Around the early-to-mid 2000s..
It was when I was actively dating my wife..
I didn't have a cell phone in Korea and didn't have a car, so
when my wife finished work, she would come pick me up from home..
Then I would go around here and there in the car she was driving..
One day..
I had promised to go near my wife's company..
I took a taxi and got off near my wife's company..
I needed to contact her to say I had arrived
but no matter how much I looked around, there was no public phone nearby..
So as I was standing on the street for a while..
I saw a woman walking from far away..
'Excuse me... could I borrow your phone...?'
It's probably the same now too
but back then... there was no young person like me who didn't have a phone..
She slightly turned her head sideways and scanned me..
Probably because my appearance was dignified and I had an aura, she seemed to trust me to some extent..
'Why don't you have a phone...?'
So..
I explained in detail..
Originally I live in Indonesia, and I came to Korea for a vacation
and one thing led to another.. that's how it happened..
With difficulty, I got the cell phone in my hand and was about to call my wife..
When I moved a bit away from that woman
she kept following me..
Actually, I was making a private call..
I felt a bit uncomfortable with a stranger listening to it(?)
Since she kept following me..
I asked her why she was doing that..
'You cannot make an international call..'
She said..
So..
I dialed the phone number in front of her.. and pressed the connect button..
and let her hear the sound of the connection..
I remember making the call a few steps away..
Then..
my wife said she would come out soon
so I was waiting in front of the company's front gate smoking a cigarette..
My wife, upon discovering me, was so surprised
that she dragged me like a dog into her car..
When I asked why she was doing that..
She said it wouldn't be good if the company found out we were dating
That's what she said..
But thinking about it carefully..
it was quitting time, so many of her coworkers were coming out..
At that time, I was seeing two or three women
and she might have been worried that people would gossip about a man they'd never seen before standing in front of the company..
But an even bigger possibility..
As I mentioned before, my appearance is dignified and I have an aura..
She might have been worried about catching the attention of her still-single coworkers..
It doesn't cost anything
I'll just think of it as a second matter and put my mind at ease..
Since it's already happened like this, there's no going back..
