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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 4:08 pm Post subject: Money you give at a Korean wedding |
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According to the research done by the Korea Consumer Protection Board in 2001, Koreans presented on average 104,847 won for their relatives' weddings, 47,057 won for friends', and 34,910 won for co-workers'. Eighty-six percent of the research subjects answered that these figures were actually burdensome amounts. The total wedding congratulatory money for an individual wedding reached less than 10 million won for 48 percent of the interviewees. Just one out of 100 wedding recorded garnering more than 50 million won.
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2004040984408 |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| I think it's a pretty practical idea, but I was amazed you had to actually write your name on the envelope. I wonder if people ever get hassle for not donating enough? |
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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: The Y.C.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Swiss James wrote: |
| I think it's a pretty practical idea, but I was amazed you had to actually write your name on the envelope. I wonder if people ever get hassle for not donating enough? |
I think it is so they know whom to send the thank you letters to.
My co-workers told me that the amount was 30,000 won from co-workers and 50,000 from close friends. |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| No, no....it's 40,000. Ya gotta give 40,000. |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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I can't remember how much I gave but I didn't get a thank-you letter, hope I wasn't too tight with the man bills 
Ah well, the guy still talks to me. |
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intergalactic
Joined: 19 May 2003
Location: Brisbane
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank you letter? I've never received any such thing. It's so when the gift giver gets married the couple who got married first return the same amount. |
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Toby
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Wedded Bliss
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| FUBAR wrote: |
| Swiss James wrote: |
| I think it's a pretty practical idea, but I was amazed you had to actually write your name on the envelope. I wonder if people ever get hassle for not donating enough? |
I think it is so they know whom to send the thank you letters to.
My co-workers told me that the amount was 30,000 won from co-workers and 50,000 from close friends. |
I heard similar to that too. Makes sense. Family give more usually I think. |
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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: The Y.C.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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| intergalactic wrote: |
| Thank you letter? I've never received any such thing. It's so when the gift giver gets married the couple who got married first return the same amount. |
Ok, I just asked another teacher at our school about this question.
The thank you letter is given immediately after you give the couple your envelope.
The names are put on the envelope so that the family knows who attended the wedding. They are also written on the envelope b/c some weddings have so many people attend that the wedding couple might not see everyone who attends the wedding. I have witnessed this first hand. This one wedding have been so large , that there was no where to sit in the wedding room. The name on the envelope ensures that the couple knows that you were there. |
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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: Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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Give less if you want but earlier this week I asked my two adult classes what amount should be given (because I'm going to my director's wedding later this month):
The stats Real Reality cite are uncanny.
My students said:
50,000 W............ for a co-worker or just a friend.
100,000 W.......... for relatives or a close friend.
I was pleasantly surprised to see it's comparable to weddings in Canada. |
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gypsyfish
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 6:37 am Post subject: |
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| dogbert wrote: |
| No, no....it's 40,000. Ya gotta give 40,000. |
Though I suspect you know this, W40,000 is bad luck because of the '4 (sa) sounds like death thing.'
Giving scissors or knives is also bad because it can sever the relationship. |
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ryleeys
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Columbia, MD
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| Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 7:18 am Post subject: |
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Giving scissors or knives is also bad because it can sever the relationship. |
Or worse if she goes Lorena Bobbitt on the guy after he goes to a room salon with his coworkers... |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 7:42 am Post subject: |
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In Korea, "going Lorena Bobbitt" is "Ms. Kim's revenge."
Wife Charged With Taking Revenge on Faithless Organ
Yangcheon police station in Seoul requested a warrant for the detention for a woman named only as Ms. Lee, 39, on the charge of mutilating her husband's genitals on Sunday. According to the police, at 12:10 a.m. on Sunday, Ms. Lee, who works in a hat factory, cut off her husband's p---- as he was sleeping. She flushed the organ down the toilet to prevent the possibility of its being reattached. The knife allegedly used came from a restaurant.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200105/14/200105140106023149900090409041.html
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lush72
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: I am Penalty Kick!
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| Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 7:43 am Post subject: |
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| intergalactic wrote: |
| Thank you letter? I've never received any such thing. It's so when the gift giver gets married the couple who got married first return the same amount. |
ZING! We have a winner here! |
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lush72
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: I am Penalty Kick!
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| Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 7:45 am Post subject: |
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| And really, this is really ghey thing to be discussing! Are north american wedding customs BETTER?!?!?!? |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| gypsyfish wrote: |
| dogbert wrote: |
| No, no....it's 40,000. Ya gotta give 40,000. |
Though I suspect you know this, W40,000 is bad luck because of the '4 (sa) sounds like death thing.'
Giving scissors or knives is also bad because it can sever the relationship. |
Not bad....I had everyone going longer than I thought. |
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