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Top ten things to dislike about Irish women

The reasons I’m steering clear of the Celtic colleens


Irish dating advice - Top ten things to dislike about Irish women
Irish dating advice - Top ten things to dislike about Irish women

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Last month I was inspired to write to IrishCentral after Colleen’s Harte’s piece on “Ten things I now dislike about Irish men”. While it’s fair to say that for the most part we’re not all George Clooney-esque or anywhere near perfect, I thought it only fair that the Irish-American male’s voice be heard.

Although I’ve dated some great Irish ladies, who are feisty, fiery, smart and great fun this is not always the case. Irish women aren’t so perfect themselves and that’s why I’ll be giving them a wide berth on the dating scene. Frankly, recently, I find Irish women to be more trouble than they’re worth.

Here are my reasons why:

Fake tan

The smell of this stuff alone is enough to put you off any Irish woman for life. Their insistence to cover themselves in false tan in the hopes of turning themselves into a bronzed goddess, there really is no point ladies.

I have had to dump several sets of bed sheets after a strange orange  Shroud of Turin like imprint was left behind. Give me pasty skin any day over an orange umpa lumpa from “Willy Wonka”.

Drinking

When someone told me that any Irish woman could drink me under the table, I brushed it off as an urban myth. Years later drinking beer and shots of whiskey with an Irish lady friend, I learnt the hard way.

Yes, yes it’s honorable you have a good tolerance for alcohol, but that does not give you the right to harass the barman at 3am for more shots. Less is more ladies.

Paranoid

I swear, if I’d heard the phrase “what’s that suppose to mean?” one more time! Irish women seem convinced that all men are speaking in hidden meanings and are in fact always having a go at them. This is not the case.

Irish women need to relax and learn to be less paranoid. There’s no better way to start a fight than digging at innocent comments. Let it go. Even if you’re trying to be nice it can still back fire due to their paranoia.

Cannot walk in their shoes

Too many women move to New York with aspirations of becoming a character from Sex and the City. The Irish especially seem to have an affinity for Carrie Bradshaw and her sky-scraper heels.

It’s a simple rule ladies, if you cannot walk in them, leave them at home. You may not be the tallest breed of women in the world, but I’d much rather see you arrive in sneakers, than have to haul ass home with you strewn over my shoulder.
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Haha, That's Lovely. I Don't Wear Heals Yet I'm Prone To Drink More Than I Should, I Am Paranoid 90% Of The Time,I Do Not Tan Though... I'm About As White As It Gets. Tan Doesn't Look Good With Red Hair. Does It? No... I Don't Think So. Irish Boys Are Not Exactly The Easiest To Deal With... I Am Currently Dating A Scot. My Temper Seems To Clash With The Poor Fellow. An Irish &&' A Scot... My Mother Scolded Me; She Only Likes Irish Boys... Haha.
Ah, you're making it up.
There is an old sayying, "show me your company & I'll show you who you are" Sean, you deserve to be with these kind, it's like looking in the mirror.
Sean, I disagree! While you are referring to Irish girls from Ireland, I feel that Irish American girls don't display any of those negative traits more frequently than ladies of other ethnicities. The few I have met from Ireland seem very nice, as well. As an Irishman, you should go to Italy, as I (Italian American) should go to Ireland. Maybe we will then both meet the girls of our dreams!
Yup, Irish women's tastes are all in their mouths. Ugly dyed scarlett red hair, make-up put on with a plaster's trowel, over-priced, ugly "knacker" dresses which barely cover their cr***hes, 12-inch heel CMFM steletto shoes and perfume that could kill a gnat at 1,000 yards....definitely a weapon of mass destruction. AND, on top of that they drink and smoke like crazy and are ill-tempered 24/7. If you want a good woman look further afield..........Like another country.
I can agree with only two of these--bossy and talks to much. Once I started calling her Sarge, she backed off a little with the orders. And there are times when I put in ear plugs so I can watch the football game in peace. Otherwise, Irish women rock.
Sean, spot on! Especially on the fake tan and pints (although you forgot to mention the cankles). In my youth a woman wouldn't dare be seen drinking a pint. Always glasses and usually cider. Now they're skulling pints like a farmer on market day. I'm afraid after this article you'll have to move on to a different race of women.
Ack with the sole exception of the false tan I recognised meself in every point made ... and most of them I find quite ok I've to admit, maybe some strange way not to take criticism, just declare those facts to be my strong points? ;) And of course the "paranoia" seems to be a kind of projection, sure I ask men quite in the beginning what they're doing, but its not about them wallet, for me it's a quick check in which topics he might be interested.
GEEEZE, Sean you're gas altogether. a real sham a rogue... (Irish for shamrock)
My "bed room" blues eyes I "blame" on my Irish ancestry, likely from my Ulster Scots great grandmother. My Irish grandfather had blonde hair and wonderful light blue eyes.
The exotic is the erotic. The single drawback that Irish girls have for me is that we are too familiar. Asian, Afro-American, Latin and girls with heavy accents all have a 'je ne sias quoi' quality that I find far more irresistible. Of course, there was that lass from Limerick that I met in a shop in Bantry...
I think Sean needs to learn how to roll with the punches when dealing with Irish women. They look more fierce than they really are deep down inside. The current culture of Ireland causes these women to wear a false face of imagery while their perfect beauty is kept bottled up deep inside them. Let the Genie out of the bottle, Sean and she will fulfill your wildest fantasies.
Sounds like your mother and girlfriend didn't slap you enough!
Perhaps you should cross the Irish Sea and select a Brit for a relationship and maybe stay there!
No I'm not going to bitch about your article, We are feisty, no we don't all have fake tans,eyelashes nails,no we don't want to be part of sex and the city. Next time find a real Irish woman not one in the like of Temple bar.
 




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