How to Be Single In France Part 2/7

Female: French women are proud. Really, French people are proud. Liz: And French women are proud so that’s why they maybe don’t like some help of so much. Female: Yeah. Liz: Okay. How did you learn that? Female: It’s culture rush. Liz: If a man doesn’t call you after a few dates and you’re upset, do you call him? Female: First, I’m not upset. Liz: You think he just didn’t like you anymore? Female: I think ___ Liz: It’s a book where women are given advice. If he doesn’t call you, he’s not that into you. If he doesn’t want to have sex with you, he’s just not that into you. It was brilliant and the women bought it like all over the place and Oprah was so excited and everyone is so fabulous. And clearly when I say it, it seems to be to the French women perhaps maybe a little obvious. [Laughter] You’re laughing at all American women right now. Female: No. Liz: Who taught you that? Female: Our mothers. Liz: Your mothers tell you? Female: Yeah. Liz: How do they tell you? Female: I don’t know, since were kids. They taught us the way to recognize when someone is into you or when he’s not into you. Liz: You had your mother telling you, your mother’s voice so… Female: Yes. And you remember. My mom told that she was right. Liz: What is your first instinct when the man doesn’t call? Female: We have the same instincts, then after five minutes, we realize he’s a loser. That’s all. Liz: Not five months. You said five minutes? Female: It might take a little longer. Liz: To the most part, do you look at yourself or you think about yourselves and you go, “I’m fantastic and I’m going out today and I’m fantastic.” Female: No. We’re full of doubts, all of us I think. Bad hair days as well. Liz: So would you like to give some specific advice to American women? Female: Just—you have to love yourself. You have to—you know, there are so many things like fashion and everything. You have to know yourself. Liz: You’re just going to love you as you are. Female: Yeah. It has to. Female: The way you cry or the way you lie and the way you smile. Liz: All the ways that they can love you. All different reasons to love you. Female: We don’t think about it, we just do it. We just live it. Liz: Alright, so they’re proud and they’re strong and they don’t need my damn book. But what else makes these women so different?