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DrRTN

Just turned 81. K-drama has changed my life. I'm slowly working on a research project to see how these dramas impact widows in the 8th stage of life. Just had major surgery. I can continue to make tapestries and include Hangul letters. They are beautiful. If you look at my watch list you'll see that I don't normally look at thrillers or total science fiction. I've learnt a bit about the history of South Korea so I was able to really laugh at Parasite and Squid Game. That said one of my all-time favourites is LOST.

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DrRTN

Thank you. !

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emeraldarrows

Welcome! My grandmother is about your age and we watch dramas together! :)

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Moonlight VIP

Wow !! 

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gimmechoco44-babymetal

How many Babymetal CDs and DVDs do you own?

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HuaXing
 DrRTN : 

Je viens d'avoir 81 ans. K-drama a changé ma vie. Je travaille petit à petit sur un projet de recherche pour voir comment ces drames impactent les veuves au 8ème stade de la vie. Je viens de subir une opération chirurgicale majeure. Je peux continuer à faire des tapisseries et à inclure des lettres Hangul. Ils sont beaux. Si vous regardez ma liste de surveillance, vous verrez que je ne regarde normalement pas les thrillers ou la science-fiction totale. J'ai appris un peu plus sur l'histoire de la Corée du Sud et j'ai donc pu vraiment rire de Parasite et Squid Game. Cela dit, l’un de mes favoris de tous les temps est LOST.  

Bonsoir, je suis arrivée il y a peu et je ne suis plus toute jeune non plus (36 ans et flottant entre le 6e et 7e stade de la vie).

 J'ai aussi tendance à  décortiquer l'aspect sociologique des dramas et la formulation de votre projet de recherche m'intrigue...

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PamelaTorrance VIP

Hey, I just turned 50 this year and really dived headlong into Asian Tv. Started with Chinese and am now making my way through South Korean…lolol loving It.

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priyashashank

Hi there! I am a 45 year old widow, and I started watching Chinese, Korean and Japanese dramas about two years back. I’ve watched around 230 till date and I am totally hooked. I like seeing dramas with happily everafter endings mostly, but I also love a good crime thriller.

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Breizh_o_veva

Hi, I am not a widow, but a 65-year-old divorcee. I dove into dramas in 2018, and it became an all-consuming passion. I started with K dramas (a lot) but now, I mostly watch Chinese dramas, a few Thai too. On the side, I take care of my garden, my cats and I do creative hobbies (DIY). I learned a little Korean and went on vacation to Korea in February 2024. I have been learning Mandarin for 1 year and I love C caligraphy.

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angeliviki2022

I'm 57 and started watching Asian dramas at the end of 2021, starting with The King's Affection, and I was hooked. I have completed 516 dramas/movies. I used to read more books (over 340 books in both 2020 and 2021), but that has decreased to about 200 now that I'm watching so many KDramas, CDramas, JDoramas, Taiwanese & Thai dramas and sometimes even Thai lakorn. Thankfully, I retired 2 years ago, so all I do now is watch my shows and travel. I'm slowly picking up the languages and was able to use some common phrases when I went to Japan and Thailand. I'm also becoming familiar with the various cultures which fascinate me.

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priyashashank
 Breizh_o_veva:

Hi, I am not a widow, but a 65-year-old divorcee. I dove into dramas in 2018, and it became an all-consuming passion. I started with K dramas (a lot) but now, I mostly watch Chinese dramas, a few Thai too. On the side, I take care of my garden, my cats and I do creative hobbies (DIY). I learned a little Korean and went on vacation to Korea in February 2024. I have been learning Mandarin for 1 year and I love C caligraphy.

Wow! How was your vacation in Korea? Are the people friendly? I have creative hobbies too, I knit and crochet. I have two dogs and two kids, the elder one in college and the younger one with me at home. What kind of genres do you watch? 

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Breizh_o_veva

It was the first time I went to Asia and the culture shock was quite strong: Seoul is huge, always on the move, with lots of things to do and visit. But I find Busan more authentic, on a more human scale.

The Koreans we met are very courteous, kind, but also very formal and reserved. Not the kind of "open-hearted" exchanges with strangers as we practice in Europe.

? ? ? Asian beds are far from having American or European comfort :(

I would like to return to Korea, but I first want to go to Japan and China (because I am fascinated by Chinese aesthetics)

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priyashashank
 Breizh_o_veva:

It was the first time I went to Asia and the culture shock was quite strong: Seoul is huge, always on the move, with lots of things to do and visit. But I find Busan more authentic, on a more human scale.

The Koreans we met are very courteous, kind, but also very formal and reserved. Not the kind of "open-hearted" exchanges with strangers as we practice in Europe.

? ? ? Asian beds are far from having American or European comfort :(

I would like to return to Korea, but I first want to go to Japan and China (because I am fascinated by Chinese aesthetics)

I want to visit China someday too. I am an Indian so the culture is familiar, and the beds would be okay too! Asians tend to sleep better on harder and less cushy beds I guess.  What creative crafts do you do? I hope you don’t find my inquisitiveness annoying.  Did you like Korean food? Or was it too spicy for you? My spice tolerance is okay, but I find Korean cuisine a little on the spicier side, for myself too.

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