Wednesday, August 27, 2008

我们分手吧: Let's break up

I was on forumosa (formosa/forum get it?!) researching and getting myself pumped. I stumbled across an interesting thread when searching through all the Shi-da(my school) posts.....

"Now for the bad news. As far as black women who have dated Taiwanese men, if I included myself, I could count the ones I know on two fingers. With foreigners, it doesn't seem to be much better. On the dating totem pole, black women don't even register above the grass. Believing that dating will happen for you, unless you are drop dead gorgeous, is almost like asking for an emotional kick in the teeth. Looks are heavily relied upon by many men here. If you don't catch their eye, you don't stand much of a chance. The easiest way to survive Taiwan is to write off your love life for your duration here."

that can be discouraging. no doubt. I've heard worse though.
I haven't heard though is something like this:

"About a week ago I was getting on the MRT and there was a gorgeous black woman waiting for the train in the other direction. Git that I am I went and stood beside her like I was checking out the train schedule or something. Turns out she speaks beautiful Mandarin too and had a whole gang of Taiwanese guys hanging on her every word. God what a treat it was to even see somebody as awesome as that. Absolutely in the moment, happy and full of life."

and finally this....

"havent't been to this forum in a very long time. Imaniou, I am sorry you have had a bad experience dating here. I am black woman who is far from drop dead gorgeous and I have had no problems at all in the dating scene here.

I have had attention from Taiwanese, Japanese, Singaoporean and other Asian men here. I am now engaged to a Taiwanese man. I already PM'd Persephone my experiences. I just want to let other black women out here reading this know that they don't have to live like a nun while here. There are men Asian and otherwise who date black women here."


Verdict: Hellz no, i ain't trying to be no nun!!

1 comment:

Laura Walker said...

get it girl, get it get it girl