#0.65% birthrate reality

[storkmuffin]

the radical extent to which Koreans do not want to invite anyone into their home in action in front of me - grandma, grandpa, the other grandpa, mom and dad have bought coffee for the adults and a cake for the child, lit the candles and sang the kiddo a whole birthday song in this Cafe where I get my Saturday sandwich. Five adults staring obsessively at a little 4 year old girl is also very 2024 Seoul, in the land of no babies.

The other tables are - 2 male friends talking, 2 female friends talking, 2 old men talking, and 3 women alone occupying a table each.

#slice of life #seoul life #0.65% birthrate reality