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[krisinkorea]

Just wondering about other female foreigners in Korea. They all left where I am. There were 3 when I got here but their contracts ended and they either went home or moved into Seoul. I'm about an hour by bus away from Seoul and so having other female friends to do anything with is a tedious task. I had another friend that I would meet up with in Itaewon but who has now left back to Canada. it seems such a tedious task to meet more people other than the guys I work with from where I am. I can't go to Seoul everyday.

Next case in point, is this the average stats for female English teachers everywhere in Korea. I work with 4 other men. And I'm outnumbered about 12 to 1 in the city. While I don't mind their company sometimes a girl just needs to do other things besides listen to the men drool over the Korean women.

Next question. Korean women are extremely small. Where do normal sized females with normal sized breasts find bras in this country. I'm having my mom send some from Canada. I've been thinking that maybe ordering online is the next best thing.

Anyone else in this boat?

[Junior]

[krisinkorea]

KRISTIN and I'm completely serious!!

[Troll_Bait]

[VanIslander]

There are three new women teachers here on the island. They don't know each other. I'm gonna introduce them to each other at a spring barbeque before month's end.

That said, I'd only heard of one other in the last three years, and she'd lasted all of a couple of months.

These three newbies will have the luck or luxury of having peers in the same boat, fellow women of the world here teaching ESL, one in an elementary school and two in hagwons, a Canadian, American, and Kiwi.

[lawyertood]

They used to have an occasional Ladies Luncheon in Seoul.....don't know what happened to those.....

[Cedar]

In my many years in Korea, I have found that a phone and a female friend half the country away is worth a lot. So why don't you just make friendships which are sustained by the phone and occassionally mean meeting face to face in Seoul or another city? Do you need someone next to you? I doubt it... you just need someone to understand what life is like as a foreign woman in Korea, right? So... next time you do see some nice women, ask for their numbers, call sometime when you have something interesting to say... see what happens.

[pest2]

NO! There are no female foreigners in Korea!

[crazylemongirl]

[Ekuboko]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

There's only one white woman within about a 20km radius of where I live that I know of. I sometimes wonder what she's thinking about the male company she's surrounded with. The last lone woman pulled a runner after going literally nuts.

Are k-girls really such a drag to hang out with if you're a white woman?

[crazylemongirl]

Op. I forgot to say that this is part of the nature of being an expat, people come and go. I had two friends leave today, and that bit sucks. It really is important to make sure that you don't invest too much in one person as they do have a habit of moving on, so it's good to have a wide vareity of people to hang out with. Join some activity clubs, go to a book exchange or other cultural events and get people's phone numbers.

[desultude]

[ThePoet]

[Corporal]