Do Irish women long to be British?

qwert2

Do Irish women long to be British, subconsciously at least? The outstanding interest from many women here in the British royal wedding got me thinking this. Or is it just a cheap obsession with celeb culture?

Wolfe Tone

Women like weddings


Women like the celeb ****e


Combine the two with extensive coverage and most men wish they would shut the fúck up

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Stupid people have a cheap obsession with celebrity culture. I'm sure most Irish women don't care about it.

InTheTrees

Its the Wedding.

Weddings make them go weird.

Nothing to do with brits or celebs...

i dont think...

mariebeth

No - we're just smart enough to be looking forward & getting on with life instead of being stuck in the past with the RIRA brigade.

Either that or we're just romantics at heart & love a good love story/wedding

Aldebaran

Do Irish men long to be British, subconsciously at least? The outstanding interest from many men here in British football teams got me thinking this. Or is it just a cheap obsession with sport?

DrumSteve

Loads of generalisations going on here today...

J_E

qwert2 wrote: »

Do Irish women long to be British, subconsciously at least? The outstanding interest from many women here in the British royal wedding got me thinking this. Or is it just a cheap obsession with celeb culture?

What makes a person 'British' exactly, may I ask? You made two completely unrelated sentences.

orourkeda

f*ck this sh1t

Aoifey!

No, I don't long to be British.

ElleEm

qwert2 wrote: »

Do Irish women long to be British, subconsciously at least? The outstanding interest from many women here in the British royal wedding got me thinking this. Or is it just a cheap obsession with celeb culture?

Oh shut up!

qwert2

mariebeth wrote: »

No - we're just smart enough to be looking forward & getting on with life instead of being stuck in the past with the RIRA brigade.

Either that or we're just romantics at heart & love a good love story/wedding

It's not about being stuck in the past. I'm not a nationalist. But I don't recall such obsession with the Swedish or Dutch royal marraiges

Im Only 71Kg

looking at those fools on TV3 earlier today you would have to say yes..pathetic.

KeithAFC

Dunno. I'll wait to see more posts to make up my mind on this one.

landsleaving

It was a lovely dress, in fairness.

Oranage2

qwert2 wrote: »

Do Irish women long to be British, subconsciously at least? The outstanding interest from many women here in the British royal wedding got me thinking this. Or is it just a cheap obsession with celeb culture?

I think you long to be a british woman!

StupidLikeAFox

I think all women long to be princesses

Croppy Bhoy

I'd say they try to be American more than British. The number of absolute lyke total retarrrds you hear with Americanised accents is hilarious.

Einhard

qwert2 wrote: »

Or is it just a cheap obsession with celeb culture?

Why is it cheap?

onlyrocknroll

DrumSteve wrote: »

Loads of generalisations going on here today...

Why do all Irish people always make so many generalisations?

Aoifey!

onlyrocknroll wrote: »

Why do all Irish people always make so many generalisations?

No Irish people ever make generalisations.

landsleaving

onlyrocknroll wrote: »

Why do all Irish people always make so many generalisations?

Only the west brits, the GAA fans, the women, the nationalists, the boggers and the loony left do that.

Blatter

KeithAFC wrote: »

Dunno. I'll wait to see more posts to make up my mind on this one.

Why? Don't get out much to judge for yourself?

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KeithAFC

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

Why? Don't get out much to judge for yourself?

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Don't live in the republic.

emeraldstar

qwert2 wrote: »

Do Irish women long to be British, subconsciously at least? The outstanding interest from many women here in the British royal wedding got me thinking this. Or is it just a cheap obsession with celeb culture?

What an odd post.

qwert2

Aldebaran wrote: »

Do Irish men long to be British, subconsciously at least? The outstanding interest from many men here in British football teams got me thinking this. Or is it just a cheap obsession with sport?

Good point in fairness. But sport is universal, unifying, barrier breaking, etc. British royality or any royality for that matter is about eliteness and pomp

pmurphy00

he picked the wrong sister..what a ****up!

qwert2

Einhard wrote: »

Why is it cheap?

Well it has no depth for starters

Wolfe Tone

KeithAFC wrote: »

Don't live in the republic.

Seriously keith at this stage no one gives a fcuk you basically wade into every thread and say something which screams "LOOK AT ME I'M DIFFERENT!!"


You are coming across as incredibly insecure with your need to constantly point out that you are different to us feens.

What on earth is this obsession on AH with people wanting to be British? Almost all my Facebook friends (from about 50 different countries) have written something about the royal wedding today, do they all want to be British? Perhaps it's just a big event and those who are into big weddings and fashion are interested in it?

Einhard

qwert2 wrote: »

Well it has no depth for starters

Either do the soaps. Or blockbuster movies. Are they cheap too, and shold we adopt a sneering condescension to those who enjoy them?

major bill

I dont think women in general care about their nationality as much as men do....they are quite happy just to get on in life leaving the political garbage in the background.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

qwert2 wrote: »

Good point in fairness. But sport is universal, unifying, barrier breaking, etc. British royality or any royality for that matter is about eliteness and pomp

Weddings are pretty universal too, as are fantasies - just go back to your fairy tales and how many of them have Fairy Queens or Princesses just waiting to be rescued or Handsome Princes to be kissed and longed for. And very few of them came from Britian - the most prolific writers were Hans Christian Andersen (Danish) and the Brothers Grimm (German).

landsleaving

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Seriously keith at this stage no one gives a fcuk you basically wade into every thread and say something which screams "LOOK AT ME I'M DIFFERENT!!"


You are coming across as incredibly insecure with your need to constantly point out that you are different to us feens.

We can all be insecure together!

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Seriously keith at this stage no one gives a fcuk you basically wade into every thread and say something which screams "LOOK AT ME I'M DIFFERENT!!"


You are coming across as incredibly insecure with your need to constantly point out that you are different to us feens.

This kitties got claws!

Aoifey!

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Seriously keith at this stage no one gives a fcuk you basically wade into every thread and say something which screams "LOOK AT ME I'M DIFFERENT!!"


You are coming across as incredibly insecure with your need to constantly point out that you are different to us feens.

*gets popcorn*

Gunsfortoys

I think some people just like the spectacle.

I mean I cannot fathom how people can still openly support what can only be described as Britains biggest scroungers.

When you look at the high rate of poverty in england it beggars belief that something as immoral as this can still be accepted.

Still, I loike tewtally lurved her dress loike lulz.

temply

qwert2 wrote: »

It's not about being stuck in the past. I'm not a nationalist. But I don't recall such obsession with the Swedish or Dutch royal marraiges

the whole world has the obsession, not just stupid irish women

qwert2

Einhard wrote: »

Either do the soaps. Or blockbuster movies. Are they cheap too, and shold we adopt a sneering condescension to those who enjoy them?

Yes

Downlinz

Always felt Irish women were far more anglicized than men. They seem to buy a lot into british concepts like the royals, the tabloid culture, the reality tv obsession etc.

landsleaving

Gabriel Puny Karate wrote: »

What on earth is this obsession on AH with people wanting to be British? Almost all my Facebook friends (from about 50 different countries) have written something about the royal wedding today, do they all want to be British? Perhaps it's just a big event and those who are into big weddings and fashion are interested in it?

East, North, South and West Brits...

Aoifey!

qwert2 wrote: »

Yes

Then you must not like a lot of people.

Latchy

DrumSteve wrote: »

Loads of generalisations going on here today...

Common occurrence in many AH threads ...

mariebeth

qwert2 wrote: »

It's not about being stuck in the past. I'm not a nationalist. But I don't recall such obsession with the Swedish or Dutch royal marraiges

Maybe if the Swedish & Dutch Royal families were in the media in Ireland & England more often there would be more interest. As for William & Harry, being around the same age as them I feel like I've grown up with them thanks to the media, so it feels natural for me to be interested in such an important day in their lives. Doesn't mean I want to be British, I don't. But that doesn't mean that I have to ignore everything to do with our nearest neighbours

Wolfe Tone

Aoifey! wrote: »

*gets popcorn*

Can I have some too?:o

KeithAFC

I was only giving an answer to a point made in the thread Wolfe. Everyone knows that i don't live in your state.

Aoifey!

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Can I have some too?:o

You can have it. I actually don't like popcorn, it was just for show

Gunsfortoys

KeithAFC wrote: »

I was only giving an answer to a point made in the thread Wolfe. Everyone knows that i don't live in your state.

Yet you felt the need to say it again.

I would say 4,560 of your posts are you going on about how British you are.
Now would be a good time to STFU about it.

Downlinz

mariebeth wrote: »

Maybe if the Swedish & Dutch Royal families were in the media in Ireland & England more often there would be more interest.

This is what makes women women. They like purely whatever the media obsess over and is seen as a valid reason to not follow something they are aware of purely because the media don't provide a big enough fuss about it.

The interest in the british royal wedding isn't so much a yearning to be british, its them being drawn to something with massive hype and gossip potential around it. I say they're anglicised in a sense because they're far bigger into this sort of artificial gossip culture thats rampant in the UK.

KeithAFC

Gunsfortoys wrote: »

Yet you felt the need to say it again.

I would say 4,560 of your posts are you going on about how British you are.
Now would be a good time to STFU about it.

Fair enough. Sorry.

Einhard

Einhard wrote: »

Either do the soaps. Or blockbuster movies. Are they cheap too, and shold we adopt a sneering condescension to those who enjoy them?

qwert2 wrote: »

Yes

So petty snobbery isn't just the preserve of the Windsors!!

Aoifey! wrote: »

Then you must not like a lot of people.

And vice versa I imagine.