British families.

DCFC79

Someone mentioned tv shows, some you could watch, inbetweeners, Fawlty Towers, IT Crowd.
Give Snatch, Lock Stock 2 Smoking Barrells a try to see what the south call different things.

Riley_G

Aranyani said:

I thought the clothes shops had shut today?

I'm talking over the last week/online

squirrelchops2

Riley_G said:

Thank you! 
You Brits have the upper hand on breakfast. My boyfriend made me a sausage and bacon barm. He got me to try something called "HP Sauce" or "brown sauce", That stuff is AMAZING. 

Also thank you to everyone is helping me. I really do appreciate it. Not looking forward to a lockdown thanksgiving (A US tradition I'm sharing with my boyfriend!)

Hey you have one up on me - I am British and have never had a barm!

sazaccount

On clothes sizing I've found there is about a 1 1/2 size difference between the UK and US sizes, I'm a 18/20 (closer to 20) in UK sizes but find that trousers are slightly too small at a 16 US or just too big 18US (mainly old navy sizes), can't really win. 

Emmia

Aranyani said:

I thought the clothes shops had shut today?

M&S (thanks to their food halls) were open throughout the last lockdown - otherwise it's probably online shopping or supermarket clothes only.

Emmia

Riley_G said:

Emmia said:

Riley_G said:

I was told by some friends that you go to M&S and for their underwear and the food. Makes me laugh they are known for those two items.  As I'm treating my boyfriend to thanksgiving dinner I might go to M&S for the items.

I don't buy panties on ebay, I stick to new bra's as my size is not normal, well in the states anyway, Its considered large. 

H&M is what I considered back home as a "posh" store. I saw a Uni Qlo in Manchester City center.
There is so much I want to explore

If you are larger in the bosom department, you need to go to m&s or bravissimo (which is a specialist chain) as they'll probably do your size.

I need to have a look it might be a common size over here.

What size is it? Back size 32 - 38 and a cup size of a C or below will be fairly easy - getting into smaller or larger back sizes and larger cups is where things get trickier.

gettingtheresometime

Riley_G said:

I've joined my towns local facebook page and been put in touch with some board game groups. My boyfriend has said our neighbor might play chess and it could be a fun when I see him or he see's me to give me his move or my move.  I ordered some board games from Amazon because I couldn't find a toy store in the local town, I found the bookstore (waterstone?) that had a few.

One thing you Brits have better than the US is your TV, At my boyfriends we have something that I can only describe as DirecTV we had it in the place I worked for the sports, but the choice is amazing. I also love how fewer adverts you have! 

I have found thrift store. I don't have a lot of clothes, so I loved the quirkiness one lady said to me "You are American!" :') She then proceeded to try and sell me a load of British clothes from "Brands I'll never see again". like BHS, C&A, La Senza. I also was told Primark was the place to go for lots of clothes cheap. Just working out my sizing in various shops is a nightmare, Converting from US to UK. 

What board games did you get....looking for ideas myself !

silvercar

If you are living in Manchester, you will need to decide whether to support Manchester City or Manchester United football teams. Chances are you boyfriend and all his family will support the same team, probably Man City if he is from Manchester. Easiest to support whatever he follows.

strawb_shortcake

Could always go for Bolton on Bury for the football - seems Bury might still be about in some form

Riley_G

sazaccount said:

On clothes sizing I've found there is about a 1 1/2 size difference between the UK and US sizes, I'm a 18/20 (closer to 20) in UK sizes but find that trousers are slightly too small at a 16 US or just too big 18US (mainly old navy sizes), can't really win. 

Found this in Primark alot when I was there

Emmia said:

Riley_G said:

Emmia said:

Riley_G said:

I was told by some friends that you go to M&S and for their underwear and the food. Makes me laugh they are known for those two items.  As I'm treating my boyfriend to thanksgiving dinner I might go to M&S for the items.

I don't buy panties on ebay, I stick to new bra's as my size is not normal, well in the states anyway, Its considered large. 

H&M is what I considered back home as a "posh" store. I saw a Uni Qlo in Manchester City center.
There is so much I want to explore

If you are larger in the bosom department, you need to go to m&s or bravissimo (which is a specialist chain) as they'll probably do your size.

I need to have a look it might be a common size over here.

What size is it? Back size 32 - 38 and a cup size of a C or below will be fairly easy - getting into smaller or larger back sizes and larger cups is where things get trickier.

Depending where in US I am a 32/34 DDD/F Primark had a few but they are not the best

gettingtheresometime said:

Riley_G said:

I've joined my towns local facebook page and been put in touch with some board game groups. My boyfriend has said our neighbor might play chess and it could be a fun when I see him or he see's me to give me his move or my move.  I ordered some board games from Amazon because I couldn't find a toy store in the local town, I found the bookstore (waterstone?) that had a few.

One thing you Brits have better than the US is your TV, At my boyfriends we have something that I can only describe as DirecTV we had it in the place I worked for the sports, but the choice is amazing. I also love how fewer adverts you have! 

I have found thrift store. I don't have a lot of clothes, so I loved the quirkiness one lady said to me "You are American!" :') She then proceeded to try and sell me a load of British clothes from "Brands I'll never see again". like BHS, C&A, La Senza. I also was told Primark was the place to go for lots of clothes cheap. Just working out my sizing in various shops is a nightmare, Converting from US to UK. 

What board games did you get....looking for ideas myself !

I got Monopoly because I love that board game, Escape Room because it gets me thinking same as Sherlock Holmes and Back to the future.

silvercar said:

If you are living in Manchester, you will need to decide whether to support Manchester City or Manchester United football teams. Chances are you boyfriend and all his family will support the same team, probably Man City if he is from Manchester. Easiest to support whatever he follows.

He doesn't follow soccer sadly