Meeting My Chinese Language Partner for the First Time Several years ago, I thought it was a great idea to have a language partner to practice English. I wanted a female partner around my age. I tried to find one at another website, but in vain. Two and a half years ago, a Chinese man contacted me through the site.(I started learning Chinese at that time.) He wrote that he wanted to have a language partner because he was coming to Japan to get a master degree. At first, I was not sure if I would become his partner as he was much younger than I. I wrote back to him that I preferred a female partner. Then he suggested that I should try him first and then decide. I sensed his sencerity in his mail and his English was pretty good. I started to talk with him. He turned out to a very nice person to talk with. We talked about various things as well as learning languages. The day before yesterday, we met each other for the first time before he went back to his country. Early this morning, he flew back to China. He made me convince the gender or the age of language partners doesn't matter. I am very lucky to have a partner like him and would like to cherish our friendship for a long time.