English guy with superiority complex made me lose it.

Eve_Dublin · 12-03-2011 01:45PM #1

I was out last night (in Madrid where I live) and was talking to an English guy I know in passing who always insists on doing Father Ted impressions every time I meet him (bad sign right there). Last night we got onto the subject of some countries having a superiority complex because of their colonial pasts. I asked what he thought of the Irish and did he think he was superior to us (half joking....not expecting the reply I got) and he simply answered..."Yes". I asked 3 more times and rephrased it again and said, "So let me get this straight...you think you're superior to me simply because your English" and with no irony or sarcasm or hint of humour, he replied, "I should think so....yes".

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I flipped the lid.

Sorry...just wanted to vent that somewhere. How would you have handled this situation?

In my anger I said something along the lines of, "Everywhere I go, people hate the English...everywhere I go, people love me purely because I'm Irish...says it all".

I stooped to his level but I riled up. How can anyone be so ignorant?

Pauleta · 12-03-2011 01:47PM

Maybe you have an inferiority complex. If you felt you were on the same level as him you would of laughed it off but anger was your defense mechanism.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 12-03-2011 01:48PM

The good ol' Fighting'n Irish eh!.

newballsplease · 12-03-2011 01:49PM

For the love of god jesus whoever....please...please not ANOTHER Ireland vs Britain thread!!

Eve_Dublin · 12-03-2011 01:50PM

Pauleta wrote: »

Maybe you have an inferiority complex. If you felt you were on the same level as him you would of laughed it off but anger was your defense mechanism.

I've got a terrible temper generally. Not great at choosing my battles sometimes.

Madam · 12-03-2011 01:50PM

Was he not winding you up? The English do like to feel superior - it's the one thing they have left over from their colonial days;)

AckwelFoley · 12-03-2011 01:50PM

When you say "flip the lid" do you mean you kicked him in the balls and slit his throat?

If you did.. high fives all around tbh

Eve_Dublin · 12-03-2011 01:51PM

newballsplease wrote: »

For the love of god jesus whoever....please...please not ANOTHER Ireland vs Britain thread!!

Oh sorry...I don't want it to turn into that. Just needed to express my anger and ask other how they would have handled it.

I've no problems with the English...lived there for 3 years and went out with one for 2 and a half. I think they're lovely generally.

Eve_Dublin · 12-03-2011 01:52PM

Madam wrote: »

Was he not winding you up? The English do like to feel superior - it's the one thing they have left over from their colonial days;)

He wasn't. He was being honest...that was the bizarre part. This guy is not known for his humour.

Spunge · 12-03-2011 01:52PM

All English are a bunch of generalising cúnts

arybvtcw0eolkf · 12-03-2011 01:53PM

newballsplease wrote: »

For the love of god jesus whoever....please...please not ANOTHER Ireland vs Britain thread!!

When was the last one?.

reverenddave · 12-03-2011 01:53PM

KICK IN THE NUTZ FOR THAT GUY

Hunchback · 12-03-2011 01:53PM

Why should the OP laugh it off? She said there were no traces of comedy in the guys reply. Why should it be that she has an inferiority complex? Why can't it just be the case that she was taking an ignorant individual to task? Perhaps being challenged numerous times will encourage him to question himself, unlikely maybe, but he may even learn to curtail his socially abrasive and racially twinged statements when out .

Madam · 12-03-2011 01:54PM

Spunge wrote: »

All English are a bunch of generalising cúnts

I would'nt say 'all' most English people like the Irish(some even want to be Irish)!

newballsplease · 12-03-2011 01:55PM

Blake Tasty Paper wrote: »

When was the last one?.

there all over this site...how can you not see that,and you a Mod.

LondonIrish90 · 12-03-2011 01:55PM

Madam wrote: »

Was he not winding you up? The English do like to feel superior - it's the one thing they have left over from their colonial days;)

And the North, of course

And some lovely little paradise islands dotted around the world

3DataModem · 12-03-2011 01:56PM

Why ask such a stupid question if you can't handle a stupid answer?

Stupid.

Sisko · 12-03-2011 01:57PM

The irony of that then giving out about the germans for trying to do the same thing. You get it with some english people alright, the idea of raping half the planet being a bad thing and something to be ashamed of never dawns on them.

You get people with a superiority complex from other countries too like france but its only been the english ones I've had personal experience with. And the few english that I did have this experience with tended to have military connections ie, work for the british army etc.

Eve_Dublin · 12-03-2011 01:57PM

Oh and just to add, I heard from a mutual friend that a friend of that^^ guy his made a comment about me...he said, "She's nice to look at but dim like all the other Paddys"...I've never spoken to the other friend in my life.

These two guys have problems with the Irish and they teach kids. One of the guy's dad is a reverand. They masquerade as nice guys and are liked when actually they're a pair of racists. My blood is boiling thinking about it. They're always in the bar I drink and we have mutual friends....that's the tricky bit.

wyndham · 12-03-2011 01:57PM

How old are you? 10?

OutlawPete · 12-03-2011 01:57PM

Oh oh, he's an alien, he's a legal alien, he's an Englishman in Madrid.

Madam · 12-03-2011 01:57PM

When you say he does Father Ted impressions, would that be Father Jack's 'Girls!'Girls!'Girls!'Girls!'Girls!'Girls!'Girls!'Girls!!? Just wondering I have a 'friend' here in Scotland who does this nearly every time he meets me:mad:

Tar.Aldarion · 12-03-2011 01:57PM

800 years

Eve_Dublin · 12-03-2011 01:58PM

wyndham wrote: »

How old are you? 10?

Nope...an immature 30 year old.

LondonIrish90 · 12-03-2011 01:58PM

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

I've got a terrible temper generally. Not great at choosing my battles sometimes.

Seems to me like you must just travel to bigot infested hell holes. I've done a fair bit of travelling the past 2 years and have never been hated because I am English.

mike65 · 12-03-2011 01:58PM

Are you sure you didn't fall to an "Edmund Blackadder" style straight faced joke?

Eve_Dublin · 12-03-2011 01:59PM

Madam wrote: »

When you say he does Father Ted impressions, would that be Father Jack's 'Girls!'Girls!'Girls!'Girls!'Girls!'Girls!'Girls!'Girls!!? Just wondering I have a 'friend' here in Scotland who does this nearly every time he meets me:mad:

No just the standard, "Feck! Arse Girls!". Hilarious. Cracks me up everytime.

Nodin · 12-03-2011 02:00PM

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

800 years

No, she says she's 30. Though we've no pics, now I think about it....

Eve_Dublin · 12-03-2011 02:01PM

mike65 wrote: »

Are you sure you didn't fall to an "Edmund Blackadder" style straight faced joke?

DEFINITELY not. He was definitely not joking. 100% absolutely sure.

Eve_Dublin · 12-03-2011 02:02PM

LondonIrish90 wrote: »

Seems to me like you must just travel to bigot infested hell holes. I've done a fair bit of travelling the past 2 years and have never been hated because I am English.

I have to say, I lived in England for 3 years and never came across this kind of comment...just terrible Father Ted impressions.

Madam · 12-03-2011 02:03PM

LondonIrish90 wrote: »

Seems to me like you must just travel to bigot infested hell holes. I've done a fair bit of travelling the past 2 years and have never been hated because I am English.

You've never been to Scotland when England play Rugy here

:)

English guy with superiority complex made me lose it.

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