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349 - "That thread is loooooong BUT I remember those talk shows from the eighties. Hilarious seeing men with pretty foreign wives then some Walmart shopper in Lane Bryant yell and scream what's wrong with American women LOL"

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That reminds me of an interesting experience I had, when stationed in Taipei, Taiwan as a young, single, junior officer. Not long after I got there, I was in the Officers Club after work, and having a drink at the bar, talking with a friend, and the club was full. We noticed a very large table, with a number of American girls, school teachers. They normally sat alone and together at a smaller table. Well, this time, the only place for them was at this large round table (12+ seats). So these 4-5 girls sat there.

I, newly arrived, said 'Let's go talk to the girls.' And he so no, they are American girls, teachers. Well, I talked him into it, so we went over and sat down with the girls, after getting gentlemanly permission. And they pretty much ignored us, talking among themselves. So I got a few more guys to come join us. And we talked together, trying to bring the girls into a conversation. It was rather strange - all the women and men, at the same table, talking only to each other, and wanting to talk to the other sex, but the girls remained 'stand offish'.

So, after about 10 minutes or so, a rather loud comment came from the girls section, addressed to another girl, "I don't know why the guys want Chinese girls, when they could have a good American girl, like me (perhaps it was us).' With that my friend, got up, addressed her, and said loudly 'That's exactly why.' and went back to the bar. Soon, all the guys had left and the girls were sitting alone at the giant table.

I got a Chinese girl friend and never tried to talk to the Americn girl teachers again, and as I noticed, so did all the other single junior officers. For my whole tour, the girls continued to sit alone, in the midst of many eligible guys, while we got Chinese girl friends and had a ball, one of the best tours in the Air Force I ever had. Many guys marrying the Chinese girls.