Friend is looking for a Scottish Husband

[~*Maria*~ 1]

Maria,

Where in Scotland are you from?

I'm from a wee village just off the M8 called Shotts, have you heard of it??

Where in Scotland are you from?

Maria

[WifeOHunkyJohn 2]

Maria,

Where in Scotland are you from?

I'm from a wee village just off the M8 called Shotts, have you heard of it??

Where in Scotland are you from?

Maria

I'm from Fife, though grew up west of Glasgow. That means I was never forgiven by the Fifers for leaving the "kingdom" and never accepted by the west coasters for "invading their turf". Oh the joy (!)

And I did say "Celtic" but hubby dearest wouldn't let me give him said Glasgow Kiss as you would have done.

They give me headaches anyway...

[~*Maria*~ 1]

Maria,

Where in Scotland are you from?

I'm from a wee village just off the M8 called Shotts, have you heard of it??

Where in Scotland are you from?

Maria

I'm from Fife, though grew up west of Glasgow. That means I was never forgiven by the Fifers for leaving the "kingdom" and never accepted by the west coasters for "invading their turf". Oh the joy (!)

And I did say "Celtic" but hubby dearest wouldn't let me give him said Glasgow Kiss as you would have done.

They give me headaches anyway...

The infamous "glesga kiss" does hurt but has its uses......i've given out many in my time to people that p*ssed me off when i was younger. As many west coasters know.....the snobby east coasters think us west coasters are too common....i was like i'll show them common...*big grin*

i've calmed down alot since my glory days as a tomboy who went around *stickin the heid in the boys* just to show them i could be just like them

I'm glad i grew up though

Maria

[John & Annie 0]

Maria,

Where in Scotland are you from?

I'm from a wee village just off the M8 called Shotts, have you heard of it??

Where in Scotland are you from?

Maria

Driven through Shotts from Edinburgh to get to the ferry in Cairnryan.

[~*Maria*~ 1]

Maria,

Where in Scotland are you from?

I'm from a wee village just off the M8 called Shotts, have you heard of it??

Where in Scotland are you from?

Maria

Driven through Shotts from Edinburgh to get to the ferry in Cairnryan.

"Shotts" one blink and ya missed it.....as we used to say to our school friends in Wishaw

[Captain Oates 911]

All the Scotsmen worth marrying have already emigrated to england

In the words of Dr Johnston in 1700 and something :

The best prospect a Scotsman ever saw was the high road that led to England

and as for that little actor who did braveheart, that was just poisonous fiction and even in Germany I am abused by small children for 'what the english did' as evidenced by mel gibson (worse than auschwitz etc etc). The English and the Jews have reason to resent that guy.

If the 'man seeker' bases her preferences on that film then she is in for a shock Jim and no mistake...

Oh don't get me wrong, I love going to Scotland and I refuse to go one year without a visit - but I go for Scotland and not the Scots, who are just like everyone else when it comes right down to it - same % of paedophiles/thieves/prostitutes/con artists/friendly/unfriendly/smelly/clever/dumb/violent partners/sweet people etc as every other race - so singling out a race and generalising about their desirability is pretty dumb. I haven't seen any studies on it, but perhaps they don't even have hairier bottoms than others, so she needs to be careful with her predilictions...

I am sure not all Thai /Polynesian girls are smiling and sweet at all times which is what we are led to believe by people who generalise...

However, generalising for a moment, I have yet to meet an American (including my wife), who is able to speak for long without referring to the lower rear part of the human body or it's attendant functions... so some generalisations are valid and the lady may have spotted something she particularly likes about Scots which is buried deep in her psyche...perhaps 'beam me up Scotty' on the telly coincided with her first arousal ? who knows...

[Jeraly 4]

http://www.scotlandsocial.co.uk/

I'm not quite sure why you would ever want to meet a potential life partner from a specific country though - surely that just happens if it is meant to be?! Ideally I would like to be hooked up with a nice English guy as lovely as my US one - it would save the visa hassle, the expensive plane fares and not seeing each other for months at a time...

Saying that though, the distance *has* taught me about what it is like to work for a good relationship - something I never had before

[Captain Oates 911]

http://www.scotlandsocial.co.uk/

I'm not quite sure why you would ever want to meet a potential life partner from a specific country though - surely that just happens if it is meant to be?! Ideally I would like to be hooked up with a nice English guy as lovely as my US one - it would save the visa hassle, the expensive plane fares and not seeing each other for months at a time...

Saying that though, the distance *has* taught me about what it is like to work for a good relationship - something I never had before

Yes the whole thing has taught me an awful lot and as 'foreign' as the US seemed to me at first, closer inspection reveals that we are all the same and the culture thing is only skin deep...

I lived alone 18 years after my divorce so I had scoured England pretty well and I knew what I wanted when it happened. I love my wife despite of her American style and not because of it. I am a stereotypical pompous Englishman so I am sure she feels the same way. The American style is not my style and the English style is not her style.

I am also wondering whether US/other relationships are worth avoiding before they start. We are possibly only 10 weeks or so from the green card but what if there was a last minute problem - say at the medical ? My USC wife is totally out of her depth here in England and wants to return to the US very soon. What would we do ? She can't exist here in England and I would be barred from the US. What happens to our immigration application in the next few weeks would mean a divorce after 3 years together, and me being back on my own at age 60 come November. The only alternative is her staying here and withering in spirit.

How much more stress can you add to a marriage ? ok it's 95% certain all will be ok - but that 5% expands to elephant like proportions in one's mind just because it's there.

Every step of the process is reason for elation, followed a week or so later by worry about the next stage. I am hoping for 'case complete' at NVC in the next couple of days but then comes the anxiety about the medical. I have passed it once at K1 but I know I will be sat here whacking my knees caps to see if there is a reaction and avoiding biscuits to lower my blood sugar content !

But anyway, back to the original post - yes I think we all know that 'I want a Scotsman' is crazy because Scotsmen come in all the varied packages that ALL men come in. I am really getting averse to Nationalism (usually dressed up as patriotism) because it means that you believe your countrymen to be 'better' than others and all this 'I love America' stuff leaves me uncomfortable as it can easily be perverted to 'The people in this country are better than people in other countries'. We know where that leads.

Even if 'I love America' means the system of government, then surely that does not apply to all of it - the immigration system for instance ? and George W ? and those state governors in the south in the 1960's ?

If it means ice cream and popcorn and baseball and big cars then I can accept 'I love America' at that level and that is the level I will be working at when I arrive.

I think people who concentrate on Nationality and Nationalism have some sort of ethereal thing in their mind - a bit like the concept of God- which is so hard to define - and the reality is that all people in all countries have a core of situations that are common.

Death for instance.

So the 'I want a Scotsman' lady is working in the abstract and needs to get her feet on the ground... A late Saturday night in the streets of Govan would be good research for her - followed by an art gallery in Edinburgh... She might then conclude her choice was between a 300 lb slobbering incomprehensible drunk and a skinny gay artist... neither of which are true

alan