When a Korean meets a new person, there are generally three questions he asks his new acquaintance, for example, how old are you, are you married and what do you do to live? Depending on how the contact responds will determine how the relationship will develop and what titles will be used. Even today, this is how the vast majority of Korean interactions begin. These sets of questions are directly related to how they were raised in a Confucian family, where the titles they will use among each other dominate social interactions. Confucianism is the basis of the above exchange and is practiced in virtually every engagement between Koreans and others they encounter. Although this may seem very intrusive to an outsider, it is a very common practice in Korea. On the contrary, US citizens are not so formal and curious when they meet a compatriot. The above questions would seem very interesting to the average person in the United States, and the person asking them might seem rude or rude. This however; they differ in various regions of the United States, with the South being the most formal and polite by most standards. For these reasons, the South is considered the friendliest region in the United States. Why? It mostly has a lot to do with how Southern childhood relationships progress. Most of these relationships are based on what was mentioned above
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