Cabbage Your Life Episode 7

Making choices

The eldest son’s lack of multitasking skills is not working in his favor. As a doctor, it should be a given that multitasking is a key necessity. His lack of communication with Bo Mi is going to bite him in the ass because he will seem fickle. He is at the age to question everything but he lets others decide for him and then falters under the pressure. When trying to make a stand for himself he is still wavering. I like that his dad did not try to make the choice for him, but truthfully said all decisions good or bad should be dealt with forthrightly and owned. That it was a given consequences would result no matter the path. Here Bo Mi is way ahead of him and has been gently steering him to become his own man. But he pretty effectively cut her off to have time and he then goes to Seoul with no further info given. As much as Bo Mi doesn’t want to choose officer Park, he is showing himself to be the more stable and trustworthy choice. The mom — I have very mixed feelings. Where did she get money forcing her to leave with kids? She has good intentions but her panic attacks are caused by her need for control and she is blackmailing the entire family whether on purpose or not. We learn that she came from a rural background and has very good reason to want her children to have more choices young. But the point she completely misses is that she feels empowered to make all the important decisions for a young adult rather than telling him her story and letting him come to his own conclusions with the most information possible. This is where dad gets it much better. While I understand the mom’s motives better, I find I like her even less than initially because of her tunnel vision of living vicariously through her son. She has opportunity with her other two boys and the oldest has the bulk of her attention. She has been talked down from intervening in the college interview but whether she will comply is another damn good question. Mr Seong and village chief knows the company is doing something flakey with the reports and Mr Seong even now knows who. The company seems to want to steal the land from the villagers and using fake soil reports to lock them out of commercial farming. Mr Seong brings this up to his superior and is offered a deal. It is unclear if this is to do the right or wrong thing because ultimate loyalty is demanded and a contract expected to be signed. Is this with the real or fake information? The troublemaker boss is possibly leaving but what exactly is the top boss wanting him to do? That is the real question. This episode has father and son being pressed with a life changing choice. The wife needs to come clean about her debt and maybe that will calm her down a bit. The villagers know something is up and waiting to see if Seong fails and wondering what happens to them if he does.

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