Relationships Talk

AN AMERICAN woman had Scots in stitches over the weekend as she begged the internet for advice on how to flirt with a “sexy Scottish librarian.”

The woman asked users on Reddit for information about dating customs up north after being told that she may be too forward for her Scots crush.

After sparking up a romance with the sexy Scot, the woman took to Reddit for advice

She wrote: “I’ve met a wonderful Scottish man who’s expressed romantic interest, but I know absolutely nothing about dating customs in Scotland or anything about Scottish folk.

“I’ve looked and can’t find anything except that ‘dating isn’t a thing in Scotland’ and ‘Scottish men don’t like forward behaviour’ and that American women tend to be too ‘forward’ and ‘not nurturing’.”

“So now I feel like I may accidentally disrespect him or put him off!”

The woman then went on to explain a hilarious conversation she had with the man as he checked out her library books, joking that she “nearly died” after the encounter.

“Our first conversation was when I checked out a book about wolves and he leaned over the desk to whisper that wolves were his favourite animal because they’re fiercely protective of their women in this f*****g sexy voice. Well of course I nearly died.”

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She added: “He’s very ‘forward’ himself but I don’t know how to respond after reading that American women come across too forward.

“Do you guys really not date? What happens then?

“Should I say ‘Okay sexy Scottish man, you keep flirting and I like you too’?”

Naturally, Scots gave plenty of advice in the comments – and their responses were hilarious.

One user joked: “It’s custom here to gift a potential partner a neep (turnip) hollowed out and filled with sand and thistles.

“It’s an ancient tradition which shows the entwined nature of life.”

Another wrote: “Go haggis hunting!” while another said: “If he likes you he’ll give you with a magpie he has caught and painted red.

“You should stroke it 23 times from beak to tail then throw it in a river.

“If it flies you’ll have a long and happy union, if not it’ll get wet and this symbolises the romance (like old Irn Bru) is doomed.”

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