Is it actually an Irish man thing or is ex lying?!

[Littlemisslonley]

Hi all
So this is weird. My ex (he's irish) and I broke up 12 weeks ago as he was very innapropriate with a female "friend"...she would send selfies and he would reply that "you look gorgeous darling" and send love heart emojis...we broke up over the fact that she facetimed him at 1am I said he needs to back off abit from her and make firm boundaries...he didn't like that so he literally got up and left....later after we discussed some things and he said complimenting your female friends is an Irish thing we tell women they look gorgeous all the time and send love heart emojis to females it's an Irish thing....now I smell bullshit..... however I wanted to ask your opinions of this?

Also do all Irish men/women drink ALOT? Again I feel I know this answer but want your opinions

I am Irish as is DP and I can tell you here and now (as can he) that he sent any woman, friend or not, messages like that he would be eating his testicles.

Irish people are hilarious and amazing. I just love them. In Greece we call you “the meditteraneans of the north”.

Absolute bullshit

I'm Irish and not it's not an Irish thing.

Most Irish men are decent but same as everywhere else, we have a few really disappointing ones - we encourage them to go abroad to broaden their horizons.

Sorry but some of them make it no further than the UK. Sorry about that - no point in sending them back to us, we don't want them either!

Yes us Irish are all alcoholics, sex maniacs, we all have red hair and we say "Top of the morning" to everyone, we dress like leprechauns and we are not allowed to mix with others until we can Irish dance. I can't wait for the day when they introduce electricity and running water here. 🇮🇪 🍀🍀🍀

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Hahhahaaa i love this haha thank you kindly xx

Hahahaa thank you for your funny response

Blarney

Irish here. I'm calling BS. If anything Irish men local to me don't compliment much at all. The drinking is an outdated stereotype

Irish here too.

Codswallop is what he’s feeding you. Utter bullshit.

Follow Garron on tiktok, he's hilarious. He says Irish people can't give compliments at all.

And he shows you how to make coddle.

Us Irish can't give compliments nor receive them, in case it leads to having Notions

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Love, love, love this! 😂

Tbh the overcomplimting other women infront of you from the start with a big red flag.

Sounds like narcissistic triangulation (when thry use other women to make you feel insecure. Eg: over complimenting them to nake you feel insecure, comparing you to them in some way or trying to play you off against them). Its not normal.

Nor is facetiming random women at 1 in the morning when you have a gf.

He's a disrespectful fucker.

You're well rid. Don't let him back.

Read up on narcissistic hoovering techniques so you'll be aware of the shite he may try to pull when he realises you aren't coming chasing after him this time. Also read up on 'the barcissists flying monkeys' (how narcissists may use other people against you). Be prepared. And rember 'blocking' is your friend.

I used to know an Irish guy who was so used to telling women they looked gorgeous that sometimes he’d pick up the phone (just a voice call) and tell the women on the other end she looked gorgeous, despite not being able to see her. Used to crack me up. He was also a serial cheat and general bullshitter. I wouldn’t like to tar all Irish men with the same brush though.

You forgot the "thick" trait too, and loving potatoes.

Thank you for this I needed to hear it! I will read up on that thank you the funny thing he is blocked me 6 weeks ago! I do expect he will pop up at some time however....

the stereotype of drinking too much exists about pretty much every nationality in Europe - with very subtle differences

Germans supposedly drink a lot of beer, Irish live at the pubs, French apparently give wine to their children, Brits are binge drinkers who puke on streets, Poles are infamous for vodka etc....

So of course it's bullshit, some people drink, some don't, most enjoy occasional pint without ending up shitfaced

as for complimenting women they clearly fancy - this applies to all men, but it's exactly what you thought it was. He'd be in her bed if he got invited.

I was married to an Irish man and had a serious relationship with another. Both highly educated, wealthy etc in London. Obviously this isn't universal but they definitely drinked way more and I felt were more friendly/flirted paid compliments to other women...

Drank.

And you are going on 2 men of all men in Ireland. I think English men drink most of all nationalities and are the worst lager louts be it around football or on holiday. But that is just me and my tiny generalisation.

I have dated many Irish men, and they are basically the same as English men but with better accents. Your man is bullshitting. .

There's an Irish saying...some men would get up on a gust of wind!

You do know where he went to at 1am after he left yours, right? I just hope you didn't let him near you after that or, if you did, you dipped him in Jeyes Fluid first.

Btw the drinking thing is outdated, despite your intentions not to offend, it is offensive.

Notions 😆

My ex is an irish drunken , cheating wanker but none of it is because he's Irish, just that he's a wanker

The op does read like a ridiculous stereo type