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Other than that, Scandinavians tend to be cold folks. You'd probably have to attack him!
I don't know many. I once flew Scandinavian to Europe and it was clinical, just like the stereotype. But better than Lufthansa, where they could be stern.
Of the few that I know, one is a Finn. He is a very mild-mannered person. However, in traveling, the ones I've met seem very nice and reasonably outgoing. Being closer to Russia and the Baltic countries, I could see them as being different from the Norwegians, Swedes and Danes, most of whom are way too reserved.
Yes, get him drunk (without driving). I was in Palma de Mallorca, Spain in 2005 and would walk down the hill from the hotel to the palm-lined port's harborside boulevard. Every friggin' day, all day, in front of the next hotel, was this lady sitting in a patio garden in front of her hotel's bar....obviously ****faced. I was trying to figure out where she was from. One day, I saluted her "German style," to see what she would do. She lost her everyday glum face and smiled. I asked her in English "Where are you from?" She said "Finland." I could not understand how someone could sit at the same hotel bar for 4 days in a row, especially in a scenic place like Mallorca.
When I was in Helsinki, I went to the "aquatic complex", which are the pools and facilities that were used for the 1952 Olympic Games. Very cool place but shorts were not allowed only Speedos, I rented some Speedos and I felt really uncomfortable lol.
They had saunas inside the locker room but you were only allowed in the sauna, nude, no shorts or Speedos allowed.
I met a Finnish girl there and she said that, it is very common for Finnish families to go in the sauna, together, all nude, mother, son, daughter, husband, etc.
It is a very interesting culture, much more open and liberated in terms of sex and nudity than here in the USA, i would love to go back sometime
When I was in Helsinki, I went to the "aquatic complex", which are the pools and facilities that were used for the 1952 Olympic Games. Very cool place but shorts were not allowed only Speedos, I rented some Speedos and I felt really uncomfortable lol.
This part is funny, since US retailers have strict rules about returning swimwear.
I am an american girl that was engaged to a finnish man,
believe me it was not you.
They are cold beyond words and have no personality to speak of.
Positive side is that they are loyal and responsible.
But you would eventually feel very alone in the relationship.
Maybe its all that cold and snow that makes them remote.
Who knows???
Come to think of it, somebody I know from Sweden does say the Finnish like their drinks quite a bit!
Good point. The Finns cannot hold their liquor. They seem to lack an enzyme for processing it, like Native Americans. But that doesn't mean they're all drunks. It's a matter of discipline. You'd have to get to know him better to see what his habits relating to alcohol are. I've met some Finns who were a lot of fun, and remarkably outgoing. There are all kinds.
I think I haven't been as confused about men before. I met a Finnish guy on a dating site and we would talk as friends for a while, I actually got him to be a bit romantic but I guess he felt kinda uncomfortable and went super cold again. He gets annoyed easily and then stops being nice. The only times he apologizes for how he acts is when he's drunk.
Too bad that he's like that cuz I really liked him a lot :/
I hear drinks get them easily tho! =D
Let us know how it went.
I met a Finnish man three years ago through an online game. We started chatting in the game and moved on to chatting in a chatroom where we could exchange pictures of each other. It very slowly became romantic and has continued in a very easy going way. I have found him to be kind honest and trustworthy, but also cannot seem to get him to suggest one of us travels to meet the other. There were many times I thought he had simply lost interest in the conversation, just to have him re emerge and pick up where we left off.
It finally occurred to me that what I took as his rejection was all in my head. He seems genuinely intereseted in continuing our corresspondence.
I am wondering if I should invite him to visit California? Or if that would seem too forward? I am also older than him. He seems to have absolutely no problem with rthat. Is it common in Finland for men to be in relationships with older women?
Im too cowardly to ask him, or to suggest the next step.
I met a Finnish man three years ago through an online game. We started chatting in the game and moved on to chatting in a chatroom where we could exchange pictures of each other. It very slowly became romantic and has continued in a very easy going way. I have found him to be kind honest and trustworthy, but also cannot seem to get him to suggest one of us travels to meet the other. There were many times I thought he had simply lost interest in the conversation, just to have him re emerge and pick up where we left off.
It finally occurred to me that what I took as his rejection was all in my head. He seems genuinely intereseted in continuing our corresspondence.
I am wondering if I should invite him to visit California? Or if that would seem too forward? I am also older than him. He seems to have absolutely no problem with rthat. Is it common in Finland for men to be in relationships with older women?
Im too cowardly to ask him, or to suggest the next step.
The best thing to kick it off would be if you told him you're planning a vacation to his area, and were wondering if he'd have some free time on a weekend, or during a given week. That will make it clear you'll have your own accommodations, and would like to see him casually, as time allows. If you invite him to CA off the bat, it could get awkward regarding any assumptions about where he would stay.
I met a Finnish man three years ago through an online game. We started chatting in the game and moved on to chatting in a chatroom where we could exchange pictures of each other. It very slowly became romantic and has continued in a very easy going way. I have found him to be kind honest and trustworthy, but also cannot seem to get him to suggest one of us travels to meet the other. There were many times I thought he had simply lost interest in the conversation, just to have him re emerge and pick up where we left off.
It finally occurred to me that what I took as his rejection was all in my head. He seems genuinely intereseted in continuing our corresspondence.
I am wondering if I should invite him to visit California? Or if that would seem too forward? I am also older than him. He seems to have absolutely no problem with rthat. Is it common in Finland for men to be in relationships with older women?
Im too cowardly to ask him, or to suggest the next step.
Just invite him, see his response. What is the worse that can happen? He either says yes or no.
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