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Kestav
Joined: 14 Mar 2010
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:42 pm Post subject: Online dating |
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I live in Iksan and I am having trouble finding a girl. Since this is a smaller town in the middle of the country the English level of the average Korean girl is pretty low and all of the foreign women I've met have boyfriends.
So, to make a long story a little shorter, I am looking for suggestions on good online dating sites. I've tried Korean Friend Finder and Korean Cupid already, but there are very few women in my area. Any help would be appreciated.
I know dating questions have been done to death, but let me do some voodoo and make the topic a zombie at least. |
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onlyinkorea87
Joined: 16 Feb 2010 Location: Gimhae
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:18 am Post subject: Re: Online dating |
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| Kestav wrote: |
I live in Iksan and I am having trouble finding a girl. Since this is a smaller town in the middle of the country the English level of the average Korean girl is pretty low and all of the foreign women I've met have boyfriends.
So, to make a long story a little shorter, I am looking for suggestions on good online dating sites. I've tried Korean Friend Finder and Korean Cupid already, but there are very few women in my area. Any help would be appreciated.
I know dating questions have been done to death, but let me do some voodoo and make the topic a zombie at least. |
For the online part: Put an ad on Craigslist, see what happens.
The alternative: If you have it in your budget, travel somewhere there are more people. You might meet someone while on a weekend trip to Seoul, Busan, Daejeon...
Don't give up, they're are so many people out there. But don't get to focused on it. It's not the end of the world. Now if what your looking for is a relationship, that kind of thing won't happen over night--but I'm sure you knew that.
Honest, just go out there, keep hanging with your buds. You never know someone might be in town who's single and is interested.
Good luck! |
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curiousaboutkorea

Joined: 21 Jan 2009
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:52 am Post subject: |
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Having tried the paid memberships at UB and Korean Cupid, I go with Korean Cupid. But frankly, I think it would be hard to find any website that would have many people in your area. I think you might have the best luck asking some Korean friends to introduce you to someone. I've had a fair bit of luck going online, but I live in the Seoul metro area.
So frankly, I don't think you will have much luck online. sorry. |
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Murakano
Joined: 10 Sep 2009
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 4:09 am Post subject: |
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the problem with the UB/Korean Cupid and other mentioned sites is that many of the women are like the proverbial village bike where everyone has had a go (well maybe not everyone but you get what I mean)
Try learning some Korean, at least the basics....and that goes a long way. |
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Troglodyte

Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:17 am Post subject: |
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| Try language exchange. A lot of people use that for meeting girls. |
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Steve_Rogers2008
Joined: 22 Mar 2010
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:27 am Post subject: |
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Craigs List is a real mixed bag..... one would think seeing a post from an Ivy league Chinese-Canadian teacher in Korea would be gold..... but they'd be wrong...
Long story short, she was more Canadian than Chinese... and apparantly a fan of Tim Horton's donuts....  |
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Kestav
Joined: 14 Mar 2010
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the replies. To answer an earlier post, yes, I am looking for a relationship. I'm getting too old for one night stands. I looked on craigslist and other sites, but unless you live near Seoul it seems the internet is not very helpful.
The language exchange might be a real possibility though, so thanks for that idea. |
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conyo
Joined: 16 Apr 2010
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:38 am Post subject: |
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| Steve_Rogers2008 wrote: |
Long story short, she was more Canadian than Chinese... and apparantly a fan of Tim Horton's donuts....  |
LOL...I dated a girl from Saskatoon and saw a pic recently and thought damn she's been hitting up Tim Horton's...at 6'1" she would probably stomp me out if she heard me saying that  |
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Steve_Rogers2008
Joined: 22 Mar 2010
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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| conyo wrote: |
| Steve_Rogers2008 wrote: |
Long story short, she was more Canadian than Chinese... and apparantly a fan of Tim Horton's donuts....  |
LOL...I dated a girl from Saskatoon and saw a pic recently and thought damn she's been hitting up Tim Horton's...at 6'1" she would probably stomp me out if she heard me saying that  |
I know that feeling.... battling racial stereotypes....
donut and coffee loving Canucks vs. thin and lithe Asians.... not such a good risk, it turned out...  |
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conyo
Joined: 16 Apr 2010
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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| She's a tall Cree but looks almost half Asian to me. |
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red_devil

Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Location: Korea
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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| With CL the age old mantra of "if it's too good to be true, it usually is" really applies. That and a handful of SPAM and "check my web cam out" messages... |
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PigeonFart
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:16 am Post subject: |
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| I know i'm not exactly helping with this, but....could you not have foreseen this problem occuring? Why did you choose to live out in the sticks! |
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byrddogs

Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Location: Shanghai
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:51 am Post subject: |
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| I scored a winner online back in the day...still with her. |
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Kestav
Joined: 14 Mar 2010
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:19 am Post subject: |
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| I didn't really choose to live here, so much as take the only job I could get. |
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Slowmotion
Joined: 15 Aug 2009
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:53 am Post subject: |
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| Craig's list sounds pretty 대엄 desperate to me |
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