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chaz47 · Joined: 11 Sep 2003

My girlfriend's mom just asked her for a million won last night. That's more than my gf's monthly salary and she's only been out of uni and working for a few months. There's absolultely no way her mother could have expected her to have that cash laying around. Something tells me that I am going to be the recipient of some begging soon.

My gf's sister's fiance makes more money than I do and doesn't pay rent as his family paid a huge key money deposit for them, so, why does this request for cash come to... well, my household and not his?

Boodleheimer · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:24 pm Post subject:

he helps dogs.

Atavistic · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:26 pm Post subject:

Parents do that here. Korean parents are the most manipulative people I think I've ever had the pleasure to second-hand deal with.

I would NOT pay it if I were you. You're not married, right?

postfundie · Joined: 28 May 2004

shaunew · Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Location: Calgary

Don't do it just say you don't have the cash, you send it all home and live on a super tight budget. My MIL has tried this on me a million times. She just asked for 5 million won to fix her teeth.

Octavius Hite · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:47 pm Post subject:

It's the law. There is an actual law in Korea that children are responsible to pay for their parents. Its a way around having a proper pension program (the pension program is a new development since the 97 crisis).

Welcome to Korea!

winterwawa · Joined: 06 May 2007

I have been married to two korean women. My first wife gave her mother 30,000,000 won, and my second gave her mother over 50,000,000 won. Neither told me what they were doing until the deed was done. Make a firm stand now, before you marry your gf, or you will regret it later.

ajgeddes · Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Location: Yongsan

Or just marry a rich girl.

canuckistan · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject:

Could try offering something. A token amount.

That's better than a "no."

jaganath69 · Joined: 17 Jul 2003

Dome Vans · Guest

Aren't parents allowed to move in with eldest children, regardless of whether they are married or not.

Or, newly married women can't make decisions for the first few years of marriage because the mother in law makes them.

Confucianism, gotta love it!

Scotticus · Joined: 18 Mar 2007

I'm pretty sure chaz47 is just a troll, folks. Today he's posted a thread about jacking off a dog and now one about his gf's mom trying to hit him up for money. Put two and two together... he just posted two standard Korea-bashing threads in an effort to rile people up.

Please folks, don't feed the trolls.

oxfordstu · Joined: 28 Aug 2004 Location: Bangkok

Atavistic · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:02 pm Post subject:

Atavistic · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:03 pm Post subject: