Comments on: Foreign girls

By: Made in the USA

Made in the USA — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:08:51 +0000

RIGHT ON! every word!! I’m an American girl and I’ve been living in Paris for about 3 years and I Just discovered this blog Olivier and I love it, I have to get your book!!

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:29:56 +0000

Automomo, in my country and in the rest of the world, what you have is called Jealousy… admit it, you’re just have that “shell” of superiority to make up for your lack of balls throughout the history of your country, but we all know that you’re not superior, you’re just like any other mortal out there.
Oliver, your blog is terrific, love Paris and you describe it as it is, with its flaws and its glory!

By: Ms. Russian Red | Man-shopping in Paris

Ms. Russian Red | Man-shopping in Paris — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:53:12 +0000

[...] in black. Loose, often unflattering clothing. (Olivier over at Stuff Parisians Like has a theory that it’s because they are terrified of being perceived as slutty… I tend to [...]

By: ciekawostki ubezpieczeniowe

ciekawostki ubezpieczeniowe — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:58:12 +0000

Wow, I didn’t expect that!

By: automomo

automomo — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:28:51 +0000

Blague. Je suis un garçon, étudiant et parisien, et je ne trouve pas les françaises moins libérées que les autres.

Les américaines sont bien plus coincés et grasses (cf. un large panel d’étudiantes en échanges).

Et les bars où je vais ont une fréquentation bien plus intéressante que vos projections que je n’ai jamais, jamais, jamais connues (trois quarts de mec, le reste d’étrangères).

Ps (digression nocturne) : j’ai lu un autre article sur le préjugé de l’américain idiot et même si je ne généralise pas, il y a quand-même un gros problème quant au niveau culturel des habitants de ce pays. Les américains de mon école se couvrent de ridicule à chacune de leur intervention tant leurs connaissances politiques (mais aussi économiques, philosophiques, littéraires et surtout géographique !) sont “limitées”… alors qu’ils sont issus des meilleurs universités US (Princeton, Columbia, UPenn).

Quant à l’argument de leur rayonnement culturel : BLAGUE. Ils font de la culture popu, c’est comme faire des frites ou des lecteurs mp3, c’est sans valeurs. Notre culture est supérieure, juste trop élitiste pour qu’elle soit accessible au commun des mortels, et c’est tant mieux, car c’est dans la nature de la culture que d’être élitiste.

Bref, j’aime les américains, mais je les considères comme inférieurs, comme de gentils cousins bofs loin, outre-Atlantique, pour qui j’ai de la tendresse et dont j’apprécie les burgers .

By: daniella

daniella — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:43:04 +0000

Hi! I am a Canadian university student and am looking to do an exchange to Paris. My biggest concern: not having fun! But there is such an appeal to the city and I would love to experience it. What an opportunity! But, its very important to a Canadian to have fun and to live and let live! We drink, we get drunk (not on purpose, but it happens!), dance, act silly and laugh (at ourselves too) alot! Does that mean that if I went to Paris it would be difficult to find people who had similar views? Oh dear. What about Parisian men? Would they be offput or would they welcome being able to break out, have fun, laugh and perhaps even have random funness? Paris sounds, I don’t know how to say it, but uptight. Also, are men in Paris (transplants or otherwise) very emotional and moody? Is that what makes them complicated? I’m sorry for all the questions, but any answers are much appreciated! Thank you!

By: Parisian men and American women « Staring in French

Parisian men and American women « Staring in French — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:44:33 +0000

[...] This article really lays it out well. And the thing about the bars is *absolutely* true. It’s bizarre that I never though of it this way, but last night I went to a dinner party with only young parisians, and lo and behold, they totally held up the descriptions in this article. 1) None of the girls knew each other, with one exception. They were all there with their boyfriends. 2) They were all wearing rather conservative clothing, despite the heat (and they all were wearing white lacy shirts! This has more to do with the fact that there is no individuality here than anything else). 3) There was much coldness and no flirting. [...]

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Tue, 11 May 2010 09:55:24 +0000

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By: Mathieu

Mathieu — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:02:30 +0000

i totaly agree with you.
you should take a look at my article on the subject :

How to date a Parisian girl – Episode 1

http://theswedishbed.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/how-to-date-a-parisian-girl-episode-1/

By: duelimoni

duelimoni — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:34:55 +0000

LOL, Stefan!

LOVING the posts as well as the comments – only living in Paris would inform me more! What I find fascinating is that where I am from, Toronto, most women I know don’t dress for themselves but to attract, naturally, men.

North American men, in general, are all about “tits and ass.” Deep down (and sometimes not so deep), men, no matter where they are from, are all about tits and ass. Somehow, Parisian/French women have gotten away with dressing for themselves – as a woman living in T&A land, I am envious!

What if an etranger wanted to meet a French man for a real relationship???