here rather than cliche and triteness

may i say 99% of the time i can identify purely from their face an eastern european woman from an irish woman, but there are also many other hints, their clothes, their body shape, even their way of walking, their eye contact.......to say we are all the same is most foolhardy in my most humble of opinions but i will concede that though we may indeed be different we are all entitled to our opinions no matter how nonsensical they may be

Wow, imagine that, people from different parts of the world look different! I would never have guessed that!

One of the funniest rants ever, for the comedy value that the OP seems to believe what he's saying. Some generalisations there OP, you're some man for one man.

Oh, and from your PI thread:

anyway i did bang her, the sex was rubbish, i was too drunk, she was too self-conscious about her body and we left it at that

Your current girlfriend must be really lucky to have ya...

midouri

ok,
after reading that load of rubbish i have to say ur lucky to have a girlfriend. You comment and generalise about single women acting in a certain bolshy male way.
I'm not even going to defend myself because i have better things to do than write nonsensical reams and reams (don't drink, dress well and am independent and don't need any man).

GET A LIFE...HAHA YOU ARE PATHETIC!!
I've never know a guy to analyse so much....have you nothing better to do??

so now i am making generalisations amn't i????????

pointofnoreturn

This is a great read! man i love it when we gets these rants
However i've an open opinion to this, use to find just girls bitches anyways, but when you move to another more modernized culture and discover the differences and then move back, you begin to understand the differences and why.
So it's a hard point to argue, i think for the approachable part Yes. In Ireland we have a problem; allot of the traditional means of meeting people we lack today, and we haven't developed new ways to interact.
That been said; we also got to think of the comparison. As in you ask yourself, does all flavors of people actually do the big step and move away from home?? NO, It takes a particular type of person to make the move and be different, Find and Irish girl abroad and you'll know what i mean
What i'm trying to say is I too have meet girls in other countries that are not as approachable as irish girls and this is more to do with the type of person then anything else

However, the ratio to "differcult to approach" to "welcoming" is far greater here then where i've experienced.

Alessandra

Look what you are missing out on ladies another fine, intelligent, Galway man lost to those gorgeous Eastern European females coming over here stealing all our jobs and taking all our men......:P

We are not worthy!

pseudonym1

I call sinanigans! It is highly unlikly that anyone could have such an obtuse attitude along with being an arragont twat.

Zzippy

pseudonym1 wrote: »

I call sinanigans! It is highly unlikly that anyone could have such an obtuse attitude along with being an arragont twat, and have a girlfriend.

Fixed your post

gaeilgegrinds

Regarding the opinion held of women who went teary eyed during that film, I was one of those. And I won't apologise for that. I'm a notorious romantic! But that's me! Look at what B. O' D this this weekend for his now fiance, romance does exist!

paulhannon

totally agree with OP

Nathan251

gaeilgegrinds wrote: »

Regarding the opinion held of women who went teary eyed during that film, I was one of those. And I won't apologise for that. I'm a notorious romantic! But that's me! Look at what B. O' D this this weekend for his now fiance, romance does exist!

true romance doesn't need gestures or gimmicks to prove it so, it is not bought with some cheap tacky display, it simply is felt without need of rings or roses of chocolates of flowers or even words, that's where a lot of you are going wrong, you are looking so hard for something that has been brainwashed into your heads by cosmopolitan magazine and hollyood rom-coms and sexist advertising that you don't know what romance is any more, you have become so appropriated by the marketing/advertising industry that all you seek now is the illusion of romance, the display, the surface gloss of it but the essence of it is beyond your materialist gaze, you have lost sight of what is real, overcome by the sugar rush for the representation of the thing, you miss the thing itself....the man on his knees presenting the ring is the dream rather than the time and years they spend together, women see the image of it but cannot feel it, you know i'm right but i'll be scorned, i expect nothing less, the world has made you so

scottledeuce

Nathan251 wrote: »

true romance doesn't need gestures or gimmicks to prove it so, it is not bought with some cheap tacky display, it simply is felt without need of rings or roses of chocolates of flowers or even words, that's where a lot of you are going wrong, you are looking so hard for something that has been brainwashed into your heads by cosmopolitan magazine and hollyood rom-coms and sexist advertising that you don't know what romance is any more, you have become so appropriated by the marketing/advertising industry that all you seek now is the illusion of romance, the display, the surface gloss of it but the essence of it is beyond your materialist gaze, you have lost sight of what is real, overcome by the sugar rush for the representation of the thing, you miss the thing itself....the man on his knees presenting the ring is the dream rather than the time and years they spend together, women see the image of it but cannot feel it, you know i'm right but i'll be scorned, i expect nothing less, the world has made you so

Suddenly south park springs to mind...

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

biko

Jaysus Nathan, you're one for the verbal diarrhoea aren't you? Are you a sociology student by chance?
Mind, I actually agree to some extent, but only some.

Madame Razz

I find this thread offensive and resent the fact that the OP is tarring all of us Galway ladies with the one brush.

FFS, we are not all hopeless romantics who are reduced to tears by soppy muck on TV.

Neither are we all fat heifers completely clueless about style or our appearance with no ambition or pride in ourselves, drinking pints and living out of the chippie. The OP generalises far too much, and I ask him to at least acknowledge that there are plenty of women who are exceptional to his theory in this city alone, nevermind the rest of Ireland.

I spend a FORTUNE on myself every month; I have everything that I can conceivably do to myself done, manicure, pedicure, facials, body treatments, good hair, good colour, body hair waxed etc etc....... and most if not all of my girlfriends are exactly the same, and dare I say it we all look BLOODY good on it. We all keep fit and generally have a really good attitude to all aspects of our life, and we're all successful late twenties/early thirties types who are doing well for ourselves and look good on it.

None of us have ever had any trouble getting or keeping a man either!

So I don't know where the OP made his observations upon which he bases his post, but I suggest he opens his eyes and looks a bit harder, cos his arguement really doesn't wash in the main tbh.

(Interestingly, my friends boyfriend used to date a russian girl, and loves how my friend is equally maintained in terms of her appearance etc, but he no longer has to endure the drama that went hand in hand with it with his last (Russian) girlfriend.)

This thread makes me mad:mad:

We are not all slobs:(

Zzippy

Nathan251 wrote: »

true romance doesn't need gestures or gimmicks to prove it so, it is not bought with some cheap tacky display, it simply is felt without need of rings or roses of chocolates of flowers or even words, that's where a lot of you are going wrong, you are looking so hard for something that has been brainwashed into your heads by cosmopolitan magazine and hollyood rom-coms and sexist advertising that you don't know what romance is any more, you have become so appropriated by the marketing/advertising industry that all you seek now is the illusion of romance, the display, the surface gloss of it but the essence of it is beyond your materialist gaze, you have lost sight of what is real, overcome by the sugar rush for the representation of the thing, you miss the thing itself....the man on his knees presenting the ring is the dream rather than the time and years they spend together, women see the image of it but cannot feel it, you know i'm right but i'll be scorned, i expect nothing less, the world has made you so

Jeez, you're still generalising about Galway women, listen mate, you must not talk to very many of them, cos if you did you'd realise they are all different, and your generalisations only apply to a few of them.
Maybe expand your social life past one or two pubs where you're meeting these disappointing specimens and your eyes might be opened. Or maybe its only drunk women who want to talk to you...