There is no “American” culture. We have 50 states and 6 territories spanning from American Samoa to Puerto Rico, Alaska to Texas NY to CA from every country in the world and of every religion. We have regional norms, but what you see coming out of Hollywood doesn’t represent “American” culture. I was looking at jobs and there was an ad stating “minorities” encouraged to apply. Mind you, this is in an overwhelmingly Mexican area. So which minorities are they looking for? Black and white non Spanish speaking minorities? 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

To be honest some many of you that are German Irish Scottish etc go do a DNA test you will be surprised to find out it’s in your DNA anyway and the whole past life thing you could have been reincarnation is totally something to be believed in this religion

Viking isn’t a race, it was an occupation. Yea they came from certain places, but nobody has a right to speak on behalf of them. You’re not a Viking, nor was anyone you ever knew, no matter where you came from. I have Norwegian ancestry, and I’m about as close to a Viking as the people who live in Scandinavia.

USA first dates are usually casual.

Nice video

It sounds like you have no real experience with American culture (which can also vary a bit depending upon the part of the US being discussed) and that you may have gotten a lot of your information on life in the US from certain, unrepresentative, movies that you happened to have randomly watched. While there are certainly some significant differences between the Nordic dating culture and that in the US, and the rest of the world, you could have done a much better job of comparing them had you taken the time to have gotten more factual information by having done a little research on the subject.

Bad movie writing 😂😂

in America, the woman want equal rights, then they also want a man that pays for everything. most American woman only want a sugar daddy to pay their way!.... this is way most men will not get married to American woman!

Do you really wanna come on youtube to tell all this to the world

Movies are not reality honey…

thank you !

"Stomach Sisters", over here guys will call each other "Tunnel Buddies" if they have slept with the same girl. Not sure if women have a term though.

I regret having to tell you this, but almost all of the English words you presented were actually French. Words of Old English origin would probably have been easier for your parents to pronounce. A thousand years ago, we were all speaking what was basically the same language, throughout Northwestern Europe (except for the Gaelic people and the Finns).

Does Iceland have any truly horrible foods, like haggis in Scotland and lutefisk in Norway? I'd want to know that before I went to a restaurant there and made a bad menu choice. For all I know, maybe you eat pickled sheep's eyeballs or something like that. Thanks so much, as a Scot I have many distant relatives in Iceland.

Elaborate dating rituals are something our grandparents may have done in the U. S., but it's not common anymore. One day, in your everyday life, you begin to realize that someone you encounter is becoming interesting to you and that is almost always detected by that person. If they find themselves getting interested in you, before you know it, you're hitting it off and no traditional dating need have occurred. It's always been that way with me and most of my friends. If a relationship is meant to be, there's no sense wasting time on preliminaries, but just have at it and see what develops. Practices of all aspects of safe sex are mandatory, to avoid tragic outcomes and life-changing complications. And don't burden yourself with trying to force the continuance of a relationship that has gone beyond its expiration date and turned sour. You won't be doing either yourself or the other person any favor, by doing that. The percentage of people here who enter into formal marriage has dropped a lot over the last several decades, in accordance with these practices becoming more common.

Yep, stay away from these casual-sex women.

very realistic and practical

I am planning to visit Iceland next year to experience its nature and hot springs. I have a question about dating there. As an Asian American man who is short (5'4") and generally considered decent person, I am curious about my chances of dating an Icelandic woman. During a previous trip to another country with my white American friends, I felt ignored because of my Asian background while they received attention. It became clear to me that women in that country preferred the typical blonde and fair-skinned look, despite all of us being Americans. While I’m not going to Iceland specifically to date, I’m interested in understanding my chances if I decide to try.

Have sex with a stranger 👍🏻 give your IG a stranger 🙅🏻

Do NOT believe what you see on TV or the internet!

Are girls from Iceland faithful like if husband got into accident, gets harmed physically or financially would a girl from Iceland still be with her husband or left him

now I know how it feels to be an Icelander watching english speakers try and pronounce the volcano

First dates are usually like in Iceland. although guys formally ask a woman out , girls often give lots of hints and gestures that are essentially making the 1st move.

Your English is excellent

Sounds like you have it far better in Iceland than we do in America. For some reason America women will NEVER ask a guy out unless he is super model attractive.

Dating in Iceland sounds disgusting, women with huge body count including their cousins 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮, not much different from going to the strip club and sleeping with a stripper, but much cheaper. No thank you, NEXT.

Sounds like dating sucks everywhere.

I’m coming to see you soon 🥰😂

Sad

Informative video. It would be nice if the US would adopt more of Iceland’s dating culture.

time to move to iceland

can i date you? ♥️

The huge first date gestures aren't actually a thing in America. We tend to do very casual, relaxed meetups over coffee or other drinks. Dinner is usually a second or third date sort of thing. I met my fiancee for our first date at a cool dive bar/pool hall.

If there is no alcohol involved, does sex still happen first? A lot of younger people in the western world drink less than previous generations, is that happening in Iceland too? Thanks

Come down to San Antonio. I'll give you the best chorizo of your life hehe

Would you like to go on a date, or should we go straight to sex? American, but not drunk (today)!

Honestly, Most men are checked out of “dating” in the west. Unlikely that Icelandic women are sought after any more than American women.

There are plenty of people there too shy to go. Up to somebody and ask them out in America it’s just I’m human.

The reason why sex is a big deal in America has to do with Religious beliefs. But there are people in America that do it the way that you do it over in Iceland.

Eg er ekki fra islandi en eg er ad laera islensku

I'm German from South Germany. Oktoberfest could be seen as the worst cultural appropriation ever. People from all over the world wearing Dirndl and Lederhosen while getting hammered and dancing on tables. Faking to be German for a night in a very questionable manner. I think it's great. Whenever I travel and see people doing it it reflexively warms my heart.

You need to stop watching movies because the same thing that you do in Iceland it’s basically the same thing we do in America. Like we’ll go out to a bar. We’ll meet a girl have sex and we’ll talk later. If you know you wanna go from there? We’ll go from there. If not, see you later. Save them with dates. We don’t go out like some expensive place in your first date come to America come find out FYI I got a room available lol JK.

STD's are very prevalent in Iceland. The stats are not good with almost 20 percent of adults having had an Std. In a country with less than 1 million residence. that is incredible.

People in Iceland don't mind bumping into you in crowded places and don't always say excuse me or sorry when it hapoens. Be prepared

don’t consider movies reflective of real life.

It's mostly movies that show Americans that way, of course there's always the exceptions .

The American first date custom is in a crisis and is not practical and needs overhauled. Some women demand that men buy them dinner however. As a man, you don't know what kind of woman you are dealing with. You do not know if she will be insulted by a non-dinner date or not.

Many people in America can roll their R’s. I also know people from other English speaking countries who cannot roll their are. Should more research have been done on how to pronounce the names properly, of course! I don’t think it’s a necessity to point out “Americans” especially with many of the actors in the marvel films being from other countries.

I didn't speak any Icelandic and went to Reykjavik and got lost so I aked a policeman, which stood like 6'5" where to go and he directed me. I was hungry but didn't know any resturaunts so I saw a McDonalds lol lol. I went in there and started pointing at pictures and they got the idea of what I wanted. Oh the Volcano on Heima, I think that is how it is spelt. Off the coast of Iceland went off me and a bunch of other people actually went there to fight the Volcano

I was in Iceland in 1973 and 74. The year the Volcano went off on an Island off the Icelandic coast. Some big earthquakes happened during that time. I really enjoyed myself. A friend of mine asked me to take his girlfriend to the movies. So I did, we started talking it was one of the nicest times I had, had with a woman before or after. I am including my entire life