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mrsquirrel
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 Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject: Do you have to be married here to have kids? |
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One of the teachers at school has been trying to understand why I am married yet I don't want to have any offspring.
She was telling me that she got married to have kids. I asked her why she didn't just have them anyway, why did she need to be married. She said it was illegal to have kids out of wedlock.
Is it? I would presume not and it's just a bit shameful for the family.
What happens if you do have a child out of wedlock? |
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just4u
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Location: Georgia, USA
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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Your avatar is massive and I was asking about Korea, not wherever you are from.
Do you know anything about Korea? Was there any point to the hijacking? |
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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Was there any point to the hijacking? |
No, and I think she ruined your post  |
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mrsquirrel
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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I can imagine she is the sort of person that I detest meeting who interupts conversations just so that she can say something.
and that avatar is hideous |
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just4u
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Sort your avatar as well while you at it, love. |
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Passions
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| just4u is really necessary for your avatar to be so big???? geez. |
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just4u
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mrsquirrel
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Passions wrote: |
| just4u is really necessary for your avatar to be so big???? geez. |
Yours is pretty big as well.
How large an avatar can you get away with on here? |
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Passions
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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Yours is pretty big as well.
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Tjames426
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:16 pm Post subject: Re: Do you have to be married here to have kids? |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
One of the teachers at school has been trying to understand why I am married yet I don't want to have any offspring.
She was telling me that she got married to have kids. I asked her why she didn't just have them anyway, why did she need to be married. She said it was illegal to have kids out of wedlock.
Is it? I would presume not and it's just a bit shameful for the family.
What happens if you do have a child out of wedlock? |
Korea is a traditional Confucian society. Guess you don't know what that means. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:27 am Post subject: Re: Do you have to be married here to have kids? |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
One of the teachers at school has been trying to understand why I am married yet I don't want to have any offspring.
She was telling me that she got married to have kids. I asked her why she didn't just have them anyway, why did she need to be married. She said it was illegal to have kids out of wedlock.
Is it? I would presume not and it's just a bit shameful for the family.
What happens if you do have a child out of wedlock? |
Not sure if its legal or illegal.
BUT...MANY Koreans marry out of convenience. It's just more convenient and makes a lot more sense that the couple would marry for the purpose of of having kids. The woman often takes on a mother-type role with the husband anyways - whenever he is at home, and he's often out doing work-related activities and whatever is demanded by him. So, generally, he's gone.
I think it would be a real foreign concept to just have the woman NOT marry and try working 60 hours a week in an office just to afford kids she couldn't afford to spend time with. |
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Jake_Kim
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:39 am Post subject: |
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| Having kids without getting married is NOT illegal. It's just that not everyone will cheer for you and say 'Good job!' sort of things. |
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mrsquirrel
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:02 am Post subject: |
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| I couldn't imagine it being illegal but the woman was sure it was illegal. |
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