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North V South

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Honest00lad · 11/09/2024 20:47

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.

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Liberty72 · 13/09/2024 18:49

I'm in the north and would love a man from the south. I love the accents and I have lived in the north far too long. Quite happy to move south...for the right man 👨 ❤️

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Honest00lad · 13/09/2024 18:51

Liberty72 · 13/09/2024 18:49

I'm in the north and would love a man from the south. I love the accents and I have lived in the north far too long. Quite happy to move south...for the right man 👨 ❤️

Interesting. A few southerns prefer northerners and vice versa.

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outdooryone · 13/09/2024 19:43

Honest00lad · 13/09/2024 18:38

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.

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And of course you are talking only of England.
There's even more issues for some people if we're talking about Welsh, Northern Irish or Scottish.

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Honest00lad · 13/09/2024 19:45

outdooryone · 13/09/2024 19:43

And of course you are talking only of England.
There's even more issues for some people if we're talking about Welsh, Northern Irish or Scottish.

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@outdooryone northern England much more aligned with Scottish and Northern Irish than southern England IMO

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Snoringfamily · 13/09/2024 20:35

Dying to know it you’re a Southener then?

Summerdew · 13/09/2024 21:56

Honest00lad · 13/09/2024 19:45

@outdooryone northern England much more aligned with Scottish and Northern Irish than southern England IMO

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I’m really surprised to hear this, that’s absolutely not been my experience at all (from the part of the North where I’m from), maybe it’s region dependent.

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Honest00lad · 13/09/2024 22:10

Summerdew · 13/09/2024 21:56

I’m really surprised to hear this, that’s absolutely not been my experience at all (from the part of the North where I’m from), maybe it’s region dependent.

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Interesting. It's like night and day from my experience

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MoreCardassianThanKardashian · 13/09/2024 22:38

SkaneTos · 13/09/2024 00:52

Where is the border between the North and the South? (Approximately)
Is there a middle area?

(Just curious. I am not from the UK).

Don't go starting fights now! There is no agreement on this issue and it's plagued us for millennia.

MoreCardassianThanKardashian · 13/09/2024 22:40

"😂 😂 😂 not with that accent!

If you could be a northerner or a southerner, what you rather?"

@Honest00lad midlanders are lumped in with the northerners as two halves of the same coin and I can't speak for us all but I'd be confident in saying we are happier with that.

SkaneTos · 13/09/2024 22:40

@TheBers2024
Very interesting, thank you for the answer!

MaxTalk · 13/09/2024 23:43

North of Watford Gap is north...

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Honest00lad · 14/09/2024 08:21

MoreCardassianThanKardashian · 13/09/2024 22:40

"😂 😂 😂 not with that accent!

If you could be a northerner or a southerner, what you rather?"

@Honest00lad midlanders are lumped in with the northerners as two halves of the same coin and I can't speak for us all but I'd be confident in saying we are happier with that.

Always had good interactions with midlanders. Been to east mids but not west.

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Fs365 · 14/09/2024 08:33

justusandthecat · 11/09/2024 21:22

I'm from the south, my partner from the north. The only real divide in our relationship it causes is the argument about what the evening meal is called, soon to be entering its seventh year and neither of us is backing down.

The age old debate of dinner or tea - I’m from the east/ south , but family are mostly from North, so I sound like a southern but think like a northern ,

some of my friends think there are dragons north of Watford Gap services ( which is true of course, no running water in Yorkshire)

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Honest00lad · 14/09/2024 10:05

MoreCardassianThanKardashian · 13/09/2024 22:38

Don't go starting fights now! There is no agreement on this issue and it's plagued us for millennia.

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😂

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Honest00lad · 14/09/2024 19:13

It's been an interesting thread. To wrap it up. I'll let the cat out the bag..for anyone that's wondered...as the OP... I'm Northern (and proud)

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Del8100 · 14/09/2024 19:21

Honest00lad · 14/09/2024 19:13

It's been an interesting thread. To wrap it up. I'll let the cat out the bag..for anyone that's wondered...as the OP... I'm Northern (and proud)

Yes, as I guessed above...I could tell from what you wrote.

I'm southern (and saddened that such a divide has to exist!)

BirthdayRainbow · 14/09/2024 19:23

That was pretty obvious I think.

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Honest00lad · 14/09/2024 19:24

Del8100 · 14/09/2024 19:21

Yes, as I guessed above...I could tell from what you wrote.

I'm southern (and saddened that such a divide has to exist!)

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Yeah it is what it is. Hopefully in the future it isn't the case

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Honest00lad · 14/09/2024 19:24

BirthdayRainbow · 14/09/2024 19:23

That was pretty obvious I think.

A few accused me of being southern

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Del8100 · 14/09/2024 19:30

Honest00lad · 14/09/2024 19:24

A few accused me of being southern

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An accusation is a "statement saying that you think a person is guilty of doing something wrong or illegal". At least you're innocent! 😉

BirthdayRainbow · 14/09/2024 19:34

Honest00lad · 14/09/2024 19:24

A few accused me of being southern

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Idiots 😄

OrdsallChord · 14/09/2024 19:51

I'm a northern English person with a lot of Irish relatives and connections. Some of the strongest opinions I've ever heard on the cultural differences between north and south of England have come from Irish people who've lived in the southern shires.

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Honest00lad · 14/09/2024 19:52

OrdsallChord · 14/09/2024 19:51

I'm a northern English person with a lot of Irish relatives and connections. Some of the strongest opinions I've ever heard on the cultural differences between north and south of England have come from Irish people who've lived in the southern shires.

Not surprised

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OrdsallChord · 14/09/2024 19:53

Honest00lad · 14/09/2024 19:52

Not surprised

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Nor am I really. I'm the sort of northern English that has a lot of Irish thrown in too, but then that's the north west of England for you. There's no cultural equivalent in the Home Counties!

Snoringfamily · 14/09/2024 22:34

@OrdsallChord Same-Irish-Manc background