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Tux

Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Location: The smallest one room ever in Guri City
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject: Suitable Attire |
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So this morning as we were coming out of our apartment complex my landlord calls my wife and I over and explains that he has received a complaint about my jogging attire. Apparantly someone (I'm assuming an obnoxious ajumma) saw my running shorts and mistook them for underwear hence the complaint. My landlord advised me not to wear said shorts again.
My first inclination is to just ignore it. To me theres nothing offensive about running shorts and obviously the complainant has simply made a mistake. We live in Hwaseong which probably has something to do with it.
However I really want to avoid an incident where the police turn up at our place wanting to see the article of clothing in question.
I was wondering if anyone on these boards has been in a similar situation and how they acted.
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EzeWong

Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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lmfao,
Oh wow, you're story explains such much about the crotch stares I get from women when I jog.
I got these very tight (but not speedo) like shorts that I jog with.
Well, I'm gonna take the advice of your landlords. The crotch stares are starting to bother the hell out of me. I thought it was because I was bouncing up and down and they wanted a peak at the bunny.
Obnoxious [and dirty] ajummas... lol
It's getting cold here anyways... making the switch to sweats should be easy |
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Temporary
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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I would advise against skin tight clothing as jogging attire, especially for Women. I like to wear spandex because its comfortable, I am an addict, I have special underwear that's very long and I also kick box and frankly don't need to give a peep show to everyone. When I get annoying missionaries at my door I usually answer the door in them, all they can do is stare at the fish and tackle. |
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Teelo

Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Location: Wellington, NZ
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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So its okay for the ajummas to walk around in short skin-tight clothing, but if a foreigner does it, a big red flag goes up?
Interesting... |
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EzeWong

Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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Teelo wrote: |
So its okay for the ajummas to walk around in short skin-tight clothing, but if a foreigner does it, a big red flag goes up?
Interesting... |
That's because when we do it, It's hot.
When Ajummas do it, it's nothing. |
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Tux

Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Location: The smallest one room ever in Guri City
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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Temporary wrote: |
I would advise against skin tight clothing as jogging attire, especially for Women...When I get annoying missionaries at my door I usually answer the door in them, all they can do is stare at the fish and tackle. |
Yeah they aren't really what I'd classify as spandex. They are quite a loose fitting short but they do come up quite high on my leg. In my opinion if girls can walk around in hot pants then these shouldn't even be an issue but I guess with Koreans you never know!
re: missionaries - haha.
Thanks for the replies everyone |
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VanIslander

Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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it's a free country |
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IncognitoHFX

Joined: 06 May 2007 Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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VanIslander wrote: |
it's a free country |
Even so, that doesn't mean we have to look at his ballsack. |
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Moonshield
Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Location: The Pimp is back
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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IncognitoHFX wrote: |
VanIslander wrote: |
it's a free country |
Even so, that doesn't mean we have to look at his ballsack. |
Maybe WE want to!!!!!
(ok...well maybe just me) |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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That's hilarious.
My wife was at the riverside once when a black girl jogged through wearing what everyone around there took to be a bra. Really turned a lot of heads, and I think she damn near turned my wife lesbian. |
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ciccone_youth

Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Location: Japan
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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i always get weird looks when i run in the park wearing my running shorts and tank top.
it makes me very uncomfortable, since it's totally acceptable back home. |
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bogey666

Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Location: Korea, the ass free zone
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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ciccone_youth wrote: |
i always get weird looks when i run in the park wearing my running shorts and tank top.
it makes me very uncomfortable, since it's totally acceptable back home. |
I go a local park, which is away from the appt complexes and therefore fairly devoid of people and lie on the grass topless to tan.
When any Korean sees this of course they give me strange looks.
now ask me if I CARE.
(about that, or anything else that Koreans may think about what I am wearing! (or not wearing)
if you think I'm concerned about what that some huge sun screen golf wearing hat adjumma thinks (those things never cease to crack me up) or some Korean guy wearing a shiny silver suit, you must be out of your MIND!
my VP thinks it's crazy I want to be "dark" when according to him "everyone in the world wants to be white". Since his English isn't advanced enough for me to debate that point, I just point out tanned white is better than pallid white.
anyways.. back to the OP.
if you are indeed wearing jogging shorts that don't look like some male bikini and your ballsack is NOT hanging out, wear what you are most comfortable wearing!!!! I sure as hell wouldn't change it!
(though if you yourself admit that they come up "quite high" on your leg (quite high by pre Michael Jordan or post Michael Jordan short standards?) and they're loose, then you may want to revisit your own fashion style/sense  |
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DCJames

Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:29 pm Post subject: Re: Suitable Attire |
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Tux wrote: |
So this morning as we were coming out of our apartment complex my landlord calls my wife and I over and explains that he has received a complaint about my jogging attire. Apparantly someone (I'm assuming an obnoxious ajumma) saw my running shorts and mistook them for underwear hence the complaint. My landlord advised me not to wear said shorts again.
My first inclination is to just ignore it. To me theres nothing offensive about running shorts and obviously the complainant has simply made a mistake. We live in Hwaseong which probably has something to do with it.
However I really want to avoid an incident where the police turn up at our place wanting to see the article of clothing in question.
I was wondering if anyone on these boards has been in a similar situation and how they acted.
Cheers |
It's clear that woman wants to jump your bones.  |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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ciccone_youth wrote: |
i always get weird looks when i run in the park wearing my running shorts and tank top.
it makes me very uncomfortable, since it's totally acceptable back home. |
You're not by any chance an extremely hot black chick, are you? |
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ciccone_youth

Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Location: Japan
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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no.... white, italian. |
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