M:  We all know that we've done some pretty crazy things when we start falling into that thing called love.  Particularly when it comes to puppy love.  In second grade I remember rewriting the lyrics of Madonna’s True Blue into something like "true blue Mike E. I love you..", or memorizing phone numbers and addresses of all the boys in my class.  From folding up notes into those football triangle shapes and passing them in class, to hiding a bottle of my parents' Kahlua and bringing it to my boyfriend's treehouse in the woods (sorry mom and dad), to sneaking out, having parties when our parents weren't home, or falling asleep while talking on the phone, at some point, everyone does something a little nuts for their “one true love”.

That said, even puppy love has its limits.  While I may have been happy substituting the last name of my boyfriend for my own on love notes in school (Tommy Brewer + Mindy Brewer = Love), never once did I think about displaying my affection in quite the same way that Korean couples do.  What we are seeing here may not be a new trend in Korea, but as spring has turned to summer, there are an increasing amount of couples, out and about, displaying their affection though...fashion.  Much to our amusement, Korean couples in love have adopted what they call the "couple look".  The couple look comes in a variety of flavors.  Single scoop -

matching shirts.  Couples will feature the same shirt in, one assumes, different sizes.  Kind of cute, maybe?  Double scoop - matching tops and coordinating bottoms.  Sometimes, the girl will wear a denim skirt and the boy will wear coordinating jeans.  Yes, oh boy.  Triple scoop - matching shirts, coordinating bottoms, and a hat.  Discovering a triple scoop is always a real pleasure.  The real find though, is what I liken to the brownie sundae of the "couple look" - matching shirts, coordinating bottoms, matching hats, and the same footwear.  Yes, they make the same shoes for both men and women who wish to display their deepest love for each other by wearing the exact same thing.

Rob is convinced that the couple look is perpetuated by the woman, forced on the guy, because she is dying to show the world that she has finally found a boyfriend.  I believe, however, that the guy might not be as unwilling as Rob would like to think.  Young men in Busan, after all, love to carry around their murses (or man purse) and often its the girlfriend that doesn’t have to bother carrying a bag.  Guys like this often dress quite femininely, wear make-up, and are

constantly primming their hair.  These pretty men are known in Korea as "flower boys".  For some reason, I believe the flower boys would definitely embrace the "couple look" with vim and vigor!  

Honestly, for our amusement, we’re glad to have so many couple-look couples around.  We have made it a game around our neighborhood to see who can spot the most couples in "love" on a daily basis.  It has made us examine our own relationship and how far we would be willing to go for love.  I am still trying to convince Rob to go with the "couple look".  However, I think this will be tough:  he quickly changes his clothes if he notices that I am wearing so much as a similar shade of color as he has chosen, regardless of what the article of clothing is.  Hmm, maybe I should make him re-do his vows to include something about coordinating outfits...

So what silly things have you done in the name of “love”?  Have you succeeded in adopting the couple-look?  Would you even wear such a thing...?  Comment below.