Patrick wrote:The thing is that Frasier dates a lot unsuccessfully but he also lands some beauties that seem a bit out of his league. Of course in many cases some of these beauties leave him in blue ball hell... (e.g. Honey Snowe, the woman in Can't Buy me love, the one in Adventures in Paradise that never slept with him (partly because he's a psychotic moron, partly because Lilith is a cold blooded bitch), the supermodel-zoologist slept with him twice and that seemed satisfactory enough to him who seems stupid enough to prefer bragging about a relationship than to have it.... There's not one man alive who wouldn't rather keep his mouth shut than to compromise a relation with such a gorgeous woman.
ShinChuck wrote:I imagine it varies a bit by the person/situation.
I'm American, from Detroit, and also spend some time in Kansas City when I was in the Army, and I'd say it varies by the person. I was never much of a socialite, I had some friends who were all over the place, and the place depended on their personalities. Coffee shops were prominent amongst my school friends, for others, it was clubs or car events. I knew one guy who had a few dates a week, just hitting up people on the internet through MySpace and Facebook.
Myself, I never did much of that. My dates were mostly work or school peers. But it does seem like Americans can be pretty obsessed about dates and meeting potential dates. It's not even uncommon to "date" without being "in a relationship", but that does lead to potential drama, because not everyone feels that way.
Just my anecdotal two cents as an American.
, 'dating without being in a relationship part'!
Patrick wrote:In France you don't go out to dinner with a woman (en tête à tête) unless you are already involved with her. Of course, there may be exceptions to that, but in the US it seems that a guy could pay dinner to a dozen women without ever sleeping with any of them. Someone is getting screwed and not in a good way...
LeCigareVolant wrote:Patrick wrote:In France you don't go out to dinner with a woman (en tête à tête) unless you are already involved with her. Of course, there may be exceptions to that, but in the US it seems that a guy could pay dinner to a dozen women without ever sleeping with any of them. Someone is getting screwed and not in a good way...
I know this is off-topic, but that first part is interesting. I'm going to be spending 3 months in France in 2015; if I came across a woman I thought was interesting, what IS the accepted approach for indicating I'd like to get to know her? Meeting over coffee? Which brings us back to Cafe Nervosa and the OP...
I certainly wouldn't try to assess American dating habits/standards from any sitcom, especially when it comes to Frasier and Roz. Daphne's dating approach/frequency is a little more realistic.
CatNamedRudy wrote:, 'dating without being in a relationship part'!
Just out of curiosity, how do you get into a relationship if you don't date first? The whole point of dating is getting to know the other person.
In the US, dinner is almost always what a couple does on a first date.
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