What a topic, right? Something everyone wants to hear about. Let's cut the crap and start here:
If your only reason for coming to Korea was to make a boyfriend/girlfriend..... YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG.
Going to any country with only the goal to date a native in not only wrong, but will ruin your experience. People here in Korea, to start, don't normally look like the idols and artists from your favorite drama or K-Pop band. In fact, people will often come here and say "Oh, well they don't look like anything I thought they would". This is because they are people, too. Normal, breathing people.
Now, to flipside a few things, dating a Korean isn't the same as it might be back home. Koreans often make relationships off of little to nothing more than one date. This means they start out weak, and Koreans often break up within the first month or two. Secondly, cheating is also not as taboo as it is in the west. You can ask almost any Korean if they have been or they themselves cheated on someone. Don't be surprised by the results!
Well, what's good about dating in Korea? Maybe the fact that a local can share their local customs with you, and you may get to see see a slightly different side of the culture: couple culture. Yes, it's cute. Yes, it's excessive. Matching outfits, cell phone cases, bags, and public displays of matching in general are all big here. It's crazy to think that people spend so much, but hey... when in Rome.
Anyway, this post wasn't as exciting as you may have expcted, but I want you to be more prepared and not live in a K-Pop fantasy world.
I saw a video on the couple culture in Korea. It was really cute how they planned on what they were going to wear that day. I didn't know that cheating wasn't a huge thing over there though. That's really interesting to think about.
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