I'd like to think that I did know, but judging by how headfirst I was diving into the relationship, I couldn't have been sure.
We always dress to impress and take influence from famous fashionistas such as Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and the latest royal trendsetter – Kate Middleton.
We know how to dress whether it’s for a ball, the races, or a glamorous cocktail party, so take a Brit with you and she’ll definitely know how to stand out from the crowd.
On top of this, we can speak to anyone and will cope well in any social situation.
Also bear in mind that we’ll know exactly how to curtsey if we ever met the Queen (or even your Mother if that would impress!
Still, when I met my first girlfriend in 2007, a ballerina who had recently moved from San Francisco, I was immediately taken aback by an overarching obsession with status and money.
She had a vision of the man she was going to marry: tall, dark, handsome, and a millionaire.
They weren't all obsessed with fame and fortune, were they?
Was American culture really as shallow as my friends had warned? She was a down-to-earth Midwesterner with ambitions in New York City theater.
We do quite fancy some of the Southern ones, like the Southern Belle accent, which is a lot less trashy. It’s unfortunate, because I’m sure a lot of the women with those accents are quite intelligent.” “In America, a joke is something that has a punch line. Sometimes an American girl just looks at you funny, and there’s no laugh — just a look of bewilderment — where the “ha ha” moment should be. ” “In England, there’s no expectation until ‘girlfriend’ status has been declared.
So, if you hook up with someone (not including one night stands, of course), you’re beholden to them in some way.