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MANDRL
Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Location: South Korea
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 Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:24 am Post subject: PDA |
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| My fiancee and I are going to be arriving in Korea around the begining of January. All the books we read alude to the fact that any kind of physical display of affection between members of the opposite sex is frowned upon. Now we aren't planning on making out in public, but I would like to be able to hold my fiancee's hand walking down the street and steal a kiss every now and then. So my question is, what is the respectable amount of 'PDA' we should hold ourselves to while in Korean public? |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:26 am Post subject: Re: PDA |
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| MANDRL wrote: |
| My fiancee and I are going to be arriving in Korea around the begining of January. All the books we read alude to the fact that any kind of physical display of affection between members of the opposite sex is frowned upon. Now we aren't planning on making out in public, but I would like to be able to hold my fiancee's hand walking down the street and steal a kiss every now and then. So my question is, what is the respectable amount of 'PDA' we should hold ourselves to while in Korean public? |
I make out with my girlfriend while we are waiting for crosswalk signals to turn green. So, just extrapolate. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:41 pm Post subject: Re: PDA |
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| MANDRL wrote: |
| My fiancee and I are going to be arriving in Korea around the begining of January. All the books we read alude to the fact that any kind of physical display of affection between members of the opposite sex is frowned upon. Now we aren't planning on making out in public, but I would like to be able to hold my fiancee's hand walking down the street and steal a kiss every now and then. So my question is, what is the respectable amount of 'PDA' we should hold ourselves to while in Korean public? |
Those books are being over-cautious and don't take into account that Korean society is different now than it was not long ago.
I've held hands with girls I'm dating (both Korean and Western, if that makes any difference) and kissed in public, and never had anything said to me. |
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oneofthesarahs
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
Location: Sacheon City
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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The other day, I saw a Korean couple making out at the bus stop. And I hold my boyfriend's hand all the time, although it does tend to get some stares, being that he is Korean and I'm just about the only Western person in this city.
So don't worry about it. |
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject: Re: PDA |
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| MANDRL wrote: |
| My fiancee and I are going to be arriving in Korea around the begining of January. All the books we read alude to the fact that any kind of physical display of affection between members of the opposite sex is frowned upon. Now we aren't planning on making out in public, but I would like to be able to hold my fiancee's hand walking down the street and steal a kiss every now and then. So my question is, what is the respectable amount of 'PDA' we should hold ourselves to while in Korean public? |
It wasn't "Culture Shock: Korea" was it? I read that book and it is pants. Most of it doesn't apply in today's Korea.
PDA's are fine. I hold my bf's hand and kiss him in public and noone bats an eyelid.
The only place I did get stared at for kissing in public was in this little country town. I guess they don't see many whiteys there.
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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A couple of months back I was at Seoul Station and noticed a rather affectionate foreign couple waiting for the train. They weren't being obsene or anything, but they were kissing and hugging a lot.
Once on the train they continued and then after a couple minutes i heard some shouting.
An middle aged Korean man was yelling at them (in Korean) and the girl kept shouting back at him "I don't understand".
I walked over and told the girl that the guy was basically saying "get a room" and things kind of calmed down.
She said "i read about that, but then I had seen Koreans oing it (hugging) all over. I thought that it was ok and the books were wrong."
I told her that while many Koreans do act that way, being a foreigner means that any action you do here stands out more.
They turned out to be tourists from NZ and we had a great talk about places to see in Korea. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject: Re: PDA |
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This is probably an appropriate choice of words, as I can't imagine a much stronger reaction than that. You will see it a lot, but it's not a big deal.
Also, it might be worse on the subway. According to my wife, there used to be a real law that it was illegal to kiss on the subway. |
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