@@rupertwest5173and so accurate too. I live down near Stonehenge and I know a lady who would say exactly this, exactly like this. Wonderful women, the both of them!
@@gfergina27I’m 25 and my mom has yet to ever tell me she’s ever been proud of me. My dad has said it once and that was just a few weeks ago. I’m American btw. 😅🥲
@@flyingpanda6802 my mum tells other People that she is proud..i am in my 40s now😂 but i am grateful that she at least mentions it and see that i have been growing😅🎉
I remember my mom saying to me while we (mom, sister and me) were singing as we did the dishes to "stop, you're messing us up". I thought I was a terrible singer. I still sang; just not in front of anyone for 20 years. Then my neighbor accidentally heard me singing. She recorded it and then asked me to listen to "this woman singing " and give my opinion. I listened (didn't recognize myself) and said " she sounds really good ". Neighbor then said "that's you.". I will always be thankful to her❤
That's sad but a nice neighbour corrected things for you sing on 🎶 I remember my mum telling me to shut up and forget about singing which I loved, so I stopped apart from on my own also and about 30 years ago I was in a pub and someone made me get up and sing and then the karaoke man came up to me and said thanks for singing I got this new equipment and it was good to hear how a real professional would sound on it and that made me feel better (though I still only sing when on my own)
@@hellowendy1029 she was a wonderful lady. Whenever I sang, it was always her approval I looked for. She'd make you feel like you were Celine Diond selling out concerts.
On a serious note, comforting to know I am not the only daughter who was NEVER good enough for either of my parents. I'm 70 now. I still feel the pain. I never had children.
@@rebelraccoon9018 Hi 'rebel' I identify with you. I've been a rebel all my adult life.😊 Listening to The Rolling Stones latest album, Cockney Diamonds, the song, 'ANGRY' Very Best Wishes x
@@triumphstagdriverthe difference is that Brits and Irish people are only honest like that with people they know well and are close to. They’re very polite to strangers. Dutch people are just brutal to everyone😂
That brutally honest humour is very much part of New Zealand and Australia too😂...I know from growing up in both countries. Must be why I love British humour most of all. They're ruthless🤭😅💖
As a Brit watching this, she's right, but i was thinking, jeez let's not mention the Dutch😂! I have a dutch friend, and her honesty to us, her friends, is brutal, but we love it!
In sixth grade, I entered the Talent Contest where I sang Alan Sherman's "Skin." Afterwards, I found myself standing in the back of the auditorium next to my teacher, Mr. Benedetti. Without taking his eyes off the stage he said, "I'll say this for you; you've got guts." Which didn't discourage me in the least.
I'm always amazed at how my English friends can absolutely batter something with a smile on their face. It's so good that as an American I'm never sure if I've just been insulted or not 😂😂😂
Love the honesty. When you go over the top praising kids and it's not genuine, it's meaningless. And it often leads to the child growing up with an inflated ego. I've seen lots of kids like that and it's sad because they often get humbled at some point and they genuinely don't know how to deal with it.
@@elsvaughn7959 Technically British refers to countries in the U.K, as he was born in Dublin hes Irish and not Northen Irish so therefore Irish and not British. 😀
@@Novarcharesk Geographically at the moment its technically deemed as part of the British Isles but this is growing in controversy due to the fact that Ireland isnt part of Great Britain.
@@elsvaughn7959I mean. British refers to Britain which is Scotland,Wales and England. But yeah OP is right not Ireland and you’re totally free to be annoyed by it it’s your emotions
She is soooo beautiful...I saw "How I met your mother" for her and... Barney of course.. but mostly her.. couldn't get my eyes of her... And her "Let's go to the mall" was AWESOMEEE
Yes, one of the greatest things that Britain has given to the world is controlled sarcasm and total brutal honesty to take that to one step further go to Australia. They take it to a fine art but they got that from us in Britain.
I used to draw as a kid. My drawings were shit and when I would show them to my mother, she would say "oh! 😊 did you have fun drawing that?" Which we would both jokingly acknowledge to mean that the drawing wasnt great. Anyway, I got the game Art Academy on DS and it genuinely upped my drawing skills tenfold. I drew a picture of my own face for art class in year 8 and my mum's reaction when I showed her was "holy shit! Thats fanastic!" It meant so much more knowing that her compliment was genuine because she wasnt in the habit of blowing smoke up my ass. Such is the benefit of british honesty.
@@Readysetgo2007 yeah, it wasnt a compliment, but the work wasn't really worth complimenting, thats the point. And we both got a chuckle out of it because we both knew what she meant and we didnt take it too seriously.
@@owenleal This conversation makes me think about another conversation I had here on youtube. I talked with someone who was a mother and she seemed to think you have to say "very good" to your child even though you're not impressed. That felt weird to me to hear. I think she said it's good for the child's psyche. I guess I'm somewhat understanding of that though. But for me it's more about that I don't want to hurt the child's feelings. I had a cute 5 year old (husband's brother's son) show me a sort of weird drawing and he also asked me "Nice?" and then I actually was fast to answer "Nice" even though I think I wasn't sounding so convincing. Hehe. 🙂
@@Readysetgo2007 lmao I mean...I guess there is a cut off for when you should be comfortable being honest with your child. Like telling a 5 year old that their drawing is not good, I can't see them seeing the funny side of that. But I was like 12 or 13, and my mum and I share a pretty caustic sense of humour. However if you have a younger relative like 5 and below and you want to give an honest opinion without hurting their feelings, my go to is just to say "ooh!" And then ask them what it is that they drew. And then they'll say "a horse!" And you ask them all about the different parts of the drawing and how it relates to their experiences, "we went to see horses the other day didnt we?" That way, you get to show genuine interest in the child's work without belittling it or calling it good if you dont feel like it is. But generally if theyre babies there is nothing wrong with just saying the drawing is good.
@@coolexiothe whole thing was sugar coated, I'm a British mother and honestly I would have just said I love you darling but that was shit and you should be ashamed of yourself!
@@msl1689 British includes Welsh, Irish, and Scottish. English is only descriptive of the English, not the rest of the British isles. Sure way to piss off a Scot is to ask them which part of England they're from...
@@Ron-Ayres But British includes English, no? So why is it wrong to refer to an English accent as a British accent? It is one of the British accents. In this context, obviously I don't mean Welsh, Irish or Scottish.
@@msl1689 No-one in the UK would ever refer to themselves as having a British accent - such a thing doesn't even exist! It's just something Americans tend to say for some reason. There are no fewer than 40 accents across the UK, with countless additional subdialects - all wildly different from each other. eg, less than 16 km (10m) from the city of Manchester - the towns Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale, and Salford each have distinct accents of their own. No-one from any of these places would describe themselves as having 'a British accent'. The Beatles accent is Liverpudlian; David Tennant's accent is Edinburgher/Dunedin Scottish, Catherine Zeta Jones Swansean. This in stark contrast with Australia where you can travel thousands of miles and still hear exactly the same General Australian accent - it doesn't change at all. The only loose comparison I can think of is a British person saying to a Canadian _"I love your American accent",_ simply because they come from the same continent. I hope that might clarify my comment a little.
Drew my Irish mother a picture of a Swan on a water to cheer her up in hospital. Her response "OH LOVELY, A CAMEL". As she continued to crack up at the drawing. I'd practiced so much & everyone else knew what it was, I was so sad she was making fun of something I thought she'd find tranquil and beautiful. A feckin Camel! 😂
When you lie to them and tell them that they are fabulous, they end up auditioning for American Idol thinking they're fabulous. Then the whole world conspires against them when they're finally told the truth.
Lol, this is so true. In 5th grade, we had this one spoiled rich kid who was told by his parents that he was a "wonderkid" at playing the piano. So he gave a "concert" in music class - needless to say, he sucked, so he didn't exactly get roaring applause and admjration from us other kids. So then another kid who was actually kind of good played a piece and, well, was actually kind of good, so he got a mich better reception (also because he wasn't bragging about being a "wonderkid" all the time). So the spoiled kid threw a massive tantrum in front of everyone and declared that he would move to Nevada (this was in Germany).
I was just thinking about my NZ mum, lol. She's a musician, and so am I, and from a young age, she would never say "well done" when I got off stage. It was just if I did better than the time before and what I could do better next time. She had very detailed notes.
Trust me better Australian than Chinese. Forget about having no singing talent my mom would have told me that I dishonoured her, my dad and all our ancestors who strived to give me a better life over the centuries.
That's a very Irish mother thing to do. Irish mothers never tell you or complament you on what you did well, but they will definitely let you know where you were bad or went wrong.
My mom's not British, but she is 100 percent English American, and she's a great mom, but if you're looking for emotional support, forget it. When i was a kid, i was playing baseball and i ran over and told her, I just hit a home run. She said yeah, but it was on errors. Haha.
Well isnt your a bit like the Leonard's mom from the show The Big Bang Theory. Hope your mom was not distant and cold all thru your childhood & early teen years. Not getting the emotional comfort from parents as a child can have profound effect on people.
@@san-fs8mk If what you wrote was true, Britain would be 90% serial killers. The fact that what you wrote is how Americans try to raise their children and America has the highest murder rate for a country not at war means that our "distant" British parenting is the right choice. *Reply to:* _"Well isnt your a bit like the Leonard's mom from the show The Big Bang Theory. Hope your mom was not distant and cold all thru your childhood & early teen years. Not getting the emotional comfort from parents as a child can have profound effect on people."_
There's no point in lying to you and then giving you unattainable aspirations. What matters is that you were there and gave it your best. Even though you couldn't sing a note of it.
I lived in the UK in the 80s and finished my last two years of high school on an American military base about an hour (by train) north of London. I got to know students at an international school in London when we were all involved in MUN. Compliments went like, "You're quite good for an American. I've seen you walk and chew gum at the same time." I suspected at the time that my role was to be a bit of mascot. They kept their expectations low and praised me when I managed feats like not shitting on the carpet. It gave me a glimpse under their social microscope of how the American educational system utterly fails students. They did manage to teach me how to make and drink tea properly, as well as a LOT of alcohol. And that there's no shame in stepping behind a shrub to make room for more alcohol via whatever exit strategy the existing internal supply deems expedient. My ego did well in that kind of climate.
I've come across the result of a parent allowing their kid to be deluded into believing he was a good singer. This was a teacher in my high school. He was a nice guy, and a good teacher. The issue was that whenever there was singing, he'd lead it. Its not like he was forced to do so. During a special assembly, the teachers had to sing a song themselves. I saw him push his way to the front to get to the mic. He got there and the other person closest to the mic was the school secretary. They were both soo bad they had to start the song 3 times, cause the first time the other teachers were trying keep from laughter. The secretary got super self conscious and kept trying to escape from the mic, but the teachers behind her stood like a wall, knowing if they switched with her, they'd be next to him and won't be able to control their laughter. After one of the false starts, he turned to the rest of the teachers and said "Teachers please,...... you're flat" to which the teachers at the very back of the group and outta his sight doubled over in their silent laughter. That was normal. Our description of him to new students was "Master so and so?he's okay, thinks he can sing though". My mother didn't completely believe me when I'd tell her how bad he was. When she attended my graduation, he led the first song, I looked over to where she was, and she was just sitting there stunned. Picture it. Its school assembly, he comes up to the mic, cues us into the school song, "and 2...3...(unleashes the first few lyrics in the tone of a cat being strangled, all students and teachers nearly die holding in our laughter, while totally oblivious, he gently chides us for not bursting into song). "Right. Ladies and gentlemen. Lets try that again."
It is everywhere except the US where folks show up authentically and don’t feel compelled to act fake nice when they don’t have to. I love the US but the fake nice is so dishonest.
Is that to mean that those deported to Australia by the British, were "revolutionaries"?:-) Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 5th May 2024.
Tom you played in some great movies that I so enjoyed watching in the past. My favorite movie was Vanilla Sky with you, Penelope Cruise & Cameron Diaz. Thank you for your talent. 😊.
I was stationed with Brits and even when they would be told that what they said was a bit offensive, the would all say "oh rubbish," and keep laughing.
Ahhh mothers. They made us, so they feel responsible to let us know when things are not up to a certain desired level. But it is said from love really. 😂
The women in my family are brutal.... I had an MRI last week to check on a tumour I have - it took 45 minutes. When I came out my mum said to me "you look like you've been dragged through a hedge backwards!". Charming. My grandmother was the same. They just say what comes into their heads. The man sitting next to my mum, who we'd been chatting to before appointment, gasped with shock lol. Thanks mum!!😂😢
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The moment she imitates her mother in British accent was so lovely.
Sounds completely like Emma Thomson
Awesome English accent 😉
@@rupertwest5173and so accurate too. I live down near Stonehenge and I know a lady who would say exactly this, exactly like this. Wonderful women, the both of them!
@lenanayashkova lol I heard Kate winslet
"Mum, did you like my show?"
"It was an acquired taste."
“It certainly was one of the shows ever”
" but lucky for you I'm your mum! I've acquired the taste. It was amazing!'
"I think me ears just cursed my ovaries"
😂
@@Couldbedumber😂😂😂
I knew she is Canadian... I had no Idea her mother was British.
Stunning woman.
Same Here!
And her father is Dutch
And her grandpa is Japanese
And one of her grandmas is half Goan
Random fact - her dad was my dentist!
The way that Graham nods with his whole body
And he's not British.
the west brit was so excited to be called british
He is irish
Aren't the Northern Irish also British?
@@One.DeSanctis.Cork is not in the North
She's So Adorable Gourgous
as gourgous as gurgenzoloft cheese
gourgous sounds like an insult.
❤❤❤❤ MashAllah 👑
"how did i do mum?!"
"I think you tried really hard" 👍
"...thanks mum...."
That's so familiar
Not my mom, she even collects my participation rewards 😅
@@gfergina27I’m 25 and my mom has yet to ever tell me she’s ever been proud of me. My dad has said it once and that was just a few weeks ago. I’m American btw. 😅🥲
@@gfergina27 or I
@@flyingpanda6802 my mum tells other People that she is proud..i am in my 40s now😂 but i am grateful that she at least mentions it and see that i have been growing😅🎉
At the age of 5 my (German) goddoughter told her mum, "I like the bag you crafted for me because I know you did the best you can!"
😂😂😂😂
Give it back ya little berker.
Yeah the moment she asked about brutal honesty being a British thing I thought to myself that us Germans do it too 😂
😂
My mother would do the same. Lol we’re American 😂
" I had like 8 shows to go..." 😂
Good luck hehe 🙂
Perfect comedic timing with that line!
I remember my mom saying to me while we (mom, sister and me) were singing as we did the dishes to "stop, you're messing us up". I thought I was a terrible singer. I still sang; just not in front of anyone for 20 years. Then my neighbor accidentally heard me singing. She recorded it and then asked me to listen to "this woman singing " and give my opinion. I listened (didn't recognize myself) and said " she sounds really good ". Neighbor then said "that's you.". I will always be thankful to her❤
❤❤❤ what a kind neighbor.
I’m so sorry your moms words were cruel in that moment and left that scar for a long time. Hope you’ve healed
That's sad but a nice neighbour corrected things for you sing on 🎶 I remember my mum telling me to shut up and forget about singing which I loved, so I stopped apart from on my own also and about 30 years ago I was in a pub and someone made me get up and sing and then the karaoke man came up to me and said thanks for singing I got this new equipment and it was good to hear how a real professional would sound on it and that made me feel better (though I still only sing when on my own)
Awww what a wholesome neighbor!
Maybe you were messing them up because your voice was making it hard to ignore that they couldn't sing.😊
@@missydavis6678 that's so sweet of you to say . Thanks
Jude Law's chuckle of recognition at the start was pure gold! I love Cobie Smulders! She is gorgeous, smart and funny!
Always remember older sister at church. I sang a solo for the first time. Her "oh darling, I was so blessed by what you intended to do"😅😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Oooo I'd be spiraling about that every time I tried to fall asleep for years lmao
@@hellowendy1029 she was a wonderful lady. Whenever I sang, it was always her approval I looked for. She'd make you feel like you were Celine Diond selling out concerts.
i'm gonna start using this one 😂😂😂😂😂
The best compliment you will get from a British person is them telling you it was 'quite good'.
Only if we are feeling particularly generous!
If its too positive you know its not sincere..
or 'not bad'
That will do
Nooo the better one is "you did tried your best thats all that count"with that condensing smile
"How did you like our dance,Mom?"
"The other team was better."
True Story😂
Oh seems like my mom😂
On a serious note,
comforting to know I am not the only daughter
who was NEVER good enough for either of my parents.
I'm 70 now.
I still feel the pain.
I never had children.
@@FunnyBunny-pd5xxI'm sorry. Sending love to you.
@@rebelraccoon9018
Hi 'rebel'
I identify with you.
I've been a rebel all my adult life.😊
Listening to The Rolling Stones latest album,
Cockney Diamonds,
the song, 'ANGRY'
Very Best Wishes x
😂😂😂😂swearrr
Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Jude Law. What A Unique Combo.
This is why I love British and Irish people! They say things outright and are humorously blunt. I respect honesty. It’s not rude at all.
Wait until you hear the dutch...
@@triumphstagdriverthe difference is that Brits and Irish people are only honest like that with people they know well and are close to. They’re very polite to strangers. Dutch people are just brutal to everyone😂
@@triumphstagdriver the Dutch are rude with it though ha at least the irish and english add some humour lol
British is us as a whole, we're English, Scottish, Northern Irish, Welsh respectively 😢
@@carolesmith2619 no. Irish are not British. Stop it
Great British compliments: "you will do" "not bad at all". Great praise!
Nothing beats “not too shabby”, though 😂
@@Mainyehc I forgot that one! 😅
@@Mainyehc Yeah, if you're a character in a pre-1950s cartoon.
Not too bad, aie?
She never met a rural Asian elder apparently.
True!
They are brutal!
Yeah, Asian elders are all the same. I wonder if they have the same brain? 😑
😂😂😂
They would just straight up call it shit & disown you lmfao
She said you were wonderful...
She complimented your confidence, but also made sure you weren't delusional. Great parenting.
Nah, it’s really not.
Yes it was great parenting… she remembered and can laugh at herself!
It’s British parenting. “You were terrible but I loved it” is what happens 😂
Backhanded compliments are unpleasant to receive. Her mother was needlessly rude.
Why do you sound defensive? Who's complaining?
Such a beauty.
That brutally honest humour is very much part of New Zealand and Australia too😂...I know from growing up in both countries. Must be why I love British humour most of all. They're ruthless🤭😅💖
Brits: we are cruely honest.
Dutch: hold my beer!
Ironic, because while Smulders' mother is British, her father is... Dutch.
@@gl2996Smulders is a Dutch name, so not a big suprise😉
As a Brit watching this, she's right, but i was thinking, jeez let's not mention the Dutch😂! I have a dutch friend, and her honesty to us, her friends, is brutal, but we love it!
I think Dutch have nothing on the french directness
You haven't met Amy Israelis, then?😅
Only thing worse than hard English honesty is hard Italian honesty. I'm both so watch out. Hahaha
Italians are also blunt, Italians are also "brutally honest"?:-) Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 5th May 2024.
In sixth grade, I entered the Talent Contest where I sang Alan Sherman's "Skin." Afterwards, I found myself standing in the back of the auditorium next to my teacher, Mr. Benedetti. Without taking his eyes off the stage he said, "I'll say this for you; you've got guts." Which didn't discourage me in the least.
Thats why the British get on so well with Italians.
then you havent encountered an argentinian....
And now you're a successful actress and not a failed singer.
Honesty is a good thing.
Exactly!
You're that mom😂
What? Didn't you hear her huge hit "Let's Go to the mall"? She sold so many records
Yeah and sand castles in the sand was very good as well
@@analuisgomesmatos4455 it's a shame she went to the dark side with PS I love you... She was born to be a star
She's stunningly gorgeous
what is her name?
@@pzniliCobie Smulders (**not Covid sorry, typo**)
You misspelled " incredibly average".
@@jamessimmons3645 If that's average then I wanna know where you live
@@SALx96 ... he lives in his basement with his PC and a bucket of wings.
“I still had eight shows.” She knows how to set up and tell a good story.
I'm always amazed at how my English friends can absolutely batter something with a smile on their face. It's so good that as an American I'm never sure if I've just been insulted or not 😂😂😂
We are the masters of the back-handed compliment ;) - keep yourself happy, take it as a compliment.
I think it's more important to only be insulted if you perceive the insult and not be bother by someone else's perception.
If you don't know, it's probably an insult.
Have you been to any part of the South in the States?? XDDD has no one said "oh, bless your heart" or anything similar to your face?? 😅
@@Adrienne_ "Bless your heart" = "You f'ing moron", doesn't it?
Tom Cruise is doing some power listening right there
He has a report to write about her for his church when he leaves.
Man high on some L Ron 😂
He loves a brunette! 😅
He thinks he's found his new Katie.
He is famously a really good listener. That's how they get ya.
She is so beautiful!! 😍
You got the last laugh Robin Sparkles =)
in the Thicke of the night
She is stunning ❤
Shes just so gorgeous!
Love the honesty. When you go over the top praising kids and it's not genuine, it's meaningless. And it often leads to the child growing up with an inflated ego. I've seen lots of kids like that and it's sad because they often get humbled at some point and they genuinely don't know how to deal with it.
A Canadian asking an Irishman about what British people are like....
😂
British encompasses Irish. She meant English, obvs. It's annoying when ppl use "uk", or "British" when referring to English ppl.
@@elsvaughn7959 Technically British refers to countries in the U.K, as he was born in Dublin hes Irish and not Northen Irish so therefore Irish and not British. 😀
@@Spida37so does ‘British Isles’ just ignore Republic Ireland?
@@Novarcharesk Geographically at the moment its technically deemed as part of the British Isles but this is growing in controversy due to the fact that Ireland isnt part of Great Britain.
@@elsvaughn7959I mean. British refers to Britain which is Scotland,Wales and England. But yeah OP is right not Ireland and you’re totally free to be annoyed by it it’s your emotions
Cruise up there just loving the hell out of himself
She is soooo beautiful...I saw "How I met your mother" for her and... Barney of course.. but mostly her.. couldn't get my eyes of her... And her "Let's go to the mall" was AWESOMEEE
Who is she?
@@Tally-vision Cobie Smulders.
the way tom cruise laughs is likely to attract a giant asteroid into earth's orbit.
It’s really kind of creepy.
Yes, one of the greatest things that Britain has given to the world is controlled sarcasm and total brutal honesty to take that to one step further go to Australia. They take it to a fine art but they got that from us in Britain.
It didn't take in Canada.
😆
We got sarcasm from the Vikings. So we can thank the Dane’s
Haha yes! I’m Australian and agree.
Hahaha yea I’m Aussie and this is me 😂
Australia does it without the sophistication
Cobie is so beautiful.Love her speaking voice too ❤
If someone who is British says "well done", that's a high compliment
I used to draw as a kid. My drawings were shit and when I would show them to my mother, she would say "oh! 😊 did you have fun drawing that?" Which we would both jokingly acknowledge to mean that the drawing wasnt great. Anyway, I got the game Art Academy on DS and it genuinely upped my drawing skills tenfold. I drew a picture of my own face for art class in year 8 and my mum's reaction when I showed her was "holy shit! Thats fanastic!" It meant so much more knowing that her compliment was genuine because she wasnt in the habit of blowing smoke up my ass. Such is the benefit of british honesty.
true a smart kid quickly works their parent's praise is worthless if it comes too easy and a gullible kid will end up with crippling delusions .
"Oh did you have fun?" isn't a compliment. 🙂
@@Readysetgo2007 yeah, it wasnt a compliment, but the work wasn't really worth complimenting, thats the point. And we both got a chuckle out of it because we both knew what she meant and we didnt take it too seriously.
@@owenleal This conversation makes me think about another conversation I had here on youtube. I talked with someone who was a mother and she seemed to think you have to say "very good" to your child even though you're not impressed. That felt weird to me to hear. I think she said it's good for the child's psyche. I guess I'm somewhat understanding of that though. But for me it's more about that I don't want to hurt the child's feelings. I had a cute 5 year old (husband's brother's son) show me a sort of weird drawing and he also asked me "Nice?" and then I actually was fast to answer "Nice" even though I think I wasn't sounding so convincing. Hehe. 🙂
@@Readysetgo2007 lmao I mean...I guess there is a cut off for when you should be comfortable being honest with your child. Like telling a 5 year old that their drawing is not good, I can't see them seeing the funny side of that. But I was like 12 or 13, and my mum and I share a pretty caustic sense of humour. However if you have a younger relative like 5 and below and you want to give an honest opinion without hurting their feelings, my go to is just to say "ooh!" And then ask them what it is that they drew. And then they'll say "a horse!" And you ask them all about the different parts of the drawing and how it relates to their experiences, "we went to see horses the other day didnt we?"
That way, you get to show genuine interest in the child's work without belittling it or calling it good if you dont feel like it is. But generally if theyre babies there is nothing wrong with just saying the drawing is good.
That’s what I love about the gritty Brits!! They’re always honest!!
Except for the politicians ;)
Come to Ireland with Graham, that's real honesty
God, she is gorgeous❤
Love her, she is gorgeous ❤
That wasn't cruel. It was sugar-coated honesty.
It wasn't cruel, yes, but which part was the sugar-coat? It sounded more like just straightforward honesty.😊
@@coolexio The "you were singing it anyway" part.
@@coolexiothe whole thing was sugar coated, I'm a British mother and honestly I would have just said I love you darling but that was shit and you should be ashamed of yourself!
@@marty2090that part isnt nice 😂
Yep that's british. Honestly but with a buffer. Then if you don't like it.
Its the compliment that kills your ego at the same time.😅
Egos heal.
I love her British accent! I'd love to see her play the part of an English lady someday.
English or British?!
@@Ron-Ayres What's the difference?
@@msl1689 British includes Welsh, Irish, and Scottish. English is only descriptive of the English, not the rest of the British isles. Sure way to piss off a Scot is to ask them which part of England they're from...
@@Ron-Ayres But British includes English, no? So why is it wrong to refer to an English accent as a British accent? It is one of the British accents. In this context, obviously I don't mean Welsh, Irish or Scottish.
@@msl1689 No-one in the UK would ever refer to themselves as having a British accent - such a thing doesn't even exist! It's just something Americans tend to say for some reason.
There are no fewer than 40 accents across the UK, with countless additional subdialects - all wildly different from each other. eg, less than 16 km (10m) from the city of Manchester - the towns Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale, and Salford each have distinct accents of their own.
No-one from any of these places would describe themselves as having 'a British accent'.
The Beatles accent is Liverpudlian; David Tennant's accent is Edinburgher/Dunedin Scottish, Catherine Zeta Jones Swansean.
This in stark contrast with Australia where you can travel thousands of miles and still hear exactly the same General Australian accent - it doesn't change at all.
The only loose comparison I can think of is a British person saying to a Canadian _"I love your American accent",_ simply because they come from the same continent.
I hope that might clarify my comment a little.
„Cruel honesty“ is the purest form of love for your fellow human. It gives them room to improve instead of artificially inflating their ego.
I love her! Never knew she was Canadian or English! ❤brilliant!
Drew my Irish mother a picture of a Swan on a water to cheer her up in hospital. Her response "OH LOVELY, A CAMEL".
As she continued to crack up at the drawing.
I'd practiced so much & everyone else knew what it was, I was so sad she was making fun of something I thought she'd find tranquil and beautiful. A feckin Camel! 😂
That's humour
Might wanna read about the “Primal Split.” Yeow.
When you lie to them and tell them that they are fabulous, they end up auditioning for American Idol thinking they're fabulous. Then the whole world conspires against them when they're finally told the truth.
OMG! I LOLed, literally
That's always what I say! It's something when ya whole family backing you up to go on American idol 😮 knowing damn well you should stick to karaoke.
@@AngieVY18 me too, literally 😂
Lol, this is so true. In 5th grade, we had this one spoiled rich kid who was told by his parents that he was a "wonderkid" at playing the piano. So he gave a "concert" in music class - needless to say, he sucked, so he didn't exactly get roaring applause and admjration from us other kids. So then another kid who was actually kind of good played a piece and, well, was actually kind of good, so he got a mich better reception (also because he wasn't bragging about being a "wonderkid" all the time). So the spoiled kid threw a massive tantrum in front of everyone and declared that he would move to Nevada (this was in Germany).
Or Britain's Got (No)Talent!
My friends say I’m like an American as I talk a lot and am always so positive/upbeat 🤷♂️ I take it as a compliment 😂
Are you sure they didn't mean you were overweight?
*(Cruel British Honesty)*
@@TonyEnglandUK no mate I do triathlons as a hobby rock climb and teach scuba diving an in the name “scubadave”
I got it ! Perhaps they wanted to express doubts about your intellectual abilities.
🟠This is so funny.
🟠Tom Cruise is really enjoying this.
🟠It's so nice to see him laugh.
Cobie Smulders is so beautiful. Her beauty is underrated.
But she's Robin "let's go to the mall!"
And "Sandcastles In The Sand", lol!
Yes! Your lucky that she is not Australian. You wouldn’t have got the compliment. She would have just said you didn’t hit a note.
ROFL 😂😂😂
I was just thinking about my NZ mum, lol. She's a musician, and so am I, and from a young age, she would never say "well done" when I got off stage. It was just if I did better than the time before and what I could do better next time. She had very detailed notes.
Trust me better Australian than Chinese. Forget about having no singing talent my mom would have told me that I dishonoured her, my dad and all our ancestors who strived to give me a better life over the centuries.
Imagine if she is asian
That's a very Irish mother thing to do.
Irish mothers never tell you or complament you on what you did well, but they will definitely let you know where you were bad or went wrong.
My mom's not British, but she is 100 percent English American, and she's a great mom, but if you're looking for emotional support, forget it. When i was a kid, i was playing baseball and i ran over and told her, I just hit a home run. She said yeah, but it was on errors. Haha.
Well isnt your a bit like the Leonard's mom from the show The Big Bang Theory. Hope your mom was not distant and cold all thru your childhood & early teen years. Not getting the emotional comfort from parents as a child can have profound effect on people.
@@san-fs8mk If what you wrote was true, Britain would be 90% serial killers.
The fact that what you wrote is how Americans try to raise their children and America has the highest murder rate for a country not at war means that our "distant" British parenting is the right choice.
*Reply to:* _"Well isnt your a bit like the Leonard's mom from the show The Big Bang Theory. Hope your mom was not distant and cold all thru your childhood & early teen years. Not getting the emotional comfort from parents as a child can have profound effect on people."_
There's no point in lying to you and then giving you unattainable aspirations. What matters is that you were there and gave it your best. Even though you couldn't sing a note of it.
Hilarious 😁 I like Cobie Smulders.
I thought that was quite encouraging - that I have got guts and I am bold lol
I love her clean manicured fingernails. Classic nails, short net clean
So funny and honest 😊
The facial expressions completed the impression.
I lived in the UK in the 80s and finished my last two years of high school on an American military base about an hour (by train) north of London. I got to know students at an international school in London when we were all involved in MUN. Compliments went like, "You're quite good for an American. I've seen you walk and chew gum at the same time." I suspected at the time that my role was to be a bit of mascot. They kept their expectations low and praised me when I managed feats like not shitting on the carpet. It gave me a glimpse under their social microscope of how the American educational system utterly fails students. They did manage to teach me how to make and drink tea properly, as well as a LOT of alcohol. And that there's no shame in stepping behind a shrub to make room for more alcohol via whatever exit strategy the existing internal supply deems expedient. My ego did well in that kind of climate.
Love it’s 100% a British thing everyone in my family and minority in my school are just brutally honest. I love beeping a Northerner.
I love watching Cruise trying to pretend he's human
I was thinking exactly the same thing!
FFS, are you not bored of that bullshit yet?
This made me lose it 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Underrated comment 😂😅
Cobie is so gorgeous like those 70's 80's close up cover models
Such a beautiful talented lady. Love her in Portland
What is her name?
Cobie Smulders. She played Robin on How I met your mother.
She's naturally beautiful ❤
She is sooo beautiful
I've come across the result of a parent allowing their kid to be deluded into believing he was a good singer. This was a teacher in my high school. He was a nice guy, and a good teacher. The issue was that whenever there was singing, he'd lead it. Its not like he was forced to do so. During a special assembly, the teachers had to sing a song themselves. I saw him push his way to the front to get to the mic. He got there and the other person closest to the mic was the school secretary. They were both soo bad they had to start the song 3 times, cause the first time the other teachers were trying keep from laughter. The secretary got super self conscious and kept trying to escape from the mic, but the teachers behind her stood like a wall, knowing if they switched with her, they'd be next to him and won't be able to control their laughter. After one of the false starts, he turned to the rest of the teachers and said "Teachers please,...... you're flat" to which the teachers at the very back of the group and outta his sight doubled over in their silent laughter. That was normal. Our description of him to new students was "Master so and so?he's okay, thinks he can sing though". My mother didn't completely believe me when I'd tell her how bad he was. When she attended my graduation, he led the first song, I looked over to where she was, and she was just sitting there stunned.
Picture it. Its school assembly, he comes up to the mic, cues us into the school song, "and 2...3...(unleashes the first few lyrics in the tone of a cat being strangled, all students and teachers nearly die holding in our laughter, while totally oblivious, he gently chides us for not bursting into song). "Right. Ladies and gentlemen. Lets try that again."
Funny story.
😂😂
My Mom “next time get closer to the microphone.” We’re Canadian.
I wish we were more honest to each other. The good sounding lies are much more destructive in the long run than bad sounding truths.
she is a GREAT story teller
She is so beautiful!
It is everywhere except the US where folks show up authentically and don’t feel compelled to act fake nice when they don’t have to. I love the US but the fake nice is so dishonest.
So agree,
I agree!
I agree. It creeps me out. With a blunt and honest person you always know where you stand.
She’s Canadian btw but the sentiment still aploes
@@clem719 yeah I forgot that she’s Canadian 😂 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ probably even more so than the US then 😂
Tom trying to be a normal person
Brits sense of humour is the best.
its not
@@deadinthebed963 That was funny.
Also...not
@@deadinthebed963 It is. Look at "The Office" that all your inferior countries couldn't wait to copy. God save the King. 👍
Don't you like Graham Norton 's sense of humour?
The British deported their most honest people to Australia.
Is that to mean that those deported to Australia by the British, were "revolutionaries"?:-) Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 5th May 2024.
Most were troublesome irish and 150 kilkenny women to start a breeding program
And all the their narcissistic celebrity worshippers to the USA.
They just got tired of hearing it ..
… really doubt it. I’m Brit/Aussie and we’re pretentious compared to the Dutch
Tom you played in some great movies that I so enjoyed watching in the past. My favorite movie was Vanilla Sky with you, Penelope Cruise & Cameron Diaz. Thank you for your talent. 😊.
I love how Jude Law just chuckles
I do it’s lovely.
I was stationed with Brits and even when they would be told that what they said was a bit offensive, the would all say "oh rubbish," and keep laughing.
Yep that's the correct British response, that and don't be silly 🤣🤣
Ahhh mothers. They made us, so they feel responsible to let us know when things are not up to a certain desired level. But it is said from love really. 😂
If someone British says 'Yeah it was alright' that is a big big compliment..🌻
But it isn’t 😂 It’s a lazy statement of ‘it wasn’t bad’.
More likely to be not bad 😂
She is fabulous, him well your opinion is the greatest 😂😂
Cobie is so beautiful
Tim cruise really adores her😅😂
And he looks a lot like his brother Tom, doesn't he?😅😅😅
'Cruel British honesty'
I read Cruel british history
I was waiting for it to come
until I realised i read it wrong
Perfect upper middle class English accent !! Nailed it !! 😂😂
Ive been called "brutally honest" like it was a bad thing. 😂
'Give up, you're shit' - my brother
That means he loves you!!
If she believes the British to be brutally honest, she’d better not visit the Netherlands😅
Her father is Dutch, i think she understands the traits
Or Australia!
Lucky lady to be sitting between Tim Cruise AND Jude Law! 😅
Such a stunning woman!❤
Beautiful lady.
The women in my family are brutal.... I had an MRI last week to check on a tumour I have - it took 45 minutes. When I came out my mum said to me "you look like you've been dragged through a hedge backwards!". Charming. My grandmother was the same. They just say what comes into their heads. The man sitting next to my mum, who we'd been chatting to before appointment, gasped with shock lol. Thanks mum!!😂😢
Tom Cruise has tremendously high social anxiety
She's so lovely!
She is so beautiful. Needs more roles.
What did she sang ?
Let's go to the mall
probably sandcastle in the sand
Uh-oh!! Robin Sparkles is in da house 😂
I see what you did there! 😏 👏 😉 🤣
The Beaver Song as well