Those returning Home- What are you looking forward to most?
Jun 13th 2007, 8:39 am
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Re: Those returning Home- What are you looking forward to most?
The concrete comment is actually a valid one. A lot of the cities are now clones of each other and have lost a lot of their original character. However, as far as England is concerned, it is still here under all that Readimix! I agree totally with the pub thing though - pop into a pub anywhere and you nearly always feel welcome, and..well...British!
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Jun 13th 2007, 8:46 am
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Jun 13th 2007, 9:36 am
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Re: Those returning Home- What are you looking forward to most?
Ummmm....well I'd have to say yes.
Obviously not all men are sexist, chauvinistic, misogynisitc etc but in my experience of quite a few years, there is a definate tendancy for women to be viewed and treated very differently here. 'Blokes' stick together to socialise more.
Men here dont seem to do the friends with females thing on the whole. I have loads of Oz female frineds whove never had a male friend.
If a man isnt interested in getting in your pants he wont make any effort to get to know you, again a generalisation.
I've also found having an intelligent conversation with men to be a pleasant suprise rather than the norm.
I've found the more travelled or educated men here are defiantely more updated in their attitudes.
Of course this is just my experience.
I have loads of male friends in the UK & have never come across this before.
Obviously not all men are sexist, chauvinistic, misogynisitc etc but in my experience of quite a few years, there is a definate tendancy for women to be viewed and treated very differently here. 'Blokes' stick together to socialise more.
Men here dont seem to do the friends with females thing on the whole. I have loads of Oz female frineds whove never had a male friend.
If a man isnt interested in getting in your pants he wont make any effort to get to know you, again a generalisation.
I've also found having an intelligent conversation with men to be a pleasant suprise rather than the norm.
I've found the more travelled or educated men here are defiantely more updated in their attitudes.
Of course this is just my experience.
I have loads of male friends in the UK & have never come across this before.
Jun 13th 2007, 9:49 am
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Re: Those returning Home- What are you looking forward to most?
It has been pretty much my experience too. I grew up here (in Australia) and it was only when I went to the UK I realised it wasn't the 'norm'. I remember when I first arrived in the UK, being absolutely fascinated seeing a group of women in the pub without men and not being there trying to pick up men. In my experience in Australia that just wouldn't have happened. Women went to the pub as girlfriends or to pick up. Never just to socialise with each other. How sheltered was I?!!
Least you got to see a different way
Flip side of your experience was as an ignorant Brit here. Being my normal friendly self chatting to men over here in pubs, they always thought they were 'in there'. I started to get so pissed off thinking that I must seem to be an ol slapper or something. I remember having a backpacker friend who I loved from UK - we used to just laugh loads & no one else really got our humour. It was in our local & no one believed we were 'just' friends even though he already a girlfriend, they just couldnt comprehend it. So sad really.
Jun 13th 2007, 10:22 am
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Re: Those returning Home- What are you looking forward to most?
Hi Alice
Least you got to see a different way
Flip side of your experience was as an ignorant Brit here. Being my normal friendly self chatting to men over here in pubs, they always thought they were 'in there'. I started to get so pissed off thinking that I must seem to be an ol slapper or something. I remember having a backpacker friend who I loved from UK - we used to just laugh loads & no one else really got our humour. It was in our local & no one believed we were 'just' friends even though he already a girlfriend, they just couldnt comprehend it. So sad really.
Least you got to see a different way
Flip side of your experience was as an ignorant Brit here. Being my normal friendly self chatting to men over here in pubs, they always thought they were 'in there'. I started to get so pissed off thinking that I must seem to be an ol slapper or something. I remember having a backpacker friend who I loved from UK - we used to just laugh loads & no one else really got our humour. It was in our local & no one believed we were 'just' friends even though he already a girlfriend, they just couldnt comprehend it. So sad really.
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Jun 13th 2007, 10:40 am
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Re: Those returning Home- What are you looking forward to most?
Believe me Flea you wouldnt want to be noticed by these men
I'm over 40 too
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Jun 13th 2007, 11:07 am
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Jun 13th 2007, 11:18 pm
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Re: Those returning Home- What are you looking forward to most?
Gee's your a real bundle of joy aren't you - NOT!
Jun 14th 2007, 12:31 am
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Re: Those returning Home- What are you looking forward to most?
I've never seen such a concrete, polluted, crowded, filthy, traffic choked mess as Southern Ontario. One Characterless concrete sh*tbox after another. I'd take Milton Keynes anyday.
Oh and as for the UK selling out it's industries, I could talk about Canadian companies too but there aren't any left. All been sold to the Americans.
Jon
