My boyfriend Kevin and I also sought out for the and, during that time, we fought until we got sick of it year. We fought concerning the stupid things all couples battle about, however the primary thing that came between us ended up being a thing that other partners probably don’t suffer from. 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 possibly couldn’t resemble 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. Whenever I didn’t accept him, we might have another battle. In my experience, he was too Korean and too narrow minded. He refused to just accept any culture except their own, in which he constantly thought their method ended up being the way that is only.
We eat Korean meals, We talk Korean, We have respect for my moms and dads as Koreans 
have, I celebrate Korean breaks and traditional days. We also joined the Korean Club in college, in order that i could keep my customs with my friends.
But since I have stumbled on this country, i’ve started to love particular traditions off their cultures. For instance, we start to see the method 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 far more formal; they just shake arms and bow to one another away from respect.) Thus I started kissing my buddies in the cheek too.
Kevin didn’t such as this, and I was told by him therefore. He also asked us to stop it. I didn’t like to, therefore I made it happen anyway although not the maximum amount of. In the future, he explained never to kiss and hug other individuals. We asked him why, in which he told me which he didn’t enjoy it and that other Koreans didn’t act the way in which used to do. He couldn’t accept it.
Korean males love to tell their wives and girlfriends what direction to go. Kevin would constantly tell me just how to dress and just how to do something in front side of others. I was wanted by him to keep close to him on a regular basis. I might grumble that I happened to be perhaps not his little model and therefore he couldn’t just order me personally around.
You therefore Americanized? once I would not in favor of 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 do something the real way i did. I became surprised, and I was hurt by it defectively. I became not ashamed of my culture or country. I will be pleased with being fully a Korean. I just 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 nevertheless become a Korean, too. I wish to opt for the movement, and therefore doesn’t imply that We don’t like personal culture. I am attempting to balance two cultures. Through my boyfriend, a chance was got by me to consider whom i truly am. We noticed that I am a Korean plus a american, too.
Sue had been 17 whenever this story was written by her.
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