Ukrainian Wife Olha: 'What is Divorce?' Culture Shock in Korea [Sub]

Go on dates and buy and eat cake

Go to motels (You got this!)

A year and a half ago, I passed the naturalization test

Today, for the first time, I received a message.

Ta-da!!~~

Oppa's favorite pasta

And Olha's favorite pizza

Oppa, you haven't edited the Italy stuff yet, right?

We went to Italy too

and filmed really fun videos

but Oppa thinks it's not good enough

so he keeps not uploading it.

It was filmed before we started YouTube,

so the quality is really bad.

Even so, Oppa,

I can't put out content like that!

You can put it out, Oppa.

My pride won't allow it.

You shouldn't think negatively.

People like it.

Pepperoni, and

Olha makes dinner for me every single day, but

lately she's been too busy because of work.

It's okay, I like pizza.

But Olha keeps working, and

there's one thought that comes to mind, you know?

The thought that I need to earn a lot of money?

No.

Olha thought about becoming a

full-time housewife. A full-time housewife?

I thought about becoming a

full-time housewife.

Every morning, I wake up at 6 and go

out, and come back around 8 PM.

So I thought it would be okay

to be a housewife.

I haven't thought about it, but it's hard.

Olha, it's hard for you.

You can be a full-time housewife.

I'm okay with that. I thought you'd say no?

That's great, Oppa.

Or what if Olha works and I

become a full-time househusband?

No, that's not right. It's better if Olha does it.

Because we're going to

talk about something serious today.

Are we having a serious talk today?

Did I do something wrong?

This, everyone,

I have some friends I know,

they brought wine from Georgia.

So today I'm going to try this too,

I've actually already tried it with a friend, but

Oppa hasn't tried it yet,

Cheers!!~~

It's definitely delicious.

It's definitely a bit different, isn't it?

I will eat well~

Olha bought it with her card, right?

Olha will eat well.

Olha has to work hard to earn money.

That way Oppa can eat delicious food.

So I can comfortably quit work,

and retire later in old age,

living comfortably like this, taking walks.

Oppa will work for about 30 more years,

30 years?

After that, Olha will work.

I might not be around in 30 years.

No.

You shouldn't say things like that.

You have to live a long, long time.

I'm already old, so

Can't you reduce it to about 10 years?

No!!!

It has to be 30 years.

Lately, Olha has been waking up early for work, so

Yes, that's right.

because there's a lot of interpreting work

KOICA?

because of that, I'm incredibly busy.

I come home late (Why do I like it?)

So

Today, I was going to film something fun and different,

but I just didn't have the time.

So, we ended up filming it at home like this.

We absolutely have to keep our promise,

to upload once every two weeks.

We can't break that!

So we have to upload consistently.

So

Our cultures are different, aren't they?

Oppa is totally an Asian guy (???)

Olha is a European woman, and

So

Culture that we absolutely cannot understand about each other

How about we talk about things like this?

Olha, you take the first shot.

Let's see if there's an impact.

A lot of Korean people are watching, right?

If Olha talks about it now, she might get a lot of hate.

What's going to happen?

Everyone, please don't curse.

Before Olha really came to Korea

Korean culture, history, politics, economy

She learned all these things before coming, right?

So

Huh!!!!

There was almost none of that.

She accepted everything positively.

But that was the only thing I didn't know, and

And Olha still, that's a little

You think it's wrong, right?

You know those provocative programs

we often watch with Oppa?

Things like 'High School Moms and

Dads', 'I Am Solo', and 'Dolsing

Singles' – you like those, right?

We really like them and

tend to watch them often, but if

someone is divorced in Korea,

they often explain their past as

if it's a huge sin, and that

bothers me a little.

In Korea, if someone is divorced, it's

actually a bit awkward to even introduce them, isn't it?

For example, Oppa is single. Introducing a

divorced person to someone who has never

been married, if you have a divorced friend.

Would you like to be introduced to someone?

Then people say, "I'm single?"

Why do they try to introduce divorced women, divorced men

to others?

In Olha's opinion, that's too

wrong.

Whether they have children or not,

whatever past they have, you should look at the person, right?

What kind of person they are,

what that person likes,

their values, you should look at those things.

So I think that's too

wrong,

and I hope it disappears a lot in the future.

That's what I'm thinking.

I also don't think that being divorced

is a problem.

I'm one of those people.

Of course, now

such things appear a lot on TV,

and such ideas have mostly disappeared, but

every day is precious,

and if I'm not happy with that person right now,

it's right to get divorced and start anew.

Then, in Ukraine,

whether one was divorced or had children,

they don't care about such things at all?

They don't care.

The man is single and the woman was married.

She also has a child.

- It doesn't matter. - It doesn't matter?

Really?

Well, there are many cases like that.

A man raising another man's child.

That doesn't matter.

Actually, in Ukraine,

because they do it (get married) in their 20s,

the probability of divorce is very high.

Because they are still young,

they get married because they are so in love.

They also have children early.

But as they live together later,

there are things that don't match between them.

So that's why

I don't think getting divorced is a failure

I could date again

I could remarry again

Ukraine, in this aspect,

can be said to be a bit more of a developed country

In Korea, such things

because there aren't many yet,

it's a pity

Korean people also

have to hide it

or completely feel like they shouldn't talk about it

Because of that thought, that's something Olha

seems to be one of the things she can't quite understand

There's really nothing besides that

The rest of it all

I think it's a very good culture

Treating elders well

Olha thinks these things

are totally cool

If only this one thing could disappear a little

That's what I wish

Even if Oppa had divorced 3 times

I would have liked Oppa just the same

Even if he had kids?

Even if he had kids

Even if he had 3 of them

Well, if you look at celebrities

there are even people who have divorced 12 times

In Ukraine?

And in America too!

It seems like there are too many

It can be done every year.

12 times is a bit much.

But about 5 times,

I can understand now.

So Olha has that thought.

If personalities don't match,

it's natural to get divorced.

We can't do that, though.

- We? - Not yet!

Not yet???

Since Olha doesn't seem to have that thought yet,

So I don't think that's a problem either.

Such a situation can naturally arise,

or speak ill of it.

To take it strangely, or anything like that,

because I am someone who thinks that is even more wrong.

Even if Olha divorced 3 times,

it wouldn't be a problem.

What a relief, now I can confess.

Olha, it was about 12 times!

When Mom comes from Ukraine,

tell her to bring her family register

so I can check.

She didn't do it many times. Not 12 times.

About 2 times?

Looks like it was 11 times then.

So, Olha's thoughts were

up to here,

and now Oppa will talk about

Ukrainian culture.

There's nothing

absolutely impossible to understand.

I have a question.

Christmas

is twice, isn't it?

There's also Catholic

Christmas and Orthodox

Christmas on December

25th and January 7th.

So, do they celebrate it twice?

They celebrate it twice.

People can have different religions, can't they?

So, it'd be a bit

strange to celebrate only this and not that.

We rest on

Christmas and also on Buddha's

Birthday, don't we? Ah, is that how it is?

I completely understand now!

But Olha has actually been

celebrating January 7th since she

was a child, hasn't she? So for me, it's a bit...

I consider January 7th a bigger holiday,

and Korean Christmas

has a somewhat different atmosphere, right?

People go on dates and stuff

and buy cakes.

We don't eat cake on Christmas Day.

They go on dates and buy cakes.

They even go to motels (Fighting!)

We don't do that.

We spend it with family.

You spend it with family?

Always on Christmas?

Always.

Christmas, like,

it's not a day for couples to spend together.

It's like a Seollal kind of day.

Like, going to a motel on Seollal

and meeting your girlfriend to eat cake...

Is that allowed?

If your family doesn't hold ancestral rites

and is a free-spirited household,

then maybe!

But mostly on Seollal,

you're with family

and go back home, that kind of feeling.

So Oppa, you had a hard time?

Because there were two Christmases.

Rather than it being hard because there were two,

it's because we celebrated both.

Because we had parties for both. (Because Olha is a party person)

I have something I'm curious about for Korean people.

People who go to temples

don't have parties at Christmas?

People who go to church

parties for Buddha's Birthday...

They wouldn't, right? Of course not, right?

Please leave a comment.

We both have no religion.

So we just

both comfortably

tend to rest.

People, compared to Korea,

don't seem to go to church much.

Even if they say they believe in God,

our mom

always says she believes in God, but.

I've never once seen anyone go to church.

Mom, can I watch this?

It's about believing in your heart.

And Olha, today

is a special day.

Olha has so many special days, doesn't she?

That's right, I like special days~

Olha got a call from the immigration office, didn't she?

She passed the naturalization exam a year and a half ago,

and today she received contact for the first time.

Olha's heart is pounding so much,

at the thought of becoming a Korean.

Please support her!~

Now we're not an international couple anymore.

Now we're a domestic couple!

We're going to become a Korean-Korean couple.

We're a Korean-Korean couple, that's

good~ Then, we should film national pride videos.

Once Olha's real passport comes out, right?

Olha will always be doing national pride (videos).

Our country has

things like this!~ You guys don't, do you?

Something like that.

I'm so sorry, I've

been working all day

today and my makeup is

a complete mess.

It's okay, Oppa will edit it for you.

Please edit it!

Thank you very much for watching until the

end today, and in the comments, let us

know if your opinions are similar to Olha's.

Don't write 'if not'.

You don't need to write that; it's okay.

And if you want to celebrate

Christmas twice, please be sure

to write that too.

As always, today too, I ask for comments,

likes, and even a Hyphe subscription!

It was Hanu Couple~