‘Harry Potter’ actress Emma Watson found that upon moving in the United States from her native Britain, she found that one major change she noticed was how guys acted. She says British men are all very polite, nice and and well mannered, however they often act distant and try to restrain themselves during the early months of a relationship, and some are even a little mean:
“English guys are very well put together. They dress really well and they are very well mannered, but they are also very restrained. Usually, in the whole courting situation, I’m used to being, first of all, ignored for the first two months of the ritual. And then maybe they’ll acknowledge my presence. Then, they’ll probably be a little mean to me. And then, maybe, well, you know, whatever.”
When she arrived at Brown, she was instantly struck by how forward the guys where, and she was asked on a date by a guy who admitted that he liked her straight away. She felt that this was a huge culture shock when it first happened, and she isn’t used to men who are so straight-forward, however she isn’t sure about the fashion sense:
“Then I arrive in America and I remember a few nights into Brown this guy just being like, ‘I like you. You’re great. Let’s go on a date. Let’s do it.’ I’m like, ‘I’m sorry, what just happened?’ This is, like, a huge culture shock for me. They’re very open and very straightforward, but they wear flip-flops and I don’t know if I like that.”
