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Lesson 15

Gold-Diggers

Recently, I had an experience that left a deep scar on
my psyche. Let me tell you all about it: My friends set me up for

a blind date with this girl with “a face that could launch a thou-
sand ships. Being gullible, I fell for her head over heals at first

sight. It mattered not that she seemed more interested in my
bank account than in me, for during those times I was crazy in

love, drunk with passion. On a single date, I cared not if I would

spend more than I earn in a week because as I said to myself
“money comes, money goes”. She was sweet: she would send me long-distance collect calls at odd

times of the day and tell me she is thinking of me, and “could you pick me up at the airport tonight
and make reservations for me at this plush hotel?” “And could you pay for it sweetheart?” She was

caring: one time, I was down with a terrible flu and she came over with a bouquet of Roses with a get
well soon card that said,” I miss you so much” and “P.S. Could you loan me a thousand grand? I’m

broke” Then one day, out of the blue, she told me she was leaving me. I was stunned .On the verge

of tears, I asked her why, and she told me that she met this nice guy with a high rise condo, and the
latest model of BMW.” E60..nice crocodile leather seats and a mini bar inside....oh, so cool” I have
kicked myself in the teeth since then, countless times that I need a dentist, and my heart had been

shattered to tiny million bits I couldn’t find the pieces to put them back together. My friends had not

been very helpful in my recovery, with their shocked comments as ,” You didn’t know?” or “How could
you be so blind?” Well, well, with a stoic calmness developed from being hurt in the same soft spot

in my heart that it developed a comfortable callous, I say, “Golddigger! You!” Sigh.

Comprehension

1. What were the reasons why the woman left the writer?
2. What was the experience that left a deep scar in the writer’s psyche?

Questions

1. Have you or a friend you know, had a similar experience?
2. Talk about Gold-diggers in Korea.

Vocabulary & Expressions

gullible: easily deceived or cheated
stunned: filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise
or shock
stoic: One who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy,
grief, pleasure, or pain.
callous: insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic.
head over heels: intensely; completely
out of the blue: suddenly and unexpectedly

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