Man secretly spent a year learning Korean to surprise his wife and her family during wedding speech

Sure, bringing a bouquet of flowers home for your other half is a cute surprise but it’s got nothing on what this bloke did.

Plus, Ben Carpenter’s dedication to surprising his partner is sure to give you a kick up the arse to actually stick to that new year’s resolution you’ve made to do Duolingo.

That’s because he consistently goes viral on social media after spending a year learning Korean. Yeah, he’s the lad who gave that wedding speech.

You know the video, the one you were all crying over when he surprised his wife and her family after tying the knot.

Putting in a whole load of time to work on his language skills, he didn’t just learn how to say ‘I love you’ and ‘hi my name is Ben’. Oh no, the guy really did learn Korean.

Ben took secret Korean lessons. (TikTok/@bdccarpenter)

Remembering a whole lot more than that, Ben surprised everyone with his speech.

His speech started off standardly before he shared how he and bride, Sohee, had joked ‘for months’ that it would be ‘cute’ if he learned a little Korean to ‘sprinkle’ into his speech.

But he then began speaking in the language to reveal that, ‘as a show of respect’, he has been ‘secretly taking lessons’.

“When Sohee and I first started dating, she told me in Korean culture, dating a foreigner is frowned upon by many Korean people. I was very scared to meet you, because I felt like maybe I wouldn’t be accepted,” the groom said. “But I was wrong.”

“You welcomed me with a warm heart. Thanks to all of you, we’ve made it this far.

“I’m thankful you’ve accepted me as a new member of the family, and I promise to love and take care of Sohee forever.”

His wife got pretty teary. (TikTok/@bdccarpenter)

The camera frequently shows his wife’s parents who nod and smile along as Ben fluently delivers the heartwarming speech.

After the speech, Sohee’s parents hug Ben as his wife tears up.

In the TikTok caption, he revealed he had been sneaking off for half an hour at a time for video calls she didn’t know about and often pretended they were for work.

“In bed I would often put one headphone in so she couldn’t hear what I was doing, and turning my screen away so she couldn’t see either,” he wrote.

“I set myself a goal of learning just a teeny tiny bit of Korean as a show of respect to her and her family on our wedding day.”

Well, he’s absolutely smashed that and put our Duolingo records to shame.