| > 24 february 03 'boyfriend material' this is the only photo i have of the boy i was seeing. utterly pathetic to admit. [we weren't a serious couple, so he technically wasn't my boyfriend.] despite what you can [and cannot] see, he was exceptionally good looking, a japanese student attending the local community college here. [at that moment, he didn't want a photo taken, so i was holding his arm and only a couple feet away.] his name was toyo. he was a sweetheart, and spoke english well, but we ended our dating after a month because the cultural barrier between us was just too great and we lacked strong chemistry. he was too japanese, i am too american, and things just never fully clicked between us. you girls who may desire to date a foreign guy, i would advise you to do some research. literally. i checked the internet and found info about the japanese culture and what japanese guys are like, and after learning that, found that toyo fit my found info. it honestly helped [no matter how lame it may sound.] humour especially tends to go over a foreign head, and gentlemanly [and non-gentlemanly] customs found in america may not be practiced in your boy's country. i'm pleased that i carry only good memories from that short time with toyo though. maybe i will fare better next time. arigato and sayanara. |
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| toyo, winter 2002 |