Mom Problems...

I have met the boyfriends family (twice in fact).  Everything went well.  I was a bit awkward but the first meeting at his mothers art show was good.  His father was very polite and sweet.  He showed me around the exhibition and spoke English with me.  His mother was a bit scary but overall nice.  His sister was wonderful.  Super awesome in fact.  I really like his sister.  Anyways.  After we first met, his mother was asking him "when will you marry," "go visit her family in America," and "when are you going to have babies."  I let it go because it was a good sign that she accepted me, which was a problem before.  She was anti-foreigner but slowly changed her mind and then met me.  I thought everything was fine but man this woman is a roller coaster.

After the Seoul visit, his mother calls him.  She starts complaining to him.  She "noticed" how I didn't treat him like a "king" and that I need to do this and that and blah blah blah.  The issue is, the boyfriend was acting normal for our relationship and that upset the mom because he wasn't "sweet" to her and only me.  He carried my bags for me, even though I protested.  He took Trixie outside for me twice, even though I was going to do it.  He also took over doing the dishes, that I had been doing.  His mother didn't like that and thinks it was me that made him do it.  I did not make her son do those things.  He did them on his own.  He is a sweet man and he cares for me, and shows it by doing those types of things.  It is normal behavior for him.

What really bothers me is the whole "treating him like a king" thing.  She has no idea but I do all sorts of things for this man.  He is currently having issues with his work and them not paying him, so I have been paying for almost everything.  Which is hard with the bills and such I have to pay on my own.  I also do his laundry and clean and organize.  She is just uncomfortable with the fact that I am not the stereotypical "housewife" that she wanted for her son.  Not that he would want that anyways, he likes cooking and doing the dishes.

The other thing that gets to me is the fact that she wants me to do it all but her husband is the one that cleans the house, not her.  Pot calling the kettle black.

Seriously though.  It is really frustrating for me to hear her berate her son about me and him just sit there and listen/agree so he can pacify her.  Just kind of over trying to impress this woman.  She flip flops more than a politician and I am sick of it.  Just over it!

Seoul...Day 3

Saturday was the Ko-Yon Jeon (or Yon-Ko Jeon: depending on which school you are from).  This is a college rivalry between Yonsei University (Yon) and Korea University (Ko).  Seoul National University is the number one school in the country but Korea and Yonsei are also very prestigious and fight it out for who is number two and three.  Every year there is a battle between the two colleges.  Five different sports are played (soccer, rugby, baseball, basketball, and ice hockey) and the university that wins the most games, wins the competition.  Since my boyfriend graduated from Korea University, he wanted me to experience Ko-Yon Jeon.  We went with his father, since he too graduated from Korea University.  We only saw the final day, with the soccer and rugby matches but it was fun.  I enjoyed the people watching (we all know I am not really into sports) and the activeness of the students.

*Korea University won all 5 matches...btw.

Seoul...Day 2

On the second day in Seoul, we decided to go to one of the Palaces.  I have never been to any of the palaces in Seoul and was really looking forward to seeing it.  We went to Gyeongbokgung, which is by far the most famous palace in Seoul.  It has beautiful gardens and rooms.  Another perfect day.

We arrived when the guards were doing the guard changing ceremony.  We had no idea but it was so cool.  After watching the show, we went inside the palace and took a ton of photos and enjoyed ourselves.

  

The first ranking official.  Ha.  Obviously me!

The throne room.

  

The queens chambers.

The gardens.  In the spring, there is a huge garden tour of the palace.  I plan on coming back to do the tour because it was beautiful in the fall, I can only imagine what it will be like in the spring.

  

The boyfriend is a huge dork.  <3

After the palace, we went to my boyfriends college (Korea University) to pick up some t-shirts for the following day.  It was a beautiful campus.

We ended the day in Gangnam.  I took the boyfriend to one of my favorite hookah bars in Seoul (Rainbow) because he had never done hookah before and I knew he would love it.  We had a really chill night and it was great.  Love Gangnam, especially at night.  

He thought it would be funny to act like he was high because of...movies.  Ha.