Dating in Australia

[Imajerk17]

A lot of great information here, thank you! FYI, we Americans are really bad at geography, and most of us--including myself--are horrible at placing accents. Mistaking New Zealand for Australia--it's really them not you.

 

I am doing what I can to transfer out to Australia (no guarantees though--it's a long story).

 

If I end up out there I don't see myself relying on OLD. When I was out there last time I basically "crowdsourced" my itinerary. I found out the basics of what I wanted to do online and then I asked people when I was along the way for recommendations. I got steered in the right direction. If these people happened to be women whom I felt attraction to, all the better. Anyway if nothing else I think I could use a similar strategy to meet women. My last night there I got a date right there on the spot, with a girl I met coming out of the subway (!). We ended up taking a walk on the beach.

 

I think the tough part will be learning to drive on the other side of the road.

Edited September 8, 2016 by Imajerk17

[AMJ]

Well, I happen to have a gift for placing accents. I can tell if someone lives north of Boston or south of Boston, or New York versus New Jersey. Just one of my many odd talents.

Maybe it's just me, but after awhile being "special" because you have a foreign accent kind of gets annoying. At some point you just want to blend in. And the people who make a big deal about your accent sometimes are the ones who act really odd and treat you like a zoo animal because you're from another country. It's fun when you're traveling, but when vacation stops you want your life to go back to normal. I spent 6 months in Dublin and since I look Irish I blended in until people spoke to me, then it was like, "Holy Jayzus you're American! WTfeck are ya doin here?"

 

I also think meeting people while traveling in a new place happens organically because you're more open to talking to strangers, in the mindset to explore, and generally happier.

 

I dated a guy from Melbourne and he was TONS of fun. That's a good story. We got along great except, he lives in Melbourne now. He did just email me a while back asking why I was still single. Most Australians I've known are pretty laid back. Much like Californians

[AMJ]

As an Irish guy I'd say Aussies are somewhere between English/Irish and Canadian/American.

 

And yeah, probably more like Canadians than Americans.

 

I didn't know you were Irish! No wonder I always like everything you say.

 

Aren't lots of Australians originally from Ireland anyways? Is my history wrong...?