Bo-eun leads the digital content team. She has covered foreign affairs, North Korea, tech, economy and gender issues at The Korea Times. She did a short stint at the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, where she obtained a new perspective on news production and life. Small sources of joy for her are lounging in the sun, having a good latte and swimming.
What would married couples hate most about each other?
A recent survey on singles show they fear their lovers would change after marriage. / Korea Times file
By Kim Bo-eun
Married couples often complain of how their spouses completely changed into different people after marriage, and this appears to be something that singles fear.
In a survey by matchmaking firm Duo on 425 singles in their 20s and 30s, 43.3 percent said they expected their lovers to change after marriage.
Men feared that their wives would gain weight and stop taking care of their appearance (39.3 percent), not care to shave (31.6 percent), and increasingly nag them (21.4 percent).
Women, however, had different worries. Their greatest concern would be that their spouse would become careless toward them (50 percent), followed by increased nagging (29.2 percent) and gaining weight and not taking care of their appearance (11.9 percent).
As for what they wished about their spouses after marriage, men responded that their wives keep in shape (33.5 percent), keep clean (25.2 percent) and remain enthusiastic in bed. Women, on the other hand, wanted their husbands to engage in sincere conversations (56.6 percent), followed by keeping in shape (16.9 percent) and keeping clean (9.6 percent).
Men said they would be most intolerant toward their wives coming home late, and spending the night out (62.1 percent), while women worried about their husband meeting with another woman (47.5 percent).