You Know You're Living With a FRENCH MAN When... What it's REALLY like to date a French man!

CULTURE SHOCK! Dating French men - oh la la! There's a lot of curiosity around French relationships, how to date in France, French men, how to woo a french man, French women... And while there's a lot of content out there on how to date a French man or the dating in France rules (aka you're exclusive right away...), what about the next step? When you live with a French man? When you're married to a Frenchman? When you start to notice those funny little habits?
This video is for anyone who is curious about French romance and wonders what it is really like to date a frenchman, dating in France vs US, or what French men are like (REALLY). We're getting real and honest up in here!! We're skipping past the stereotypes about dating French men and the French kissing and all that hoo-ha and going to the next step - what it is like to be in a real, day-to-day relationship with a French man.
Move over "You know you're dating a french man when"....and enter "you know you're LIVING with a French man when"... haha!
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It's funny how there's this huge fascination with French men dating, the dating in France culture, dating in France vs US...it makes me wonder how many of us are in a relationship with a Frenchman/French woman? Or is it just lots of us out there dreaming to be?!
And what about you.... Have you had experiences with French dating customs? Dating a French man? French courtship? What surprised you? What didn't? Do you have any tips for how to date in France?
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[@carolinechv]

in france we are taught very young to not waste stuff and the light thing is so true ! ever since i was young if i left a light on my parents would say “we’re not in Versailles” lol 😂

[@thaleis]

J’ai souvent entendu cette expression moi-même... ^^

[@perrinecool8101]

I think french people definitely know they didn't grow up in Versailles ^^ .. we've all heard this sentence from our parents

[@Azeltix]

« On n’est pas Rothschild ! »

[@sorariendemoi5804]

Nous on dit "on bosse pas chez EDF"

[@juliettedrouot760]

The same thing with the doors! In my family we were taught very soon to shut doors to keep the rooms warm, and when we didn't do it my parents were like "what, do you think we are living in a cave?!"

[@Flavius_Claudius_Julianus]

Je n'ai jamais vu quelqu'un manger une pizza ou un burger avec du pain à côté. Le mec qui fait ça est vraiment un drogué de la baguette !

[@demarcheflecom]

Hehe, personnellement je connais quelqu'un qui mange du pain avec tout, même des pâtes !

[@meality]

Les seules personnes que j'ai vu faire ça sont des algériens ^^

[@stevenr.7944]

Idem, jamais vu quelqu'un manger un burger avec une pizza. Par contre, les frites avec les pizza, ça oui, et c'est franchement pire :D

[@benoitguitard2887]

J’ai déjà vu pain / pâtes et pizza / frites / pain

[@user-ov5ds2es4y]

Mon grand père mange même du pain avec sa galette de sarazzin complete à la crêperie... Jamais compris

[@mercuredeparis]

Le fromage ne pue pas, ça sent le fromage tout simplement.

[@JoannaHenwood]

Faites confiance en moi, un étudiant participant à un échange nous a apporté du fromage français comme cadeau sur le ferry en été, ça pue vraiment ...

[@lambertlambert7076]

Le fromage français sent peut-être fort, en particulier pour un nez anglosaxon, mais ça sent très bon. Quand je passe à proximité d'un Mac Donald, ça pue vraiment la friture à plusieurs kilomètres à la ronde, et ça c'est réel.

[@Shaima0210]

J'aime le fromage mais ça sent mauvais parfois ça sent même les chaussettes lol

[@untartelette7545]

Ça pue... si bon. Ça pue très délicieux...

[@rozen4260]

@@Shaima0210 c'est sûr que si tu laisses trainer ton fromage dehors il va puer, mais si tu le conserve au frais, il puera pas. Il sera peut être fort en goût mais c'est rare un fromage qui pue

[@Kmi1907]

Yep. I confirm my man sits to pee in the toilet.. First time I realized I asked super surprised and his response was: "But of course I sit, I respect you and I don't want you to find pee everywhere" and that's when I realized that he's the one lol

[@meredithr9824]

I love practical romance.

[@benjaminblabla]

I do it as well when i don't want to make too much noise so that my (english btw) girlfriend can have a better sleep and isn't awake by someone peeing... :). To me, it is called respect and bienveillance

[@carmen_guimaraes]

Absolutely!!!!!!!

[@mrs.c1755]

The sentiment I hear most often from men about sitting to pee (from those who do it) is: “Yeah... I’m not a barbarian or living outdoors.” Makes sense, non?

[@Mr.75009]

WTF i am french and Nevers Heard of that its really not a common thing.

[@habsheim0]

One day, will you make a video with your husband about « You know you’re dating a kiwi girl when... » ? So interesting to learn about those « small » cultural differencies. Great video again. 👍🏻🥇

[@habsheim0]

Shall I talk to him ? 😉

[@ErikaDraeug]

@@NotEvenFrench I mean even just the voice if he is camera shy ;)

[@KimberlyGreen]

@@NotEvenFrench Let him do it in full on French (with subtitles added). Or better yet, both of you speaking in French, interview-style.

[@nielspeyre6813]

This guy you mean? ;-) instagram.com/thatfrenchdroneguy/

[@feisty12]

Great idea; would love to show this to my Frencher. Maybe: Making jokes all the time, even to parents on first meeting; no shoes, swearing? wanderlust; teary-eyed during the haka?

[@Charles25192]

Hello Rosie, I'm French with foreign wife and what you say about economy is so true! Another example that my wife just doesn't understand : if I want to have a cup of tea, I pour the water in the mug first and then in the boiler because I don't want to waste energy to heat 40cl of water if I need only 25cl. It is not a matter of money, just because it is not good wasting more than necessary.

[@Kelbourg]

YES ! We are engineering every damn thing

[@JaphetTeRahi]

Yes I do the same. It also goes faster.

[@biologik6797]

I never thought about that, it's such a good idea :)

[@doscheid]

That's not only better for your wallet. It's also better for the world. It's ecologically correct.

[@annarehbinder7540]

Im a swede We boil the whole thing at the exact temperature the Tea is best at and use a Big thermos . We are also tea and coffe addicts but NO sugar ,thanx ;)

[@thepurplepalace85]

Lmao the socks with holes in them pretty relatable 😂 and the crumbs

[@TheMsPants]

Hi have an Airbnb in England and when the two French guests left - the bed was filled with crumbs 🤣

[@kidu9443]

Women will too...

[@konick2r]

@@NotEvenFrench I think it's more like Little Thumb (Le petit poucet) ;)

[@Lostouille]

Au moment où jvois ton commentaire mon orteil vient de passer dans un trou MDRRRRRRRRR 😂😂😂😂

[@gregoirelebatard1057]

You really base yourself on the stereotypes the Americans it is incredible, you suddenly you are fat, uneducated, ignorant, arrogant and you say that shit on countries other than The U states while your country was designed and created by the English on the one hand but much more by France and the French who brought all the values ​​of France to the usa, counterfeiting in New york is a concrete example, I'm sure not all Americans know how many stars there are on their national flag, you feel sorry

[@demoulinspaul-romain5811]

C'est normal qu'en couple, on s'assit sur les WC sinon on se fait défoncer parce qu'on en a foutu partout ou/et on a n'a pas rabaissé la cuvette. Réflexe de survie.

[@AlainNaigeon]

Rabaisser la cuvette ? On ne la lève pas pour soi, mais par correction ! Donc le partage du boulot ne nous impose pas de la rabaisser. Bon j'espère quand même que Schiappa ne va pas lire ça, sinon je suis foutu. :-)

[@noefillon1749]

Pour la propreté je comprends mais le fait de devoir absolument rabaisser la lunette j'avoue que je ne comprends pas où est le problème. Si elle n'est pas baissée ben il suffit de la baisser.

[@Xtittanium]

Tellement vrai !

[@octopuscpl9187]

Bonjour ! Mais carrément et puis comne ça pas de prise de têtes

[@jejelerider3278]

La cuvette est toujours levée, si ma copine va au toilette, elle la baisse et la releve qd c'est fini. Je me suis jamais fait engueuler en 10 ans de vie de couple, je vois pas comment vous pouvez pisser à côté 🤔

[@greenLimeila]

I'm a French woman and I'm guilty of about all of that... Except I've always loved being barefoot, but I've been lectured for it by my parents, my grandparents, my friends, my partners... It never stops! And I'd never eat bread with a pizza or a burger. But with anything else, sure! (And I currently have dozens of jam pots in my fridge and pantry, both from my family and my boyfriend's family...)

[@alexandregneouchev2415]

Salut! Tim from myself, a French man: eat the plain yogurt with the jam, not only you'll have less piled up jam jars but you yogurts will be tastier and perhaps even contain less sugar. PS: I do pee sitting in the comfort of my own home or on other clean toilets. While the physical ability to pee standing is quite practical in outdoors or unhygienic locations it doesn't mean I am compelled to to pee standing all the time. Thanks for your videos.

[@elodaye953]

hahaha I'm a French women, living with a Colombian guy and yes, regarding wasting it's true 😂. I always asking my boyfriend to turn off his light when he's leaving a room, I go behind him to lower the temperature of the room, I always come behind him to save food he's wasting when he's cooking or I don't understand why he need to buy new clothes so often while the clothes he had are barely used. I don't really know from where it's coming from. My parents educated me like that and maybe it's coming from my grand parents : having lived the second world war, they always rehearsed to be careful with our resources.. But well, it's a theory like an other XD.. maybe it's just in our blood 😂

[@jessicapimbert2206]

My roommate always lets the lights on, turn up the AC when it's just a bit cold and gets new clothes every week and it makes me go crazy as a French person! Wasting energy and money and good clothes for no good reason...

[@BigBirdy100]

Get LED bulbs. They use less than 10% of what an incandescent bulb uses. On 8 hours a day for a year would be less than $10 USD.

[@camembertdalembert6323]

Sometime I sit down to pee because it's relaxing, especially in the morning, when I have no motivation to go to work.

[@djetox342]

Tabuses pour le pain avec la pizza! J’ai jamais vu ça par contre ok pour le pain tout le temps

[@whitefeather6271]

Jamais vu non plus!

[@arthurl7139]

Ça m'arrive dans les pizzeria qui servent des pizzas fines. Comme je suis un daleu bah je mange du pain en même temps que la pizza histoire de pas avoir faim. Mais jamais vu personne d'autre faire ça je pense ouais...

[@BlunderCity]

Si pain et pizza j'ai deja vu. Pain et burger jamais.

[@shashoumlle_1842]

J’avoue que pour la pizza ça ma un peu surprise mais bon chaque personne à leur propre fonctionnement 😂

[@labitcoineragt3596]

This is so refreshing to read 🤣 I’ve been married for over 15 years with my french man and now finally things make sense. I just thought he had weird issues 🤣🤣🤣

[@Maxu2027]

Oh 😮!!! ... Traitor 😣 !!! ... You just betrayed all our secret weapons !!! .... (from a French sitting on his "trône") 😄 ... And how do you want to dive your big "tartines" of jam and cheese in a narrow mug of hot chocolate 😍 .... LONG LIVE THE BOWLS !!!! 😃

[@2110sweetprincess]

That’s another great point: they loooooooooove to “dive” their “tartines”, “cookies”, etc etc in the mug full of milk or coffee

[@tmrbs4064]

yeeeeeeeesss we do !!

[@shaezbreizh86]

@@2110sweetprincess we also have an expression " tremper son biscuit " but not sure yu'll like xd

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

@@shaezbreizh86 hahahaahahha

[@PatamonBlade76]

I love watching your videos because I'm that french guy flatting in NZ and I thought I'd try to see how much I matched with your points and right on the first point about "wearing things to the last bit" had me in tears. I literally have a hole in my shoe but I'm like "it's on the bottom of the shoe, so it's still good to wear" XD

[@voilamonadresse]

You are soooo true in every single topics u talk about ! It s insane ! I’m a French guy living in Oz , and make me realize things about my own country that we actually do , or the way we behave or live... you are spot on all the time, you couldn’t describe better the French lifestyle ! I like the way you talk about it, genuine and non judging. Love it !

[@pjox]

I'm not French (yet I live in France), but I can tell you why sitting down to pee is so important, and it comes to one word: Cleaning! When we men pee standing up, micro particles of pee splash everywhere (yes, even for those with the best of aims), and I find pretty disgusting to clean that, so I always sit down to pee which reduces the splashing and therefore the cleaning by a significant margin. Also it is good for your kidneys or something like that...

[@MrMisterCritique]

Didn't know it was good for the kidney!!!

[@musicalneptunian]

sitzplinker! That is my one word German vocabulary. Unless you count Zugzwang from chess.

[@jeremiejqt]

Actually, it doesn't change anything for your kidney but well doesn't really matter

[@RoseMary-vs3io]

Men sitting down to pee is not new or strange, it is an Islamic practice

[@Kevin-vg5uw]

It's bad for your bladder over the years many older men suffer from cancer or other bladder issues from sitting down and peeing purely from the fact that you don't empty the bladder as well as you do when standing

[@taktak324]

Just watched this with my French husband 😂👏🏻 so so sooooo true, from sitting on the toilet to constantly turning off the lights so I’m left to sit in a dark room 😂😂😂 love this lol 🙌

[@fredlevel897]

-Hate to waste...yeah! -Crumbs...I personally don't relate to that -Smell in the fridge...I make sure my fridge doesn't smell anything but I have friends....oh boy! -Jams...yeah, lots of it but only from the shop -I love plain yogurts with a spoon of jam -Sitting to pee....Ha, ha! I thought I was the only one. It's too prevent splash drops on the floor

[@rom110]

@@NotEvenFrench Yes it can. xD On a more serious note, it helps preventing liquid projections all around that make your toilets smell really bad.

[@fredlevel897]

@@rom110 so, it's a choice between bread crumbs or ...pee splashing 😂

[@Bilbojack4]

@@NotEvenFrench Unfortunately it is true. Even when you are concentrated and never miss "la cuvette", some microscopic drops bounce back out of the porcelaine and end on the floor.

[@fredlevel897]

@Not Even French you see, you had to come to France to learn that!🚽

[@johnmendoza8072]

I hope you guys aren't sitting to pee in public toilets

[@dianehan6697]

Aw man i didnt get this in my sub box but im glad i saw your post! Love your videos! 😍 the editing here is 💯👌🏼

[@jbyoungfr]

Je ne trouve pas tes anecdotes très représentatives des Français (pas de moi en tout cas) mais c'est quand même intéressant d'avoir le point de vue d'une étrangère sur notre pays.

[@neuroticmoose]

Yes to every bit of this! Lights, crumbs, jam, all of it. “No my love, my father DOESN’T work for the EDF” is mumbled every single day when I’ve left some light on. And the jam, both home made and Bonne Maman from the shop.

[@M.YassinTorres]

This is sooo funny! I don't even know how I found your channel, but I find it super interesting

[@AdityaKadamMechanical]

Indian living in Toulouse, France: Totally relatable😂😂😂

[@Borry0613]

Almost none of these things apply to my Frenchie. Weirdly enough though..almost all of them apply to me. Especially the first one about not wasting anything, going around the house to turn off the lights after him, wearing old clothes until they're unwearable etc. I might be outfrenching him! We recently had to move from Bulgaria to France so I reluctantly got rid of a lot of clothes/shoes some of which I'd had since 9th grade. And the thing about visiting parents and coming home with too much jam strongly applies to me and my family. Also we're having the youghurt argument almost everytime we're in the supermarket now that we're in France. We know that we'll never reach an agreement but we do it anyways. Difference being that I flinch at the thought of sweetened youghurt, whereas for him it's the norm :D For me personally, you know you're living with a french man when he insists that the blinds be closed before going to bed because he likes to wake up in absolute darkness (so that the sun won't wake him up, I guess) and this is something that annoys me a great deal. Ah and also when eating leftovers from the previous meal is "sacrilège". Just can't eat the same thing two times in a row! That's why every night we're cooking enough food for just two portions which was an entirely new concept for me when we first met :D

[@creamnchery]

Such fun video. Please make one on what they usually have for diner and in general. And on what time. Thank you and continue to succeed. 👌😗

[@jisellehenderkott]

Can relate 100% to all of these. I laughed out loud so many times listening to you list these! Each time I was like, oh my gosh thats so true!!!

[@yunakagami4070]

Hi ! I'm a french woman and I wanted to give you my opinion ahah First of all, yes there are crumbs everywhere ! Ahah, but most of french people clean them because we want our house to be as clean as possible. Also, generally, only men are keeping their clothes until they are used as hell, women like to change their clothes regurlarly ! I've personally never met someone who didn't want to turn the aircon or the heating on ahah ! But I think it can be understandable considering of what's happening in France right now. This is also true that we LOVE eating bread with EVERYTHING (I ate a piece of bread with my galette des rois while watching your video ahah). The coffee point is soo true ! I think that's because we can have more coffee in a bowl than in a mug, I don't really know, I'm not drinking coffee at all. As for the jam... That's really exhausting to be honest, we don't want them too ! But we keep accepting them because we love our family so much that we can't refuse their "gift". For the yogurt, I personally never met someone criticizing flavoured yogurt ! I love them, but I love plain yogurt with sugar in it too. That's true that we add way TOO MUCH sugar in it but we have an excuse : "C'est mon petit plaisir du jour !". I do not really agree with your before last point, we LOVE eating after the dinner while watching movies for exemple, but it's true that, during the day, we find it a little bit strange. I really enjoyed your video, have a nice day y'all ! ♥

[@tiktokshortz2083]

Yuna Ur msg is longer than my life 😂 Who can read this 😅

[@amybetta6510]

@@tiktokshortz2083 I just did... so nicely explained, thank you @yuna 🙏🙏

[@yunakagami4070]

@@tiktokshortz2083 Well 12 people did it.

[@yunakagami4070]

@@amybetta6510 Thank you ! That's nice of you 😊

[@rainbowbecca3340]

I read the whole thing, and it's really interesting to know!

[@oxycrat]

To pee sit down is the cleanier way to pee

[@bernardtapie1092]

only if you have a small penis

[@nicolas4601]

@@bernardtapie1092 Bernard Tapie et l'homme d'Oriane sont un soir côte à côte à uriner debout dans un petit ruisseau. Bernard Tapie : "Le fond de l'air est frais...", l'homme d'Oriane : "le fond de l'eau aussi...".

[@MetaMM]

Thanks for the chuckles... You're so funny. Must make a video of what is it like to live with an Italian husband lol... But they're so different!

[@bge1234]

Your face on "... with a burger. I'm not joking," was priceless!

[@user-qg1wj7wh8i]

The toilet incident is more health and sanitation related. In my country, Mongolia, men with daughters or female siblings are taught to pee sitting down for hygiene purposes. Also it’s supposedly good for prostate gland. My boyfriend is French and he does everything you said in this video, including the the bathroom ritual 😜 To me, Mongolian and French culture really has no difference. I feel like dating my own kind except his just from EU.

[@makeup_onhermind]

I'm from Germany and I can confirm that here, too, pissing standing up is rather a macho thing to do. The good men sit down (at least at home!) ;)

[@sairaailia8691]

The funniest ones, was the yoghurt lecturer. 😹 and the having bread with every meal...Even with pizza and a burger. 🙀🤦🏾‍♀️😂😂

[@arescue]

Fun video. Your eyebrows are cute, nicely done arch.

[@tristanjak5027]

Pas mal la vidéo et joli accent ! Néanmoins c'est un peut mal à droit de témoigner des habitudes des hommes français alors que tu n'est en couple avec qu'un, à moins que tu sois sortie avec une multitude de français, tout les hommes français ne mettent pas forcément du sucre dans leur yahourt ou mangent des baguettes avec la pizza ( je suis français et cela me paraît tellement étrange !)... ça c'est juste un cas particulier !! Merci de votre compréhension.

[@margot5661]

Hi ! We are a french couple and I would like to thank you for your video cause it was hilarious. It is totally true about the clothes, the heater, crumbs, man sitting to pee and about the smell of cheese in the fridge. We love cheese ( especially here in Normandy) and the smell stays so long for some of them. Sometimes my boyfriend and I are wondering if there is still a piece lost in the back of the fridge but nope x) Concerning the bread, I have never seen anyone eating bread and pizza/burger. And never seen my boyfriend or even my friends' families making jam. We just basically buy it :) Anyway, this is very interesting and funny to discover new points of view about our habits. Again thank you and good luck with the cheese. My heart is with you ( and your nose) ;)

[@fatbast3055]

Hey Rosie ! Funny to notice that your kiwi accent is getting enriched with french intonations. It reminds me my sister who's been living in Britain for 15 years and got married with a Geordie. 🤣 Thanks for the fantastic job you're doing on yt ! 👍

[@briannef5859]

So true about not wanting to waste and the crumb thing!! I laughed out loud about the fridge stench. Welcome to France! This was spot on for my french husband!

[@jaqnoel1727]

It's spooky how true every single point you have mentioned is 100% true . I feel relieved. I honestly thought my French boyfriend was eccentric or even slightly mad. It's nice to know that actually this is normal behaviour. I feel so ashamed that I was so ignorant and lacking insight. Thankyou for sharing. XXX

[@norbertfontaine8524]

A propos des toilettes : bientôt on va reprocher aux Français d'être trop propres !!

[@fabien2972]

Contrairement à la légende, je trouve que nous avons une hygiène corporelle correcte. Pour la propreté publique par contre c'est une autre histoire...

[@Rebelmusedesign]

Yes!!! My father was exactly like this! And he would be considered French-Canadian even though he was born in the States. Loved this video! I so enjoy watching your channel 😊💐⭐️

[@EleoTeardrop]

Your impression with the bowl was so funny and true!

[@birrcottage8419]

This describes my Belgian grandparents perfectly. 😆

[@Flodrums26130]

I'm a french man, and... I can relate all the things you said haha!

[@lucy-ferprofiler5379]

spot on !!! you nailed it and it was hilarious !

[@morbidlyobese2944]

Love your videos Rosie as someone who plans to live in France in the future 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@mdkinfrance]

- Crumbs everywhere: Yep! The bane of my existence. Although he does now use a plate for breakfast. It used to just be directly on the table. I've never understood breakfast DIRECTLY on the table. - Bread with everything: Yep! Pasta, potatoes, rice, pizza, dessert... and bread. Strangely, no bread with soup. - Coffee out of a bowl: Yep! Can't even consider anything else. - Underwear and socks decades old: Yep! Kinda crunchy, too. - Lots of jam in the cupboard: Yep! But he's the one who makes it! - Sitting down to pee: Yep! At least the seat is kept down! - Plain yogurt with honey or jam, not sugar. Does that make it slightly better? The one thing he has come around on is a late breakfast, lunch or early dinner. It gets complicated if we're trying to eat out at those times because the restaurants are closed, but at home he's fine with it. My husband is also a scavenger, who will stop to pick rotting apples on the ground to make applesauce or tarts, as well as walnuts, mushrooms etc. I quite like this side of him! One thing to add: peeing anywhere, on the side of the road, in a garden, in the woods, in a bush. I've never seen my husband do that in the city, but I've seen others who do. Also, every time I drive by a parked car on the side of the road and I see a man standing there, I wonder for a split second what he's doing and then I realize he's peeing. Of course.

[@Himikoiii]

ewwww

[@randigerber1926]

Men casually urinating in public (in Paris!) really blows my mind! Sophisticated? Classy? Sanitary? (Here in the States, it’s illegal in every state, punishable by heavy fines and even jail time.)

[@Epintus06]

@@randigerber1926 It is illegal in France too... ^^

[@c-buck]

Pas de pain avec la soupe ? Allez, avoue que t'as pas pensé aux croûtons... :D

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

@@randigerber1926 These are not frenchmen probably. We can only pee in nature if there is no other way. It's illegal too.

[@konnytaps]

It's funny because I felt that I am more french than my French husband. I am all the time telling him to put on some socks or I wish to eat more bread than we do. But big yes for the look of what the hell of my chips with some dip, the never wasting nothing and omg I feel like my mom trying to trash clothes without him noticing and the pee thing... I won't afirm or deny that but I heard that is common too 🙄

[@JaySwanson]

I really liked this one 😂😂

[@JaySwanson]

Insights for those of us who only see French Men out in the wild ;D

[@lauram.3666]

OMG the yogurt with a heap of sugar on top! Brings me back to my childhood with a French mom LOL!

[@riscsorry]

I appreciate when a guy pees sitting down. I think that’s considerate of him.

[@hervereult9]

I am french, and I am in my life, so technically there is a french man in my life :D

[@aliciavelice3806]

I laughed way to much at that Hadoru. Thank you kind sir.

[@hervereult9]

@@aliciavelice3806 anytime milady :)

[@shaezbreizh86]

@@hervereult9 I even have a french guy talking in my head everytime i'm thinking that so weird xd

[@emmaphilo4049]

:D nice one dude

[@raph1111111]

Lmao I was like "I don't do that, I don't do that, and I don't do that" until the LAST ONE. You got me on this one 😂

[@aleksandragrn3445]

Currently living with a french person, your video is excellent ! 😊

[@SparksandBubbles]

As a French woman living in the US... True on a lot of it... But about the toilet, it seems like their mom train their boys to not pee all over the toilet by sitting down and were not too wild on having their spouses keep the toilet seat up...and sitting down in a glacial toilet in the middle of the night!!!

[@KBinturong]

S'assoir sur les toilettes c'est le meilleur moyen de pas pisser à côté ! Après, why not?

[@lambertlambert7076]

Ce sont les allemands qui éduquent leur garçons comme ça ! C'est bien la première fois que j'entends ça en parlant des français.

[@lambertlambert7076]

Je suis français et je le fais comme un homme.

[@lambertlambert7076]

Je ne suis pas sexiste ! Vous avez le droit de pisser de manière efféminé. Grand bien vous en fasse. Sachez qu'il est possible d'uriner proprement debout (on lève la lunette, et on vise bien, bin oui ! ).

[@yoyotopyoyotop5447]

@@lambertlambert7076 Les petites gouttes projetées à côté inévitablement, c'est quand même un peu dégueu. C'est toi qui javellise après ou ta chérie ?

[@lambertlambert7076]

Comment ça, inévitablement ? Si moi j'y arrive, c'est que c'est évitable.

[@SupportWeThePeopleKB]

Interesting collection of habits! The waste not want not concept jumped out at me. A French (male) friend who grew up during the occupation told me that everything being carefully used until it wore out was a remnant of the long years of deprivation. Every wise family learned ways to be frugal and inventive in their use of whatever resources they had. He mentioned that long after the war his mother carefully continued her recycling philosophy.. An example was that she used old drapes to sew the unseen pockets of garments and for cloth napkins. She wouldn't dream of throwing out clothing that could be reconfigured for something else. In 2019 these habits seem to be admirable and wise even when we might have the money to buy new. (Concerning the toilet use, my husband says he does it as a courtesy to me so I don't inadvertently have a surprise some dark night when a seat has been left up!)

[@katerinagkountara4136]

OMG relatable af!!EVERYTHING is so true!! Haven't seen the baguette with burger though. You must have been married to the ultimate French!

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

He acts more like a british than a frenchman tbh

[@onimiste6446]

Yep, frech guy here and i agree with everything :D Except that pizza + baguette thing, come on we are not THAT fond of bread !

[@Thedemonlord66]

what are you talking about dude ? you mean to say, we are not that fond of pizza !! :')

[@onimiste6446]

@@Thedemonlord66 Lol that's right, all hail the Baguette ! You know, sometime we put tomatoes, cheese and meat on a tartine and still call it a pizza... X)

[@HuongMad]

Sitting to pee basically to keep the toilet clean, personnally I'm so happy they do that

[@thaleis]

It’s also better for the bladder and some doctors said it’s avoiding prostatic cancer.

[@nausicaaasciutti2338]

I do agree with the socks story, johurt with huge quantity of sugar or jam and the baguette is a must for my boyfriend too. 😂 I haven't noticed the others you said but I will ask to other expat I know and pay more attention in my French side family ahahhahha bisous from an Italian expat in Paris :)

[@Imaginfinity]

I’m not dating a French person, but I did definitely notice during my French exchange that pouring sugar into plain yogurt is really common!! (especially in school cafeterias) And the bowl thing for tea as well-I found it strange at first but it’s actually kind of nice :) As well, big breakfasts are not super common which I found hard to get used to, although the abundance of delicious baguette made up for it 👌

[@suestephens7389]

Are French men demanding .Are they take advantage of their women .Like taking their money for them self

[@suestephens7389]

Is it all about them what they want

[@yovizx]

Are you generalizing French people. TRIGGERED

[@telemachin]

There's a big reason why men sit to pee, that's called smartphones.

[@cameliap1146]

😂😂😂

[@90DayBeyonce]

OMG the jam thing lol. Our fridge is packed with gifted jams. Also: countless jars of honey.

[@sarabrankaer7796]

I'm Belgian, and we do the plain yoghurt with jam thing! It is much better for you! Because obviously the jam is homemade by my mother or mother in law, with just fruit and sugar, and those "fruit" yoghurts from the shop have "aroma's" and "additives" and yes, probably more sugar, plus they taste like candy, not like yoghurt! My husband also sits down, it's healthier. :-)

[@leorhodes8834]

I'm a French man and I always sit when peeing... The only exception is in public bathroom for obvious reasons but I find it way more confortable and hygienic. I also totally relate the first one about wasting things and the smelly fridge, but not that much for the other ones...

[@alexger85]

I'm a German man and its pretty much the same over here! Nobody likes to clean the bathroom, so sitting down is totally reasonable at home.

[@sombreman9432]

@@alexger85 Ah... I see Europe has many men of Culture

[@lambertlambert7076]

alexger85 In my opinion, it's definitely a German thing to sit to pee. Actually I'm surprised that this effeminate urination looks like very common as well in France.

[@adp124]

My husband (we are kiwi) sits to pee most times

[@lambertlambert7076]

So it's not a French thing.

[@CasperManor]

J'aimais bien tes vidéos avant, mais le problème c'est que trop souvent tu parles de chose qui te concerne toi et tu en fais des généralités pour tout les français... Parfois tu tombes juste dans tes remarques, mais le plus souvent c'est pas le cas dommage, essaye d’être un peu plus objective... enfin c'est juste mon avis de français, je suis pas tout les français non plus

[@LauraMorland]

Si vous lisez d'autres commentaires, vous trouverez que Rosie ne parle que de soi-même !

[@akashakireka7587]

Some of these apply to the teacher I'm with.she was born and raised in the north of France and decided to take a trip to NZ but it ended up being a very long adventure lasting 20+ years and to this day. So shes picked up a few NZ habits in the time shes spent here

[@Jaguar1910]

Bravo ta vidéo est très amusante. Pour les repas c'est vrai c'est très rituel. Connais tu ce proverbe français? " La table est l'entremetteuse de l'amitié".

[@josepharthur3580]

C'est quand même gravissime de faire des généralités pareilles, c'est un peu le cancer de notre époque. C'est aussi un manque certain de recul, de réflexion, et une marque certaine d’auto centrisme de croire que notre propre expérience est la norme. On touche le fond.

[@michelehaliche4988]

Bien dit Joseph elle prend son cas pour une généralité c'est lamentable.

[@KragV]

I'm a proud sitter myself, I even go as far as cleaning the stuff beforehand in public toilets just so I can get myself comfortable. I don't think there's anything inerently wrong with that.

[@mariebarrett9425]

Omg loved this!

[@nicolesunset3448]

Great video! If you just feel like butter on toast for dinner you can have it without a fuss? Can't he make his own food if he would like something different? This intrigues me.

[@normezmoi]

About yogurt, the french law is very strict with the recipe of the plain yogurt : milk and ferments only. As soon as you buy a yogurt with fruit, the law is that the producer can add any ingredients he wants. So this is not a "real" yogurt. The fruit yogurts are regularly subject to scandal in the press because junk added.

[@lepassant478]

Regularly ? I can hardly remember any yogurt-related scandal honestly. Might have just dodged those but I'm surprised still.

[@normezmoi]

@@lepassant478 Because you are not as old as I am ;) The last crisis was in April 2018 after an investigation conducted by 60 Millions de Consommateurs...

[@lepassant478]

@@normezmoi Maybe. I probably don't follow or care enough about yogurt dramas to remember them, anyway. But that's good to know.

[@emmanuelle295]

Sometimes it's better to add a lot of sugar or some nice homemade jam than having lots of preserves, sweetener and all kind of nasty things inside.

[@MrCoco57160]

Moi à la maison je m’assois pour pisser effectivement ^^

[@gropki8508]

Moi aussi. Comme ça pas de problème de visée ni d'éclaboussure.

[@24lascaux]

@@gropki8508 Je me suis fait éduquer comme ça par le femmes françaises. Elles ne supportent pas les "accidents de visée"....

[@SuperLepianiste]

j'avoue des fois tu te dis "hourra je sens que je vais me rater vos mieux faire ça assis" x)@@24lascaux

[@tittoinehfrlbc]

oui comme ca on peut bouquiner ou jouer avec son telephone :)

[@KaotikBOOO]

La lunette des toilettes est moins crade au moment de la laver quand tout le monde dans la maison fait assis Et si jamais tu vas pour la petite commission et que tu changes d'avis en cours de route pas besoin de changer de position Par contre jamais assis dans les toilettes publiques, je suis pas fou ;)

[@lillaspastie]

It's strange, this video doesn't appear when I'm on your YT page. I clicked on the link in your text message (in Community section) and there are only 20 views. But apparently a video from Fabien Olicar doesn't show neither he also wrote a message to the Community. Is there a problem with YT? Anyway it's so funny and true (I deeply relate to crumbs) I thumbed up your video!

[@carola-lifeinparis]

I had expected to see more of your list in my relationship. He is apparently not so typically french. No holes in socks and he drinks from a cup, and the cheese he picks is ok. Still fun to watch.

[@c-buck]

I'm not a man but... "what? You eat that? NOW?"... omg, this is totally me... and the sugar/yogurt thing... I always do that too x') And for the rest... I agree with you! haha I love this video ♥

[@erinvanmarcke3292]

OMG yeeessss especially the sugar and yogurt ??? What!?!? It's so annoying !! Also the cold! Gets worse when you have children, they must always be bundled and the weather is to blame for everything !!!!

[@AhsanKhurshid]

this is pretty standard way to eat yogurt in the east as well .... totally smiled when heard ... i have a friend from east Europe they do the same, plane home made yogurt and add few scopes of raw white sugar as a breakfast :)

[@danslesmontagnes3609]

Maybe the sugary yogurt has been adopted by the Quebec français as well? When my husband and I were there, the Airbnb host served us plain yogurt with more honey in it than I have ever had!

[@AnnaBlueStar]

OMG YES those breadcrumbs that they NEVER clean up themselves. OMG YES the Jam!!

[@lauram.3666]

I'm a French woman, married to an American and living in the US. Guilty as charged on most of those things! I'm always telling my husband to wear a shirt and socks to not catch a cold. Our most recurring fights are about turning on the AC and fan. I eat plain yogurt with jam... heck, I make my own jam when fruit is on sale! I HATE it when we snack between meals or skip a meal. I have sadly given up the coffee bowl and the baguette crumbs in favor of a coffee mug and bagels... These are things I didn't even realize I did :)

[@user-qs1xc2cs1s]

We sit on toilet to read newspaper!! At least i do!

[@MeedusaRox]

You must read super fast, or pee super slow...

[@user-qs1xc2cs1s]

@@MeedusaRox Its all about taking ur time ;) And dont forget time is just a convention.

[@Leebpascal1]

2:32 this is because (fast food) burger 'bread' is not real bread, with lot of oil and sugar. Same with (industrial) pizzas. 2:58 they SMELL (sometimes strongly) but don't stink. 3:07 No problem for me (I'm french) and i still never get a word about it. But you're partly right ; the myth of catching a cold (or any VIRAL or BACTERIAN disease) die to temperature still exists. But that does not mean illness due to temperature isn't a thing (hypothermia for example ?) 3:45 for the cofee, it's for when we want to drink it soft (measure a starbucks 'mug' bafore laughing). The bowl also got the good size for milk based drinks (and the average size of a frenchman's mouth. 4:00 always better from your family. 4:33 I eat flavored or fruits yogurts but even if you put sugar at home, you still doesn't have preservatives, colorings, stabilizers... 5:37 Yeah (even not as strict as monks) and it's because of it we have (or at least had) one of the best life expectancies : eating together, at a fix time, 3 times a day, in stable and reasonable quantities. Snacking is the worst for your health (and your diet). 6:30 It isn't because you can pee standing up that you must do it so. (And a woman will never know what you feel when number 2 is coming while you're standing and doing number 1)

[@fredbettin6831]

Tu m as fais bien rire pour les toilettes mais c est pour evité de faire du bruit !! Lol je fais ça tt le temps pour pas reveiller la maison.. je manque de modestie là !!!!

[@biskitz89]

Salut! This is a video request. Can you do a vid on typical repas francais? Whats a typical home breakfast , lunch and dinner? Merci! 😊

[@Ariel310791]

I am a French girl engaged to a French guy. We perosnnaly don't eat bread with pizza and we drink our coffee from a mug except when we make huge tartine to soak them in it : in that case a bowl is required. Then my bf sits to pee, just because that's how he has been taught in order to prevent your mum or wife (or any other person who does the cleaning) to wipe drops of pee on the seat or the flour. And it is a shame that on the other side guy in Paris are peeing absolutely everywhere.

[@lambertlambert7076]

Les deux sont une honte en fait. Pisser partout comme un chien, c'est une marque de sous-développement, voir d'animalité. Mais Paris est une capitale regroupant toutes sortes de cultures, donc on ne peut pas certifier que cela soit du aux français. Pisser assis pour un homme, c'est clairement une forme de soumission au féminisme. L'homme doit s'assoir comme une femme, et perdre symboliquement sa virilité, pour éviter de salir. Pourtant, il suffit juste de relever la lunette.

[@lambertlambert7076]

Je ne crois pas aux bénéfices pour la santé avec cette position. Et clairement, c'est une position féminine imposés par les mères.

[@rom110]

N'importe quoi. Beau mélange de xénophobie et de misogynie. Bravo ! @@lambertlambert7076 C'est du chouette. xD

[@lambertlambert7076]

rom110 Bel exemple d'accusation gratuite sans réflexion.

[@lambertlambert7076]

Arte Kinesis Et vous croyez tout ce que vous lisez ? Si la simple position debout rendait malade à ce point, nous devrions constater des milliers de cancer de par le monde, or c'est loin d'être le cas. Qui vous a parlé d'un complot ? Je constate juste qu'il y a une tendance globale des pays riches à promouvoir en excès le féminisme. Vous vous considérez comme une bête, grand bien vous en fasse, mais ne m'incluez pas dedans.

[@alexlo1768]

Why is it so awkward to sit when I'm peeing ? basically I'm a very lazy person and sitting is so much more comfortable :p

[@epicashley]

hahaha this is brilliant - yes these are true, I've encountered most of them living with my French husband here in the UK. The 'not wasting anything' is MASSIVE - which is good, yes - BUT leads to arguments over wasting any food (ie even mouldy food needs to be eaten!). The wearing clothes till they disintegrate is completely true too :). AND drinking from a bowl! What's that about?

[@ptitluminute]

Hey Rosie! I'm a french girl and it happens quite often that I eat cereal for dinner. But I agree it's not very common here, and when I tell it to people, I get the same comments the mentioned in your video. 😁

[@wudgee]

I’m British and also will eat cereal for dinner, or just eat nothing. At least you’re getting Vitamin B etc from cereal.

[@Yo-er6no]

No offense ,mais décris comme ça ton mec c'est trop le stéréotype du français bien intentionné mais qui emmerde tout le monde avec les bonnes attitudes à avoir car c'est ce qu'on lui a appris quand il était petit. Certes c'est une tradition très française mais je pense que les gens ont le droit de vivre sans se faire juger à la moindre occasion pour des trucs souvent faux d'ailleurs (si tu n'es pas couvert tu chopes un rhume, quoi manger à telle heure, etc...). J'en doute pas qu'il est adorable et ce n'est que pour équilibrer le débat, trop de français sont complaisants avec nos coutumes débiles pour faire de la "résistance" à l'influence anglo-saxonne. Les français passent leur temps à juger comme si ils étaient exempts eux-même de remarques. Les étudiants bouffent n'importe quoi à n'importe quelle heure, plus d'une fois à Paris j'ai croisé des gens en t-shirt ou juste une simple veste en Hiver et nos rayons yaourt dans les supermarchés proposent énormément de différentes "flavors" spéciales, bien plus que dans les pays anglo-saxons en tout. Pour le fromage il faut toujours une boite à fromage qui pourra conserver toutes les odeurs pour qu'elle ne se diffusent pas dans le frigo. J'adore le fromage mais c'est vrai que ça sent vraiment très fort. Le pain c'est un élément de survie, quand ton frigo est vide il te reste soit des pâtes soit du pain. Quand on prend en compte cela oui on mange du pain même quand ce n'est absolument pas nécessaire, moi j'aime bien manger mon riz avec du pain alors que c'est d'un non sens au niveau nutritif. De même dans les restaurants on se jette sur la corbeille de pain que les serveurs nous apportent pour patienter mais une fois le plat arrivé on a plus faim car on a mangé "trop de pain". love you et continue tes vidéos !!

[@pltxpltx7996]

Yo 934 ça c'était constructif, j'approuve d'ailleurs

[@aliceinwonderland737]

C’est à cause des gens comme ça que les français sont hyper mal vue à l’étranger

[@etiennederyckere6491]

There is an explanation to everything. First about drinking coffee in a bowl is because french people dunk their toast or slice of bread into it, a mug is not big enough. Incidentally, this is a way to recognize a french in a hotel when having breakfast. Second, peeing sitting is recommended by urologists, the idea is to make sure that the bladder is as empty as possible, this to minimize prostate cancer possibility. I like your videos, however quite often irrelevant or showing lack of knowledge; once again there is always a reason and a good one for everything.

[@Thedemonlord66]

well, strangely enough, it's quite the contrary for me. I always end up with my bladder not completely empty after pissing seated so I gotta do the good old standing up way ^^'.

[@LauraMorland]

Clearly Rosie's video is not irrelevant, because many people have responded to most of her points with similar experiences of their own. As far as "lack of knowledge," the video is not intended to give an explanation; only to illustrate the facts. I'm sure that you could go to the U.S. or New Zealand and make a little video about the culture shocks you experience there... without feeling the need to provide the "explanation" for each.

[@zouzelf]

The bowl for hot chocolate is mostly to dip bread, I do sit down on toilets because it's WAY simpler (the only time a man stand up for peeing, it's outside or in fountain toilets)

[@nicolasb7078]

je pisse jamais assis perso.

[@islandbirdw]

Well the no snacking after dinner is probably the reason they’re not overweight! I have only watched a few of your videos but the one thing that I found kind of funny was once while visiting here my French sister in law tried peanut butter. I will never forget the look on her face, trying desperately to remain polite but looking like she’d just bit into maird de Chen!

[@Julie_93380]

Salut, je confirme en France on est très a cheval sur l'heure du dîner, la présence de pain etc. Bien sur parfois on a la flemme et donc on voudra grignoter quelques choses mais si c'est mon compagnon qui fera ça il aura une réflexion de ma part et inversement. Concernant le pipi assis, certains hommes font pipi assis car leur maman leur a appris que faire pipi debout n'est pas très hygiénique. Sûrement car elle avait marre de nettoyer les gouttes autour de la cuvette. C'est vrai qu'au début cela m'avait un peu choqué mais en fait maintenant que j'ai un homme qui met des gouttes partout (ça me rend folle) je pense que je vais apprendre a mon fils de faire pipi assis lorsqu'il deviendra propre 😅😁

[@Emiheann]

Ou bien tu vis avec un français très bizarre, ou bien ma vie n'est que mensonge et je ne suis pas française... ^^

[@Dirty_Tentacles]

Emilie Bernard je me disait la même chose pour la moitié des choses qu’elle a cité

[@nathanroulleaux7685]

Tu pisses debout ?

[@AutopsieDunReve]

C'est pas la première fois qu'elle parle de lui et il a l'air d'être radin et un peu égoïste plutôt que juste français...

[@zaddkiel4458]

@@nathanroulleaux7685 je suis une femme et je pisse quasi jamais assise !

[@nathanroulleaux7685]

@@zaddkiel4458 t'étais un homme avant ? 🤔

[@ynaves6575]

At first I thought my fiance was just lazy to pee standing haha, just found with your blog that it's a french men way. It's more favorble to me too, I dont need to clean the bowl before I sit.,I love your videos!

[@ordinosaurs]

Hi, I won't say much about bread because I'm a rather atypical French on that subject as I don't really like eating some. I use a bit of it to push things on my fork and to clean the bottom of the plate, but I don't really fancy eating it. Anyway. Regarding the smell in the fridge, you can keep the morning coffee grounds on small plate and leave that in the fridge. It catches the odours and it will make your cohabitation with cheese more manageable. When it comes to standing or sitting pee habits, I will neither confirm nor deny, but there's a reason we (French) mostly have loos separated from the bathroom in a dedicated room with a locking door, it's to avoid sharing these moments with the other persons living in the house.