I’m glad to see someone has exactly grasped the nature of the situation, in a judgement free manner! i had given up on this thread. You’ve certainly got my vote for putting it on an exam if you’re in a position to do so! That would probably be rather socially interesting in its own right.
I’m on the brink of concluding that it is either A. I live in the wrong city (not enough English) or B. Taiwanese culture is too heavily “social circle” oriented.(again possibly that is this city? I doubt it’s so much in Taipei) Anyway, as it happens, I’m extremely busy. I just barely even have the time to GO on dates in the first place, assuming I could find them. I certainly don’t have the time to go get involved in various social gatherings, simply in the hopes of finding dates. Anyway, I am not that kind of disingenuous personality in the first place.
I DO get around, about my day, and see girls here and there. And in the States, or in Europe, or in South America, that’s all I ever needed. I see a pretty girl, I walk up to her, start a chat, and get a date a pretty fair percentage of the time. I’m not a player, I look for dates because I am an optimist, and believe any woman I see could be a potential life partner, you never know unless you say hello who you might pass by. I always dress well (many levels of magnitude above the average Taiwanese male, (no judgement, it’s just I don’t shop at the bargain bin of the local street market). I keep myself groomed, in excellent physical condition, I’m tall, blonde (only mention because so many claim this makes getting dates around here “impossibly easy”, I beg to differ!), I’ve even been approached for and even done a bit of modeling in the past, and occasionally get approached for sex (by unattractive women of course) so I have to assume I’m not terribly ugly…I can only conclude it (dating) is just obviously done a bit differently here, and I can’t figure out what that bit is