To think British men are almost always nothing like those portrayed in movies and tv series?

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As a foreigner living here for many years, I am sorely disappointed in the calibre of British men. 😒 Don't get me wrong, I don't live in fantasy, just be nice to meet a good man.

I expect blokes feel the same way about women portrayed on the screen in rom coms etc

Fair enough about lack of choice, but if they didn't "care" how they looked, they could have worn the suit without a tie, or not bothered with the hat, etc. Even if it was their one and only "going out" outfit, they still made sure they looked good in it. If they weren't bothered, they could have not bothered with the tie, not bothered with the suit jacket, etc.

No Hugh Grant's left for sure

I dunno, you would be surprised by the number of men who solicit prostitutes

I tell you, travel to certain parts of Asia and find a nice man who who won’t treat you like a skivvy, piece of meat for fucking and sell your daughter to another man for the same.

Well, if we see HG less as a handsome, debonair bachelor and more as a man arrested for soliciting a prostitute, vocal about 'not believing in monogamy', and who got two different women pregnant at the same time, there may in fact be quite a few such treasures left.

I disagree. Generally it is inaccurate to say

"All of the men of [insert nationality] are like xyz. All of them. The whole lot. All terrible."

Whatever you say, OP, British men are funny you cannot take that from them 😂😂😂

As a Scottish woman, im still waiting to find a kilted Sam Heughan roaming the countryside 😉

as someone who has lived in Italy, I can tell that disappointing stereotypes exist everywhere.

Almost nothing is like it’s portrayed on TV. Because TV programs are made to entertain.

At the same time? That's quite the skill

Or perhaps watch Trainspotting 😂

If you’re looking for David Brent, I can introduce you to at least 8 from my old workplace. Let me know.

XENOPHOBE !
Slagging off British Men in their own Nation
Rotten you are.

Exactly!

I think the OP is getting an unfair dragging. She thought a suited Daniel Craig was going to help her with her suitcase as soon as she got off the plane, then Henry Cavill would hold a door open for her, and a young Hugh Grant would make charming conversation with her as they walked through the airport. Her dreams have been crushed, let's have some empathy here.

Haven't we all harboured fantasies about meeting Al Pacino in Sicily, Jamie Fraser in Scotland, Alain Deloin in France and Eric Northman in Sweden? I've been disappointed by reality a thousand times but what can I say? I live in hope. The world needs dreamers.

Either OP has left the country in disappointment or an Onslow-alike has swept her off her feet this very day.

These threads really are boring now. British culture, education, cuisine and now men. I'm disappointed with many foreign things but I don't need to start a click bait thread.

Maybe it's the kind of woman they attract.

So do you have an ex Italian boss OP? This is all so familiar.

Well if you were expecting to land a Hugh Grant, Daniel Craig, Pearce Brosnan, Theo James type chap, I think you need to be fairly high calibre yourself!

Maybe lower your standards and go for a Danny Dyer, Russell Brand, Shane Ritchie sorta guy!

I’m sure foreign blokes are disappointed too when they don’t find Sienna Miller and Keira Knightly in their local Spoons of a Friday evening. 😂

OP, many posters are being silly here.
I’m not British either and I know exactly what you mean, as any other non British person would. You mean the Hugh Grant / Jude Law in the holiday characters. And obviously you’re generalising, but it is a real shocker when you arrive here to see how different reality is from stereotypes. And no, we don’t have this issue in our home countries because most don’t have globally exported romcoms that define a vision of our men (our women) for the rest of the world.

So did I but I wouldn't say there were lots.

Try living in the real world instead of fantasy land and you won't be disappointed. If you're setting yourself high expectations that's on you. Are all Italian men tall dark and handsome as the myth goes?

So, OP couldn't be arsed to return to her own thread 🤔

It's incredible patronising to suggest that the only picture that foreign visitors have formed before arriving are through watching fictional British TV shows.