Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
Aug 2nd 2006, 7:35 pm
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Re: Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
Originally Posted by Pollyana
Much the same here. If I suggest drinking with the girls from work, most of them look scared and make excuses about going home to cook the dinner 
I am viewed as "strange" for going to a bar mid-week, and as for days like last Sunday, when I spend the day drinkin at a mate's place while The Bloke stayed home and watched TV....I get the ffeling its not the done thing. Almost a victorian attotude at times of being expected to stay at home and make scrapbooks or knit or watch paint dry 
I am viewed as "strange" for going to a bar mid-week, and as for days like last Sunday, when I spend the day drinkin at a mate's place while The Bloke stayed home and watched TV....I get the ffeling its not the done thing. Almost a victorian attotude at times of being expected to stay at home and make scrapbooks or knit or watch paint dry 
Aug 2nd 2006, 7:36 pm
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Re: Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
Originally Posted by Pollyana
Much the same here. If I suggest drinking with the girls from work, most of them look scared and make excuses about going home to cook the dinner I am viewed as "strange" for going to a bar mid-week, and as for days like last Sunday, when I spend the day drinkin at a mate's place while The Bloke stayed home and watched TV....I get the ffeling its not the done thing. Almost a victorian attotude at times of being expected to stay at home and make scrapbooks or knit or watch paint dry
I am viewed as "strange" for going to a bar mid-week, and as for days like last Sunday, when I spend the day drinkin at a mate's place while The Bloke stayed home and watched TV....I get the ffeling its not the done thing. Almost a victorian attotude at times of being expected to stay at home and make scrapbooks or knit or watch paint dry
Aug 2nd 2006, 7:48 pm
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Re: Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
Originally Posted by thatsnotquiteright
Polly, maybe you need a family. All the couples I know without kids go out. More of a city thing.
Since when did having a family require you to have kids??
Aug 2nd 2006, 8:08 pm
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Re: Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
Originally Posted by Deer Hunter
Since when did having a family require you to have kids??
Seriously, sorry, I'm trying to cook dinner and my daughter is jumping up and down on the laptop forcing me to post so I don't lose my work...
its a lifestyle/area thing.
All the people I know don't really barbie in a sterotypical way and seperate in to 2 - people have people over to dinner where beer and wine is offered with a meal.
If a bloke/girl in the city asked me for a beer I would also have to excuse myself on the basis I need to get home to my kid and wife. Doesn't make it Victorian!
In my company there is a mix of family people and young people. In a lot of jobs there are alot of family people - especially out of town so you need to look at the area and the lifestyle really.
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Aug 2nd 2006, 8:11 pm
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Re: Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
[QUOTE=thatsnotquiteright]Always, otherwise you're just a couple.
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I disagree with you. At risk of sounding like a PC monster, there are many different types of families. I consider my self and my husband to be one of those types.
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I disagree with you. At risk of sounding like a PC monster, there are many different types of families. I consider my self and my husband to be one of those types.
Aug 2nd 2006, 8:12 pm
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Re: Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
[QUOTE=Deer Hunter][QUOTE=thatsnotquiteright]Always, otherwise you're just a couple.
I disagree with you. At risk of sounding like a PC monster, there are many different types of families. I consider my self and my husband to be one of those types.
That's OK - no offence taken. 
I disagree with you. At risk of sounding like a PC monster, there are many different types of families. I consider my self and my husband to be one of those types.
Aug 2nd 2006, 9:56 pm
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Re: Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
Originally Posted by thatsnotquiteright
Polly, maybe you need a family. All the couples I know without kids go out. More of a city thing.
Aug 2nd 2006, 10:18 pm
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Re: Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
Originally Posted by Pollyana
I have a family, they live on the other side of the world; I have a husband, he prefers to stay in most nights, I'm not maternal and couldn't cope with kids, not the right temperament....plus if we had kids we would go out even less due to being veerrrrrrrrry broke
).Fortunately my OH, who is 39, doesn't really want kids either - reckon it would get in the way of our social life too much
So if and when we ever move to Oz it's got to be city life all the way and plenty of
Aug 3rd 2006, 12:56 am
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Re: Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
Originally Posted by thomas and sarahjayne
From my experience of having aussie cousins and being on having holidays in aus, there is a wee bit of a difference in socialising. For example here, we would have a full on night out in town and drink all day, go to a christening and drink all day, have ladies nights in peoples houses and drink. go to concerts, and drink go to weekend aways and drink and basically drink. In aus the girls as not as big drinkers as the brits and socially a chat over a cup of coffee seems to be the way or tuperware evening etc, and they do drink at barbecues but a few wines and they suffice , merry enough. They dont spend the same amount of money on socialising as the brits do . For example a huge day out for them would be a meeting at the local bakers etc.
Obviously I cant speak for all , and all aussies and it will most defin differ, but only in my experience thats what i've sussed out.
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Obviously I cant speak for all , and all aussies and it will most defin differ, but only in my experience thats what i've sussed out.
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Aug 3rd 2006, 1:42 am
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Re: Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
I'm afraid I can't understand the mentality of people who think you have to have kids to 'complete your life and make you a family' - what utter bollocks! We have a son but could easily have gone through life without a child. Yes he was 'planned' - not an 'accident'. It scares me teh amount of Aussies with large families - kids of 24 who have already had 5 kids and want more - call that a life???
Aug 3rd 2006, 1:46 am
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Re: Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
Originally Posted by 232Bar
I'm afraid I can't understand the mentality of people who think you have to have kids to 'complete your life and make you a family' - what utter bollocks! We have a son but could easily have gone through life without a child. Yes he was 'planned' - not an 'accident'. It scares me teh amount of Aussies with large families - kids of 24 who have already had 5 kids and want more - call that a life???
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Aug 3rd 2006, 6:09 am
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Re: Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
well when we socialise at a barbie or similar where there are more than two families present it always seems to split into male and female groups. This suits me just fine as I don't have to be bored to death listening to non-riveting conversation about cars / motobikes / boats and engines. And to be fair they probably don't want to listen to us discussing children / tupperware / the price of lettuce or bananas
Aug 4th 2006, 1:42 am
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Re: Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
I've never heard of women going to tupperware parties...
Anyhoos. I think Aussie and Brit women are the same in their freedoms. Australia was the 2nd country in the world to give women the vote (behind NZ).
I do notice a lot more groups of older women going out in the UK. I think this is kinda frowned upon in Australia. Usually if you are married, or have kids you wouldn't go out a get drunk with your girl mates. This could be because cities are small in Australia and we don't have a huge population so you're more likely to bump into someone you know etc.
I do notice Aussie and Brit men to be VERY different. Aussie males really are alpha males. I can pick them from a mile away because they are usually browner, taller and have this attitude/walk like ' i'm so cool'.
Anyhoos. I think Aussie and Brit women are the same in their freedoms. Australia was the 2nd country in the world to give women the vote (behind NZ).
I do notice a lot more groups of older women going out in the UK. I think this is kinda frowned upon in Australia. Usually if you are married, or have kids you wouldn't go out a get drunk with your girl mates. This could be because cities are small in Australia and we don't have a huge population so you're more likely to bump into someone you know etc.
I do notice Aussie and Brit men to be VERY different. Aussie males really are alpha males. I can pick them from a mile away because they are usually browner, taller and have this attitude/walk like ' i'm so cool'.
Aug 4th 2006, 2:30 am
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Re: Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
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I do notice a lot more groups of older women going out in the UK. I think this is kinda frowned upon in Australia. Usually if you are married, or have kids you wouldn't go out a get drunk with your girl mates. This could be because cities are small in Australia and we don't have a huge population so you're more likely to bump into someone you know etc.
Aug 4th 2006, 2:37 am
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Re: Does the Australian Female enjoy the same freedom as in UK & US
Originally Posted by Pollyana
But why should girls on a night out be worried about bumping into someone they know? The double standards are ridiculous - never bothers the blokes, doesn't make THEm stay in - never bothered my mayes and I in the UK - so why does it bother Aussie women? Why are so many of them so scared about letting their hair down?
Err well Aussie men wouldn't be out on the town dancing... They'd be in some old mans pub well hidden.
Older English women are usually out hitting bars and dancing... nothing wrong with that.
BUT... it that was my mum... i'd die. If it was my dad.... i'd die too!!!
And as I said in Oz the population is smaller so there's more chance of seeing someone you know.
As a younger Aussie I notice we drink as much as the English girls, in fact the Aussie ones are the ones with the bad names around London... getting too drunk and being idiots. But then again... we don't know anyone here so we can do stuff like that in ol' London town without it getting back to your mum (I just feel sorry for the local who have to listen to us hehe).
