10 AM and already close to an underaged Asian girl trifecta?

Where in the article did it mention 8 year olds? Subby fails at reading. Anyway, I kinda wish I did something like that when I got married. Koreans don't seem to understand the idea of a wedding rehearsal. I just showed up the day of the wedding and tried my best not to make any mistakes. I think my mom had a really tough time considering she didn't understand any Korean.

All in all this is really a waste of time. Most Korean weddings these days are just like an assembly line. I think you could have a more romantic wedding at a drive-thru chapel in Las Vegas.

It says that there are eight girls in the picture, not that they are eight years old, failmitter.

This looks a lot like what westerners call Finishing School. Useful, up unto a point, so long as you aren't taking yourself too seriously.

Hikaru Genji approves

We were late coming back from Seoul so we got there right at the time we were supposed to go on. I got a chance to run through what i was supposed to do once, then we did it for realz. Our lady we hired shadowed us through the whole ceremony telling us what to do anyway. Weddings are just for people the parents know to come drop off money, hit the buffet and leave. Thankfully.

Big deal. We had home ec when I was in school. What's the difference?

This is a good thing, women today don't make enough sandwiches and can't shut the hell up.

This is a school for women about to get married, not 8 year olds, and not any different from many "manners" classes in the US. Frankly, I wouldn't mind learning the cooking portion of it.

/loves me some kimchi

I thought there was a picture book for that.

telosphilos: This looks a lot like what westerners call Finishing School. Useful, up unto a point, so long as you aren't taking yourself too seriously.

fta Established in 1974, Yejiwon has been offering tradition-focused finishing classes for over 30 years.

They offer lessons in cooking, wrapping gifts, flower decorations and picking out the dream wedding gown, but they don't teach the little tykes how to dance? (new window)

SuwonROKs: Where in the article did it mention 8 year olds? Subby fails at reading. Anyway, I kinda wish I did something like that when I got married. Koreans don't seem to understand the idea of a wedding rehearsal. I just showed up the day of the wedding and tried my best not to make any mistakes. I think my mom had a really tough time considering she didn't understand any Korean.

All in all this is really a waste of time. Most Korean weddings these days are just like an assembly line. I think you could have a more romantic wedding at a drive-thru chapel in Las Vegas.

It really depends on the ceremony. If you go to a traditional wedding ceremony it takes quite a bit of preparation and knowledge of ceremony, although it's mostly borrowed from Mongolia. Of course those are pretty uncommon these days. If you go to a wedding hall then you're obviously getting the 15 minute vegas-esque ceremony. If you get the opportunity to go to a traditional wedding, it's really quite unique (that is bride in honbok, facepaint, etc, not white wedding dress).

Finally, a school that teaches women something useful!

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SuwonROKs: Where in the article did it mention 8 year olds? Subby fails at reading. Anyway, I kinda wish I did something like that when I got married. Koreans don't seem to understand the idea of a wedding rehearsal. I just showed up the day of the wedding and tried my best not to make any mistakes. I think my mom had a really tough time considering she didn't understand any Korean.

All in all this is really a waste of time. Most Korean weddings these days are just like an assembly line. I think you could have a more romantic wedding at a drive-thru chapel in Las Vegas.

The traditional Korean wedding was arranged and consisted of the bride being carried in by her father. And then the bride and groom were married in a farily solemn ceremony. And that's if you had money.

The after-wedding stuff was fun though.

After you kneel, this is how high you hold the sandwich when you've made it. Don't make him reach very far or he might miss an important play, or Lord forbid, a TOUCHDOWN.... that would lead to another play called, 'Smak-a-biatch' which we'll learn tomorrow.

/are they kneeling or are those just really baggy dresses? Have NO idea.

Call me a traditionalist, but I think it's the husband's responsibility to teach the blowjob and sandwich making arts.

Me so hornie

Me love you long time

Mytch: SuwonROKs: Where in the article did it mention 8 year olds? Subby fails at reading. Anyway, I kinda wish I did something like that when I got married. Koreans don't seem to understand the idea of a wedding rehearsal. I just showed up the day of the wedding and tried my best not to make any mistakes. I think my mom had a really tough time considering she didn't understand any Korean.

All in all this is really a waste of time. Most Korean weddings these days are just like an assembly line. I think you could have a more romantic wedding at a drive-thru chapel in Las Vegas.

It really depends on the ceremony. If you go to a traditional wedding ceremony it takes quite a bit of preparation and knowledge of ceremony, although it's mostly borrowed from Mongolia. Of course those are pretty uncommon these days. If you go to a wedding hall then you're obviously getting the 15 minute vegas-esque ceremony. If you get the opportunity to go to a traditional wedding, it's really quite unique (that is bride in honbok, facepaint, etc, not white wedding dress).

My wife and I did a "house wedding". It wasn't in a wedding hall and was more similar to an American style wedding. It turned out really nice and we were both happy that it wasn't the typical wedding hall type deal. I'd have loved to do something more traditional, but yes those weddings are really expensive. I've been to at least a dozen weddings in Korea, all of them being in the wedding halls. I'd love to have an opportunity to see a real traditional wedding, but as you said they are just so uncommon these days.

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After you kneel, this is how high you hold the sandwich when you've made it. Don't make him reach very far or he might miss an important play, or Lord forbid, a TOUCHDOWN.... that would lead to another play called, 'Smak-a-biatch' which we'll learn tomorrow.

/are they kneeling or are those just really baggy dresses? Have NO idea.

Yes, they are kneeling. The photo only shows the middle of the bowing process. They end up with their hands and heads on the floor, a lot like Muslim men when they are praying.

But this is done not just at a wedding. Kids do this in front of their elders at lunar new year's to show their respect (and receive a gift of cold hard cash). I remember putting on a hanbok every year and making the rounds to various relatives houses to show my respect and wish them a happy new year.

And it seems a bit misleading. Both the bride and groom kneel before ONLY the groom's parents at the wedding, not just the bride.

So where do they learn to boss their husbands around and nag them into their way of thinking?

/honestly wonders where the "submissive Asian woman" meme came from; or is it just Asian-American women who are the nags?

TFA says nothing about running a mini mart.

First of all Korean traditional costumes are some of the coolest of any culture. They are colorful, with crazy hats. My kids are half-Korean and we've had several hanboks made for them which we actually frame and put on the wall when they outgrow them. Think:



Next, Korean weddings nowadays are actually pretty straight-forward and mostly Western. They might wear a hanbok, but often they go with the white dress. The bowing is not between wife and husband but to the parents. It is mostly just a chance to throw a feast for everyone you might possibly know. Everyone just gives money (no presents) as gifts.

There is a lot of sexism in Korean society, but it isn't really the type that we think of. From a workplace point of view, women do about as well as they do here -- i.e. they are in most professions, but not so many top positions (no pun intended).

Anyway, Korea is almost universally modern now, and is frankly less weird than Japan.

And again their costumes are really cool.

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Notabunny: They offer lessons in cooking, wrapping gifts, flower decorations and picking out the dream wedding gown, but they don't teach the little tykes how to dance? (new window)

Someone needs a seat over there.

Talawsohu: loves me some kimchi

If you haven't made it before, it's ridiculously easy. Get some mason jars with two part lids, google a recipe, and let it ferment for 3-5 days with the lid band loosened enough to allow the gas to bubble out. Way cheaper than the store-bought stuff, and you can tailor it to how spicy and fermented you want.

Can we stop with the child-related weirdness, world? K, thnxs.

Toddlers and Tiara's is the most offensive show on television. Fark you for making me think of it Subby.

Do the mods even look at the article before it goes green? Sheesh, no 8-year-old girls in that story at all. The women quoted in that article ranged in age from 23 to 49. Was hoping for pix of hot Korean chicks in this thread so I guess I'll look elsewhere.

stpickrell: So where do they learn to boss their husbands around and nag them into their way of thinking?

/honestly wonders where the "submissive Asian woman" meme came from; or is it just Asian-American women who are the nags?

Happens because outlanders don't pay attention to the husband rules outside of house, MOMMA RULES WITH IRON FIST INSIDE

jabelar: Everyone just gives money (no presents) as gifts.


I like that idea. We do that for Christmas. Saves a lot of fake "Ooo, I love it!" Money is universally appreciated. (:

/Way to go, subtard.

Korean cotillion.

Was hoping for an article on a sausage swallowing school for underaged asians. Leaving disappointed.

When my Korean friend got married here in the states, she and her bridesmaids wore short dresses, but her make-up wasn't really western style, and the mother of the bride wore a beautiful hanbok. I would love it if Americans could get away with wearing things like that.

My daughter is in cotillion and is learning all this kind of stuff, and how to take her gloves off one finger at a time, etc. The boys learn how to help the girls with their chairs, it's nice.

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PsiChi: All the pervs are going on "ignore."

I must have most of them on ignore already.

Cowkitchen2: PsiChi: All the pervs are going on "ignore."

I must have most of them on ignore already.

And you are my second person favorited. (:

Sexist thread!

itsfullofstars: Sexist thread!

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PsiChi: All the pervs are going on "ignore."

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hitlersbrain: PsiChi: All the pervs are going on "ignore."

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There are a lot of decent, intelligent people on Fark, who, like me, are here because of the humor. I don't mind off-color jokes, dark, even macabre humor, and the like. But I draw the line at disgusting, unfunny perversity.

/We all need to draw the line somewhere.

PsiChi: hitlersbrain: PsiChi: All the pervs are going on "ignore."

This is Fark, there won't be anyone left to talk to.

There are a lot of decent, intelligent people on Fark, who, like me, are here because of the humor. I don't mind off-color jokes, dark, even macabre humor, and the like. But I draw the line at disgusting, unfunny perversity.

/We all need to draw the line somewhere.

What about disgusting, funny perversity?

Coffee Snob: PsiChi: hitlersbrain: PsiChi: All the pervs are going on "ignore."

This is Fark, there won't be anyone left to talk to.

There are a lot of decent, intelligent people on Fark, who, like me, are here because of the humor. I don't mind off-color jokes, dark, even macabre humor, and the like. But I draw the line at disgusting, unfunny perversity.

/We all need to draw the line somewhere.

What about disgusting, funny perversity?

Depends.

/Too easy.

It's fun to make joke about them as easy targets, but I think some traditional ceremonial activities can be cool. No, I don't want to have to do it 24x7. Yes, I realize that defeats the purpose.

telosphilos: This looks a lot like what westerners call Finishing School. Useful, up unto a point, so long as you aren't taking yourself too seriously.

How do you learn to say "how nice" in korean?

/mah daddy loves me

Or they can just live however they want until deciding to marry a homely middle-aged American who'll treat them like a princess.

See Mongolia thread below.

I thought that Korea was just teaching it's young ladies golf.