Done With Dating

I think it's time I stopped dating for a while. At least dating girls that can't speak English. 

I wrote on Facebook about an incident where I told one that I was just teasing her. Turns out that what I really said was that I was just using her. She got real mad. Well, next time we got together I explained, in very good Vietnamese, the mix-up. I said the sentence again, clearly showing that I was using a word that I thought meant to tease. And she said, but why would you say that. And I said again that I misunderstood the meaning. And she said, again, but why would you say that. And I said again that I misunderstood the meaning. And she said again...At this point I told her it was time to go home. I don't want to see her ever again.

The last three girls that I have dated spoke no English. (All three happened to be hair dressers.) I thought that it would be good practice for me, and that my Vietnamese was good enough for us to communicate essential ideas. Turns out I is wrong. I don't know nearly enough Vietnamese to have a relationship like that.

Not only that but there were other problems. So, ladies, if you start complaining about the clothes I wear after only two dates, say goodbye. If you start asking me if I love you after two dates, the answer is no and say good bye. If you start talking about marriage after two dates the answer is no and good bye. And I'm definitely not having your baby. And if I take you out to dinner and you order a desert more expensive than my main meal, you guessed it, say good bye.

I'm not dating anyone anymore who cannot at least pronounce my name correctly.  I'm tired of being called "Fun." I know there is no "fr" in Vietnamese or no "k" sound at the end of words, but I am certainly no "fun" when you talk for 5 minutes and I only understand every other word. Yes, I have a working vocabulary of about 2,000 Vietnamese words, but I need about 10,000 to speak fluently. Taking into consideration word frequency, I still only understand half of what you say.

So, at this point, I'm done with dating. (For a while anyway.) 

(Footnote regarding my last post: I apologize for not being clear about Vietnamese girls. I should not have implied that all Vietnamese girls were like that. If it wasn't clear I was talking about the young ones with old guys.)