If you love juicy stories, this is your episode! We are going to talk about our experiences with dating in a foreign country – and how that’s different than dating in our homecountry. We share the dating lessons we’ve learned, that we took with us to our new home, Lisbon Portugal. Also we share our struggles when it comes to dating and we’ll go in detail about our first dating experience here in Lisbon. If that’s not vulnerable enough already, we also tell you about our type and if we’re currently dating or not…
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With love, April Betts & Anna Jirina.
About From Lisbon With Love
Welcome to From Lisbon With Love! A podcast about real stories of love, laughter, and life in Lisbon — from women who have left it all behind. We share real stories about moving to Lisbon, starting over and figuring life out along the way. We talk love, dating, friendships, breakups, healing, growing, all of it. Basically, the stuff we usually talk about over coffee ☕️ or vinho 🍷. If you’re thinking about moving abroad, already here or just love honest conversations with heart: you’re in the right place! Learn more about our story here.
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Dating in a foreign country
Dating in a foreign country can be challenging: not only because of the language barriers you might have to face, but also because of cultural differences. Language barriers can easily lead to miscommunications and make it harder to express your feelings and open up. Although cultural differences are very exciting and teach you a lot, it’s good to always treat a person as an individual. This is the most important thing to build a genuine connection.
When you want to start dating in a foreign country, it’s helpful to manage you’re expectations. Dating in a foreign country can be a lot different than what you’re used to from your homecountry. But of course that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t have boundaries. Always stay true to yourself and what you find important in a relationship!
Our experiences with dating abroad
As we moved to Lisbon in 2024, we’re still kind of new to the dating scene. So far we’ve only dated through using online dating apps – what we also discuss in the episode 👀. One thing that is especially challenging about the dating scene in Lisbon is that there’s a lot of digital nomads that come and go, which makes it harder to build a long term relationship.
So when it comes to dating in Lisbon, it’s important to have clear for yourself what your dating goals are. If you’re looking for a longterm relationship, you’ll probably be more likely to date locals or expats that have a permanent residency in Lisbon. Since we plan on living in Lisbon for a long time (especially now that we have this podcast ;-)), we’re also more interested in building longterm connections. Not only when it comes to a romantic connection, but also when it comes to making friends.
Are you curious to hear all about our first experience with dating in Lisbon? Listen our episode on your favorite podcast app (we’re on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts and Podimo) or use the audio player above.
