Wednesday, October 4, 2023

K-Couples!

It doesn't take long in Korea before you start noticing them. They're everywhere. Whether it's chopstick-feeding each other kimchi at restaurants, going on cute "glamping" outings on the weekend, or nuzzling each other on the subway, couples are a thing in Korea. Considering that heterosexual couples are the status quo in most of the modern world, it's pretty impressive that Korean couples (or "K-couples", as I shall henceforth refer to them) are capable of making coupledome even more of a thing! Maybe it's that Koreans are so attractive (it's true) that they can't stay single, no matter how hard they try? Or perhaps it's that feminism hasn't really happened here, leading women to pretend they're weak to attract male attention? Whatever the cause may be, K-couples make other countrys' couples seem... single?

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=19Ewtnsq5qPxz6OUm3s6kavuStZLdi0o2
A Korean couple picknicking. Korea is very into couple-culture.
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1l3nlJVkeXB1sGPotPMREBXCnBdsmTmmi
"A Twosome Place": To Koreans, a cafe. Especially with a partner. Like I said, Koreans are into couples. I didn't see any "Threesome Places"... That would go against Korean couple culture!
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1Lhs9qJlxqeU63txlE2io12d9jppdpjEx
Koreans are pretty obsessed with pictures. This is one of many retail shops where you can get your pictures taken in a studio with stuffed animals and your... partner (cuz, y'know: couples).
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1z7EhKZiii2XojlP8L0NZ5gBDI7dvd8ee
Stuffed animals background right. Exemplary K-couple foreground left.
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1uYsyCdaBJax8Ta7i7m-ENnLZVN_g1SYL
Another exemplary K-couple. Notice how the woman is leaning on the man for support even though she has two legs of her own.
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1PePOpXUsNpgRKDMCuWNAJAzD9Ng_ryzm
K-couple man protecting K-couple woman in the wild.




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