Tinder to Marriage? Our International Couple Story | How We Met [Sub]

If you're watching this right now,

I have a lot of single friends,

so something like a resume,

please send me a self-introduction.

Really? Is that really okay?

I can introduce you to all of them, I have many.

Many of them speak Korean well,

and I have many pretty younger friends.

In that case,

please really send in your resume. lol

Hello.

We are the Hanu Couple.

Today,

it's raining so much that

we couldn't go outside.

So today, we're going to tell you how we met

and how we ended up getting married.

We're going to share that story with you.

First of all, we...

- On Tinder. - We met on Tinder.

Olha, why did you start using Tinder?

It was during the COVID-19 pandemic,

and I was bored.

I had nothing to do that day,

so I just installed it.

Really? You installed it just for that one day?

I installed it that day.

So you met me on that day?

That's right. lol

For me, at work,

the company that owns Tinder

acquired our company.

So I thought, "Should I try the paid version?"

And as I was swiping like and dislike,

Olha popped up.

I saw her picture and thought,

"She's pretty!!"

Olha was also looking,

and when she saw me, she swiped right.

And we met that very day.

Don't do that.

It's dangerous. lol

We were just really lucky.

Don't do what we did.

Oppa said

he had nothing to do,

so he suggested we go for a short walk.

It was during the pandemic,

so cafes were also closed.

So we

went to the dark Han River.

Please don't do that.

At that time,

I was living in the Hanyang University dormitory.

I gave Oppa the exact location,

but as expected,

he went to the wrong place.

No.

You told me to go there. lol

You intentionally didn't tell me your dorm's location.

You told me to come there.

On purpose.

No, I gave you the right directions.

You told me to come to the back gate of Hanyang University. lol

Our memories are a bit different.

Oh, really?

That could happen.

Our memories are a bit different.

So I was walking a long way,

and I could see Oppa from a distance.

So, Oppa,

back then,

your first impression...

At that time,

while using Tinder,

with women...

I had conversations with a few people.

There were foreigners,

and there were Koreans.

When I talked to them, most of them asked me

if I was into crypto or stocks.

There were a lot of people like that.

Mostly romance scams.

There were a lot of people like that.

So when I first connected with Olha,

I was a bit suspicious.

But as we talked,

our houses weren't that far apart.

And she said she was going for a walk today,

so I suggested we walk together at the Han River.

And so, I went to meet her.

Just in case,

lol something...

a dangerous situation could arise, right?

Like if there was a van parked over there,

or if there were people

watching me.

I checked for things like that,

and from far away,

I hid behind a wall

and watched Olha.

We met in a really dark alley,

and there was no one else around.

I thought, "This must be real," and met her,

and the two of us went to the Han River,

to Ttukseom Hangang Park,

for a walk.

Oppa was trembling. lol

Well, of course I was nervous.

It was my first time meeting a foreigner,

and what if she couldn't speak Korean?

I can't speak English.

What if she can't speak Korean?

I was worried about that.

And to a foreigner,

I might, you know,

not know Korean culture well,

so I was quite tense.

You were nervous too, Olha.

I wasn't.

Why weren't you nervous?

Have you met a lot of men?

lol

Should we move on?

lol

That's not important.

It's not important?

Well, it's not important now.

- We're married now. - Right.

First, Oppa

seemed a little unconfident.

I had no choice but to be unconfident.

We just met today,

and Oppa was already planning for Chuseok.

"What are we doing for Chuseok?"

"Should we be together?"

No, for Chuseok...

No, no.

Your memory is wrong. lol

Your memory is wrong.

I asked what you were doing for Chuseok.

I didn't ask "Should we be together for Chuseok?"

at that time.

Oh, really?

What are you doing for Chuseok?

Since you're a foreigner,

I heard many foreigners have nowhere to go during Chuseok.

Through things like the news,

or YouTube,

that foreigners don't have much to do during Chuseok...

I heard things like that,

so I just asked what you were doing for Chuseok.

Like, "Don't you have anything to do for Chuseok?"

That's what I asked you, Olha.

So,

since you said you had nothing to do, Oppa said,

"I have nothing to do either, so let's hang out."

That's what he said.

Actually,

I was supposed to go down to my parents' house. lol

To meet Olha,

I said, "I don't think I can go home for Chuseok."

There are people like that, you know.

After meeting just once,

they're already saying, "Let's get married."

I didn't say that.

But then the next day,

there are people who ghost you.

So I thought Oppa

would be like that too.

So I thought, "From now on,

I probably won't hear from him again."

But Oppa asked,

"You're not going to ghost me tomorrow, are you?"

Since he asked that,

my conscience pricked me.

So I said, "Let's definitely talk tomorrow."

Yeah, we should talk.

Because I liked you.

The next day, Oppa

bought a bouquet and came to my dorm,

but Olha was already asleep by then.

On the internet,

I searched for things like "how to woo a Ukrainian woman."

I looked it up,

- Tips - Tips

"How to woo a Ukrainian woman!"

When I searched for that,

it said if you just give a Ukrainian woman

flowers,

even a monkey can date one.

lol

So I bought flowers

and went to Olha's dorm

to give them to her,

but Olha was sleeping.

She was sleeping, so I couldn't give her the flowers.

The next day, I felt sorry,

so I contacted him, and that's how it happened. lol

Ah, because you felt sorry?

First, because I felt sorry.

The guy even bought flowers,

but I didn't get them.

And then Oppa said

he had to make a restaurant reservation.

"Is 7 o'clock okay? 7:30?"

He asked several times like that,

so I thought this guy was a bit...

fishy. lol

No, a reservation...

I had to make a reservation.

Of course, then.

You have to tell me the exact time.

But I've never been to a restaurant like that.

I'd never been to a place like that before.

Oppa, you should explain that restaurant.

What kind of restaurant it was.

It was in Samcheong-dong.

I don't know if it's still there.

It's gone now.

It was a place where they'd show videos with a laser projector.

It was a reservation-only restaurant,

and the tables were private,

with just two tables, so...

I had to make a reservation, so...

I needed to know the exact time.

So I asked if it was 7 o'clock,

7:30, or 8.

That kind of thing,

you had to be clear about it

so I could make the reservation.

And the thing I had planned,

prepared...

lol

I had an event planned.

To do that,

I needed the exact time.

But Olha

thought something was strange. lol

I didn't dress up

at all.

I had been working in my dorm

all day and just came out.

I was wearing a shirt and a skirt,

like a typical student.

I went looking like that,

but it was a very fancy restaurant.

My friend even proposed there.

It was luxurious.

Well,

because when we met for the third time...

the second time, the flowers...

I had tried to give them to Olha once

and failed. lol

And on our third date,

to ask her out,

to confess,

I made a reservation at that restaurant.

And

the flowers I couldn't give her

on the second date,

I thought I should give them to her then.

So I made a reservation in advance

and when the dessert came out,

I asked them to bring the flowers with it. lol

So I was incredibly touched.

Something prepared

just for me...

I'd never had that happen in my life.

We didn't even know each other that well,

but he prepared all this.

Olha's heart just... lol

Ah, so you weren't that into me before?

Were you on the fence?

Right, I was just...

just... whatever.

Just...

Anyway, I was touched.

Oppa didn't ask me to be his girlfriend that day.

Yeah, anyway...

Probably because he was scared.

lol

And on the weekend,

I went to Oppa's house for the first time.

And I met Suji and Deman.

I flirted a bit with my cats.

Because of Suji and Deman.

And that day, Oppa

asked me when I wanted to get married.

And Olha

said "tomorrow." lol

Did I?

Yeah.

Oppa, your memory is really bad.

I was just joking.

It was my way of saying

I wanted to do it soon.

You even asked how many kids I wanted.

We even talked about things like that.

I was just curious, so I asked...

So, did you date me because I gave you flowers?

Then?

No~ lol

I look like a monkey,

so did you date me because I gave you flowers?

No, I dated you because I liked you~

Really?

There are lots of guys who give flowers. lol

There were a lot of guys giving you flowers?

There were, Oppa.

But I was chosen among them?

Right.

Ah, I see.

Among many candidates,

Oppa was the best.

Anyway, if you want to woo a Ukrainian woman?

Prepare flowers.

Your face can be a little...

It doesn't matter if you look like me.

You're handsome (???)

Be good to them,

you know what Korean men are good at.

To women,

be polite and treat them well,

and Ukrainian women will also

like Korean men a lot.

And Oppa

had time off starting from the next day.

Right, because Chuseok was soon.

Since it's Chuseok,

let's go to my house and together,

while hanging out,

for almost a week?

Let's stay together, he said.

And Olha said okay.

Don't do that. lol

It's dangerous!

If you do that,

you might get married. lol

Like a weekend couple,

we lived separately,

but on weekends, we spent them at Oppa's house.

And on weekdays, Olha worked at her dorm.

We did that for a few months?

Right, we

met in September, so until January.

And in February, together,

we moved into a new house.

On our 200th day,

that's when Oppa proposed to me.

The time we started living together

in my house...

Olha had to decide whether to extend her dorm contract

or to move out.

While she was worrying about that,

I suggested, "Why don't we live together in my house?"

I was thinking about marriage too.

So, for now,

let's move in together,

and then think about marriage.

Something like that.

That's what Oppa said.

My memory is pretty good. lol

lol

Actually, I didn't really have any thoughts about marriage.

Not that I didn't want to with Olha, but...

After meeting Olha about three times,

you thought you couldn't let me go, right?

I thought it would be okay to get married.

I was thinking about marriage by myself,

and Olha didn't know.

Then I went and talked to my mom

and my older sisters.

I talked a bit about Olha.

And to my mom and sisters...

When I first told them about Olha,

they were very surprised.

Because a kid who had no thoughts of marriage

suddenly started talking about getting married.

And generally,

they thought she would be Korean,

but I said she was a foreigner.

But my mom told me then,

"I thought someday you might

bring home a foreigner."

She thought that might happen.

That's what she said,

but still,

she thought it would be someone from an Asian country.

But a completely Western...

Olha, who has completely Western features.

When they saw her picture,

my sisters and my mom

were really surprised.

And then I said Olha speaks Korean well,

is very polite,

so don't worry.

My mom and sisters

will really like her.

I told them that,

so my mom and sisters

were a bit relieved.

I remember that.

At first, actually, we

had no intention of having a wedding ceremony.

I think neither of us had a dream wedding in mind.

My mother too, and

my mother-in-law wanted one,

so we decided to have a small wedding.

We decided that,

and our parents were really happy.

That we were having a wedding.

My mother-in-law came,

and my family all came, so

we had a small wedding with 150 people?

About that many.

We wanted to do it with 100 people.

Originally, we planned for 100 people.

But Mom said we needed more. lol

100 people is too few.

Mom said to increase it,

so we did it with 150 people.

It was a really nice place in Seongbuk-dong.

In my opinion, it was a really nice

outdoor wedding venue.

It wasn't a typical wedding hall.

Originally, it was

a restaurant and sold coffee,

and on the first floor, there was a flower shop.

There's a restaurant like that.

Right next to it, there's an outdoor

space.

It's used as a wedding hall,

and you eat at the restaurant next door.

At a wedding hall like that,

on September 17th.

You even know the date? lol

We got married.

That's how we got married.

So we dated for all four seasons and got married.

I think we got married exactly one year later.

It's already been 3 years.

Time really flies.

How is it after living together for 3 years?

It's great, I don't regret it.

But before getting married,

I wasn't that worried.

For me, even if we got divorced,

I'm not the type to think of it as a huge failure.

But I've never regretted it once.

I was lucky back then and married very well.

I think I did.

I'm living very happily.

Actually, getting married in such a hurry,

I wouldn't recommend it.

Right.

We were just really lucky

with each other.

We were a good match.

Our personalities are also

not the type to fight,

so it worked out well.

But if you get married in a hurry like this,

there can be some conflicts.

I think it's better to be a bit careful.

At least for four seasons,

or maybe a bit longer,

I recommend dating before you do.

Personally, as someone who had no thoughts of marriage,

my review after getting married...

If I were to talk about that,

it might be because I met Olha, but

I'm very satisfied right now.

Our personalities match well,

and I need my own time, and also

Olha needs her own time too.

I was thinking about these things,

like, I play games when I want to play games,

and for walks,

I sometimes go alone.

Olha also goes to work out alone.

We don't interfere with each other's hobbies.

Because we have things like that,

and our personalities match well,

I think that's why we're living well

in our married life without fighting.

So I recommend marriage. lol

You recommend marriage?

In Korea, what kind of man should one meet

if a foreigner wants to get married?

A kind man?

A kind man.

And a sincere person.

A sincere person.

He doesn't have to earn a lot of money,

but I really hate laziness.

If a person is sincere at work,

then he will be sincere to his family too.

A person should always be doing something.

And you have to look carefully at this.

What kind of relationship a person has with their family.

If they get along well with their family,

then I think they're a good person.

But if they constantly badmouth others,

then...

they'll probably badmouth other people,

and they'll badmouth their wife.

I think it's good to meet someone like that.

I think having a harmonious family is really important.

That's how one can be good to others.

I think that's how a person can become like that.

So I'm blessed.

Oppa's family is a really good family.

I get along well with his older sisters.

Even though I'm a foreigner,

I was treated very well.

I'm very close with his sisters.

So we talk together in a group chat,

and when his sisters come over to our house,

we go out and have fun together.

I get along well with his nieces and nephews too...

So, for us,

I think we're having a really good married life.

So far.

I don't think there will be any major problems in the future,

but I do think...

If there are any good men

watching this right now,

I have a lot of single friends,

so something like a resume,

please send me a self-introduction.

Really? Is that really okay?

I can introduce you to all of them, I have many.

Many of them speak Korean well,

and I have many pretty younger friends.

In that case,

please really send in your resume. lol

I'll take a look.

But instead, what you do for work,

please make sure to write that down.

Ukrainian women

think that's very important.

But what kind of work you do,

that's not important.

Whether you work or not, that's what's important.

Right. How much money you make,

that's not what's important.

Whether you're working

or not,

things like that are very important.

Please be sure to send that.

I'll try to introduce you

to Olha's friends.

It would be fun to film that for YouTube too.

Yes. lol

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