But a dating city? What is dating anyway? Is it that quaint Anglo custom of wining and dining someone numerous times before daring to have sex? The survey remains coy. In Paris the approach seems more, well, frank.
There is just first sex. You think someone is attractive, you give it a try. If second sex follows the first, so begins a full-blown relationship. What then about intent? Is it the unspoken desire to have sex with the other that transforms an innocent evening wasted queuing for Rosa Bonheur into a date? Which according to Time Out is a decision made within minutes by 41 percent of the world. For Parisians, the survey says non.
Up he jumped and buzzed every intercom until someone answered. After ten minutes of talking himself up literally , the door swung open. France's news in English Search. Editions Austria Denmark France. Germany Italy Norway. Spain Sweden Switzerland. Membership My account Gift voucher Corporate Help center. Jobs in France Browse jobs Post a vacancy. Email newsletters Newsletter sign-up Edit my subscriptions.
Other pages Noticeboard Site search. Share this article. Is Paris really that good for dating? Or just for sex? After Paris was judged to be the best city in the word for dating in a recent survey, Paris-based freelance writer Sam Davies argues that it's not "dating" that the City of Light deserves accolades for, just that Parisians are always "up for it".
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