Dating Rituals in Britain

Apparently I needn't worry about British guys making any moves (unlike the French exchange students at my school, and how an Aussie girl and French guy pashed in student reception in front of heaps of teachers). Miranda Hart sheds light on the Dating Rituals in Britain:
 

From what I can see, in this country, people just tend to sort of…bump into each other. Maybe in the pub, or in the office, or at the library. They then stare moodily at each other across the bar/desk/bookshelf for a bit, harbour wild romantic fantasies about the other for anything between five minutes and eighteen months, then eventually arrange it so that they’ll bump into each other at a social event. Throughout said event they’ll then make it abundantly clear that THIS IS NOT A DATE. WE ARE NOT ON A DATE. HA HA HA! IMAGINE IF WE WERE. THAT WOULD BE AWFUL. They’ll then possibly get drunk and snog each other, occasionally breaking off to reassure the other that this is an ‘ironic’ snog. Four years later, somehow, after one trip to the theatre, a couple of nights in watching the X Factor together and one BBQ where they meet each other’s friends, they’ll get married. That, according to my best observations, is How Dating Works in Britain.

Page 260,  Is It Just Me? by Miranda Hart

 

 

So the stereotypes are true...