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Thread: Why are Chinese curious about ladies' ages?
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[quote=CLOUDHANDS,311814]People in Korea ask first thing when being introduced: , "How old are you?" It is to determine how to treat someone in terms of their rank, and how you are expected to treat the other person. ( things like who pays in the restaurant, who helps who etc) Young people there look younger, and old people look older- both are revered. But if you are middle aged- eh! Not so good. I had a very hard time answering my age because of this predisposition against middle aged women. ( "old maid" syndrome, similar to past generations' attitudes here in the USA) I would usually say something like " it is a secret." or "in my culture we don't talk about that because it is considered very embarassing."[/quote]
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