Why It’s HARD to Make Friends In Korea
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I’ve always had difficulty making friends ever since I was young. By now I’ve gotten so used to being alone that flying solo has become my default mode wherever I travel to. It’s like who needs friends when you’ve mastered the art of solitude…
I’m your friend
@@rain1676 Replies say that a lot and I think it is sweet but a lie.
Someone replied with the same thing, I mentioned that we can't interact and they pretty much said don't worry. We haven't talked since then and most likely never will
This is exactly how it’s been for me and how I feel!
that call INCELS if you dont know
I'm Korean and I'm 30 years old but I only have three real friends. In Korea, a true friend is a completely different concept than in the West. In Korea, you can't be friends unless you share memories from your school days. It is difficult for Koreans to make new Korean friends after graduating from college. It's just a business relationship, they're not friends.
Damnn❤
you're not alone, Wellington New Zealand is the same too. Fighting!
본인 이야기를 한국인 전부가 그런것 처럼 ㅋㅋ 인간관계 좀 잘 하지 그랬어요
Oh my...
Nice video! We needed this one! Comparing life in the U.S. to when I lived in Korea, I'd say in Korea it was overall more easier to make friends and people (foreigner and Korean) seemed more willing to hang out and make plans, sometimes even spontaneously. In the States, it seems like making time to see friends feels like making an appointment and people seem to not wanna make the time. I remember befriending an older Korean woman on a local bus ride who eventually introduced me to her friends. She took me under her wing like a daughter and invited me to her home for dinner. Like someone in the video mentioned, they wanna show off their foreign friend, lol! I was cool with it though and happy to receive their hospitality.
Not surprising how challenging it is in general. Almost nobody has time to maintain relationships, let alone friendships because everyone is so busy pushing each other off a bridge
What??! 😂😂
I like this content with different opinions on these issues in Korea
Friendships are hard in any country!
I agree as long as the language barrier isn’t there
Facts
As much as I've tried to make friends with Korean girls, I always felt used. They just wanted to take selfies with me, and we didn't have anything in common. My lasting friendships here have been with Korean guys, even as a girl
Asian from Asia girIs and western girIs don't really click, from my observation in university, unless the Asian girIs are the type who only wants wite guys. I just think the culture is too different.
I always enjoy your videos! It makes me feel more confident for when I'll move to Korea. Thanks :)
As someone who lives here too, as someone who experienced also dating life in here I can say that it can be very tiering because of the language barrier and other life views, and as much as you accept connections like that you get more tired
Korea seems to be full of young foreigners. It also seems like a lot of people are visiting and not staying so it has a transient, young population. I am intrigued by people who stay 6, 8, 10 years and above working and living there. I agree that anywhere is lonely if it's not your place of birth and education because most people will have made connections and established relstionships post education. Big cities are always more lonely due to the fast pace of life and transient population. Korea would be fun for a holiday though.
Girl from Georgia is gorgeous 🤩🤩
Korea is a country where you have to take time to immerse yourself in the culture and language to feel part of that society. But once you do and make good friends, they can be loyal and caring. I've seen people make lifelong friendships but I've also seen many that failed and went back to their country. I think that's why people's experiences vary so much
Interesting topic! Never been to Korea myself, but I speak Korean close to fluently. I don't really have any super close friends who are Korean, but I have quite a few acquaintances...
Wow interesting.. if you can speak Korean fluently you will make friends easily 😊
Jerry... always impressed with your level of thought💯
Dope content as always bro
Funny a lot of my fav friends where Asian, Indian, and German. I love my international buddies, the experience feels more engaging and connecting then here in the states, esp. if you're an otaku/geek from my perspective.
I imagine the best service, now, the only service you need to do in trying to have friends overseas who have a different language, LEARN the language and culture. BIG difference and how they feel about you and approach.
I certainly love Japanese language.
Thanks for sharing and I completely agree. I been learning Korean for a month now. Day by day I get closer to being fluent
Dang I’m also learning Korean but I really wanna study partner 😢
Amazing interview and great outfit bro ❤
your outfit is sick bro
This was an important conversation to start. I do think that making the effort to immerse yourself in the local language and culture will change your experience there.
Really good video
Finally this video is up
It’s good seeing different perspectives. I never been to Korea but I really wanna go. In the states I have 0 friends and only 1 family member for majority all my life. My experience as an American. It’s extremely difficult to make genuine friends In the states.
Maybe you should consider visiting Indonesia, bro ☺
Talking to people is just as natural as breathing air for most people here where I live
They'd be especially curious (in a good way, tho) and eager to speak to foreigners when they see one, even in broken English 😁
Try a speech therapist to work on social skills
I'm from Arizona and when i moved to San Francisco, I never felt lonlier. When I visited Korea, however, I met a lot of people. It really depends on what you get into, your personality, and your effort. You can be lonely (or not) anywhere.
I move to Korea next year, im currently taking Korean language lessons :)
we might think it's the same in any country but it's not. some regions in the world, it's actually very easy to my friends. not every regions have the same cultures
Many people been living in korea for many years. They must like it. But everyone feels lonely if you are single in another coubtry and even in their home country.
Yea, it helps if u look good and close to their standards of beauty. If you are not even in the same region of looks (like being overweigh ) you will not have many of those "open" people anywhere near you. I can't blame them, really. Still a very cool place to live i think.
nah. you're deluded because of fake rumors which anti Koreans spread. the most important thing is your personality, not your looks
who cars about the silly beauty standards when making friends? but here's the thing. if you have a complex about your looks, it may affect your personality in a bad way
then that complex could be a problem to make friends
@@binnie8559 then its me i guess. And i-m not terribly overweight. I'm not asian-skinny either.
Most people are likely to make friends easier to people who look good. I heard there were studies about people finding pretty face, more trustworthy/ inviting/ approachable etc. Also i've been through s. Korea for over a year and (my fault as well, i admit) made no korean friends. I'm not just talkin out of my ass.
@@tonitoni9059 i've seen a lot of overweight people who have many friends. people like people with good personality
even though you're pretty or handsome, people would not like you if your personality is bad
if there is one who doesn't want to be friends with you simply because of your looks, why do you even want to be friends with that idiot?
if someone is really like that, i'm sure she or he is going to be alone forever. the studies are silly. cuz they didn't consider that good looking people tend to be more
active or confident so it helps to make new friends but like i said, even if you're pretty enough, people will not like you if ur personality is bad
so the most important thing is a personality regardless of your looks
@@binnie8559 Wouldn't language barrier be the bigger issue, though? Most foreigners in Korea don't speak Korean fluently and I can imagine that gets in the way of communicating and creating a deep bond with anyone that speaks Korean as their native tongue.
the outrous are the best
I always wanted to have foreign friends here after coming back from the U.S. However, I don't know how to meet them.😢
That girl with green hair at 3:01 said that it's not hard to make friends for foreigners in Korea! That is nonsense! And unfortunately some Koreans are not "open-minded" some will prefer to talk with people from Europe or America exclusively (Caucasian) Look at 3:08 this is sad! What a big constrast we see there! She is from Nigeria so some Koreans must have some prejudice against people from Africa and other East Asian countries...
Now ask them if the play or watch esport or MMOs
She looks like an angel 😇.
im sooooo happy to see sudanese people settled in korea
Dude, you're happy that fоrеigners are taking over a plаce??? What's wrong with you
You happy that people abandoned their struggling countrymen to selfishly save themselves? Weird.
@@Cxs1a3 tf are you thinking? I’m talking about how they had the ability to go there and I never knew that we had Sudanese people there since it’s really rare to witness, we all are suffering atp and no one in their right mind would think that way
@@bldontmatter5319 so what??? Cus actually you should ask yourself that question 💀 if foreigners are happy with what they’re doing and their way of living then that’s acceptable idk why are u so pressed about foreigners living in Korea or everywhere. Nobody bothered u
@@Cxs1a3 and nobody abandoned anybody, we Sudanese people help each other not like some fellas out there and u people always think of these comments in a negative and ashy way
I think it's gonna be harder if someone living in countryside of Korea
I think it's actually easier to make friends in one of the smaller cities. People will be more curious about you and invite you places whereas in Seoul people are busy and you're just another foreigner.
I’m confused on how you make friends if you don’t engage in small talk?
You're doing a good job my bro
Korea seems a lot friendlier than Canada. You can live here for years without ever being invited anywhere by anyone
Don't expect Koreans to learn English, learn Korean yourself.
You'll be much better at making friends.
I from Africa Madagascar living and working in korea, i have a lot of koreans friends
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I'm here just for his outfits
Making friends in the United States isn't difficult.
Yes it is depends on where u live and personality
those heavies tho 😂😂😂
From what I have experienced, I have been to Seoul several times. I'm moving there next month. I really fell in love with the people and the country itself, the food, the culture, for me Seoul was really good to me, also many Koreans approached me and became friends. I think that especially in Seoul they look at your appearance and all kinds of things and then people get addicted to getting to know you, this is according to my experience, by the way Koreans are the nicest and kindest and really wonderful people, but shy at first
Of course for the Ukrainian "Russian" girl it was easy to make "friends" or know people... Koreans (men and women) have a lot of attraction for blonde and pretty girls, not necessarily in a sexual way, but because in their media they have been terribly brainwashed with those physical standards. When they see a blond girl with soft features it is like a magnet. In any case, when she states that she has a LOT of friends she is giving away the fact that she got to know many people but just very superficially (so, very probably she has less real friends than the rest of people interviewed). Making actual friends is difficult everywhere, and in Asian countries even more. But the most weird thing is when she said she never feels lonely, coming up with the energy thing. Every single human being feels lonely at times, what she says is like saying "I never feel pain". Some people put too much of their ego in their personal denials, in the name of spirituality and supposed "open-mind" stuff. I find it more relevant the honesty of the rest of people.
Soooo, nobody wants to bring up the dark-skinned issues like how many of them look down on Black people.
@daneparker28 Bruv! I totally agree with you! See how they even look down on South East Asians people with tanned skin...
"from sudan, born and raised in korea"...? i never understood that.
bro you're korean.
edit : who gives a F about what the "society" thinks (or what your racist mind think of their society)... if I'm born and raised there... I'm from there... period.
The country he was born in is South Korea, But his nationality does not change.
@@user-vn8wu3cf4v exactly... he's just korean. especially since you can't have a double nationality with korea.
@@RougeLino But in South Korea, no one considers him 'Korean'.
In South Korea, citizenship is not automatically granted by birth alone.
@@user-vn8wu3cf4v who said 'non considers him korean' ? and it's not birth alone, he said "born AND RAISED"
@@RougeLino You don't know about South Korea's laws, social atmosphere and Korean people.
South Korea does not grant citizenship to a person just because he was 'born and raised.'
He is a ‘man of Sudanese nationality’ who was born and raised in South Korea.
Even if one of parents is Korean, a half-Korean person is not considered a ‘Korean’.
South Korea has been a monocultural, monoethnic, homogeneous country for thousands of years.
People living in multicultural countries may find it difficult to understand.
The bigger question is why would I want to be friends with Koreans?
Your my type bro/sis if don't want then I also don't have time, am also not good in making friends
Dop content
Oh she'll have Korean friends 🍈🍈
When you come willingly to a homogeneous country, what the hell did you expect? Quit crying about it.
1st
Bro abeg try de give Nigerians time to talk well for ur video😢...I noticed that you don't give the Nigerians you do interview enough screentime
Because you are not good at korean language 😅
Yo first shorty’s @??
Asking for a friend 😂
lowkey same here LOL
Thicc in Korea.
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