I already wrote about the story of my first meeting with my wife,
but I got so drunk that I peed on the roadside,
and my wife gave me a ride home in her car.
Typically on a first meeting, the man escorts the woman home.
But mine was the opposite.
In the moment of drinking,
I don't remember who suggested it first,
but it seems we made a promise to go to the green tea fields in Boseong the next day.
I woke up in the morning still half-drunk and called her.
Let's go to the green tea fields.
One of my friends drove us there,
and the three of us went to the green tea fields together.
On the way back home, my wife said something to me.
'If you drink one more time, I won't see you again.'
I thought about it for a moment.
We met for the first time yesterday,
today was our second meeting,
and I hadn't even suggested meeting again,
yet she said she wouldn't see me anymore if I drank.
This was like beating my own drum.
I thought she had some kind of personality complex.
Although I'd emphasized it several times, I'm a contrary person, so I told my friend who was driving:
'Let's eat dinner first.'
We stopped by a gamjatang restaurant near my house and ordered food,
and I deliberately ordered and drank soju.
Part of me thought 'if she won't see me, so be it,'
but I wanted to show the determination of a Korean man who wouldn't be swayed by her attitude.
That's what I'd like to say.
Seeing my wife stare at me with shocked eyes,
I sipped the soju slowly.
She must have been shocked.
My wife even brags about her own beauty,
and despite her warning not to drink, I deliberately kept drinking,
so perhaps she'd never met a man like me before.
She seemed to be in a daze.
After finishing the meal, on the way home,
as I got out of the car, I told my wife:
'Since I don't have a car, starting tomorrow, come to the front of my house after work and call me.'
Without waiting for an answer, I got out of the car and went into my house.
She must have thought I was crazy.
After ignoring her warning that she wouldn't see me again if I drank more,
was he really telling me to come to the front of his house after work and act like a driver?
That must have been roughly how she felt.
But...
the next afternoon, my wife arrived in front of my house,
and we drove around in my car.
Throughout the vacation, my wife came to my house every day,
and I saved on taxi fares while having fun.
I don't like to freeload, so
I sent my wife a ticket to come visit me in Indonesia.
She came.
During the time my wife was in Indonesia,
I drank alcohol every single night, even though she hated it.
And then,
I just slept.
In the hotel room,
young man and woman sleeping in the same room, we just slept.
While I was with my wife,
the reason I drank every day despite how much she hated it was
rather than showing my good side first and disappointing her later,
I wanted to show her who I really was from the beginning.
I'm this kind of person.
Look at me carefully and make your choice.
That was my mindset.
Of course, it was a confidence only possible because I had such overwhelmingly handsome looks.
And the reason I didn't touch(?) my wife and just slept was
first, because I was drunk.
Second, I had never made the first move with a woman before—I was always the one being pursued—so I didn't know how to do it.
Third, she had trusted me(?) and come all this way, so I thought it was right to protect her.
I think women are like this.
Men are kind to pretty women,
but when a man throws carefree remarks and does things she doesn't like,
she still seems to feel attracted to him.
The more I think about it, there's no doubt they're fascinating creatures. That's what I think.
