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Dad showed a coworker his daughter's photo — without mentioning she was his daughter

Hand-picked from a Korean community · Trended Sep 6, 2026View original post ↗

The gist

A dad texts his daughter to confess how his stealth office matchmaking attempt went.

💬 ChatTypeset from the original screenshot · names removed

Dad
Daughter, don't be shocked, just listen
딸 충격먹지말고들어
Why why why what what what
왜왜왜 먼데먼데먼데
Dad
I showed the single guy at my office your photo, said it was some stranger — he said she's really ugly
우리회사 총각한테 모르는 사람이라고 딸사진 보여줬더니 진짜못생겼대
-_- What!! Is HE handsome?? So what did you say, Dad
ㅡㅡ뭐야!!지는잘생겼어??그래서 뭐라했어 아빠는
Dad
So I'm still pretending she's a stranger
그래서 계속 모르는사람인척 하고있어
Dad
Sorry, daughter
미안하다 딸
Dad
I only showed him to set you two up
소개해주려고 보여준건데
I don't want him either
나도 싫거든

Hand-picked from a Korean community · Trended Sep 6, 2026View original ↗

💡 Why doesn't Dad defend her?

He'd floated the photo anonymously to test a single coworker's interest, hoping to set them up. Owning up now would humiliate everyone, so he lets the lie stand and apologizes by text.vs. the US: passing off your kid's pic as "a friend's friend."