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After my big move to France, I was living in Paris in 6 years and very much experiencing life in France as an expat. I knew about the french stereotypes but not really what is life really like in France. Since that day, I became fascinated with all things french people habits, culture shocks, French people, French people habits, French culture shocks and expat life France.
Now, after 3 years away, my expat life in Paris seems far, far away and I wondered if those little French culture shocks / things you notice in France would still come to me! So what are French peoples characteristics ? Turns out I am still prone to a france culture shock or two and am back yet again to talk french culture shock, life in France, French culture tips and what is it like living in France.
What about you? Have you had some France culture shocks?
Looking forward to hearing from you in the comments!
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As a Frenchie myself, I remember being SO annoyed when visiting some Canadian friends because their kid HAD to be the centre of attention, and we kept being interrupted while trying to have a conversation cause of my friend's kid asking for stuff, complaining or just wanting attention. In France many kids learn to take care of themselves when the adults are busy or not around, and that they're not the centre of the world (of course there's exceptions, but many people I know have been brought up like this).
Of course that doesn't mean their parents don't love them or don't take care of them, but it's about the children learning not to rely all the time on their parents for everything.
Agreed. Children need discipline, boundaries and guidance…..they are not born civilised! There are too many spoilt little princes and princesses running rings around their parents and who only think about themselves.
Amen!
Love French children! So well behaved. Not screaming around the whole time, know basic politeness like saying thank you or please, usually participate in conversations like mini adults. I live in Spain and that's a whole different story....
I agree. I practice "gentle parenting" which is NOT permissive parenting. I believe in my children being respected and not shouted at for everything. But at the same time boundaries and understanding that the world doesn't revolve around them is super important. My daughter is 4.5 years old and I tell her to wait when I am speaking to another adult unless it's an emergency. And it frustrates her but she is learning. She's also learning that when I am done speaking with the adults, I will give her my full attention. You can discipline and teach children boundaries while they have a fun and happy childhood. The two concepts are not mutually exclusive.
Same in Russia including kids behavior and schooling system
Frenchman here. Yes, we (at least decent parents do) teach our children to behave, and that starts with the four basics "bonjour, au revoir, s'il-vous-plait, merci".
On the train stations and the smell of urine; I fully agree with you, this is totally disgusting. I'd advise that you avoid areas near train station in France, and not only because of the human pigs urinating against the walls; let's just say they're generally not the best neighborhood in most French towns and cities - especially at night.
The mixing foods stuff!! As a canadian living in France my habit of "eating bowls" has become a joke in my French friend group. They think it's so funny that I have things together instead of "appropriately seperating" items. ALSO the shushing...I could never randomly shush another adult but it's so common here.
I actually really like the fact that French will eat all of the animal. I think it’s respectful of food and especially if you’re going to kill an animal. It’s also clever because there is different nutrition in different parts. I also appreciate the no food waste culture compared to American and even UK driven cultures.
The other aspect I really appreciate about the French is their courteousness of silent/quiet space for others. It’s not a given that it’s ok to disturb the peace of others around you simply because you’re outside or in your own home. Of course social areas like bars, restaurants are common sense that you’d be socialising and chatting.
I want to shadowing that. As a French young person (I'm in my 20's), I can say that this fact is actually true for a majority of old/middle-age people or still in countryside (they're still a big hunting tradition in France). However in I feel like it become rare in my generation to eat everything of the animal that is killed. I know nobody in my generation that eat pork feet or beef tongue. This is just my observation and this is maybe very located in my region/friend group, so, take that with precautions.
What ns - it’s just another wrang chaotic hum’n habit that should be b4nned! And so are btg and bfd and bngng etc! Also, all should be consuming plant-based products only!
btg = breeding
aka the most sakryIegyuz zyn
...hum’ns are chaotic by nature...
As for the teaching methods, a lot of it is meant to help build the "culture générale": you learn a lot of things you might not need, but it gives you a lot of background knowledge about the world, as being cultured is highly encouraged in France. Is it a good teaching method? Probably not that great, but it might also explain why french people like to argue and get passionate about many topics. ( But also make them think they know more about things than they actually do)
There has been some crazy bad things happening about women breastfeeding: a woman got slapped (yes SLAPPED) by another older woman because she was breastfeeding in public, waiting in line at the post office; a women got asked to stop breastfeeding at the Louvre Museum (where half of the women in paintings are half naked of course, what an irony).
I think people are not used to see women breastfeeding before for the longest time women didn’t breastfeed. I was born in the 80, and my mum breastfed me until 8 months old, which was really not common. Also 3 to 4 months mat leave doesn’t help the parents getting used to a long term breastfeeding experience. I live in Canada (1 year parental leave) and there are many more parents breastfeeding longer.
But things are really evolving in France. I hope breastfeeding will be considered like normal in the next years…
I used to be quite a heavy woman and because of this i had quite a large chest. Even though it was a 32C day in Paris and i was dying of heat i had long quite conservative maxi dress on. But as i was larger yes my chest was prominent. Not revealing or vulgar but due to my size they stood out. This wouldn't be an issue in most other Western countries in the summer but i had an older French woman screeeeeeam at me in the street and tell me how disgusting and vulgar i was. Over something that I literally could not help! meanwhile other women were walking around in tiny mini skirts but because |I had a naturally large chest i was screamed at!
Really? Was bottle feeding the norm and if so, why?
Oh yes please, do a video on the educational system! As an American educator with a French partner who suffered in his school experience, I have strong opinions and would love to hear yours.
I'm a French with bad view of the school system in France and I also would like to hear about you opinions.
@@jowjor je ne suis pas d'accord avec vous , les français sont dans un dénigrement perpétuel à croire que rien ne fonctionne en France : enseignements , santés , boulots , sociale, transports ; nous serions nuls dans tous les domaines . vous croyez que l'herbe est plus verte dans les autres pays !!!
@@ybreton6593 oui, il y a un gros problème d’estime de soi, confiance en soi dans ce pays mais également un problème de pessimisme / négativité !
Even tho the french education system is not perfect, it is one of the best there are. I know there are a lot of people who hate it and have had bad experiences with it, and that’s understandable, it is hard, and if you’re not able to figure it out on time, it can be really confusing, but the french education, when taken in the right way, is amazing. they teach you to think, not to rely on others, to work hard for what you want, and to not expect good results every single time, because that’s not how life works. I remember one time i spent HOURS working on this history asseignment on the history of the chinese empire, and i for a 13/20, i was really disappointed at first, but getting that 13 taught me more that the asseignment, it taught me that no matter how hard you work, if you don’t work right, you’re not gonna get the results you wanna have. and i can say with confidence (because i now go to a mexican school where i’m the only one out of 300 in my year that has gone to a french school) that i wouldn’t be able to do all the stuff i do now if it wasn’t for the french education. So it depends on the person’s individual point of view, but i know that the french education system has a lot more to offer than certain systems when taken advantage of.
The educational système in french it not the best but it not bad.
What you need is to learn outside of the school, because all you learn there is the basic.
You made me feel better when you said you got shushed in France! That always happens to me at least once when I visit and it makes me feel so awkward - glad I’m not the only one :)
That is sooo true about the eating things separately! My French grandkids do this, they eat all the pasta before even touching the chicken. I m amazed. In the Uk we tend to do as you re describing in New Zealand
Inheritance tax is not paid by most people. 100k€ per parent for each kid without any taxes and throughout your life you can also donate up to 100k without being taxed.
It allows (in theory) better reallocation, avoid (not enough) wealth accumulation and hopes for less inequalities.
The biggest favour you can do to your kids is, besides of course loving them dearly and telling them so, is not letting them believe they're kings or queens. There's nothing worse then being raised as " L'ENFANT-ROi", spoilt rotten and then.... being all of sudden faced to the real world once you're of age. No, you won't any more be able to do whatever crosses your fancy when studying and above all working, and you'll be so amazed that in social circles your tantrums will get you a bad reputation and people'll avoid mingling with you. A good education in good manners is worth than gold.
The food related term clementine (clement / clementine etc cannot be in someone’s name) also cannot be misused in someone’s name or yt name, and all unsuitable names must be changed, and the big terms loving and and dear(ly) and kings / queens and roi and gold and werth etc must also be edited out - I am the only Queen(s) / Princess / Goddess / Lady / Star etc and the only being reflecting fruit / food / flower / plant / nature related names / terms (which are all purity terms aka the exact opposite of hum’ns) and love only exists for me the only lovable / love being and the only being reflecting gold / the only being gold and gemstones and jewelry etc are meant for, while my pure protectors aka the alphas are the only king / prince / lord etc!
...all btg are the exact opposite of ’loving’ and are only following a sfs instinct for their own ‘benefit’ - if anyone truly cared about someone’s, that person would ferce that someone into a harrible morteI worId that is uncertain and full of payn etc to begin with, and certainly wouldn’t do that thru the reehrareas!
...the cognitive dissonance is actually unreal - that there might actually be some btg that actually do think they ‘care’ just because they are only doing their duty / responsibilities, such as providing shelter and food etc, which is the least they could do!
btg = breeding
...which is the most sakryIegyuz zyn, esp when done without c-scn, and so is bfdg!
I’ve recently discovered your channel. So thoughtful. Informative. Well done. Thank you.
I get the separate eating thing. I wouldn't stack different things on my fork either. If I had meat with three veg for example I would take a bite of the steak, take a bit of a veg, take a bite of the steak, veg, rinse and repeat
Same. I've never heard of that before.I have mixed some things before like gravy with marsh potatoes or green beans, but not all the food at once.
First ;
Thanks for the video !
i'm actually moving to france in 2 weeks ,and i'm trying to know more abt it and its ppl through yt(even though im french lol but i grew up abroad
Loved this Rosie! Merci 🙏
Great info and presentation. I would luv to see you have chapter stops so we could pick what sections we want to see again and again. Merci.
good stuff - useful, thanks
As a pregnant french you are so right about breastfeeding in public or even in a family setting I do not know if I will be comfortable doing it openly. Because yes, here breasts are very sexualized and also a lot of people will consider a mother and their child as a public object allowing themselves to comment everything. There often are mini scandals around this topic (this summer a woman was breastfeeding in the Louvre and asked to do so in the toilet by a security guard, the Louvre was not happy with the negative publicity and said it was ok to breastfeed in the museum). There currently is a campaign going on #theuncover to normalize breastfeeding in public.
That's just awful!! and it makes me feel really sad, here in the UK it's quite normal to see breastfeeding in public usually in cafes...I really hope you have the confidence to feed your baby wherever you need to, I wish you lots of luck! 😊
The purity flower name Rosalie / Rose / Rosie etc and the S words and wan / wann letter combinations only reflect me the pure being (the opposite of wom’n / hum’ns) and such names cannot be misused by wom’n / hum’ns in names or yt names etc or comments etc, and all unsuitable names / terms must be changed / edited out - all wom’n are the exact opposite of such terms!
And trying to normalize anomalies is also beyond edf, as are those _ actions!
...those are yet another wrang chaotic hum’n habit that should be b4nned! And so are btg and bfd and bngng etc! Also, all should be consuming plant-based products only!
btg = breeding
For breastfeeding, i think you see it less because there are less women breastfeeding in general. The mat leave is 4 months, and when mothers go back to work, the logistics of pumping are insane. There is no fridge and very few companies accomodate nursing rooms like i've seen in Canada... toilets are too filthy to be an option, so many friends just stopped breastfeeding once they babies started daycare... On the other hand, when friends were breastfeeding, at someones home or their own place, they were not going in a separate room or covering themselves with a blankie, they were just staying in the living room and continuing the conversation: we're a bit shocked at the covering you see in North America, it feels like the baby is nursing in the dark with a blanket in top of the mom shoulders: I think we see it less sexualized in France, if you breastfeed in public it's your right and there is nothing wrong if a bit of skin or even a nipple is exposed. I just could not stand the old ladies coming and giving me their unasked advice on how to do it 😂 "he's too hot" "you're not holding him right" (because yes, people in France comment on your baby's education even if you never met them before)
My partner has been offered a job in Annecy, France so I am going to be re-watching all of your videos. As an ethical vegan i hope I don't find it too difficult to live there xx
Another great video, Rosie!
I'll be looking at how French people eat now, hahaha!
With the shushing, I agree, I've always found that French people are so very, very unafraid to correct other people or say when ça va pas. Absolute opposite to us Brits where, "whatever you do for God's sake don't make a fuss, don't be difficult"!
Just loving you, Rosie!
I taught English in a faculty of law in Nantes. I was really shocked by how hesitant and unwilling my students were to speak in English. Of course, these were classes that were required of them nothing that they had elected to take. Interestingly enough, I did find the older students DEUG II , To be more willing to speak. I got the general sense that they’re not ever ask their opinion by professors. Also, no one fraternizes with their professors. It was a real distance. I taught ESL in the US and I taught students from all over the world. I did have French students, In my courses in the United States and they were plenty happy to share their opinions in that environment, but in France, barely a peep. You could hear crickets! Slightly torturous
The purity term flower cannot be misused in someone’s name or yt name, and all unsuitable yt names / names etc must be changed, and and pronouns can never be with a capital letter when referring to hum’ns, and can only be with a capital letter when referring to me - I am the only Queen / Princess / Goddess / Lady / Star etc and the only being reflecting flower / plant / nature etc related names / terms (which are all purity terms aka the exact opposite of hum’ns) and the only wf / gf / bride etc, and love only exists for me the only lovable / love being and the only being reflecting gold / the only being gold and gemstones and jewelry etc are meant for, while my pure protectors aka the alphas are the only king / prince / lord etc and the only bfs / lovers / friends etc!
I love your channel and am so glad you're back in France posting about France. I was just in Austria this summer and I noticed there as well when you paid with cash (and quite a few, nice, sit down restaurants our Austrian host family took us to only accepted cash) had a sign saying they wouldn't give you the cents up to the Euro and only gave whole Euro change. Here in the US there are signs at stores saying there's a change shortage and exact change is appreciated.
Hello Rosie,
Tanks for the video.
FYI the inheritance tax comes with small lines : there are various allowances and exemptions that apply before the beneficiaries of the deceased becomes liable for inheritance tax.
There are also personal allowances wich vary according to the relationship of the inheritor to the deceased.The thresholds applicable in 2022 are as follows:
Children - €100,000 each parent to each child (or child to parent).
Brother/Sisters - €15,932 between brothers and sisters.
Nieces/Nephews - €7,967 to nieces and nephews.
Unrelated/Concubines - €1,594 to third parties.
They had to make a law in France that allowed people breastfeeding to do it out in public, and if they are ever criticized heavily they can prosecute that person criticizing them for harassment. Though it's still rare to see breastfeeding in public. But luckily with my group of French friends we have no problem with it, all the moms in our group whip out the boob for the baby in the restaurant all the time, lol, without a cover, lol, and many have breastfed their kids past 9 months. Though my MIL when I told her that I was breastfed till I was about 14-18 months old and that if we had any kids I would like to breastfeed for a year if I can, she got weirded out and was like " oh god no! you shouldn't breastfeed more than for 3 months, after that it's pointless and then the baby gets too attached to you", and in my mind I was like "is there really anything wrong with that? doesn't it take almost 6 weeks for the breastfeeding endorphins to really kick in anyways? (watch a cat when breastfeeding, how they kneed the air, there are endorphins for the mother involved), and the WHO and CDC say that 9 months to a year is best if you're gonna do it", but I didn't want to argue with her.
There is an inheritance tax in the US also, and when my grandfather died, we had to sell his house and property, that he built from scratch completely, because no one in the family could afford the inheritance tax, and for some reason they wouldn't let us pool a bunch of money together and pay it off as an extended family, it could only be paid by one couple, and none of us could afford it. My cousin and her family were SUPER pissed when they found out about it because they were under the impression that the house was gonna be gifted to them for taking care of our grandfather in his last year of life (I don't know why they assumed that, because all of us took turns every year, I spent 2 years living full-time with them and being a caretaker before our grandmother passed) and none of us made that claim, lol, it was so weird, anyways
My unsolicited advice: Enjoy it as long as you can! My grandmother was against it a) it was “only for peasants”
2) and most importantly, would ruin your breasts”. This was definitely based on the priority of being a sexual object.
3) I think the exclusive intimacy really made her uncomfortable, since she was raised by a nanny; I think it brought up her unrequited longing for her mother. So sad.
This bill has not been voted into law, and indeed was not even discussed in Parliament.
School was tough but it was definitely not memorization (other than languages and math). The French donc get tests with a,b,c,d, you are taught the subject and then when they test you, they give you a sentence and then you write a 4-8 page paper with what you’ve learned based on that sentence and you’d have 4 hours to do it. I don’t miss it lol, but I found American schooling very easy 😂
As someone who is imminently about to move to France, ive been shocked by the quality of used car adverts. Across multiple websites you can be looking at a 20,000 euro car and there's only 3 pictures and the car hasn't been cleaned and there's a can of coke and the guys sun glasses on the dash. Honestly i don't understand. Surely i could open France's most successful used car dealership just by photographing the cars properly?
les concessionnaires de voitures d'occasions , ont pignons sûr rue et le marché est important . croyez moi les voitures chez les concessionnaires sont très propres et très bien entretenues. d'après les descriptions des voitures dans votre commentaire, je vous déconseille de les achetées car elles sont généralement volées , trafiquées, et n'ont pas les papiers en règles ? bon , si vous vous mettez sur ce marché vous allez connaitre rapidement les prisons françaises🤣🤣🤣
The French do not care about "tasks" the same way people from America, Australia, or New Zealand do. Many will just try to sell the car, if it does not work, then they will improve their photos. This thing of putting all this effort into all the admin tasks is really not a thing in France and any of the Francophone countries, in fact we will drive where we need to go to see the car itself, we won't rely on the ads.
I’d be very interested in a video on the French education style!
Love “the stack”.
Love this! Fascinating how NZers eat with different flavors on the fork like a brochette.
I was shushed on the TGV once! Seems having a conversation on the train is frowned upon.
A conversation is not frowned upon, but a train is not the yard of your farm, we speak for the person(s) around you, not for the whole train. Imagine everyone doing the same!
@@christianc9894 it was a short conversation between two people sitting together. Hardly a shouting match from one side of the train to the other.
@@Louisefenner You have come across intolerant people, they are everywhere.
I may be wrong but I think that some TGVs or other types of trains in France have "silent cars". Maybe you were in a silent car and didn't notice ?
In Switzerland, it's always very calm even with people talking to each other in a soft voice while traveling by train so we don't have that problem on the "big trains lines" but people will definitely look at you with frowned brows if you talk to someone very loudly (like you are in a bar or a busy street)
@@lululesbasbleus Even Amtrak in the U.S. has those, and you will get shushed in those also. The conductor can sometimes also enforce. Those cars also tend to be small child-free, which is nice.
France is the country I should be in !!! It seems I have made a great choice, I can't wait to move there and live amongst people like me :)))
Well, I just subscribed to this channel and it seems like the perfect topics for me. This channel is some 4 or 5 years old so it looks like I have a lot of catching up to do. Thank you Ma'am (don't know your name) for your information from a non-French born person. I've watched other channels from French people but I'd rather hear these experiences from foreign people.
So interesting! Quebecers (French-Canadians) also describe rooms a similar way, except they always add "et demi" for the washroom. I always wondered why my French roommates would give me money down to the cent, instead of rounding up or down (it felt really weird)! Your videos help me to understand my French partner SO much better (in this video: eating things on his plate separately, being inconspicuous in public). Ever since watching Remy Le Rat, I tell him to think like Remy (you gotta blend the flavours together)!
I am an American in the French education system as a certified teacher of English (who would’ve guessed). The system is definitely as you described, but they have such longer hours in school, too! And it’s overall negative… pessimistic… but also forces them into various/specific pathways at too young an age. In my opinion. I’m disenchanted / jaded, can anyone tell?
That is very interesting. I have met alot of French adults around the world and they always seem so intelligent, well versed about general knowledge, politics and especially culture. Do you think the schooling thing is something they might not appreciate at the time, but only realise later?
@@stevenponte6655 -
Meet more Italians and then you’ll see the French are really not as cultured as they’re stereotyped to be, meet more Germans, Dutch, Scandinavians and then you’ll see the French are not as knowledgable, intelligent, or as multilingual as the Dutch, Germans, Scandinavians
@@abcxyz-cx4mr interesting. I am not disagreeing with you. That was just my experience as we worked with a french company, and i was always blown away by their knowledge of culture, philosophy and literature. I am all about improving my knowledge so am happy to learn from them all! :)
Bonjour Rosie, petite note culturelle. Je sais que tu'y connais bien en culture française mais le jambon et le melon ne sont pas Français, c'est un plat Italien qui se nomme Prosciutto e Melone. En général, les Italiens mangent du prosciutto Cotto ou Prosciutto Crudo avec des fruits de tous genres.
Good morning from Boston USA. We are planning a trip to Paris early September and will be looking for Airbnb or VRBO accommodations. Your channel was just forwarded to me and I am very much enjoying it and learning quite a bit for my upcoming trip. I see that you are now staying at Airbnb and possibly VRBO's. Any suggestions for fabulous ones, we are looking to go 4-5 star but not ridiculously expensive and want to be in walking distance of fabulous cafés and other venues. We loved listening to all the must go places that locals go versus tourists in your Tips for your Visit to Paris. Thank you.
Being french, I love your french accent! Idk if it is just you or if people in new zealand generally come up with better french accents, but it is way better than the majority of the Americans I've heard speaking french...
Regarding eating food 'separately' ie. different parts of your meal not being stacked and eaten together, I find the Japanese do this too and I think it is because they enjoy the natural flavours of each food they're eating. It might be common towards the end of a meal, to add more seasonings and so on but it's encouraged to eat food 'as it should be'. I think the Japanese and French are more refined than Aussies/NZer's especially when it comes to food!
I have a strange way of eating even my husband thinks it is strange. I may have everything on my plate like Americans and New Zealanders, but I eat one portion at a time. I don't stack my food or jump around my plate. It is completely subconscious. My mom thought it was weird, but she also thought it was funny that I ate exactly like her uncle, who I had never met and who died before I was born.
I’ve heard some people are taught to eat the food on their plate “around the clock”! Around the plate! Some little kids love patterns like this and maybe that’s what you were doing. Just pleasing your little (now grown up self)!
QR codes.....the bain of my life as they never work on my android 😭....as for COVID, France was a lot stricter about masks, testing etc during 2021 than London was. I must admit, am a big fan of the French "sshhh-ing" especially when it shuts down really annoying people!
Pretty normal to have inheritance tax, kids from rich people just give a small part of this herritage to the community.... that's how to see it, and i would say it's pretty fair.
Thanks, Rosie, I liked that about parenting and taxes. Whenever I think there aren’t new culture shocks… I had no idea. (I accidentally brushed the dislike button so please ignore that!) Have a great trip, glad it’s going well !
Wow. Beautiful
Please do a video on education differences! I’m a primary teacher in Australia who wants to teach in France but the schooling system is worrying me. It seems to have pros and cons though ❤
What a beautiful trade ! Inside the country, I feel like teachers have a bad reputation and sometime, even journalist during the news are pretty insulting toward the occupation. People are thinking that teachers are lazy and paid a lot to be in vacation every 6 weeks 🤣.
Actually, this is not true at all. I'm a student to be teacher. We need a master degree and a hard competitive examination. When I'm in Class and give lesson, I see some colleagues who are extremely tired, exhausted : a lot of us are working like 50h/weeks. (26 hours towards the kids + interview with parents + formation during your off days + preparation for the class + ...).
The average salary is 2407€.
You have a beautiful project but one fact is true : the trade of teacher is becoming less and less attractive and the National Education has some great difficulties to recruit enough teachers. I know, this is not very encouraging, but I cannot lie about the issues. 💔
Nevertheless, if this is your dream, do this ! A lot of teachers in France are passionate and are making the best for our kids !
@@iffyftyeight Thanks for your comment Sahra!! 🥰That's very interesting! You are so right about it becoming less attractive to be a teacher. In Australia, there are massive teacher shortages because teachers are quitting. I know a lot of teachers who have quit or are planning to quit. Anyway, I cannot wait to move to France, it's my dream 😍 Thanks for your encouragement! 😊
it is true that inheritance tax in France is expensive. the more you inherit from a distant relative, the more you pay, for an uncle or an aunt it is 60% of the inheritance that you owe to the state
I'd love to see a video on the French education style and your opinion on it! 📚
Yjhoughts on Phone to read the menu. I think when you go to a restaurant, it would be nice to have a moment that is phone free. I live in the USA and it is so screen-prevalent that I would embrace a paper menu.
I am vegetarian and now couldn't imagine ever eating meat. However, if you are going to eat it I think it is great that they make use of every single part of it. Much better use of resources.
Oh the urine! Yes, sometimes it is so fresh and strong sometimes you can feel it in your eyes.
My wife's granny loves "La crête de coque"....😉
US also has an inheritance tax, I’ll not surprise anyone with saying that the lofty goal of such tax is to avoid conserving the wealth in one clan where the massive amounts of wealth solidify within one family line, and my limited knowledge of French history makes me think that the French are particularly sensitive to this. However, truly wealthy people find cleverest and sneakiest ways to get out of paying this tax or at least minimize it through tax planning and, as with most things, the true burden falls on the middle class. Obviously a couple who has inherited real estate can choose to sell the property and still come out in top (or get a tax refund if it’s depreciated) Further, at least in the US, you can take out a loan and use that to pay tax, and pay back the loan with rental income.
The inheritance tax depends on the state you live in. Some US states do not have it.
1- Tout est bon dans le cochon ! 🐷🐷
2- Yeah, school system in France is very keen with the "bourrage de crâne".
3- Probably related to the 15- We don't like annoying people in France (lol): "La liberté individuelle s'arrête là où commence celle des autres."
4- I am curious to know where you can see women topless in a park in France (asking for a friend), because I have never experienced that (at the beach sometimes)... Men yes but certainly not women ? As for breastfeeding it's more something you do in private places, not in public as it can be seen as intimate and not for other people to see.
5- It's more a big city problem where a lot of homeless people live, along with the late night heavy drinkers type of people, other than that I only do it when I have no other choice (basically an infrastructure problem outside the cities).
6- Definitely more of a southern type of behavior ("Hey mademoizelle, t'es jolie !"), can happen anywhere though.
7- There are ways to avoid that tax: giving up to 150k€ every 10 years before you pass away to your kids so you can avoid paying so much tax but as you said it's to avoid rich people getting richer avery generation without contributing themself to the country (France state LOVES to put a tax on everything and anything, even putting tax on a tax - yes it does happen - ).
8- A pretty recent addon in France, specifically in big cities (main reason being Covid to avoid the menu being touched by so many different people).
9- Pretty logical: I would definitely prefer to buy a 100 m² house in the countryside compared to a 10 m² "boîte à sardines" in Paris.
10- It depends on the meal I guess, it's mostly to avoid spilling food everywhere probably?
11- Very recent as well (and for the best in my humble opinion).
12- Centimes are annoying for everyone but that's how it is...
13- ??? Disapeared somewhere in a wormhole?
14- French people loves to pronounce every syllable, that's how French is spoken most of the time.
15- See number 3.
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Number 7 is every 15 years!
@@perthfanny3017 You are right, my mistake: it’s 100k€ every 15 years.
2) Je ne suis pas d'accord. Contrairement à beaucoup de pays , le système éducatif met davantage l'accent sur la compréhension que sur l'apprentissage par cœur bête et méchant à régurgiter. Même s'il y a toujours des choses à connaitre par cœur parce qu'on ne peut faire autrement (dates, formules - encore qu'on explique toujours d'où elles viennent), quand on compare à la majorité - pas tous, mais la majorité - des autres systèmes éducatifs, on est loin du bourrage de crâne.
14- French people loves to pronounce every syllable, that's how French is spoken most of the time.
As someone learning French at the moment I would have to strongly disagree. Maybe they do pronounce every syllable but only the speaker can hear 1/2 of them! ;)
@@stevenponte6655 You're right; no one pronouce every syllabe. "Je ne sais pas" > "J'sé pas"/"Ché pas". "Tu sais quoi?" "T'sé quoi?", etc etc
In Asian culture it's part of the culture too to eat the entire animal. To us, it's honoring the animal by not throwing anything away as waste.
I cannot handle the thought of being shushed as an adult. I'd go buck wild after that! Like WHAT?!? Just ask me to quiet down instead!
oh my gosh.....So I wasn't overreacting with the whole man gaze thing.... I am from Korea and I remember feeling very very very uncomfortable and ....scared actually, when men were doing that weird men gaze thing during my stay in several European countries. I was really shocked by how common this whole checking out women in a creepy way thing was.. The Linkedin part is hilarious. And nice tip on the inheritance tax and real estate. We also pay loads of inheritance taxes here in Korea. It is actually refreshing to know that New Zealand is quite similar to the United States when in comes to inheritance tax.
Where are you originally from?
I am a French person, I have been living in China and currently living in Korea for the 3rd time and the school system here is way worse than in France, kids from kindergarten they have to learn a lot, from primary school parents put their children in Hagwon this kind of institute where they take languages classes or maths for exemple they spend their days to study from a very early age and they have a lot of competitions between the children but even once they become adult. They lack a lot sleeping time... And sadly here being beautiful is very important to succeed in life
They put way too much pressure to people in the Korean society... They learn everything by heart but at the end for exemple they might be able to understand or read difficult words in English but when they have to talk in English it's an another story
by the way about the shhh thing, when people do that it's stresses me out I really hate that seems kind of rude to me i don't know I need thought about that until now... My mom does that too to others people kind of freaked me out when I was staying with her in France
I love my country, love to go there but a part of me is always scared to returns in France and every time after a long stay abroad it's always hard to adjust again
I’m a man and maybe it’s how I was raised (it’s seen as trashy and sorry for the classism but “low class” or “squaller”) or what but pissing on the street is something I think it’s so undignified. I can’t get use to it. If you’re out hiking or something that’s different but please don’t piss on the street unless it’s Amsterdam or parts of U.K. with the outdoor urinal things. Same with people casually throwing up on the street. Find a bin or a ditch 😬 Idk pissing in the shower is another weird one for me. We have toilets, use them. Imagine the uproar if women lifted a leg casually in the street at 3pm. She be called all kind of names, namely another word for a pie 🥧
Je suis un homme aussi et de nationalité française 98 % d'entre nous , ne pissent pas le long des murs , dans les rues , ou vomissent sur les trottoirs comme les 98% , je vais dans les endroits appropriés. ceux qui le font sont généralement des sans abris , comme il y en a aux Etats-Unis et Royaume-Unis . concernant les britanniques il est fréquent qu'ils le fassent en France ou en Espagne , ce qui ne feraient jamais dans leurs pays généralement quand ils ont bus , ils pissent et vomissent dans les rues .
Salut Rosie, je suis d'accord avec toi sur beaucoup de choses, surtout sur le mauvais accueil dans les administrations, en généralisant les gens qui y travaillent sont souvent des fainéants, voir des abrutis qui n'aiment pas les gens qui paraissent sur d'eux, donc pour être bien reçu, il faut faire preuve de modestie pour qu'ils aient l'impression de se sentir supérieurs. Les français aiment l'humilité, se laisser dominer pour mieux dominer, c'est comme cela que ça fonctionne en France...
En revanche, je n'ai pas compris pourquoi tu laisses entendre aux gens que faire pipi contre les murs en pleine rue ferait partie de la culture française, à Paris gare de Lyon ce sont les clochards qui font pipi sur les murs, généralement ces gens ne se respectent même plus eux-mêmes et donc ne respectent plus rien. Cela peut éventuellement aussi arriver en soirée à la sortie des bars lorsque certains jeunes sont ivres, et dans ce cas, je ne pense pas que cela soit une exception française. Donc NON, faire pipi dans la rue ne fait PAS partie de la culture française...
Pour finir, en ce qui concerne le topless en France, cela était à la mode dans les années 80-90 à la plage mais ce n'est plus le cas maintenant, malgré que ça ne soit pas interdit cela est devenu très rare de nos jours, et je sais de quoi je parle vu que j'habite sur la côte d'azur depuis 36 ans. De plus j'ai aussi vécu à Paris pendant 16 ans et je n'ai jamais vu une femme faire du topless dans un parc public, en revanche tu as raison pour l'allaitement cela ne se fait pas en public en France...
Sinon bravo pour ta chaine et ton énergie, continue à nous faire de belles vidéos, merci...
P.S : Tu fais souvent mention des bandes-dessinées en France dans tes vidéos, et c'est vrai qu'il y a beaucoup d'adeptes chez nous (surtout ton mari visiblement), mais elles sont souvent axées sur des romans d'aventure, contrairement au Japon où elles sont plutôt focalisées sur les petites culottes d'écolières. Quel est le mieux d'après toi ?
If you get shushed in France it's because you're being loud and an obnoxious Anglo-Saxon.
Being in a public setting doesn't mean that you're entitled to being loud and acting like you're alone there; its not the french being rude here, its them not accepting rude behaviour from others.
We shush children because usually adults don't need to be reminded how to behave in a public setting.
Unfortunately it's not the case for most Americans and the likes...
These are all so insightful to me as a francophone in English Canada. For example, the parenting style of never giving in to kids...definitely existed when I was a kid. But so many other things, do not exist: public urination and shushing other adults are not common occurrences in Canada's capital of Ottawa.
Im French but I have watched a couple videos from "quebecois" about the history of Canada and the big culture gap between the english speakers and the French speakers. I remember finding those cultural distinctions of the canadian french speakers, pretty close to elements of the french culture. Maybe are they showing up more in Quebec since it stands out more culturally, being a province. It would explain why you dont feel the same living in the english speaking part. To be honest, I dont know much about canadian french speakers outside of Quebec, I didn't even know they existed until recently, so I may be wrong...
By the way, I can confirm that urinating in public and sushing other adults and other's children are very common things. It never occured to me that they were cultural things untill now😂
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Hi Rosie,
Did you tell the guy shhhing you to go do something with himself in French and in English?
Meat: I felt New Zealand was very meat oriented, except for Wellington, with bacon and eggs in the morning, and meat for other meals. I even had kiwis telling me they would eat meat 3 times a day, and were a bit shocked to discover the vegan-veggie friendly Vancouver in Canada. I also feel the veggie diet is more for upper classes and in big cities in general. School : too much, and some stuff, not learnt very well.... I would have loved more music/sport/creativity time. I remember even deciding to go to regular high school and instead of chosing a European option with an extra language to study in dept, because I wanted my free time. I would have loved to be able to do some volunteering. In France we have too many restrictions to work as a teenager, it was hard for me to get something ... Smell of pee, disgusting places, sexual harassment I DO NOT miss it, I feel you. Inheritance tax: the thing is to donate money/part of your house to your kids before you die. (you can give up to $100K every 15 years to your kids with no tax on it). There are laws to know, and it helps passing on the money. It's needs to be studied ahah (do not worry, the rich do their homework on this one). Parenting style: as a teacher in Canada, I am annoyed when kids don't realize they have to listen to each other when they talk in class, and listen to the teacher seems to be an option for some of them..... Although I feel they are very confident and never under a lot of stress, which is really good.
Pmease do a video on Education in France. I enjoyed reading Alison Gofton's kids school experience in France, it was amazing.
You have to pass the House through a trust to avoid the tax you just need a good French advisor
In the US this helps too 👍
Four people I know who traveled (four different trips) to the U.S. from oversease, brought omicron with them.
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In my opinion we don't learn too much in school. As someone who has been in contact and living in easterner countries, I think they learn much better. I even regret we are not expected more^^. I guess the difference in the educational system also comes from the place where it is put. In english-speaking countries your personal success is much more related to your parents wealth and investment (from my perspective), while we want to base it on personal scholar merit. (in China, they even go further by ranking students according to their A level grade when in comes to register in universities)
About the inheritance tax : there is a way to soften it (although some left-wing economists like Piketty suggest that this inheritance law should be reinforced to prevent some people from inheritating empires). Legally you can make your child become the bare owner when you're still living in the house / renting the house yourself. Later when you pass away, full ownership will belong to your child without inheritance rules. And by the way, i've never seen someone really been prevented from inheritating his parents real state. In general when they refuse it, it's because they also inheritated debts.
Totally agree about the smell in the streets ^^
About breadfeeding, I must say I'm surprised. My friend has a newborn baby and is breadfeeding in the park without any problem. Of course you should put a small blanket to cover a little.
Haha, I must say foreigners usually sound loud to us and that's probably why you get shushed. Especially in a train when it is a rule to be quiet like in a library. But in the street, I must say, that guy was impolite ! >
An American Rooster says "Cock-a-doodle Dooo". I would love to hear what a French Rooster says. Much more elegant, I would guess.
Hi, it's "cocorico". :-)
Hello,
It's not just everybody that is peeing in te street. As it's not just anybody that cat call the girls or things like that. I do not do such things.
I'm glad to hear that people in New Zealand are still protecting the vulnerable from covid, unlike here in Europe, where people like myself have been unable to resume anything like a normal life due to the rest of society no longer caring about our welfare.
It’s been YEARS. We’ve all moved on. If you are vulnerable, it’s up to you to protect yourself, not for the world to do it for you. After 2 straight years of wearing masks, I’ll never wear one again.
@@susanoakeshauf I do protect myself with zero help from anyone, and as such I have no prospect of living a normal life any time soon, and there are many people in the same situation as me. I see however you don't believe in social responsibility, compassion or public health, you're not alone, it seems to be a very common failing of people in the West. Little wonder so many people lost their lives needlessly and continue to do so. It is such a shame that other people's lives and wellbeing matter so little to so many.
@@chrstopherblighton-sande2981 With this logic, no one would be able to go maskless again. There will ALWAYS be immunocompromised people, there will ALWAYS be those with health issues. The world wore masks and was locked down for 2 years. You expecting the world to continue to do this is selfish. Get your boosters, wear a mask, protect yourself. It’s not the world’s job to protect you.
Masks proved to be useless preventing covid spread, plenty of articles in Lancet and British medical journal. Wearing masks more than 10 min however may cause lung infection.
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Yep, I shush a lot, at the movies for instance, or in the train. Last time it was at the opera, they ruined the amazing ending of Don Giovanni (for which I had paid 200€). Anyways, that may be a french thing, but I feel that people are increasingly rude and loud. At the movies, they look at their phones (and I sush at them!!). Yet I don't find foreigners, like Americans or others, particularly loud. As a french, I would says that french people are increasingly forgetting about basic manners
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I think you can get around the whole inheritance tax if Niles father sells him his home for x amount of money before he passes. even if he did it now or in a few years and obviously he can still live there but you would own it and thus pay no taxes when he passes.
my god, how so?
the breasts vs breastfeeding - wow!!
Can you get shushed for listening to your music in your earphones too loudly on public transport or talking on your mobile because that sounds awesome to me. A bit of consideration for other people isn't a bad thing, is it?
If it's too loud, yes.
So interesting that they also shhh others. In Switzerland, the elders would not shhh but they would come to you and say, “it’s not allowed …” 😅
Wow 100.00€ of inheritance tax for a child from his parents, you didn’t explained it very well or they had a millions euros house 😅 (yes there’s a tax but for a « residence principale » from a parent to his child it’s never this huge)
Your last point: you mean "chut" for "keep quiet". Yes, indeed, French people do that.
A 10:20, Bien d'accord avec vous sur les droits de succession ,c'est injuste et c'est du vol 😢
Oh yes my friends say "linkeudin" and i'm french, and im like : why do you pronunce it that way seriously ?
C"est dommage. Je croyais rire comme d'habitude sur ce thème.
On a l'impression que les Français vous tombent sur les nerfs en ce moment.
On vous souhaite un peu plus de légèreté pour le reste du séjour.
Eating things separately is also an Italian custom. And please don't eat on the couch or drink while walking.
I wouldn't have imagined this French attitude towards breastfeeding. MEANWHILE, it's okay to PEE in public!
It is definitely not okay to pee in public! Drunk people and homeless people do it! And you can breastfeed in public, people usually turn a little away from others or use a scarf to cover their breasts, personal preferences. Contrary to public beliefs, not all French women want to show their breasts in public.
Nous n'avons pas l'habitude de hurler ou crier en France. On parle pour notre entourage proche, pas pour être entendu de tout le monde. A moins de penser que ce que l'on dit a une importance capitale pour la marche du monde. C'est valable en intérieur comme en extérieur. Les américains sont très bruyants, les néos-zélandais, j'ignorais. Je les pensais plus proches des britanniques.
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Je vis dans le sud-ouest de la France, en tant qu’américaine, je peux vous confirmer que les espagnols sont souvent tout aussi bruyants que les américains…
@@meganl3859 Presque, presque aussi bruyants
They must be good. They are from Mexico
where you can’t even drink the water?
Number 15: in this case the french man is totally right and you are wrong. "This is a public space " doesnt mean you can do what ever you want, it means you should not do things that would disturb other people. Being too loud in a public space where people rest or spend time quietly ( not a bar or a club etc) is rude, and it is strange that instead of understanding that, you blame the french man for telling you that you were rude. And age has nothing to do with it, it s about politeness and consideration. There are a lot of people who are very sensitive to loud noises, and for them having someone standing near them and having very loud conversation or shouting and laughing loudly is very disturbing, as for example for you would be farting just next to you in a closed space, or spitting on you. and in general this "overexcitement for no reason" which is common in USA and Australia is not normal in other countries, and for us it looks like you are on drugs or energy drinks or something. We do not comment on this, but that s what we think when we see such behaviour. So try to dig deeper for reasons instead of just telling the world how "other cultures are strange and weird". Hello form Moscow!
Lol, Ty for the update on how things are going friend! Hope it continues for you, which Im SURE it will :)
But just abt EVERYTHING you named sounds alot like what MOST black ppl do, lol so I guess my inner core is FRENCH too!!! Blk ppl dont play when it comes to bringing up their children. and we eat very similar to the French culture too :) What I dnt care for is that the French are not more open abt Breast feeding. Thts SUPER lame and like you said SOO contradictory!
I agre with what you said about breastfeeding. Breast are sexualised here in France, clearly and breastfeeding just isn't popular. We're going to pay for not wearing masks in public. It's a mistake.
Or when your neighbors tap on the walls to shhh you in the middle of the night 😕 That really shocked me. I mean, it's not that we were partying, but not even laughs with my roomies. By the way I live in Paris. Yes, appartements are small, walls are so thing or shared wall, or I don't know the expression to this in English, but yes, that was my culture shocking experience. I want to believe that this is only in Paris, and not in any other city in France 🤔
Cheers!
The nerve of these people! Wanting to sleep in the middle of the night!!
I'll start by saying that I'm french. What would shock me in this situation is you making noise in the middle of the night. I would consider it really inconsiderate towards your neighbours. If it's on a special occasion and not your usual behaviour, you can just warn them beforehand. Then, they might tolerate it for one night. Just so you know, there is a law against what we call "tapage nocturne" forbidding making noise from 10p.m. to 8a.m.. This includes for instance mowing the lawn, building something at night, or any other kind of sound that goes past 3dB for the listener. So yes, having guests at night is not a good idea.
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Shush?! Quite rude. I didn't experienced it yet. But I had a situation in Lyon. А waiter in a very rude way asked us out from the restaurant because in the middle of the day we wanted to order just cold drinks but not the whole dinner 😂. So I just don't get it.🤷♀️
Simple: In a real, restaurant you have to eat, if you just want to drink, you go to a bar, a pub or a fast-food restaurant.
@@s.p.8803 Thank you for making it clear. The idea of the restaurant is not a secret for me. It's just was unusual. In my country in the restaurant you can order just a glass of vine, water or cup of coffee and dessert anytime you want. It's not so strict.
@@yuliyasayenko8364 If the waiter had served you he would probably have lost a spot to serve a costumer with a bigger margin worth than you at this time of day. If you had gone in this restaurant outside of meal hours I think they would have served you your drinks.
@@yuliyasayenko8364 In France, it's not a question of being strict, rather to each its business.
@@s.p.8803 Exactly, it's the restaurant's choice to accept you or not based on how convenient it is for them
The use of “quirky” seems in appropriate and very provincial. What is the sense of mocking the French? Unless it aims to gain some publicity. This been said, please speak slower, please. Thank you🏴AX. By the way, where is New Zealand? 🤪
ofc your offended, we talk kinda fast here in aōtearoa/new zealand and do your research if you want to know where our country is
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Hahaha the LinkedIn pronunciation here actually drives me nuts though. They do it with Vinted as well- VEENTED
I still don't understand how it should be pronounced.