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You don’t think the fact that I gave up my life in Australia, moved away from my family and friends, moved to the Korean countryside, moved in with my husband’s parents, and am learning Korean, is meeting him half way?

Talking about cultural differences is not lecturing, it is an ongoing discussion within a relationship.

Regardless of what you would do in his situation, it’s not your situation and it’s not fair for you to make judgements about family relationships, especially on something that is just supposed to be a funny little comic.

It was just for some silly reason that I don’t even remember now. Same as if I would have patted an American boyfriend’s head for something dumb or cute or idk. No meaning behind it for me. After that reaction from him though I was like ooooook won’t be doing that again! I was so confused as to why until he said something about it much later. I had NO idea it was a disrespect thing.

Then when I was meeting his family members and they asked me “why I liked him” I answered something along the lines of “haha hes so crazy” and my boyfriend cringed and I was just thinking “uh oh… I messed up again”. Crazy is apparently more of an insult in Korea. I meant it in a good way. Like we do fun things together and hes hilarious. I say the same thing to my family..

Its always the little things that surprised me most about dating someone who was actually from a different culture.

Another funny story is we were eating at IHOP(famous breakfast-for-dinner chain in American) and it was crowded so the staff was busy. He motions at the waiter to bring the check from across the room because the waiter was with someone else. He moved his fingers in a rectangle shape and looked at the waiter expectantly, who nodded and walked into the back as if he understood. The waiter comes back and sits only a styrofoam box on the table and promptly walks away without explanation. The mystified look on my boyfriend’s face was hilarious. The gesture Korean people use to “get the check” is the same motion American’s use to ask for a box for the leftovers! I was almost on the floor laughing.

I never once considered that the hand motions for getting the staff to do something at restaurants would be different. It was quite funny. After that incident I started paying attention to how people motion for different things. Americans tend to move their hand in a general writing motion to gesture for the check, to kinda represent signing it I guess? They will also occasionally just get their wallet out and make eye contact while holding out their wallet. Koreans always make a rectangle shape with their fingers! I guess to represent a physical check or credit card. But the rectangle shape will get you a box in America!!

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