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Post by Sibelius » Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:43 am

The most important piece to my planning and organizing for my trip to Finland is, of course, my plans on the opposite sex! :wink:

I believe it will be wise to meet a lady-friend no matter how terrible and rudimentary my Finnish is before winter strikes. Maybe the fact that I live in Southern California and can speak perfect English will give me a little advantage over the language block? :lol:


Anyways, I'm interested culturally how flirting, initiating contact and pursuing a relationship is done in Finnish society. I would just like some pointers so I can avoid too much trial and error.


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Post by COBHC » Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:48 am

how is your finnish? do you know any? some people on this forum might say that if a finnish girl is actually talking to you then she is flirting with you. I think you should just be open and honest. because if you're not it will come back to bite you in the arse. so my advice is, be yourself. If you don't do that you will be sussed out before you know it.

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Post by Hank W. » Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:34 pm

When they see your army uniform they'll tell you to "stop pretending" :lol:
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Post by COBHC » Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:22 pm

going a bit off topic here but i don't remember replying to this topic... :?

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Post by Hank W. » Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:24 pm

Too much glögi :lol:
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Post by COBHC » Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:50 pm

must be :D i'm home alone so no one else has been at the computer to reply :shock:

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Post by Sibelius » Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:48 pm

Hank W. wrote:When they see your army uniform they'll tell you to "stop pretending" :lol:
But, I have this horrible feeling the Army is going to turn into a alcohol-free sausage-fest if I don't at least try to get a girl.

I'm going to be stuck on an island, for god's sake. :(
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Post by Megstertex » Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:55 pm

Don't worry. You don't have to do anything. If you are holding liquor and at a bar, you will get girls, plenty of them. Remember, the roles are reversed here. You no longer have to take initiative, make decisions, or "be a man." They'll do all the work, without you lifting a finger.
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Post by smilesalot » Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:56 pm

Megstertex wrote:Don't worry. You don't have to do anything. If you are holding liquor and at a bar, you will get girls, plenty of them. Remember, the roles are reversed here. You no longer have to take initiative, make decisions, or "be a man." They'll do all the work, without you lifting a finger.
Wow it must be paradise, only question is what kind of Homo sapien will a person get without lifting a finger. Another question for "Megstertex" what do you personally define as "being a man"
I remember a quote from a famous poet A man must partly give up being a man with womenfolk ;)


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Post by Sibelius » Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:56 pm

Har har, I think I detect a little sarcasm there. However, I have read that Finnish women aren't as passive as in other countries, and men tend to be the more docile ones when it comes to that type of stuff.

I thought maybe I could put a stupid grin on my face, and say in my broken Finnish "Hei Bei-BE, olen ulko suomenlainen, Kaliforniasta! Puhu englantia?" XD
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Post by Megstertex » Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:36 pm

smilesalot wrote:
Megstertex wrote:Don't worry. You don't have to do anything. If you are holding liquor and at a bar, you will get girls, plenty of them. Remember, the roles are reversed here. You no longer have to take initiative, make decisions, or "be a man." They'll do all the work, without you lifting a finger.
Wow it must be paradise, only question is what kind of Homo sapien will a person get without lifting a finger. Another question for "Megstertex" what do you personally define as "being a man"
I remember a quote from a famous poet A man must partly give up being a man with womenfolk ;)


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I'll tell you what kind of homo sapiens they are, they are physically beautiful, but don't want to have anything to do with you a day or two later. They don't want you if they can't control you. Their ultimate goal in life, which is never fulfilled, is power.

Being a man, to me is defined as having some kind of autonomy. Cut from the apron strings, he is able to think for himself, make decisions for himself, and he will consider what others think and their advice, but ultimately, he will make decisions for himself, take initiative, and adult responsibility. He may be a little rough around the edges, but has blood pumping through his veins, and testosterone, which I will take any day over a drone. I can assure you it is not heaven for some of us foreigner women in Finland. Many of the men have been trained to be dutiful sons, not equal partners, and certainly not the more assertive of the two sexes. Perhaps this is why many must import submissive or even resort to "buying" women who will be their slaves from other countries. This is what I have seen in the younger age group, but in no way do I mean to apply it to all Finnish men or all Finnish women. However, this seems to be more the norm than not among many I have met.
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Post by smilesalot » Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:28 pm

Now thats the type of women that are here in Finland(Megstertex reply on being a man), basically be yourself, and you'll be fine. While Finland has its quirks, so does everywhere else, as for the language I don't think you will have a problem, as you have read on this board more people speak english here than in many other EU countries.
As Megs so beautifly paints with words Assertiveness and Independant thinking are 2 traits that are unique and sought after. As for the testosterone, well I find that mixed in with the Finnish Sisu that unfortunately gets messed up with the alcohol consumption.

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Post by Karhunkoski » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:19 pm

smilesalot wrote:
As Megs so beautifly paints with words Assertiveness and Independant thinking are 2 traits that are unique.
Yup, and add in there "respect" and your tackle will be warm for a long time.
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Post by Hank W. » Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:02 pm

Megstertex wrote:If you are holding liquor and at a bar, you will get girls, plenty of them.
Only if you're ManDingo :twisted: Believe me, 20 years of experience of hanging out in bars. No dice... except once when I was married (of course). Ktulu can tell how well the pull goes when you're speaking English... and how flat one drops switching to local.

Then again I hang out in "bars"... as in if there is a woman there its already some bigger and more uglier alphamales bitch... and you don't see much womenfolk in pubs except some whiskey roses...

Oh yeah, then again if I go to my local night club and have enough of a craving for booze theres been quite a few overly friendly whiskey roses in the karaoke.... some like the mother, some the daughter, some the little brother and the pervert aims for the poodle...
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Post by Hank W. » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:01 am

Theres a difference of can speak and will speak too :lol:
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