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Would Irish guys consider dating an Australian girl?

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    #32
    heretothere
    Registered Users Posts: 624 ✭✭✭heretothere


    woodchuck wrote: »
    I've never done a long distance relationship, but from everything I've heard, they're HARD. And that's usually from people who have much less distance between them than you would have with someone in Ireland. .

    Yup! It's not easy and I didn't even do it for too long. I meet my Fiance in Australia and he moved home about 4 months before I did. Phone calls with him going to bed and me just getting up. At least we both only knew it was a very short time and we had a decent foundation.


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    #33
    GarIT
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    I’d be up for it with the right person can’t answer for anyone else


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    #34
    K0KIRI
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    JeffKenna wrote: »
    Would you not try to date one of the many irish guys over in Australia??
    I've not actually met many in Sydney at all.


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    #35
    Big Bag of Chips
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    Do you go out? Sydney is full of Irish people. What age are you?


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    #36
    heretothere
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    K0KIRI wrote: »
    I've not actually met many in Sydney at all.

    Go to the tea rooms in Bondi or the cock and bull was it? It'll be jam packed with Irish this weekend!
    Scruffy Murphy's and PJ O Briens in the city centre. Everyone will be a bit Irish this weekend. I was in Sydney for 1 paddy's day it rained sooo much the parade got cancelled pure sickened.


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    #37
    K0KIRI
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    Big Bag of Chips wrote: »
    Do you go out? Sydney is full of Irish people. What age are you?
    Turning 24 in a few months. I don't go clubbing or partying, not really how I want to meet a partner. Even to the bars I've been to, mainly Aussies or Italian / French / Spanish.


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    #38
    woodchuck
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    heretothere wrote: »
    Yup! It's not easy and I didn't even do it for too long. I meet my Fiance in Australia and he moved home about 4 months before I did. Phone calls with him going to bed and me just getting up. At least we both only knew it was a very short time and we had a decent foundation.

    In addition to knowing it was short term, it sounds like you were already in an established relationship.

    Personally I think it's pure madness to seek out a long-term relationship from the get go. Even if you date long distance for a significant length of time, you're never going to know if the relationship has a proper long term future until you're both living in the same country. I.e. someone needs to move country just to make a stab at a relationship. Most people wouldn't be insane enough to do that!


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    #39
    [Deleted User]
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    I don't want to be piling in with negatives but you should be aware of the use and abuse of alcohol in Irish society. A lot of socialising particularly at your age revolves around it.

    Do you have any ties at home like work, family commitments etc.?
    If not then why not come to work here for a while and see what the country is like?


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    #40
    Katgurl
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    I have to say I think this is a ludicrous idea chasing some fictitious Irish romantic fantasy.

    Red hair doesn't make you Irish or give you any insight into life here.

    If you want to spend time in Ireland find a way to do that. Don't come over tied to some bloke you've only spoken to online. Come here, make some friends, find a job, see what it's like. Why can't you be here single if it's the living in Ireland part you want?

    Or if it's specifically an Irish guy then I echo the previous posters who said find one in Sydney; bondi beach or any Irish pub. The rugby is on tomorrow, they will all be mobbed.

    You could even think about moving back to Ireland if you found an irish guy there... But I think coming purely dependent on a guy would be madness. You're 24, go out and have some experiences for yourself.


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    #41
    Fozzydog3
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    This doesn't answer your question OP but from your post it seems that you have this one size fits all approach to relationships.

    For every Irish person comes a completely different viewpoint. We as a whole people don't have a particular opinion on entering relationships with Australian people, there maybe people who have brilliant experiences with your countryfolk and people who have a terrible impression too.

    Also your impression of us may be a result of media, media that has been highly edited by the time it reaches you. Theres probably people in North Korea who are closer to your view of Irish people than people in Ireland.


    So in short, a country thar someone is from will only give you a tiny impression of how your interaction with them will go. Dont look to other people for what to expect in your relationship because only you can determine what you want out of a relationship.


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    #42
    Chocolate fiend
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    Sydney is full of Irish, I am one of them (but not your target audience) I often go out of my way not to meet Irish people but we simply cannot be avoided here!


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    #43
    Neyite
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    If you've little interest in meeting an Irish man in your home country, then I don't see the point of you trying to strike up a long distance romance with one in the hopes it will spark into something substantial enough to move to the other side of the world for. And if you've no interest in pubs or partying, then you've just wiped out the biggest way that most Irish people meet their partners.

    Sorry but I think you are on a hiding to nothing here and you seem to have an idealised notion of what an Irish man is. They are all different, and simply being a nationality you find sexy is no basis for a long lasting relationship.

    If you really want to meet an Irish man, go out and get talking to some in your own town. Surely that's the easiest way?


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    #44
    LoMismo
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    Chocolate fiend wrote: »
    Sydney is full of Irish, I am one of them (but not your target audience) I often go out of my way not to meet Irish people but we simply cannot be avoided here!

    Why would you go out of your way not to meet Irish people? Irish snobs like you used to wreck my head when I lived abroad.


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    #45
    georgina toadbum
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    LoMismo wrote: »
    Why would you go out of your way not to meet Irish people? Irish snobs like you used to wreck my head when I lived abroad.

    Maybe he wants to get to know other nationalities more?

    When I'm abroad I tend to stay away from Irish pubs or where Irish people gather. If I wanted to drink with a load of Irish people I'd stay in Ireland and go to my local.


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