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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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 Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:16 am Post subject: Marriage Proposals 100 Days After Blind Date |
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This is from the same International Herald Tribune article that I started this thread with.
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The couple's courtship followed a common course among members of their generation. They were set up by a mutual friend who, according to custom, will now be presented with a suit, or the equivalent, in gratitude.
Their first date was at an Italian restaurant in Kangnam, a fashionable district in southern Seoul, and Kim later impressed her by going to pick her up at the airport at 2 a.m. after a business trip. Like many men here, he proposed on their 100-day anniversary.
The young couple will live with the bridegroom's parents for the time being. But his parents have already bought an apartment for their son and his future wife. "We're three brothers in my family," Kim said. "So my parents bought each son an apartment years ago for their future marriages."
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It's common here to propose marriage 100 days after a blind date?
Maybe someone with imagination should make a movie called "How to Lose a Guy in 99 Days." |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:22 am Post subject: Re: Marriage Proposals 100 Days After Blind Date |
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| Troll_Bait wrote: |
This is from the same International Herald Tribune article that I started this thread with.
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The couple's courtship followed a common course among members of their generation. They were set up by a mutual friend who, according to custom, will now be presented with a suit, or the equivalent, in gratitude.
Their first date was at an Italian restaurant in Kangnam, a fashionable district in southern Seoul, and Kim later impressed her by going to pick her up at the airport at 2 a.m. after a business trip. Like many men here, he proposed on their 100-day anniversary.
The young couple will live with the bridegroom's parents for the time being. But his parents have already bought an apartment for their son and his future wife. "We're three brothers in my family," Kim said. "So my parents bought each son an apartment years ago for their future marriages."
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It's common here to propose marriage 100 days after a blind date?
Maybe someone with imagination should make a movie called "How to Lose a Guy in 99 Days." |
HAHAHAHAHA  |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:23 am Post subject: Re: Marriage Proposals 100 Days After Blind Date |
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| Troll_Bait wrote: |
| Maybe someone with imagination should make a movie called "How to Lose a Guy in 99 Days." |
That is a fucking great idea. If I only had the time. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:56 am Post subject: |
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| My sister-in-law agreed to a proposal in the first month after a blind date. Sure the guy's rich, but I'm still expecting something bad to happen soon. |
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europe2seoul
Joined: 12 Sep 2005
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:32 am Post subject: |
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My co-worker did after only 10 dates. And they are happily married with 3 kids now. Nice guy and nice girl.
When you know, you know. No need to date for years.... |
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Smurfette
Joined: 21 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:09 am Post subject: |
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| europe2seoul wrote: |
My co-worker did after only 10 dates. And they are happily married with 3 kids now. Nice guy and nice girl.
When you know, you know. No need to date for years.... |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:23 am Post subject: |
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| I think the age of the people is important. Many women are pumped to get married at a certain age, and as long as the guy is educated and from a good family, love doesn't really enter the equation. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:51 am Post subject: |
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| Don't forget this is the year of the Fire Pig that only happens once every 60 years. It won't surprise me if there's a record number of births and marriages this year. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:55 am Post subject: |
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Golden pig, actually.
This year is lucky for children. Last year was lucky for weddings.
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| Don't forget this is the year of the Fire Pig that only happens once every 60 years. It won't surprise me if there's a record number of births and marriages this year. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_%28zodiac%29
# 18 February 2007 - 6 February 2008: Fire Pig
I've heard "golden pig" too. A Korean guy told me, then when I looked it up on Wiki, it said fire pig.
Yeah, wikipedia isn't a great source, but I've read a couple other places that say its "fire pig" as well. |
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leebumlik69
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Location: DiRectly above you. Pissing Down
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:30 am Post subject: Re: Marriage Proposals 100 Days After Blind Date |
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| Troll_Bait wrote: |
Maybe someone with imagination should make a movie called "How to Lose a Guy in 99 Days." |
"OWNED in 99 days"  |
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mindmetoo
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I don't think it's uncommon in Korea that people get married rather quickly after meeting. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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| No crap. Whatever happened to getting to know the other person. No wonder there is a lot of domestic violence. The couples never get to know each other well enough to see those things coming. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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I think it's a combination of the societal pressures of age, and just wanting to get the hell out of their parents' house.
I think it sucks that there are entire generations of Koreans who will never know what it's like to truly live independently. They go from the bonds of a parental environment straight into the bonds of marriage...both of which can be wonderful, mind you.  I just think that it severely hinders social growth when you move from one right into the other without a bit of independent self-discovery. |
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travellinggirlseoul
Joined: 21 Mar 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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Hopefully it will work out for them. Who knows, maybe they both found the one for them.
The right person is out there for everybody I think. Maybe the right person is out there for me  |
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