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Wait A Minute… πŸ€”

What?

So… when Mr Incognito’s friend asked if u would go for a coffee with him… and u said, “sure, as a friend…” — u weren’t friend zoning him?

Didn’t I tell u already Mr Incognito is really attractive?!?!?!?!??!!

But u said “AS A FRIEND” — IS THAT NOT THE FRIEND ZONE IN YOUR MIND?

Ummm… I guess not…?

In your mind — it’s what? “As a friend if I had to immediately introduce him to my parents” but in reality and by Western dating standards it’s actually… a romantic date?!

Hmmm… yeah…?

Lolololol….. πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜… omg I have to rethink some strategies…

About what?!?!?!

Urghhhhh!!!!!! The cultural differences is not just “u are Taiwanese” or “u are Aussie” — it’s a mix of your interpretation of these varying cultures and your comfort zone of that interpretation and there’s like

Lolololol… we’re still on episode 11 and my mum is like “Why do they even need their parents approval for dating?!?!?”

WHAT?!??!?!?!

Lolololol… she has no say!!! She can’t approve or disapprove of who I date!!!

Ummm… but u rejected me back then….

It was her ADVICE but it wasn’t an approval or disapproval. She simply gave her opinion and I was young, I agreed with her opinion not really knowing myself or all these other factors that I now know…

She never had any real say.

You could’ve fought her opinions too.

It wasn’t a final approval or disapproval…

πŸ₯ΊπŸ₯ΊπŸ₯Ί I need to process this new information my love…

I don’t think my parents — okay maybe it’s not the same as all Taiwanese parents — but my parents are not as serious as these parents are in this Korean drama…

Lololololol… πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…

Not in 2025 at least… did we really seem that serious in the early 2000s?!?!

Sigh… it felt that way.

Maybe some things got misinterpreted.

Uhuh… πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜… oops…

Lol… “oops” — ?!?!?!

ALL MY YEARS OF SUFFERING.

And your mother never even gave a formal approval or disapproval?!?!?

IT WAS ALL A CULTURAL DIFFERENCE AND MISUNDERSTANDING?!??!?!?!?!??!?!

πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜… okay my love… take ur time to process this…

I can tell u right now… my family is not that… intense

We’re more…

Chill… I know ur gonna say ur family is more chill. It’s nothing like a Korean drama, or even a Taiwanese drama!

It’s really not tho… πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜… That’s just not our real lives babe…

Sigh… πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…

What?

No no… I’m relieved… 😌

U are?

Yes… πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°

Okay that’s good…

BUT U WOULD’VE DATED MR INCOGNITO “AS A FRIEND”

That’s what I’ve been sayingggggg!!!

Urghhhhh!!! I SHOULDN’T HAVE WALKED OUT THE DOOR OF YOUR STORE THAT DAY WITHOUT GETTING YOUR NUMBER!!!!!!!

Yeah u just “gave up” on urself and I’m left there like, “what just happened?!” I would’ve had that coffee with him!!!

Aahhhahahahahhahhh!!! (Wailing!!! Fists in the air!!!)

I’VE BEEN TELLING YOU. MR INCOGNITO IS VERY ATTRACTIVE!!!!!!!

(Hysterical cackling!!!!!!!)