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

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Sweetsfromheaven · 09/01/2026 08:12

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.

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JHound · 14/01/2026 11:14

Sweetsfromheaven · 09/01/2026 08:12

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.

Seems like a fairly stupid thing to assume that all men from a place are as portrayed in films and movies.

For better and worse.

Monumentally stupid actually.

JHound · 14/01/2026 11:19

missmollygreen · 09/01/2026 19:03

You mean stereotypes and tropes in films are not accurate in real life?! Well I am shocked!

Right - I cannot believe this!!

You mean that all Americans aren’t tall, beautiful and thin with perfect white teeth, and huge homes and apartments no matter their job.

Arabs and Russians aren’t all terrorists, black women aren’t all sassy, Jamaicans don’t all smoke weed and say “yeh mon” every two seconds, Italians aren’t all part of mafia families and Australia is not 30C celsius all the time, in every part of the country - I am SHOCKED!!!

JHound · 14/01/2026 11:21

Sweetsfromheaven · 10/01/2026 10:10

No. I am saying that's the expectation a lot of foreign women have of Englishmen.

Your post is incredibly impolite.

You mean thick foreign women.

Only the thick ones think that.

JHound · 14/01/2026 11:27

Aluna · 10/01/2026 12:52

You don’t think telling immigrants to “leave” is the lowest of the low?

I think telling people who choose to move to countries and spend their time disparaging the people of said countries - that they are free to leave is perfectly fine.

Differentforgirls · 14/01/2026 12:30

Parsleyandthyme · 14/01/2026 10:43

Hmmmm…

Great Actor actually!

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