Regardless of the culture, if my girlfriend texts me constantly and asks me to do the same, our relationship will last no longer than a week.

I don't think it's culture related. It's more of a personal choice. Yes same thing happens to Chinese as well, especially when the relationship is still in honey moon phrase.

Nah, it is hst a personal thing. I have 2 childhood friends who I’ve witnessed almost very relationships they been through. They are all merried and have kids now.

One is very “attentive” of his partner almost like a mothrr, love getting updates on and to his partner, would offer every little help he can think of. And you know what, every girl/woman hes been with, are princess type who love his attention.

The other is a manly father type person. Hates having girly small talk about everything, treats responsibility like a soldier. He rarely showing a soft side, but very loyal and committed to people he likes. And of course, almost all his girls are boss lady type independent women.

Didn’t call you in 3 days? That’s kinda a red flag for me, no matter how busy he is, there is no way he doesn’t have any time to text you and explain it, it could be a sign of something deeper.

In Korea, birthdays are often celebrated with close friends, family, or significant others. The big deal is usually remembering and acknowledging it on time. Gifts are common among close friends, family, or dating partners. If you’re still in “crush” territory, even a thoughtful message can mean a lot.

Don’t stress about writing a long essay. A short, warm, and genuine birthday message is the social norm in Korea.

Depending on how close you are to her. If you're close friends, it would be okay, but if you're not, she might feel strange. But I don't think there's a rule that applies only to Korea. Just use your common sense.

dont be creepy...keep it simple and sweet if you like her. But honestly, life is short, worst she can do is think youre creepy. Younger me, would have taken a lot more chances so.

Could creep her out tbh. I feel like that would be great if you both were dating already. It’s better to keep it simple but sweet and then a give her a Starbucks gift card or something you know she likes.

DON'T DO THAT

I wouldn’t say it’s by any means universal, but this style of dating culture definitely exists in Korea and is probably more prevalent here than elsewhere.

Individual personality. Married a Korea woman and she was super quiet and discreet about it. Only her family and her best friend knew we were dating. Once we were engaged she didn’t tell anyone until K visa was done and venue booked. Everyone got an invitation like 2 months prior to date on her side. We’ve been married 15 years and are very happy together. 😊

Well, ...regardless of whether it's cultural or just her personality, ...does it matter? It sounds like you don't like this, so you shouldn't just let it string along and put an end to it then.

In her view it’s probably that after being intimate she considers you are in a committed relationship and she has expectations from that. This would have been better to communicate about before then, but maybe you need to have a conversation about what you are looking for, what stage you think the relationship is at and what sort of timeline you are thinking.

But ultimately it sounds like you aren’t that into her and it would be kinder to end things and move on

That's funny to see this post because I was dating Korean girl who was complete opposite years ago 😄 She was refusing any posts together or any talks about relationships. Women are different in every country in the world including South Korea

Now Imagine someone I like being a late responder. Woi 😔 I’m almost ghosting

😭😭I hate the people who care about response times. If you want an immediate response you should just make a phone call

Juzi ilikuwa house rules, now phone rules.

Saving these posts for when I buy a house and a phone✨😂

Mko na tushida twingi. Always sweating the small stuff.

As long as your phone is connected to wifi network, the message will be delivered. Now can you believe I can go for six hours without looking at my phone. Rarely, but I can. Two hours without looking at my phone, that I do almost everyday.

Other people's phone phones are not your phones. If it's urgent, piga simu. You're the one who needed to talk to them in the first place.

since youre a woman and theyre being weird towards you, let me tell you the experiences of me and my friend (in korea)

she didnt speak a word of korean, downloaded hellotalk, was talking to a guy for a bit who made her a korean name randomly and ignored her saying she doesnt like how it sounds. they met for the first time, he tried to feed her and insisted on taking pictures together, holding her hand, and kissed her cheek. when she told him later that day over chat that it was a little intense since she just wanted to practice korean and a friend, he blocked her.

when i tried downloading apps like that to practice korean, i frequently got ghosted once it turned out i already knew korean pretty well, including the culture (and hence wouldnt call a guy 오빠 right away, especially not if he was younger than me. i would also call them out for speaking informally to me right away).

these guys usually arent looking for a language exchange partner, but rather for a nice foreign girlfriend they can show off. and obviously, a nice girlfriend also has to be available 24/7 for them. god forbid you take a shit and dont bring your phone (literally happened to me once, i got spammed so bad 😭)

Anecdotally, every language exchange that I attempted to foster with men, both in North America and in Korea, resulted in finding out that what they were after was an exchange in my bed. ETA: They usually started out as well-planned meet-ups, and then would devolve over time.

That said, my language exchangers with women have been very rewarding. One was a good friend for many years, and others were just lovely humans that I had the joy of getting to know. ETA: Rarely had rigid plans when trying to make time with any of my lady exchange partners.

are you female? That affects everything on their intentions...

Just pay a teacher. Everyone knows those apps moonlight as dating apps.

There is too much to Asian languages that depends on "feeling" and hierarchies, specially if you don't have formal language in your native tongue.

it's not cultural, these language exchange apps (and in korea, often language/culture exchange spaces) are just full of weirdos. i always tell my friends to meet korean friends in the same settings that koreans meet each others, not in specific places or platforms meant to link foreigners and koreans. for some reason, they're full of creeps who are just looking for foreign girls. i hope you have luck and find some nice people who can help you practice korean without being weird about it!

Your follow up message sounds good to me. Just sit on it for a while.

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Honestly, if she was interested in you, she would've texted you back. Asking someone for coffee isn't too direct. I would just move on.

A second message is overstepping your bounds imo.

If you just take the whole "she's shy and Korean" out of the equation, and let's say she's an outgoing American woman. The fact is that from the scenario you describe - randomly talking to a stranger (cold approach) - getting their contact info. The chance that this woman will reply to your messages after just a short interaction like this is probably around 10-20%.

So 80-90% of the time, my guess, you won't get a response. And this is normal. Because most women don't want to date you even if you seem cool and you exchange contact info. Because you didn't ask her out before changing contact info. You just asked for contact info which could be interpreted as friendly.

This woman could have a boyfriend. She could find you ugly as heck. There's just no way to know because you two barely interacted. She might even find you scary and repulsive and maybe she just gave her contact info so that you would leave quickly and leave her alone.

Point is: don't read too much into it. Move on.leave her alone if she doesn't respond. That's my opinion anyway

This has nothing to do with ADHD. If you’re getting ghosted then it kinda just is what it is. Especially if you’ve never even met in person once before? Getting ghosted by someone online isn’t uncommon so don’t take it to heart. If it turns out the person has an actual reason for not responding then congrats, but def don’t be too clingy or it might set you up for an imbalanced relationship.

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Oh you meant there’s a history of not responding 2-5 days at a time? I can’t speak for everyone but I really don’t think not responding for days at a time is an ADHD thing..? I feel like usually obsessiveness is more common (hyperfocusing on a person). Forgetfulness is definitely a symptom of ours but it’s hard for me to imagine you’re a potential romantic interest for him if he’s forgetting to respond for up to 5 days at a time regularly

This still puts Ikjun's definition (and Songhwa's understanding) of "villain" into context. People like "villains".

If anyone's wondering, the way I got the Korean and English subs to show up at the same time was via the Chrome extension, "Language Learning with Netflix" - it's really good, would recommend 👍

Instantly reminded me of Jeenie Weenie haha:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EECYAelMF0

What a great series this was

Hanguk saram deul

If i remember correctly you could communicate by just adding space between every letter. Like „h a l l o“. Is this true or just an urban legend?

3 1 p f 12 a f 3

bur

"You're an evil Korean" I laughed harder than I should have.