Living with my husband is different in some details. The most common problem is drinking water. Koreans never or rarely drink hot water. If it is hot water, it is nothing more than tea or coffee. Even in winter, ice water won't leave your mouth. If the water temperature is higher, I may frown, which makes me wonder that Koreans like to drink ice so much. If it's beer, whether it's hot or cold, what you want is the feeling of being cold at first, the colder the better!
After dinner, my husband will be very happy if I give him another cup of coffee. Koreans love coffee so much.
When I arrived here, my parents-in-law worried that I was not used to the ice water here and kept reminding me that I could heat the water before drinking it. But strangely enough, I got used to the cold water in the refrigerator in less than a month, and I didn't feel bad if I swallowed it. I asked my father-in-law, is it because Korean food is spicy and everyone likes spicy food? The hotter it is, the better it tastes, so I am used to using ice water to relieve the hot and spicy temperature. My father-in-law told me with a smile that this was the first time I heard such an explanation. He said that because people drink spring water earlier and for a long time, they are used to ice water and will not heat it again. So far, I am skeptical about this explanation and think it needs to be scrutinized.
Whether in a restaurant or a hotel, the waiter will have a glass of ice water at the front and ask you what kind of drink you need. If I want hot water, I guess they will find it strange. Fortunately, wherever I go, there is a water dispenser, so I can drink hot water.
Most Koreans don't like tea, but drink coffee. When my husband and I go shopping in Seoul, I will find that there are few people in McDonald's and KFC because they have more choices. Most of them will choose a coffee shop, a cup of coffee and a book, and they can spend hours listening to beautiful music.
Moreover, in several family gatherings, I also learned to prepare coffee for everyone after dinner, just like the eldest sisters. Everyone has different preferences, some just want coffee, not my partner and sugar, some just want coffee without sugar, and some want it all. Everyone sits together and drinks coffee, which is short for parents.
And I am a cup of hot water, and I am naturally sensitive to coffee. Half a cup of coffee is enough for me to open my eyes until dawn. I don't think I can adapt for a while.
Every morning, just like kannika nimtragol in Korean dramas, my daily job (except cooking and housework) is to make a cup of fragrant coffee for my parents-in-law after dinner, put it in a tray, put it in front of them, and say in Korean that I just learned: Dad, mom, please have coffee. My parents-in-law will always say happily: thank you!
Hot water, ice water and coffee, this dull day, but a day can not be separated from it.