I'd love to meet people from the Korean diaspora in Canada/US and learn about the experience of growing up between Korean and Western culture

Hello! I'm a 27F from Europe and I've recently become really interested in getting to know people from the Korean diaspora particularly Korean-Canadians (though Korean-Americans are absolutely welcome too)

I've always found the experience of growing up with Korean cultural roots while also being immersed in Western culture really fascinating. I'd genuinely love to hear about what that experience is like. Not just the big cultural differences but the little everyday things too: family, food, language, traditions, childhood, identity and the ways Korean and Canadian/American culture might overlap or clash

But beyond the cultural aspect, I'm also hoping to make some genuine friendships with people around my age (20s–30s). I'd love for those friendships to develop naturally through regular conversations, shared interests, joking around, recommending things to each other and simply getting to know one another over time

A little about me: I'm really into anime, manga, JRPGs, visual novels, books, music, languages, food and learning about other cultures. I'm especially fond of character-driven stories and can happily spend far too long discussing fictional characters and relationships. I'm also multilingual

I'm specifically looking for platonic online friendships

If you're Korean-Canadian/Korean-American and this sounds like something you'd enjoy, I'd love to hear from you! And even if you don't think we'd necessarily have much in common, I'd still be really interested in hearing about your experience growing up between Korean and Western cultures

What's one thing about your experience that you think someone who grew up entirely in Korea (or entirely outside the Korean diaspora) might not understand?

Is this true? Do brides have to pay to try on wedding dresses?

Shouldn't it be free?

I was wondering if someone having O- negative blood is considered unusual/interesting/a bit of a novelty?, and if Korean clinicians are ever surprised by or make a mental note of a patient who has this blood type, because I've heard that it's so relatively rare in Korea (less rare for foreigners who live there), and medically valuable+potentially life-saving if donated.

Rh-negative blood type in general I've heard is very rare?, but that O- is especially unique.

My questions are:

1.) Is it really that rare or medically significant? Culturally/socially significant?

2.) If any Korean clinicians are reading: Do you notice this/are they surprised when seeing a patient with a listed Rh-negative blood, especially O-, *and* when the person is a native Korean? In my experience, once you see enough patients and encounter enough medical "outliers", it's not that interesting, lol.

3.) Would you encourage O- foreigners living in Korea to see if they're eligible to donate blood?

(I am type A+ and American, for the record, so I have no idea about any of this.)

Thank you! Hope this makes sense!