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ingroup_vice
Joined: 23 May 2009
Location: Kangnam
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 Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:11 am Post subject: |
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| fridae.com is a good place to start. finding some semblance of a social scene in seoul shouldn't be too hard provided your expectations aren't too high. |
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zz8w1988
Joined: 12 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 5:27 am Post subject: |
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| nbwoodyal wrote: |
First, I live in a small-ish town of about 200,000, and I've never seen another gay guy... well, I see guys that I think are gay by Western standards, but several other people have already commented on that.
When I first got here, I found the adjustment very, very difficult. I was used to being out and having easy access to a healthy community.
I ended up finding some bars in some other big cities (not Seoul) but even those bars (in cities with more than 1 million people) were incredibly tiny. After a few visits it felt like I had met everyone.
In the last year, I've dated two guys (in Seoul).
It was hard. I'd dated cross-culturally before in America but it was certainly different in Korea. One guy was mortified that someone might find out he was gay, so I couldn't talk in his apartment (in case a neighbor heard) or come close to him out in public (and I'm not even a PDA kinda guy). And of course, there are cultural differences. Subtleties and humor get lost on one another.
Neither guy was Mr. Right and I didn't pursue either one, but if I had, I would guess that it would have been very, very difficult for many reasons.
Not many things make me miss America, but sexual freedom is certainly one of them. |
2 is too many, i have been here for 3 years and only dated one. 
Sexual freedom has many meanings man. if you don't really look for a serious relationship, which i bet by your way of typing NOT, maybe just don't date at all. |
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zz8w1988
Joined: 12 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:17 am Post subject: |
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And dating korean is not easy! since "korean korean" are pretty conservative about expressing themselves.
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languistic
Joined: 25 Nov 2009
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