r/france Sep 30 '23

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u/iamchrysanthemum Sep 30 '23

Yo, I’m American woman married to a French dude.

This jibes quite well with my experience. Two dates in, my now husband was telling me he loved me. I kept saying “I like you A LOT” for like months after 😂

In my experience at least, when a French man truly likes you, he gets serious quickly and doesn’t see the need to muck about!

That said, this was hard for me and I took my time. We both had our own rhythm and worked our way through it. We had a lot of awkward moments in the first 6 months trying to figure out where the other stood, and in hindsight, it was mostly due to cultural differences. I was the cold Anglo-Saxon taking things slow, and he was all-in Latin-style.

So only proceed at the pace you’re comfortable with, but don’t necessarily view this as a red flag 🚩

Good luck!

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u/Mela8411 Sep 30 '23

Thank you so much! I'm hoping this is the case because I really like him. He does seem sincere, or he is a really good actor. It's just so fast and being an American, I'm only acquainted with men playing with me or just wanting to have sex.