The following post was submitted by a seasoned Revscene member who has chosen to keep their identity confidential.
Hello,
Never in the day of my life did I think I would meet a girl who was awesome in so many ways. The irony is that she comes from a
cultural background I never would have expected to have ever dated due to bad experiences in the past, but regardless, I chose to keep an open mind and we've been going steady for almost seven months...until today.
I decided today would be THE day for this girl to meet my family. She and I went out for brunch and shortly after that, she said to me, "Hey, I think it would be nice to get something for your parents." I thought to myself, "Sure,why not? What could possibly go wrong?" So
off to Main Street we went.
We make a
stop at Eugene Choo and then Mr. Kim's Market then made our way to my parents' place only to find that nobody is home. They must have gone out for dim sum with their friends. My girl and I make our way downstairs to have some
freshly roasted organic coffee, chill out on the couch and
watch some Food Network (ugh, how mainstream.)
We hear my parents come home so go head on upstairs to greet them, introduce them to my girlfriend. Then I realize, "Oh shit, we forgot the stuff we bought!" So I asked my parents to have a seat while I get the water boiling for the tea, my girl heads on out to her car to grab the gifts.
She rushes in full of excitement and trips over the door step and in my horror, I see two full buckets of
organic kim chi flying in the air, headed towards my parents. Yup. It splattered everywhere, all over both me, my parents, my sister and my
limited edtion Toms espadrilles. The living room is covered in this
fresh organic kim chi and I've got a dramatic Korean
girl face flat on the floor, crying like your
typical Korean drama princess. Might I add, the house
smells like The Foundation on a Friday evening.
Needless to say, things did not end well. My family, particularly my parents, are extremely pissed off to no fault of her own. I feel that the experience overall has pushed them over the edge. They hate her but it's not her fault. I can't foresee my family forgiving her anytime soon.
So, wise citizens of Revscene - what to do? Stick with the girl or break it off?