Dating Foreigners

al87987 · 11-07-2018 2:10pm #1

I'm a bloke, almost 30 and have been with my Mexican gf for almost a year.

Of my male friends, all are going out with Americans, Austrians, Australians, Brazilians, Spanish and even more Mexicans. Only one of us is with an Irish girl.

Contrast this with my female friends and not one of them is going out with a foreign lad.

What with the advent of Tinder and ever growing multi-culturalism going on in Dublin it seems many blokes are looking for a bit of strange but women not as much or at least that's what I have found in my own circle.

So I was wondering are we going to see heaps of single Irish women in the next few years?

and more importantly does this mean we are going to have a good national football team in a few years?

jcorr · 11-07-2018 2:15pm

I think it's difficult to not find them appealing.

I'm not sure what's going to happen to Irish society if there's more mixed race couples. I don't think it's a bad thing in practice....

Irish women have really high standards though. I think it makes it more difficult to stay in a relationship.

HydroTendonMan · 11-07-2018 2:16pm

Immigration may fix up the FAI yet

Taytoland · 11-07-2018 2:21pm

I certainly wouldn't advocate it, rather keep it local and not ruin the family line in such a way.

weldoninhio · 11-07-2018 2:22pm

Taytoland wrote: »

I certainly wouldn't advocate it, rather keep it local and not ruin the family line in such a way.

Keep it in the family, eh??

suicide_circus · 11-07-2018 2:22pm

yeah I married a fordiner

Rory28 · 11-07-2018 2:23pm

Taytoland wrote: »

I certainly wouldn't advocate it, rather keep it local and not ruin the family line in such a way.

Would you go away with that. Salt and Vinegar and Cheese and Onion. You have been mixing your lines for a good while now.

relax carry on · 11-07-2018 2:23pm

Taytoland wrote: »

I certainly wouldn't advocate it, rather keep it local and not ruin the family line in such a way.

Curious as to what you mean by this? Ruin the family line?

11-07-2018 2:24pm

Can't see any problem with it myself, but then I've only dated foreign women for the last two decades. Irish women don't tend to be interested in me, and I'm not terribly attracted to them.

weldoninhio · 11-07-2018 2:25pm

relax carry on wrote: »

Curious as to what you mean by this? Ruin the family line?

Google Jamie and Cersei Lannister, you’ll get the picture.

McTigs · 11-07-2018 2:26pm

Taytoland wrote: »

I certainly wouldn't advocate it, rather keep it local and not ruin the family line in such a way.

What on earth can you possibly mean by that?

pwisp · 11-07-2018 2:26pm

With the brazilian population in the country as strong as it is, I hope the government have accounted for a World Cup win in the Ireland 2040 plans

Birneybau · 11-07-2018 2:28pm

Taytoland wrote: »

I certainly wouldn't advocate it, rather keep it local and not ruin the family line in such a way.

Apt name, keep those spudheads going

ElChe32 · 11-07-2018 2:28pm

Most of my former gf's were "foreign" and my current SO is Puerto Rican. I'm all for Irish girls and guys dating foreign. Spice up the gene pool lads!

AfterLife · 11-07-2018 2:29pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Can't see any problem with it myself, but then I've only dated foreign women for the last two decades. Irish women don't tend to be interested in me, and I'm not terribly attracted to them.

I'm assuming it's all online considering you wouldn't have them in the country.

Shpud2 · 11-07-2018 2:29pm

I can't see a problem in dating a foreigner. If you have feelings it shouldn't matter where they are from, unless they are from a rival parish in which case you've got a Romeo and Juliet situation.

Pelvis · 11-07-2018 2:29pm

Gotta say I'd need to give a lot of thought before getting seriously involved with someone from a far away land.

I'm sure it's great for you and your mates OP, what happens however when one of these ladies gets pregnant and and yearns for family support/gets homesick and is determined to move back home. Great if you're happy to go with her, otherwise...

There was a thread in Personal Issues recently with someone going through that very same thing. Nightmare scenario imo.

Bracken81 · 11-07-2018 2:32pm

At least well move up places the ugliest nations tables now..............thank god

wexie · 11-07-2018 2:35pm

relax carry on wrote: »

Curious as to what you mean by this? Ruin the family line?

I'd have thought there are plenty of 'bloodlines' in the country that could do with some fresh blood to be honest.

RasTa · 11-07-2018 2:37pm

Irish women are boring.

pleas advice · 11-07-2018 2:39pm

There's a question for ya now, is it racist to want white kids if you're white yourself?

skooterblue2 · 11-07-2018 2:40pm

Taytoland wrote: »

I certainly wouldn't advocate it, rather keep it local and not ruin the family line in such a way.

I think this is what Taytoland means :
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448064/

There tends to be more health problems down the line.

As a sufferer of Sarcoidosis and European, I am watching mixed race Americans (namely African Americans) suffer much harder.

pwisp · 11-07-2018 2:40pm

Taytoland wrote: »

I certainly wouldn't advocate it, rather keep it local and not ruin the family line in such a way.

for **** sake

skooterblue2 · 11-07-2018 2:42pm

pleas advice wrote: »

There's a question for ya now, is it racist to want white kids if you're white yourself?

Yes it is.......
Your kids will get diversity points entering college.
Diversity points entering the work place.
Etc etc
nothing to do with merit

.............. and dont forget to be reminded about your white privilege

_Dara_ · 11-07-2018 2:43pm

Overall, it seems to still be predominantly Irish-Irish pairings still.

Irish men with for-ee-gin women seems more common but the other way round is not unheard of. I know a few marriages like this.

It’s not going to cause a huge problem.

As an aside, I only ever hear Irish men use the term ‘dating’ when talking about foreign ladeez. When talking about Irish women, it tends to be ‘going out with’ or ‘seeing’.

wexie · 11-07-2018 2:43pm

skooterblue2 wrote: »

I think this is what Taytoland means :

No it's not

Taytoland · 11-07-2018 2:44pm

pwisp wrote: »

Taytoland wrote: »

I certainly wouldn't advocate it, rather keep it local and not ruin the family line in such a way.

for **** sake

Trying to keep it as it is on the Irish flag, nothing wrong with that.

Kevin Finnerty · 11-07-2018 2:44pm

pwisp wrote: »

for **** sake

That's the end of me and Tayto, that's all I'm gonna say on the matter.

AfterLife · 11-07-2018 2:45pm

pleas advice wrote: »

There's a question for ya now, is it racist to want white kids if you're white yourself?

Id say you're in full control of that situation unless you're not white. Otherwise it's odd territory to be in.

Pa8301 · 11-07-2018 2:45pm

Taytoland wrote: »

Trying to keep it as it is on the Irish flag, nothing wrong with that.

What's it like on the Irish flag?

Shpud2 · 11-07-2018 2:47pm

Pa8301 wrote: »

What's it like on the Irish flag?

White? I hope I'm wrong with that guess though.

shakeitoff · 11-07-2018 2:48pm

Women tend to stay in their own tribe. My sister says the only foreigner she'd get with is a British person. She finds mixed race guys attractive so not xenophobia, and she is multilingual

Pa8301 · 11-07-2018 2:48pm

Shpud2 wrote: »

White? I hope I'm wrong with that guess though.

Or tangoed maybe?

wexie · 11-07-2018 2:48pm

Pa8301 wrote: »

What's it like on the Irish flag?

What he's trying to say is there's no brown or yellow on the flag....

:rolleyes:

Taytoland · 11-07-2018 2:50pm

Pa8301 wrote: »

Taytoland wrote: »

Trying to keep it as it is on the Irish flag, nothing wrong with that.

What's it like on the Irish flag?

Irish.

Hector Savage · 11-07-2018 2:51pm

It's true actually I am married to a Spaniard and we meet so many couples in our position - Irish Man Spanish wife ... we NEVER meet the opposite !!

Pa8301 · 11-07-2018 2:52pm

Taytoland wrote: »

Irish.

That makes no sense.

verycool · 11-07-2018 2:54pm

Pa8301 wrote: »

Or tangoed maybe?

Taytoland has a 'hing for sashes. :pac:

pleas advice · 11-07-2018 2:56pm

AfterLife wrote: »

Id say you're in full control of that situation unless you're not white. Otherwise it's odd territory to be in.

I don't know, seems to be some accusations of racism flying around here at the minute...

theyoungchap · 11-07-2018 2:57pm

I find foreign women appreciate Irish men more than our own......especially in countries where (unlike here) they are 2nd class citizens. But overall I am getting the popcorn for the rest of this thread as I know it'll get good.

_Whimsical_ · 11-07-2018 2:57pm

jcorr wrote: »

I think it's difficult to not find them appealing.

I'm not sure what's going to happen to Irish society if there's more mixed race couples. I don't think it's a bad thing in practice....

Irish women have really high standards though. I think it makes it more difficult to stay in a relationship.

I wonder about that. I know a few Polish girls and middle Eastern girls and I find their take on relationships is quite different to mine and that of Irish girls I know. All the Polish girls I know fully expect that their husband take full financial responsibility for the family. That's paying for home, car, bills, food, clothing for all, anything for the kids. The money they make themselves they consider their pocket money for nails and hair and treats. They've quite high expectations of a partners role in the home too, one girls husband is back and forth from work everyday a few times to see the kids are alright during the summer break for example and he'd also be the main babysitter in the evenings. He wouldn't be getting out on his own ever. I know a few who've mentioned they wouldn't have an Irish man because they'd be watching football and playing computer games etc. So I think there's some swings and roundabouts going on in terms of standards.

fatknacker · 11-07-2018 2:57pm

al87987 wrote: »

I'm a bloke, almost 30 and have been with my Mexican gf for almost a year.

Of my male friends, all are going out with Americans, Austrians, Australians, Brazilians, Spanish and even more Mexicans. Only one of us is with an Irish girl.

Contrast this with my female friends and not one of them is going out with a foreign lad.

What with the advent of Tinder and ever growing multi-culturalism going on in Dublin it seems many blokes are looking for a bit of strange but women not as much or at least that's what I have found in my own circle.

So I was wondering are we going to see heaps of single Irish women in the next few years?

and more importantly does this mean we are going to have a good national football team in a few years?

But the men going out with your female friends are Irish men...

Also most will probably settle down with an oul Irish flap in the end.

Cina · 11-07-2018 2:59pm

I've dated plenty of foreigners - German Shepherd's, Welsh Corgi's, and my favourite - Great Dane's.

super_furry · 11-07-2018 2:59pm

Personal preference and all that, but Irish women are great.

11-07-2018 3:00pm

theyoungchap wrote: »

I find foreign women appreciate Irish men more than our own......especially in countries where (unlike here) they are 2nd class citizens. But overall I am getting the popcorn for the rest of this thread as I know it'll get good.

I beg to differ. I find Irish men to be a bit of a head wreck when it comes to relationships, so I married a foreigner.

AfterLife · 11-07-2018 3:00pm

pleas advice wrote: »

I don't know, seems to be some accusations of racism flying around here at the minute...

If you want a white child be white and have sex with a white woman. It's hardly rocket science.

If I was having a baby I would want it to be white. I don't think that's racist. I'm white and my wife is white. Any other colour baby would be unacceptable.

verycool · 11-07-2018 3:02pm

super_furry wrote: »

Personal preference and all that, but Irish women are great.

"They all have lovely bottoms!" :pac:

ArchXStanton · 11-07-2018 3:03pm

I gave up on the homegrown at about 25

_Whimsical_ · 11-07-2018 3:04pm

I know someone who dates exclusively foreign women and his little 12 year old bro advanced the best theory I've heard on my why.

He noticed this guy is quite insensitive by nature and while an Irish girl might respond to some of the things he'll unthinkingly say with a swift "get lost", foreign girls give him a second chance to explain all these things because they assume maybe somethings been lost in translation with language differences. So he has a chance to think every stupid utterance through and go it again and this time parcel it up in a "no what I really meant was ...".

How Soon Is Now · 11-07-2018 3:05pm

Id imagine Irish men are more adventurous and open to whatever then Irish women. Lets be real here as well a lot of the South American women especially are obviously very attractive and tend to be a lot less reserved then your average Irish woman.

You can imagine theres a lot of women who have came over here to find partners as a way out. Hence the reason a lot of them seem to be looking for long term relationships.

With the change in society and attitudes id imagine a lot of women have went from finding the dark handsome foreigner attractive and exciting to thinking this guy could be dodgy.

pleas advice · 11-07-2018 3:06pm

AfterLife wrote: »

If you want a white child be white and have sex with a white woman. It's hardly rocket science.

But, but, but... THATS RACIST!!

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