AIBU for wanting to move up north to find a real man

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I live in London and travel on the tube each day. Today I was sat next to a guy writing notes in a Winnie the Pooh diary, complete with Eeyore on the corner of each page. On the other side to me was a guy reading Twilight. Not only do I see grown men reading Harry Potter, there was one guy playing the "Little Girl App" on his iPad the other day. Really fed up with sitting next to men with Lady Gaga blasting out of their headphones...

All I want to know is, where are the real men at? AIBU for thinking you wouldn't get this up north.

We are a good northern family. When DS moved to London to work he rang me up to express amazement that men at the gym put coats on to go home! Was equally stunned that someone was surprised that he didn't (particularly as he thought the weather was almost tropical at the time!)

Come up to Glasgow for a weekend, we'll find you a real man!

(Should read beer swilling, football crazy, balding, fat, thick arsehole.)

Or alternatively you can have a go at the Art Students. But personally I could never date someone who spends longer on their hair than I do

FWIW. I'm from Glasgow- ended up with a naice boy from the coast. Manly men are overrated!

I am in the South East.

My best friend tells me the only reason I am single is because Southern men are stupid, and I need to move to Liverpool where I will be snapped up by a real man in an instant

"Manly men are overrated!"

i agree. i want someone who cries with me during ps i love you.

Hahahahahaha @ crying during PS I love you.

I have a weird situation in that DP detests football and most stereotypical manly pursuits (drinking lager etc) and one of his favourite films is Princess Diaries.

In contrast- he is a massive scotsman with a full beard who drinks whisky and does Krav Maga (Scary martial arts.)

Where do we go from here??!

hmm, he is quite a contradiction isn't he?

i'm now picturing one of the massive red haired guys out of braveheart sitting in full kilt on the sofa watching princess diaries!

That's pretty much hit the nail on the head Booyhoo only he'll be combing his beard while he watches the princesses because it relaxes him.

wonders what went wrong in my life

I married a (comparative) northerner. I'm from Essex, he's from Suffolk .
He never feels the cold, he doesn't read childrens books, he has a very physical job, he gets rid of spiders, he can do any sort of DIY and well, he is brilliant at car stuff, he has a proper appetite and proper muscles (not from down the gym) and best of all he doesn't like football. All wonderful. 'cept the bloody snoring

I would rather find a box of porn under a BF bed than a box full of chick flicks. I don't want a man that cries when he watches PS I Love You, I didn't even cry when I watched that.

ps When I went to see Titanic there was a big black guy next to me crying his eyes out... seriously put me off my popcorn!

All I want is a man that doesn't spend longer doing his hair than me, doesn't own a pink jumper or an ipad and doesn't know how many calories there are in a glass of wine. Is that too much to ask for, there must be one in London.

combing his beard! with his fingers or a comb?

Real men are not afraid to embrace their inner Winnie the Pooh

threeleftfeet I'm so glad you didn't say "embrace their inner pooh"

I laughed out loud at those posts, mrsc and booyhoo!!

one of these

which fair enough is quite cool in itself.

Facebookhurtsmybrain : You should put that in guardian soulmates or similar
(All I want is a man that doesn't spend longer doing his hair than me, doesn't own a pink jumper or an ipad and doesn't know how many calories there are in a glass of wine. Is that too much to ask for, there must be one in London.)

And post the replies on here for us all to vet

hahaha the comb is wrong.

I married an Essex boy. Don't. They are vair delicate, can't do DIY and are obsessed with cars.

Sigh

that is a cool comb, niche market but cool!

i dont know if anyone else is in NI but one of the local radio stations played clips of video submissions to an dating website. very scary the sort of men that are out there looking for women. (not all, just the few creepy ones that were played)

sorry, getting sidetracked.

what's the 'stereotype' of NI men. please dont say balaclavas

and as an aside, i would very much love to have seen a belfast version of towie, geordie shore, desperate scousewives, made in chelsea etc

one of my ex's was from NI. One day I thought he said "do you want to see my porn" I was a bit shocked and said no not really. About a week later he said "It really hurt when you said you didn't want to see my poetry". I then had to sit through him reciting his depressing poetry for over an hour... Halfway through I was tempted to ask if he had any porn.

had

I dated an irish bloke who told me "Oi need a parrcarrr fir ma parrsharrr."

I was incredulous.

Power card. For the power shower.

There were casting agents in a middle class suburb of Glasgow trying to do a Glaswegian TOWIE. I doubt it would take off though (they'd just get bricked.)

this is too funny. NI men are depressed poets!

why on earth was he telling you about his powershower? was he inviting you to join himand telling you how it worked?

This thread is currently just above

Which real man would you like to shag tonight?

(btw lots of planets have a North)

I have no idea Iam Booyhoo. I thought it was maybe an irish thing. Was completely over my head.

I think this thread should always be above 'Which real man would you like to shag'.... this one sets the record straight! (ish)