Category: Expat Life

1 - ALL FRENCH PEOPLE HAVE POODLESMost French people are quite fond of dogs. However, you are not going to see a bunch of high-heeled women running around with poodles everywhere you look.Surprisingly enough, there are several breeds of dog in France. I know - it's weird.What is true is that there are many dog owners in Paris. While you are out & about in the city, you will see dogs everywhere...a few larger breeds, but mostly smaller ones because the majority of these pooches are living in apartments.It's not unusual to see a dog at its master's feet in a restaurant or a shop, or trailing behind the master on the street without a leash. Maybe dogs just have more rights here as opposed to American dogs.Obviously, when you're walking in the streets, you need to watch your step.2 - FRENCH PEOPLE DON'T USE ASSWIPE - ONLY BIDETS (ASS FOUNTAINS)Wow. That would be damn cool if this were...

1 - FRENCH PEOPLE NEVER WORKWell, French people DO work - though, it may be a bit strange to Americans. The standard work week is 35 hours as opposed to 40. Really...what's a difference of 5 hours? When I was working a 40-hour week, I spent at least 5 hours a week not working - maybe more.Most Americans probably get around 2 weeks of vacation a year - give or take. The average French person could get somewhere around a month or two. That's not slacking - that's fucking lucky.The productivity rate in France is high even though they work less.Obviously, they do work - they'd just rather not spend their entire fucking life doing it, so get the work done & go on vacation.2 - FRENCH PEOPLE ARE ARROGANT & CONCEITEDWell, yeah - some of them. I suppose an arrogant disposition seems strange to most Americans since there aren't any people in the U.S. that are like that.3 -...

1 - FRENCH WOMEN DON'T SHAVEI'm not really sure how or when this one got started, but it is complete bullshit. My theory is that maybe a bunch of GIs landed on the beach in 1944 & found some girls in the countryside who had happened to run out of disposable Bic razors.My husband, being a native of France, informed me: "The first time I ever saw a hairy woman was in California."Hmm...yeah...shocking.2 - YOU GET SOME KIND OF POTATO WITH EVERY MEAL, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU ORDERReally...I wish that this were true because I always like me some potato. It's more likely that you'll be served some sort of bread, but even that isn't always the case.Interestingly enough, I have observed that some French people do seem to have an inexplicable phobia in regard to eating the skin of a potato.3 - ALL FRENCH PEOPLE SMOKENope, not all French people smoke. However, a damn lot of them do &...

1 - ALL FRENCH PEOPLE ARE RUDEJust imagine this scenario: your city is flooded with tourists every damn day of every damn year. They approach you & yap at you, just assuming that you speak their language. What do you do?If French people (especially Parisians) come across as being rude, maybe it's just because they get a little bored with a bunch of silly American tourists approaching them as though they were employees in an amusement park.One more thing: Americans are a smiley group of people - we smile at each other even if we might not be feeling that smile deep down. We also have a tendency to chat with strangers for no reason. Most French people aren't walking around grinning & chatting with each other & with tourists - especially in Paris. It's not really rudeness...it's just the way it is.2 - FRENCH PEOPLE SMELL LIKE BUTT & B.O.In general, French people do not have funk; they shower...