Charlie_CP3

After Yi-Jhen and I finished our tutoring session following the cancellation of my culture class, she, Joyce, and I sat around in the CIES lounge while they asked me the etiquette of dating in America. First of all, I'm probably not the person to ask for dating advice. Secondly, poor Joyce has experienced horror stories in regards to dating in America. She went on a date with a guy who asked her to pay gas money and to split the meal. I told her that in America, we would call this guy a "jackass." It was a lot of fun getting to talk about the differences in dating between America and Taiwan and what is considered "normal" in each culture. For example, neither of them had heard of "gas money" before, nor were they familiar with the dynamics in double dates. I hadn't had conversation sessions with more than one partner, and it was nice to get more opinions than just my own.