How I caught Chlamydia in Japan

In 2014, aged 25, he stayed with a 31-year-old Japanese woman in Oita; they quickly became intimate and a couple. Both were diagnosed with chlamydia; antibiotics resolved urinary symptoms, but reactive arthritis caused painful swollen joints for nearly two years. Arguments, expulsions, and reconciliations ended their marriage plan; he left for Korea, ignored her apology, and remained single.

He links the turbulent relationship to later marital patterns, intensifying impatience to reunite with Mila.