now my Saturday mornings are all about you.
My whole life is you now.
Because before our meeting, I was editing our video,
and after our class, I have to edit ours
during the class, I'm also facing you.
Yes, I need to explain to the audience that I did change my clothes!
Yeah, exactly, they can't say I haven't changed my clothes for a week.
And you've changed your style now.
Why did you start growing a beard?
Are you trying to look like a mature uncle?
This way, I can change the video thumbnails.
People who like beards can click on Brice from different periods.
Yes, and there's also bald me.
So, has anything interesting happened to you in Taiwan lately?
you have something really big to tell me, right?
If you don't want to say it, we can talk about something else.
I can talk about it, I can, I can.
Yeah, so you have a girlfriend, right?
Ah, last week when we met, you didn't say a single word about it.
Right, I didn't say anything.
So, and you didn't ask either.
Like, 'How is life in Taiwan?'
If you hadn't asked, I wouldn't have brought it up.
Yeah, so how did you get a girlfriend so quickly?
or a month and a half ago when I met this girl.
yeah, things developed slowly.
So, how did you meet her?
Was it through an app or...
Someone's birthday party.
A mutual friend's birthday party?
Uh, I only knew one person there.
to that friend's birthday party.
knew this person, but you...
we didn't continue chatting.
You mean this girl you were interested in?
Yeah, exactly, the one who is now my girlfriend.
Ah, yes, yes, that's great!
So does that mean at the first meeting, you just looked at each other...
Yeah, we didn't really feel anything.
no spark like love at first sight.
OK, because something happened between us,
and then we kept chatting,
and we found our humor...
our sense of humor is quite similar.
Yeah, and then, yeah, we are really alike.
We have many mutual interests and hobbies.
We have lots of common topics as well.
Yes, yes, yes, lots of common topics.
talking to her felt really comfortable.
Ah, the feeling of liking her.
Wait, wait a minute, I think...
Because I knew she would leave Taiwan,
like, she is leaving Taiwan in July.
Ah, she's not Taiwanese. She's...
Weren't you looking for a Taiwanese girlfriend?
She is a Japanese girl who grew up in the US.
Ah, so is her native language English or Japanese?
Ah, so she doesn't speak Chinese?
Maybe my Chinese is a bit better than hers.
So you communicate in English?
Hahaha, but you live in Taiwan,
and were looking for a Taiwanese girlfriend.
But that's not something you can control.
Ah, right, right, so yeah.
I already knew she would leave Taiwan.
September? What do you mean September?
There's still four months left!
So it's basically a countdown.
A countdown, with only four months left.
So, if you knew there was this deadline,
why did you still decide to become boyfriend and girlfriend with her?
If it was just me having feelings for her,
then I think it would be fine,
And since she has to leave, it's fine.
that we have a special connection,
a romantic spark, and she was interested in me, so...
she told me, 'It's okay, we can give it a try.'
Yeah, so I feel it's a bit dangerous.
Because I'm afraid of long distance.
It's too long distance, since she's going back to the US, right?
Actually, in September, she's going to Thailand.
But I'm afraid I might...
get too deeply, deeply attached to her.
Too deep, and then I might decide to leave Taiwan and go back.
So you might not even stay for three years before moving back.
That's what I'm afraid of.
You've finally made it over here,
and now it feels like you're going back! Hahaha.
But I really don't want to go back to France.
But you've already agreed,
that your relationship now is officially boyfriend and girlfriend,
So she told me we can give it a try,
so I told her, 'Okay, give me a moment to think about it.'
Yes, yes, I already knew.
She preferred to be with me,
To be together long-term.
In a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship.
Because we also discussed
whether we should just be friends or stop completely
So we considered a few different options,
and she preferred the boyfriend-girlfriend relationship.
Right, right, so I thought about it.
I also talked to some friends, and they said,
'You can just give it a try,' right?
Yeah, I mean, before I thought, like...
you've been here for so long without a girlfriend,
but once you got one, things developed so quickly.
because before, I didn't want to have a girlfriend.
I had some friends with benefits,
and I felt it was very free and fun.
Then why did this person change your mind?
It's just that I felt I couldn't treat this person as a friend with benefits.
I had to take her seriously.
What gave you that feeling about her?
she feels like a truly wonderful person,
and it feels so comfortable,
It's like you can say whatever is on your mind,
think, 'Ah, maybe it's not good to say this.'
Mhm, right, right, right.
Because I always thought you cared more about looks,
they can be good friends, right?
But a girlfriend is different.
But it's even better if she's also sexy, right?
So, I think my girlfriend is very beautiful, but...
she's also a great person, and I think she's a good fit for me.
and the distance between you will be so far.
no, yeah, that makes it really hard.
But she's still in Taiwan now, right?
Right, right, I mean after September.
well, I think in September,
we'll need to have another chat.
Because I really don't like long distance.
meaning as long as you graduate from college,
they let you work in the US for a year, right?
So I had that deadline too.
Then I moved to Washington, D.C.
When I had six months left before leaving the US,
I met someone who really made my heart flutter.
we had a really great connection when we talked.
Oh, I had the exact same feeling as you about this person.
I wanted to be boyfriend and girlfriend with him.
So at that time, I was like,
not tell him that I had only six months left.
But because my feelings for him were so strong,
I felt like I didn't want to just be friends with benefits.
I wanted to be more official.
I said, 'Look, I only have six months left before I leave.'
to be completely honest with you.
At that time, the two of us had planned
He was going to drive me to the beach,
called Virginia Beach over there.
We were going to have a very nice weekend.
And I thought, we still have half a year,
Maybe I would find a new job,
and be able to stay in the US.
But the moment he received that message,
he said, 'Such important information like this,'
you should have told me the first time we met!
I'm someone who takes relationships very seriously!
What do you mean by telling me this now?
we were supposed to go on our trip two days later.
Everything was already booked.
And then he just canceled everything,
and stopped seeing me completely. Ah, wow.
But I wanted to connect with him on a deeper level,
so he was really looking for a long-term partner.
But he felt that since I had the possibility
he didn't want to invest.
could very well let me stay here.
But he didn't want to hear it,
and broke it off very decisively.
Mm, was the issue that he felt you lied to him?
I think he was looking for a very serious partner,
the kind to spend his whole life with.
But that also touched me.
Of course, I was still in the phase of getting to know him,
but he just felt that at his age,
he didn't want to waste any time.
He wanted to find something that was certain,
without any uncertain factors involved.
Right, but I think there would have been many ways.
Even if I couldn't find a new job,
we could have gotten married or something.
We could have found a way to stay together and make it work.
But when he faced this uncertainty,
the uncertainty, the future uncertainty,
then I think you did the right thing, you did the right thing.
Yeah, because I felt I also wanted to be serious and responsible,
so that's why I told him.
So I kind of understand your way of thinking.
Right, but his behavior...
his behavior was a bit strange, I think, being so direct.
Yes, to leave... I remember one time,
yes, and it was so sudden.
It was originally so sweet, and then it was cut off just like that.
So at that time, I thought,
if I hadn't said anything, maybe I could still
have been with him for those six months.
That's okay, but that wouldn't have been the same,
since you said it wasn't just a hookup.
You just said it wasn't a hookup.
You had feelings for him.
Right, so you needed to...
You wanted to give it a try.
Hahaha, you suddenly made me remember this story.
So, anyway, I don't know.
Maybe, maybe we'll break up in September.
But I think the two of you...
with you going back to France and all,
You just don't know about these things.
Then just enjoy these five months.
Okay, I'll interview you more about it later!