My boyfriend Kevin and I also sought out for a and, during that time, we fought until we got sick of it year. We fought in regards to the stupid things all couples battle about, however the thing that is main arrived between us had been a thing that other partners probably don’t have to deal with. We constantly argued about whether I happened to be too Americanized.
Kevin and I also both stumbled on the U.S from Korea 5 years ago. We had different points of view on everything although we had this in common. He’d ask me personally why i thought about tids i really couldn’t end up like other girls that are korean. For most things, and think his way instead of my way if I were a “real” Korean girl, I would listen to him when he told me to do something, depend on him. Him, we would have another fight when I didn’t agree with. In my experience, he had been too Korean and too narrow minded. He declined to simply accept any tradition except their own, in which he always thought their means ended up being the best way.
We eat Korean meals, I talk Korean, I have respect for my moms and dads as Koreans have, I celebrate Korean breaks and days that are traditional. We also joined up with the Korean Club at school, to make certain that i could keep my traditions with my buddies.
But since I have stumbled on this country, We have come to love specific traditions off their countries. Including, we begin to see the means my friends that are hispanic people who have love. They kiss and hug if they state “hello,” and I also love this. (In Korea, folks are way more formal; they just shake hands and bow to one another away from respect.) Thus I started kissing my friends regarding the cheek too.
Kevin didn’t similar to this, and I was told by him therefore. He even asked me personally to end it. I did son’t would you like to, it anyway but not as much so I did. In the future, I was told by him to not kiss and hug other folks. I inquired him why, in which he said like it and that other Koreans didn’t act the way I did that he didn’t. He couldn’t accept it.
Korean males prefer to tell their spouses and girlfriends what direction to go. Kevin would always let me know just how to dress and just how to do something in the front of other people. I was wanted by him to keep close to him on a regular basis. I would personally grumble that I became maybe not their small model and therefore he couldn’t simply order me personally around.
You therefore Americanized? once I would opposed to their wishes, Kevin will say, “Why are” I didn’t learn how to react to that. He stated i need to be ashamed of my country and my tradition to behave the real way i did. I was surprised, and I was hurt by it poorly. I became not ashamed of my nation or tradition. I’m happy with being a Korean. I simply wish to accept other countries, too.
We can’t reject that We often behave like A united states, wanting to be much more separate and outbound than many other girls that are korean. But we still behave like a Korean, too. I would like to opt for the movement, and that doesn’t signify We don’t like my very own culture. I’m attempting to balance two cultures. Through my boyfriend, i obtained the opportunity to consider whom i truly have always been. We understood that We am a Korean plus A us, too.
Sue had been 17 whenever this story was written by her.
Trade Occasions
CS Korea regularly supports U.S. exporters visiting or displaying within the trade that is many in Korea. Many shows that are notable focused in Seoul.
