You Know You're Dating a German Woman When - An American Reacts!

Hallo freunde, und willkommen! This is a little more fun! I've been married to a German woman for 23 years, and we also went through the dating phase. I wonder if any of these situations occurred when we were dating! Hope you enjoy!

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[goofygoober]

I don't have extensive expertise on this but I once was at a party in Germany drinking my little Veltins and I actually managed to impress a girl just by talking politics (which granted wasn't my intention I was just having a nice conversation but yeah), I would say Germany is probably the only place where politics can get you some positive female attention.

[Goldzwiebel]

german woman here. the choice of topics from politics to technology and so on depends on what you know yourself. not everyone is well informed. we Germans talk about what we know. and that is very individual. In summary, everything is about balance - whether you want to be equal or are looking for a protector to lead you or you want to be the leader in the relationship. It's about finding out if the other person agrees with you, even though you're telling the wrong story, or they can keep up and so on. We have seen too often in the relationships between our parents and grandparents that this balance was not right. Today it is no longer important to us if someone can cook or make a lot of money, we want this special balance.

[twinmama]

Dear Nate,
most of what was pointed out in the video are true with the exception of the last two - and even those two have a grain of truth in them. We are honest, depending on the personal level of tact, sometimes without being asked for it, though the given examples with the shirt and haircut were very rude. And lastly, some (younger) people don't shy away from showing their affection in public. More important, we don't play with the feelings of other persons. If we're interested, you'll know.
The point with talking politics, tech, or current affairs "to impress her", is not correctly worded. We love to real-talk, have discussions about politics, tech, science opposite to idle chit-chat about nothing. But it doesn't have to be a "difficult" topic like e.g. politics, it can be books, movies, games, fashion, sports, cars - as long as it's stimulating the intellect more than simple small-talk.
As people are different, not all German women will roll that way, but it can guide all interested males and females as general rules.
CU twinmama

[christianschweis]

From a Swabian point of view, this guy has done almost everything wrong that can be done wrong. I don't just think that certain things have developed, but also that there are regional preferences, far too often one sees Germany as a whole and overlooks regional differences.

[ane-louisestampe]

I would have run away - screaming 😱... at the word "beautiful"
Peace and love from Scandinavia 🤣

[pattyfairytale]

I think all these advices refer to any woman with a bit of self respect !

[goofygoober]

I think your relationship with your Wife is more representative of dating a German woman than the video you reacted to.

[ianetams]

As well, a German saying I very much like to stick with is : ' All you're saying shall be the truth, but not all truth shall be said.' I

[Mamaki]

German woman here. Yes, a person who is well informed about what is currently going on is sexy. And yes, some Germans would be that critical but normally you would't say something unless ask. But then, it would be ones honest opinion.

[FrauWNiemand]

I think these facts doesn't aply just on Germans but more to all women in western counties. and as you pointed out this is not even true for all German women, too at the samen time. You're a good guy and treating the woman the right way.

[nicklenz]

Nate, I know (presume) it was meant in an ironic way. But the music in the beginning of the video is everything but not typycal German music, not even typical Bavarian music. Almost any German will find it offensiv to be defined through this music.

[chanceneck]

Well.. I AM German... But the only woman, I ever dated was Latvian.... 😆

[dlittle]

The only point I can confirm is the point of punctuality!

[manfredkandlbinder]

Okay, so up to minute 7 or 8 it was basically, for me as a german guy, a list "Don'ts" if you want to get on the good side of a person that has a pulse. Especially this touchy-feely bit is extremely odd. Every guy should know that women usually send signals, if they feel comfortable with you touching them, they will do it first.
Another thing i picked up was the opinion and current affairs stuff. Maybe i am assuming too much, but i think many, many women around the globe are into guys that can appear passionate about certain stuff. Showing that they are interested in things, not really important what it actually is in particular. A guy that shows curiosity about stuff is someone who will also be an interesting person to spend time with.
I have to say, the american cultural influence has taken its toll on the honesty of german women in some cases, playing games will be a potential danger. In my opinion this is sad, because the relationship will be work anyway, why make the actual easy part any harder ? That is letting the other one know that you also like him/her, it's not like this is some sort of obligation.

[wittyu]

We are still polite.... She was just rude, when saying don't you think you need a new haircut.
This woman was an exaggeration for sure. :)
It's correct that we don't like, when a man makes decisions for us. To us this is disrespectful... we like to be asked, and as you said we want to be treated equal. The other thing is that we don't like to talk about topits on a date, we like to get to know a guy and that's why we are interested in his personality, his likes, his opinion.
These were just the things I remembered that I could not agree with.
We definitely don't approach a guy that way on a date., 😀
As you said... We don't play games, and we are honest and we will let you know how we feel about you. :)

[Halli]

Bottom line: If you are an 'Murican dating anyone from Europe, be careful not to show your general ignorance, be it in geography or politics!

[silviahannak]

I guess not every male American is doing that. It could happen too if he is from India, Austria or Ireland. But is that the actual way Americans do that cause they are more outgoing and smalltalk..without getting to know the Person first with a little bit of distance. Common sense is key.

[silviahannak]

We can be more straight forward yes, which might come off as being not nice. Critical..yes maybe. Most of the young ppl know how to behave in public. Not being crazy cause there are ppl watching and it would be not okay to do that Kind of things..in public.

[ianetams]

There is a difference between being honest or being hurtful. Like 'these pants are weirdly cut, and awful colour btw..'- or :' you're bumb looks fat' Might both be true.... but why hurt s.o. you must somehow like?

[goertz]

No wonder you married a German woman. Your personality is very German like. It is only natural that you and your wife were drawn to each other. Do you know if you have any German heritage?