France 2024 Report!

Описание: I went to Paris for 2 days, 4 days in Montpellier, 6 days in Toulouse, 4 days in Bordeaux.
I got Tinder Passport and bought 10 boosts, I boosted 5 times in pairs. I also had Hinge, bumble, and badoo in my pocket.
The twist this time is I actually approached 100 women on the street in broad daylight, I have each interaction documented. I even approached a woman I already approached the previous day, that’s when you know it’s time to dip the city lol. I will make a more detailed post on this somewhere, but bottomline I only got 1 date and she was not a local.

Here are the results:

A French Local I met through Hinge (didn’t get picture) in Paris
German foreigner I cold approached in Paris
French Tunisian through Tinder in Montpellier
French through Tinder in Montpellier (closed)
Spanish through Bumble in Toulouse (closed)
French through Hinge in Bordeaux
Half French half Martinique through Tinder in Bordeaux

My view on Tinder here, it seems like there are more time wasters here and those looking for LTRs. Looking back while typing this, I gathered 130 matches with my boosts give or take since some may have unmatched. In the US it would not take 40 matches to get a date, it would take maybe 15-20. However here is what realllllllly ticked me off, that NO other country has done, not US, not Germany, not Poland, not Czechia. The women here will actually schedule something on the exact hour then cancel, this happened so many times I think I started Norwooding. The worst was in Toulouse, I somehow didn’t get a single Tinder date there despite being there for 6 days, running 2 pair boosts, and having over 5 dates literally planned by the time, but then dipped on. Once I literally planned 3 dates on one evening just to reaaaaaally have insurance, but they actually all canceled, no joke. I was not feeling it that day. In other countries if a girl sets a time on a date, there’s like a 90% chance it’s happening. Funny enough I don’t think I even reached double digits on Hinge matches but managed 2 dates, however I don’t have experience on boosting on this app.

Each date pretty much involved a drink at the bar or a boba grab. Dates 1-5 all spoke english very well, I didn’t really speak too much French besides just some random convo starters and showing off. I do know German at a C1 level; my 2nd date on the 2nd half of the evening basically kept switching back to German (really good sign that you’re actually good at a language ;)). The last two dates were pretty much all in French. No communication problems really, if I didn’t know a word, they were able to understand it in English. If I didn’t understand something, I just asked again.

Overall I am content with the journey, I expected a little bit more out of the dating scene quality and quantity wise, but that’s what I do, I check to see the market and decide if I would return; how else would I know? However there are other reasons I will not be returning to France for a while. I will be making comparisons to Germany, where my best friend lives and where I might be working in the future.
I have pretty much seen the entire country, from Normandy to Chamonix to Toulouse.
Trains, groceries, and some restaurants are more expensive than Germany
French are a bit more cliquey, they are more separated from the English world since their own culture is sufficient.
Women are less attractive than Germans, but also more difficult to get (aka worse purchasing power on the dating market)
Migration, it’s pretty bad, no matter which city. Sorry I had to say this, many parts don’t look like France at all.

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