Pressure: How did it go this far?

Pressure: How did it go this far?

We call him "Riu" in class.

He's a successful man. He's a design engineer from a well-known company (you might be using one of his designs at home).

Needless to say, he has a stable income. He owns his own car, travels when he can, and enjoys the company of his friends and colleagues on a regular basis.

He's quite good looking too. He doesn't smoke (not even once in his life even with military service), drinks occasionally, and over-all? A good guy with good qualities, clean living and the whole whatnots.

There's the catch: he doesn't have a girlfriend. And now his father had given him an ultimatum.
HE HAS TO GET MARRIED BY NEXT YEAR.

Now where to find a bride....


Here comes the next installment of my research in the Korean society: PARENTAL vs CAREER vs SOCIAL PRESSURE.

Poking around the idea of finding an actual boyfriend/girlfriend in this country. Most people that i have asked where they had met their last BF/GF, they answered me this: through blind dates.

One of their friends would invite him/her for a lil get together not knowing there's another one there without a partner. Then hopefully they'd hit off and start going out.

But the modern Korean woman doesn't want a boyfriend, much less to settle down and get married. She wants a career. She wants to buy a new car when she feels like it. She also wants to go travelling on her own without the complications of a man calling every hour to check on her. This kind of woman enjoys fine dining with her circle of friends, wine tasting with her bestfriend, shopping alone, and her weekends spent on her own or with her parents. She likes her own apartment with its neatness, reflecting her tastes and her hobbies. And sometimes, the modern Korean woman prefers the company of a PET than of a man.


So what changed? Years back before "women with careers" actually existed, she is very excited with the idea of getting married and have kids. Nothing too complicated about this one. But the men from before and today are quite the same: careers to stabilize himself in preparation for his "future wife and family".


And with this question i will let this post go public. My research is bigger than i thought. The next part of this particular topic might takle a while before it would have answers. Meanwhile, i will get back to this interracial marriages.