North V South

[Honest00lad]

In the dating world. Is their cultural differences that you have noticed that impact on dating? Do you have a preference? Or does it not matter.

If you are the north could you imagine yourself with a southerner and vice versa? I'm not saying what I am, but I couldn't imagine myself with the other. Just curious about this after a comment at work today.

Do you mean the North and South of England?

You’re a Southener who hates Northerners right?

I thought the opposite!!

Yes, Irish would rather poke their eyes out than be identified as anything close to the English.
But on the other hand, one does not have to be a stickler, surely, you get what she meant by Anglo-Saxon.

I’m Northern, DP is Southern, no difference. There are lovely people and arseholes everywhere (looking at you Northern exDH). We happily live in London but could equally happily live back in Yorkshire (well DP could, I’m very nesh so would be cold all the time). I honestly can’t imagine saying I could never be with someone from a different end of the same country, where you are born doesn’t define who you are and who you become.

I'm a southerner and OH is from the north, we currently live in the south. The only issue I can think of is that he is always too hot and I'm always too cold! He thinks we're all lizard people down here and any time the sun is out he's got the air-con on full blast and freezing me to death.

Married to a southerner I met while living in London for years, no problem and no thought given.

I'm not English, but I also find this cringey.

Everyone has their own choice.

I was born in south Asia to English parents, with Welsh and English grandparents, of Scottish and Irish descent themselves, grew up in primary school in southern(ish) England, before moving to northern England for secondary years and university, and now I find myself living in the Highlands with a couple sons who both sport Scottish accents, working for a southern English company...

So no, geography or stereotypical assumptions have never played a part in who I have met and had relationships with.

I'm from the North West and my DH is from the South East. We have both lived in various cities over the years and are not especially tribal to our roots. We are absolutely fine. Our accents are different but that can happen within very small geographical locations too!

I'd say there were more cultural differences between my ex (from Yorkshire) and I (from Lancashire), his family were extremely keen to point out the cultural differences between us!

I’m from the North west but have lived abroad for years. Sorry to say that I’d still 100% choose a Northern guy over a cockney or Essex boy 😬 The humour, friendliness, down to earth nature is so much more apparent in Northern guys…sorry!

I'm not completely sure really, as PPs definition seems to cover far too much ground. WASPs I suppose?

Not all southerners are cockneys or Essex boys.

It feels like it's acceptable to display prejudice against certain parts of the country and they have to just take it?! Why anyone would just rule out someone from a certain part of the country is just odd in my opinion.

Yeah I don't understand it either. A lot of stuff is based on daft stereotyping. I'm sure that some people base their conceptions off a Harry Enfield sketch.

@Del8100 People on Mn do it about Northerners all the time!
Oh I forgot an ex when I was young who came from Tunbridge wells…he forever took the poss out of the North and definitely saw it as being a poor area, clearly beneath him, even though the area I’m from in Greater Manchester has the most multi millionaires in the country..or so I heard

It's not acceptable, in my view, whichever way round it happens.

Very true. Some of this thread is seriously prejudiced because of accent or geography. If this was transposed to skin colour, nation of birth or culture....

Ah, i've been googling and I think I can put this one down to cultural misunderstanding.
Apparently in France, and possibly elsewhere, the term 'Anglo-saxon countries' refers to what I would call the Anglosphere.
'Anglo-saxon countries' isn't a term I'm familiar with at all - I doubt many in the UK are. When pp spoke of Anglo-Saxons I thought only of those with English heritage.
So a misunderstanding I think and my apologies for not googling earlier.

Because those are the only choices? Everyone is either northern (big place, 'the north') or a cockney or Essex boy?

Besides, they are meaningless stereotypes. I'm a southerner but have lived in the fairly rural NW for a decade. Yes, strangers in the countryside here are more likely to engage you in conversation than in cities down south, but that's not comparing like with like. There are plenty of grumpy, humourless people in the north, as in the south.

It is very likely another cultural difference and in a way relatable to this thread we've been derailing.
I am a foreigner to the UK coming from another European country and I can confirm that the term Anglo-Saxon is used to denote the English-speaking world. It's not used scientifically in an attempt to dissect and explore the history of English language for example.

I've noticed quite a few people are saying this

If. Quite a big meaningful word isn't it, "If"

I am a foreigner to the UK coming from another European country and I can confirm that the term Anglo-Saxon is used to denote the English-speaking world.

Yes, it's not used in that sense in the UK, not to my knowledge anyway, hence my earlier confusion. I didn't realise that was the terminology in other parts of Europe. You learn something new every day!

I don't hate anyone.

Just saying there's a difference in culture and behaviours than Northerners and Southerners. For relationships some people prefer north, some people prefer south. IMO a north-south divide exists.

Some people love the notion of a cosy little country where everyone is the same and cuddles up to eachother. It's not the case. There's a divide there, but it's alright.

I'm from England but haven't always lived here. I find the North/South divide thing a little silly as it's a small country.

I'd rather date someone with links to another culture as it would be more interesting for me to learn about that culture. It wouldn't matter to me where someone is from