I (US-Asian) am currently visiting relatives in Seoul, South Korea

…and HOLY COW, it’s infantilisation, love-bombing, pity-fishing galore (among the great food).

Examples:

• I’m mid-30’s but they are loathe to allow me to take public transportation by myself - I’ll get lost or kidnapped.

• (I know this sounds messed up but) Grandma has cancer and constantly saying she needs to hurry up and die.

• Grandma alternates the pity-fishing with telling unmarried me to find a spouse - I guess I’ll just walk around Seoul and just scoop one up while I’m here.

And kind of unrelated, but I’ve never experienced such rudeness from strangers out in public.

Thanks for listening. Excited to go back home to the u s of a.