'Gold. Sa. Pa' and 'Iron Wall Woman'

It is said that women have two times in their lives when men are drawn to them.

Maybe this was the first time for me.

At the bookstore in Gwanghwamun. While waiting for the bus. On the subway going home from work.

I have walked many paths that began with "I'm not a strange person," and I ran away and refused.

A deputy manager in the same department at the company, a certain employee in the next department, all confessed their love.

Of course, I had no intention of having an office romance, so I politely refused, and they all quit.

One day, I attended a wedding of a former colleague. I wasn't a close friend, but I couldn't refuse the invitation.

I went to the bridal waiting room to greet her and give her a wedding gift, but I couldn't find any of my "bag ladies."

"Is there no one to receive wedding gifts?"

"Oh, then, would you mind leaving it with my brother outside?"

I looked around with the envelope in hand and asked a man.

"Are you the bride's brother?"

"Ah... yes."

"This is a wedding gift. Could you please keep it separate and deliver it to him?"

The wedding was over and I was on my way home when I received a text message.

"Thank you so much for coming to the wedding today."

"Wasn't your honeymoon right away?"

"I had some time, so I was saying hello. Thanks for coming."

"Congratulations and have a good honeymoon."

"Well... but..."

"Why? What do you want to say?"

"Ah... I really don't say this kind of thing, but... Would you like to have dinner with my brother sometime?"

"Your brother?"

"Yeah, the guy who took the wedding gift earlier."

"Ah... I see."

"This guy keeps asking me to introduce you. Don't feel pressured, just go have dinner with him once?"

I was surprised, but it wasn't something to be offended by, so I laughed and said I would.

The younger brother received my number from his sister and contacted me immediately. He wanted to have dinner the next day.

So we made a date.

It was just a normal early dinner.

He was nervous and his legs were shaking, but it wasn't bad.

He said he was so impressed by me at first sight that he even asked his sister for my contact information, though he knew it might be impolite.

He confessed shyly with a cough, though it was soft, it was pretty serious.

He said he's young, but he wants to get married and build a family soon. He said it's not a joke, so don't misunderstand.

At the time, it was just a fun story to tell about how I received a confession from a younger man after attending a wedding. My self-esteem went up.

"Sis!! What are you doing?"

He called me drunk the next night.

"No... I just started my first day at work today, and we had a company dinner. I drank a little."

"It sounds like it. You should go to bed now and rest so you can go to work tomorrow."

"I showed people your picture and bragged about you being my girlfriend?"

"What?"

"I showed them your profile picture and said you're my girlfriend, and everyone said you're pretty. Is it okay?"

I got chills.

"I don't think that's a good idea. We just had dinner together. I'm not feeling good about it."

"I'm sorry. I made a mistake. I won't do it again. But I really love you. I can marry you right now."

I didn't know how to calm him down and make him hang up.

I coaxed him to sleep and promised to talk to him again the next day. It took an hour to get him off the phone.

I was stunned.

It was almost dawn, but I quickly sent a message to her, who was on her honeymoon in Europe.

"I'm sorry, but could you please calm your brother down?"

"Oh my gosh, I'm sorry. I'm going to kill that little brat."

We had dinner and tea. Dinner and tea. Dinner and tea. A minimum of three times, and sometimes as many as five times.

We didn't do anything special, but men expressed their love to me.

They wanted to hold my hand, they wanted to kiss me.

They asked me if I only wanted to see them. Why don't you want to see me every day? Sometimes they blamed me.

I couldn't understand how men could say "I love you" after having dinner a few times.

In the end, they made themselves feel guilty and ended it with "I'm sorry I couldn't say I like you."

This situation kept repeating itself, so I started to wonder if I was the abnormal one.

"What kind of crazy magic do you have over your sister? Guys are all crazy about her!"

My close friend said this with a sigh. She said it's like that time when men are drawn to women.

But I was too scared to enjoy the situation, and I became an iron wall woman.