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[John Junior]

This is not paranoia nor is it a troll. Everytime I am in public chatting to a Korean woman, I get demonic stairs or intense gazes from Korean men. Korean women gaze at me when I am chatting to other women too.

At my school all the teen girls initially made flattering comments about my appearance. That has stopped now that I am part of the furniture.

The intense stairs by males is very frustrating, is any other expatriate male experiencing this? I am avoiding confrontation but it grates on my nerves. Infact, I was in Kangnam on the weekend and a complete stranger and his girlfriend too a photo of me where I was sitting. WTF?

[Underwaterbob]

Maybe they've discovered your disturbing lack of coherency.

[happiness]

dude, it may happen, but you need the bigger kahunas. in my years here, if you show your teeth a bit, they back away.

as for the pic thing, i let it go, hey man, im out to meet a nice lady, if they want to snap a foto, its cool. I have confronted a couple times, and let me tell you, they fold like little kittykats real quick.

korea makes you a man, chicks like that,

just my 2cents.

[Scorpion]

As a nation and a culture Korea has a lot of growing up to do.

[Leon]

[treehouse]

Nice one. I was trying to think of something along those lines as soon as saw it in the OP. lol.

[fermentation]

There's actually quite a number of pictures on the internet of foreigners randomly taken by Koreans. You might be on a blog somewhere with a caption that says, "Look at this foreigner on the subway!"

[sml7285]

[John Junior]

I never post anything on Dave's and when I do I get replies from the usual three stooges, Underwater Bob, Leon and Treehouse. I was trying to make an honest discussion about a cultural issue and get constructive replies. Thank you three stooges, but more seriously thank you to the serious comments.

Yes I am taking a lot of comments from the teenagers with a grain of salt, I am learning. But when adults take photos in public, unbeknown to me, that is different. That has happened twice. I am understanding the cultural comments of positive affirmations as just that, cultural affirmations.

Genuine regards

Single asever.

[PeteJB]

The ratio of 'stares' goes up a lot when you are with a Korean or Korean-looking girl. Normally quite harmless but it can be a tad uncomfortable. As my partner once said, don't be a coward and fight it. Stare back and win. You'll feel better for it. No need to get hostile. Just give them the zombie look.

[jmadtownweb]

[Captain Corea]

[Zackback]

Oh yeah I experience this quite a bit but it is probably because I am twice their age which in Korea is pretty much a no-no. But hey I'm not gonna let that stop me. Just roll with it smile and wave. When the old women (my age) give me that dirty look I just wink at em.

[The Cosmic Hum]

[12ax7]