Dating in South Korea: When Even Your Chiropractor Becomes a Pain in the Neck

After a few years of living abroad, I returned to South Korea single but maybe not so ready to mingle with the opposite sex. I wanted to pursue other priorities first. But people around me didn’t see my indifference to dating very kindly, as I, at 25, was reaching the ripe age for marriage. My family couldn’t get over the fact that I wasn’t seeing anyone. Even my chiropractor urged me to bestir myself in the game of courtship, saying dating would help with my back pain. The pressure to date is