"You should ask them." The most solid relationship advice ever. Just ask.

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I know it's easier said than done sometimes though

I'm living in the Basque Country guy from Ireland. Can confirm after one year it's the hardest place to get any... 'Dating' I've been to yet. Lovely people but they are incredibly forward and incredibly withdrawn in the opposite ways to Irish people. All the comments here are generally true. Beautiful scenery. Great culture. But if youre a foreigner and like physical intimacy I'd suggest elsewhere 😅

Love your energy, enthusiasm and vocal variety! You make subject come alive!😊

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I think the thing that makes basques so "complicated" is that we tend to take our commitments to heart, not just romantic relationships. Life is already hard enough by itself without taking dumb life decisions that we don't even know we'll be able to honor. So it's better to take things slow than regretting shit later.

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting perspective! Makes sense

@mariauriz2868

2 жыл бұрын

There we go!

Thank you much for your honest comments. I enjoy watching your videos.

Also, it takes us forever to say "I love you" for the first time to our partner (or anybody else), those are big words for us and we don't say them easily, not even to friends or family. I was shocked by how often and easily Americans say it!

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

I can see that happening, for sure.

@jonsmith1162

2 жыл бұрын

My Basque girlfriend started crying and refused to speak to me all night once. Turned out she'd realised she loved me and was angry at herself for falling in love! To say I was confused would be an understatement.

A real great job about a hard topic 😍😍😍😍💲😍😍😍😍😍

You are a lovely and intelligent. And a typical Basque American. God bless you and your entire family.

That was funny! What a difficult bunch of questions to define. The image that popped into my mind while listening to you was a cat trying to catch a laser spot on a floor. It’s almost impossible. Agur

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

That's the impression I'm getting too

My grandpa is 100% basque and I lived with him most of my life. He was American born but came from immigrants from the Basque Country. He is very protective of the ladies in the family. It’s been rough bringing in our guys. He is very straight forward so if he doesn’t like you he won’t fake it. As he aged dementia has been kinder on our partners. Also side note; do you have any great basque KZread channels of people speaking basque? He is desperately trying to find someone to talk too. I think a cool video or movie you know of might be interesting to him. I know there’s dialects which also make it tricky. He never taught us besides the greetings. Also a great way to tell dirty jokes without your granddaughter understanding. 😂

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sherry, your grandpa sounds a lot like my dad! At the bottom of the description of this video, I have some links to KZread videos of people speaking Basque you may like to check out: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJl7mrGTndSxaZs.html Also if you're in the US and have Netflix, there are a few movies in Basque on there. You can see a list here: www.hellabasque.org/basque-movies-netflix/

The dating game in the Basque country is very strongly influenced by politics and ethnicity. Now, if you are not Spanish/French or pro-Spain/France... you'll be seen as a novelty and interesting. Now, if you are thinking about a long-lasting relationship... then we have many more social factors that come into the picture... as in regular dating.

Grandfather was from basque region grandmother full raramuri native

Thanks Hella, I m Shai Anna, was looking for roots and are intrigue to find my homeland.. Lol 😌

Seems like a awesome Romance Movie lol

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

Think it would be a very long and drawn out one haha

What about that guy at Centro Basco breakfast, the one you said was your 'future husband', the one who was talking with your father?

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

Haha he turned out to be my cousin! How Basque is that? :P

I am married to a basque guy. And he falling in love with me because I am willing to learn basque language. Musuak....

For being a mediator for me, I love you all over there...🐑😌

Could you do video on dating sites for Basque people, please! I'm an rh neg woman and it would be ideal if I could date someone Basque because we have a higher % of it.

hi . I come from one of the oldest names in ireland . surname connor . my hair is black and my eyes are blue sometimes green with an orange ring in the centre I have very wide cheek bones and with no excersize I am allways very muscular even tho I am very slim . people refer to me as black irish also sharing my dna similar to the earliest inhabitants of ireland . i have been doing research into origins and it appears that the basque people inhabited ireland many thousands of years ago . I wonder if any basque people share my features and possibly the orange ring in the centre of the eye . I have reached a level of mythology in researching my heritage and now I am here

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

Since starting this KZread channel, I've read many comments about Basques having a ring around their pupils. But before venturing into KZread, I'd never ever heard of this theory. Very curious. Super cool that you're interested in Basque topics! Researchers have found a connection between the Basques and the Irish, but I need to familiarize myself more with the literature. Glad you found the channel.

@misssilencedogood5968

3 жыл бұрын

@@HellaBasque OMG.. wait, what?? That is what all of my relatives have it makes their eyes look hazel if their eyes are brown ! But it is a blue ring around the pupil? I have the blue ring but my eyes are very dark, it is on the outer edges. My mother had hers looked at because I was worried it was something genetic that could be bad. The doctor said no, it was not and he did not know what it was, he assumed it was her natural eye color. I mean we have had her looked at several times. She said she had it pretty much her whole life. It really does make her eyes look either green or blue even though her eyes are a light brown..Same with her brother. Holy Moley! Everyone at least on her father's side has it. We know our heritage I am Basque/Galician on both sides and of course type O. I have never heard that about the Basques how interesting that, that is a possible inherited trait from our people! :D Thank you so much for your channel.

@misssilencedogood5968

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there I see this was awhile ago. I thought I would drop a line, as I thought you might be interested in the latest research in genetics. They have found the link that the Basque are the ancestors of the Irish and other Celtic people of the UK. The Basque left for Ireland in a time beyond measure, to colonize Ireland. You are our family. What is interesting is that both tribes still remember this break and this story has been passed down orally over the ages. It is only now that science is catching up to what we already knew, we are truly family. Your features are classic Basque FYI if that is you in the photo. Have you had your blood type done? It might tell you even more most Basques and Galicians are type O. You may indeed still be type O. :D

Kaixo, Anne-Marie :) laburuko kamiseta oso polita da :)

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

Mil esker! You can get your own here: www.hellabasque.org/product/lauburu-t-shirt/

Hi! I'm Indonesian, and I'm dating with Basque guy's. He is such a great and genuine guy. Not a slower too I think, cause we just know each other in 1 year. And last october he proposed me. Even as an Asian, what I know they don't married or yeah a bit slower for into serious relationship. And also we have distance between Jakarta - Bilbao. So we wants to settle down. But yeah, dating with a basque is fun. He knows fun and that's makes me in love with him! 😁

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad to hear you're in a happy relationship with a Basque guy. Wishing you all the best of lucky and happiness!

@gameofmasks2992

Жыл бұрын

I'm currently talking with a Basque girl. I'm irish so there's a bit of a culture diffrence especially since she's from a small town. Everyone knows everyone 😂 people noticed i was a new person in town and I got some interesting looks when I was speaking with her. However I got her number and we've been speaking. any advice? Should I go very slow 😂 or just act normal.

Thé ring in the nose always reminds of a bull with a ring in their nose, I couldn’t do it.

i've heard its a slow process but hope springs eternal lol

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

Haha that's the spirit!

Please Pray , Not ? Renne-du- Cranky ? Hahahahahaha

If they are all as whitty and beautiful in Basque as you i have learnt that its the place to find the perfect wife! 😍 awesome video i learnt a lot thankyou!

3% of my ancestry is from Basque. Very interesting :)

@benvad9010

8 ай бұрын

Me too.

Hahaha funny topic, I'm Basque but did 9th grade in oklahoma... It's good in both but much easier in USA... In basque u can manage cause there is huge alcohol culture between Youngs since 13-14 years.. But in US way more natural things just happens

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

Ah true, I'm sure the alcohol is a factor. 9th grade in Oklahoma sounds like it must have been interesting!

@mikelrodriguez3581

4 жыл бұрын

@@HellaBasque yeah it was pretty awesome overall... Specially loved and felt identified with the native americans since they are a nation oppressed within the USA just as Basques within Spain

@user-uw3fi2zg4t

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikelrodriguez3581 hahaha, so many people likes to feel oppresed nowadays

@mikelrodriguez3581

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-uw3fi2zg4t laugh or whatever but truth is truth buddy 😜

@user-uw3fi2zg4t

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikelrodriguez3581 yep, truth is basques were conquistadors, lol, enjoy your lolly pop history you got shoved down your throat.

Well, maybe to get married, we are a bit different generally speaking. But like everywhere, there is plenty of fish in the pond, and we all are different from each other...

So you’re saying there’s a chance 😜😜

I am Basque/Australian and I think that Basque people are fairly conservative, compared to US dating culture. People hang out in cuadrillas for a long time, and men like in most cultures have much more sexual freedom than women. There is acceptance of dating at first, but you don't want to be a woman who has been known to have lots of sexual partners. The thing is society has changed since my parents were young. My mother married my dad after 5 years of being his sweetheart. She was 20 years old and he was 23. Pre marital sex was frowned upon, so young men were keen to have an early wedding. These days people seem to want to go from their parents home to one of their own, without having to pay rent to another person. It means saving for a deposit for very expensive tiny apartments, so they often do not marry until they can afford to enter the housing market and so they are often in their late thirties. This means fertility has wound down for most women, so that often their is only one child in the marriage. With luck perhaps two. Babies seem to be very precious, and often spoken about as "Our baby" by other family members.

I'm looking to Date a Basque Girl strong.

Just ran into this..im basque and it's quite simple..dont date basque people..not saying basque are bad but with experience having a wife or husband with the same manners as your own would only cause a rift..especially with the parents and all the expectations..date who you fall in love with..Agur

We dont. We embale friendships for months or years until we end mating

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds messy

@ikersanvicenteganzabal7166

4 жыл бұрын

@@HellaBasque its a joke. There are a lot of jokes of basques being slow in this Mater. But is somehow true. At least we are slower than in Spain. And as i said. Someties we stay in the category " i want something more but im not sure if she/he/thy just wants friendship but i don want to be harsh so i dont break our friendship" phase

Basically "dating multiple persons" is typically American haha in Europa in general it works a bit differently so I think in basque country it is too ^^ If in America you think it's totally normal, here it can be seen as a "bad thing", you can be considered as a "not serious person" if you do that and if you do that too much. Really original but interesting topic jaja Musu from basque country 😁

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your input! Really interesting to think about.

@Bladeki

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I am glad I am *NOT* the only one who thinks this xD lol. I think the same thing and a lot of people (family mostly) think it is *OKAY* to date multiple people and they think I am *strange* for thinking it is more normal to date one person at a time. But I am glad that people in Europe see relationships in my perspective too, because I am serious about relationships and I cannot find anyone serious here in America :( Maybe I should move to Europe? lol. Dating multiple people is indeed an American thing and I think Basque people who think it is okay to date multiple people are mostly the American Basques who say that, lol. idk, that's my opinion though!

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

I think in both Europe and the U.S., you'll find people who feel differently about the dating multiple people at the same time issue. It can really come down to a personal preference. Good luck navigating American dating! It's no picnic either.

@suhararrieta5161

4 жыл бұрын

@@HellaBasque We DEFINITELY don't date more than one person at a time! No way! It's true that we are slow and shy in picking up people, and also, it takes us a long time to start going out with somebody seriously. We are in a relationship with somebody for MANY YEARS before we get married. Marriage is a very serious thing here, not like in the USA where it is usual that people get married shortly (a year or sometimes less) after getting together. That's a big cultural difference, I'd say. And we're not romantic at all, no marriage proposals or anything like in the movies, that'd be too embarrasing for us, haha...

"JAINKO BAT DAGO!!!" "MESEDEZ IKUS ZUEK!!!". HEMENDZEN DUT, EZ DUZUE DENBORA GALDUKO. JOAN U TUNE-ra eta IZENA TESTUA... KRYON JAINKOAK ASKO MAITE GAITU!!!

Been reading alot of American so called Basque blogs and web sites. There is a very important fact no one in the states talks about. Rather than portray real Basques as quasi autistic.....people, realise that they are potentially Europes MOST Catholic people. The Basques culture IS Catholic and deeply proud of it. Even though church attendance is down it is there. Also look at how Basque men particularly in Southern Navarra use the word 'noble' You will understand that they are every inch that. They dont bang and run they give themselves for life. Loyalty fidelity

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

There is diversity among Basques. While yes there is a long history of Catholicism, many Basques have a different relationship to the Church now.

@errevanerrevan6382

4 жыл бұрын

@@HellaBasqueDiversity? you are not Basque you are nothing but an American playing at Basque dress ups. Your whole attitude is bullshit. Get with the program

@BareChestKestrel

4 жыл бұрын

@@errevanerrevan6382 too angry man. Tone it down

@errevanerrevan6382

4 жыл бұрын

@@BareChestKestrel im not angry or male im BASQUE

@BareChestKestrel

4 жыл бұрын

@@errevanerrevan6382 whatever genitals you have, you sound bitter like Turkish coffee. Check yourself

I would date you. But I am older.

"It's okay, I can speak on Basque traditions, customs, and culture, NOT bc i was raised Basque or am from Basque, but bc Ancestry.com. test said I have 1/8th Basque in me." 😂😂😂😂 Good lawdd 🙏

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

Check out this interview with my adorable Basque dad:kzread.info/dash/bejne/a2V8yZSFds2co7g.html

@Marvins_Gaye

4 жыл бұрын

@@HellaBasque I do apologize for my assumption and rudeness. I sincerely hope that you'll forgive me and my presumptions❤

@triple75

3 жыл бұрын

@@Marvins_Gaye exactly. and even if her dad was not from Basque... her name and ethnic background is still basque from generations and longer. I'm Irish from Donegal. Last name is basque and my ethicity is iberian irish. I and many other share intrest in our history just like any american would.

@Marvins_Gaye

3 жыл бұрын

@@triple75 LOL cry some more bitch 🤣

As a Dutch person with experience, i can tell you the Basque female is allot less easy going, and allot harder to get!!! That aside, its a broad spectrum, as people are people! Enjoy your channel!

@HellaBasque

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha thanks for sharing your experience! But yes, people are people, no matter what

Oh gosh, an American white girl discovered she had distant Basque heritage through Ancestry.com and is now masquerading as authentic-Basque, despite not being raised in Basque or has ever lived in Basque LOL

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

Clearly you're new here. Thanks for stopping by the channel!

@GholaTleilaxu

4 жыл бұрын

Euskadi or Euskal Herria. She's not white she is green, Euskadi berdea :)

@buscaquenoestoy

4 жыл бұрын

Her aita (father) is Basque lmao, from Iparralde.

@nievesarriola3713

3 жыл бұрын

This girls' father is Basque, and not a distant relative, so what is wrong with identifying with a part of your heritage? It is better than being negative about someone who is proud to belong to a strong culture, instead of the MacDonalds/Disney/Walmart the US seems to offer. I am so glad I grew up eating Basque homemade food and not processed rubbish.

@triple75

3 жыл бұрын

you are just sad because some humans who happen to be born in america, ireland and all across the world are proud of their ethnic background and the amazing history of the basque country and the basque people. Very intresting to discover who really are without ego. You are your blood and soul, nothing else. Learn more about people before judging man, I understand your pain with liberalism and tiktok behaviour... but over here we just learn, read & understand.