Learning a language for love or sex

AnonymousLover   Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:48 pm GMT
I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, but I've learned two languages just because the people who speak it are very good-looking in my opinion. I went to their countries seeking romance, sex and a relationship.

I have noticed that I'm not the only one though. Although people are not very open about it, I can name a couple of my acquaintances who have done the same. One studied German because she wanted to escape the poverty of her country by marrying a foreigner, and the other goes to Turkey for sex tourism.

What about you? Have you ever had amorous motivations for learning a language? What was the language, and did it help you to achieve your goals?
Guest   Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:26 pm GMT
Swedish is popular mainly for this reason only.
Innocent   Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:29 pm GMT
Among men or women?
fraz   Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:41 pm GMT
In a country like Sweden, nobody really expects outsiders to know their language. A foreigner who can get by in Swedish immediatley has an unusual quality about them.

I think a reasonably good-looking English speaker who could also shoot the breeze in Swedish would get laid very easily, if that's what you were looking for.