Sunday 24 April 2011

The Big Apple vs The Big Smoke

Safe in the knowledge that guys and gals the world over are motivated by similar impulses, I'm constantly intrigued by cultural customs which exist when it comes to dating etiquette. Whilst it's in nobody's interest for me to compare say, traditional Russian courtship with romance in, I don't know, Africa, there is one cultural comparison which readers of this blog may find interesting.

Many client interviews and far too many coffees ago, I met a smokin' 30 something girl, who'd just returned to London having lived (and dated) in New York for almost eight years. She was finding the London dating scene something of a struggle and needed my help in the hunt for a worthy contender.  'Surely things can't be all that different?'  I thought to myself. Well I've done a little research and apparently, they can.