Be honest. Is "mail order bride" one of your reactions?

spurious wrote: »

Isn't it funny though, that we think being from Ireland makes us such catches?

Well S I have heard way more than once that the Irish(tm) are seen as more easy going in general, not so extreme. As DazMarz notes in politics we tend to less right wing or left so much as "meh, it'll be grand". IMH Hitler(godwin alert) wouldn't really have worked here. He would come across as too much like getting himself wound up for feck all.

We may see the Latins as an example as being more "passionate", great at first, but that can get real old, real quickly.

The other thing I heard from foreign folks regarding the Irish was apparently the lads were well sorted in the trouser dept and the ladies were well sorted in the bra dept. So that's to the good.

Looks wise? Ok in general and because of our very small population we can't compete so well with the extremes of say Brazilians or Ukrainians, however IMHO those same local characteristics that make for very good looking people, also make for really not so good looking people in equal measure. Irish folks, men and women tend towards less harsh features, so we may miss out on the extremes at either end.

ireland.man wrote: »

These come up as jokes in other countries of course but nothing as widespread as I've experienced in Ireland when dating non-Irish women and talking to friends in similar situations.

Ahh I dunno about that IM. Personally I've most certainly heard exactly the same kinda thing in France and the UK and Spain and Norway to name but four. Parochial exists pretty much everywhere, even in urban areas where you would expect less of it. IMH and IME it's pretty much universal.

Buona Fortuna wrote:

I see that. These girls are attractive to a Western eye. I wonder if they are as attractive to asian eyes? Our fella may look like Rooney or Enda Kenny but to them maybe he's the equivalent of Brad Pitt.

Oh there can be a lot of that going on alright. Take the obvious Asian angle. For many western men they see Asian woman and think she's automatically good looking, where objectively she might be "ok" even "not so great really Ted". The exotic factor can kick in and raise perceptions and expectations. That can go both ways too. So the pasty looking white fella from West Clare can look exotic and much more attractive to a woman from Brazil.

As a species we're drawn to the exotic for mixing up the genes, so generally speaking that tendency will make a guy or a gal who is a "5 outa 10" locally, up their "score" to 6 or 7 when in non local areas.

DazMarz wrote: »

Who cares? Once it's legal, once it's between consenting adults, once nobody is getting hurt and once everyone in the relationship is happy... that's all that matters.

Same goes for gay/bi/lesbian/transgender/Australian... all of the above applies.

People should learn to mind their own fúcking business about these things.

QFT Sir, QFT.