Could we please stop romanticising infidelity in the 21st century?? I'm currently at episode 7, and whilst the…
I understand why it might look like infidelity from the outside, but I actually don’t see this drama that way at all. If the FL were truly married to the SML and had a child together, I’d agree it could be infidelity, but that’s not the case here. The whole point of the drama is exploring how the ML copes with his feelings for someone he thought was married.
Even if you imagine a scenario where they were actually married, I’d still argue it’s not infidelity. Being attracted to someone who’s married isn’t a crime, it’s how you handle those feelings that matters. The ML never sleeps with her knowing she’s married, and he doesn’t intentionally try to get close to her with that knowledge either. Even when they share the same room at the old lady’s place, he exercises complete self-control.
In fact, the story shows him respecting her boundaries and her life. He’s happy seeing her with her family and walks away rather than pursuing her. He only gets upset when her husband betrays her, he doesn’t want to cheat with her, and he doesn’t want her to be cheated on either. Looking at it from his perspective, this isn’t a story romanticizing infidelity, it’s a story about moral restraint, respect, and navigating complicated emotions.
I dont see him that way at all...He just cope with it best he can... Its so hard because he is man on the end…
I like your take on it! 🥹 He really is struggling between what he feels and what he thinks he should do. His mom’s words definitely add pressure. I still see him acting more out of practicality, but your point about his emotional conflict makes sense too. Even by his nature, he is attracted to her, we have to appreciate the fact that he knows moral and tried his best to turn off his feelings, distant, even get engaged to another girl he is not in love with.😭
I think this ML is a loser and should get some real problems in his life.The son of a bitch falls in love with…
You’re acting like he personally stole your wife. Breathe... He is not stealing anyone's wives. The fact is he lets her go and tried his best to distant himself. Appreciate that instead of insulting him.
The ML is trying to get a woman to cheat on her husband what a self absorbed self pitying dweeb simp asshole.…
Hey, I think you misunderstood the situation. No one was trying to get anyone to cheat. That wasn’t the intention at all. Before she told him she was married, he was in love. After finding out, he tries his best to distant himself from her. He even told her to quit but that didn't happen because FL tries everything to prove her ability and worth. When he saw SML and SFL together, he got mad because he is worried for FL thinking SML is her husband and he cheated on her. ML is totally not a red flag. He smiled when he saw her with her kid and husband. If you feel differently, that’s your choice, but there’s no need for insults. Take care!
if you keep watching you'll see it's the total opposite.
Yes he hates cheating. That's exactly why he was smiling when he sees Da-rim happy with SU and SU son thinking it's a lovely family. 😭 Can't you see how he stopped himself?
The ML is a ridiculously wealthy heir who’s had every material advantage imaginable—including the looks. Meanwhile,…
Haha. Emotional suffering doesn’t care about wealth or privilege. He’s still stuck loving someone he think he can’t have because of the lies around him. What is cool is that he have everything (looks, wealth, character) but he want Da-rim because no one made him feel like how Da-rim made him.
I don't know why many people think ML is being forceful. He just followed his dad and the girl's family's choice, which is engagement (it was beneficial for his mom too), and he is a businessman man so he knows what will benefit him the most.
Benefit # 1: Doing that will free his mom from his dad. His mom's freedom and happiness is his happiness. Benefit # 2: He doesn't like cheating, and he wants to save himself from becoming a cheater.
I feel bad for Ha Yeong but honestly I see what you mean. In ep 2, she pretty much disregarded JH's refusal and…
Yep. It's like a reverse from ep 2 and til now. I don't know why many people blame ML for being forceful. He just followed his dad and the girl's family choice (it benefit for his mom too). An advice I would give SFL is to not persue man. SML should pursue her instead. She have everything (looks, money, character).
jesus christ, that's not love. he was obsessed with her and just wanted to possess her just like jin ah's husband.
I’m not trying to excuse everything he did. What Jun Seo did was extreme, but that doesn’t automatically make him a villain. His emotional collapse came from trauma, guilt, and desperation, not from a desire to control or hurt her. He wasn’t calculating or manipulative the way someone like her husband was.
Crossing the line doesn’t make someone evil; it makes them tragic, flawed, and desperate. Jun Seo’s love was destructive, yes, but it wasn’t about entitlement, power, or abuse. It was about fear, guilt, and not knowing how else to protect someone he cared about.
No matter what, we can't change each others opinion so let's leave it as like that.
jesus christ, that's not love. he was obsessed with her and just wanted to possess her just like jin ah's husband.
He wasn’t trying to erase her or control her life like her husband did. He was desperate, guilt-ridden, and trying to fix a situation he couldn’t fully control. His actions came from fear and love, twisted by trauma, not from entitlement or deliberate cruelty.
About the documentary: he wasn’t trying to paint himself as morally clean or excuse anyone’s actions. He was exposing a complex truth, the chain of events that trapped her while showing how deeply flawed the system and the people around her were. Yes, it wasn’t perfect, and yes, some things were messy, but that doesn’t make him malicious.
Trying to kill himself and her was tragic and extreme, yes, but it came from emotional collapse, not calculated malice. It shows desperation, not premeditated control. Real love is complicated, and in his case, it was destructive because he didn’t know how else to cope, but that doesn’t make him equivalent to someone who systematically abuses or manipulates. I know cases like you mentioned and I don't support it as well. I'm just talking about his character throughout the whole show.
Calling him her last shackle is fair in hindsight, but it’s not the whole story. He was flawed, broken, and desperate, not evil. His tragedy comes from how deeply he cared, even if he went about it in a destructive way.
I get why the documentary upset you, but saying Jun Seo made all the people who harmed her look like victims is…
I see why the documentary upset you, but I think it’s being misunderstood. Jun Seo wasn’t trying to punish her or make it seem like she wasn’t the victim. He was trying to show the truth about her suffering and how society failed her.
Yes, it was messy and not perfect, but it wasn’t about excusing the people who hurt her. He acted out of guilt and desperation, trying to fix something he couldn’t control. It doesn’t make him blameless, but it does show he wasn’t being cruel or selfish on purpose. The tragedy is that his emotional collapse caused unintended consequences.
Just stating my opinion and you are entitled to your own as well.
Even if you imagine a scenario where they were actually married, I’d still argue it’s not infidelity. Being attracted to someone who’s married isn’t a crime, it’s how you handle those feelings that matters. The ML never sleeps with her knowing she’s married, and he doesn’t intentionally try to get close to her with that knowledge either. Even when they share the same room at the old lady’s place, he exercises complete self-control.
In fact, the story shows him respecting her boundaries and her life. He’s happy seeing her with her family and walks away rather than pursuing her. He only gets upset when her husband betrays her, he doesn’t want to cheat with her, and he doesn’t want her to be cheated on either. Looking at it from his perspective, this isn’t a story romanticizing infidelity, it’s a story about moral restraint, respect, and navigating complicated emotions.
He really is struggling between what he feels and what he thinks he should do. His mom’s words definitely add pressure. I still see him acting more out of practicality, but your point about his emotional conflict makes sense too. Even by his nature, he is attracted to her, we have to appreciate the fact that he knows moral and tried his best to turn off his feelings, distant, even get engaged to another girl he is not in love with.😭
Benefit # 1: Doing that will free his mom from his dad. His mom's freedom and happiness is his happiness.
Benefit # 2: He doesn't like cheating, and he wants to save himself from becoming a cheater.
Ep 9 preview: no 😭
Crossing the line doesn’t make someone evil; it makes them tragic, flawed, and desperate. Jun Seo’s love was destructive, yes, but it wasn’t about entitlement, power, or abuse. It was about fear, guilt, and not knowing how else to protect someone he cared about.
No matter what, we can't change each others opinion so let's leave it as like that.
About the documentary: he wasn’t trying to paint himself as morally clean or excuse anyone’s actions. He was exposing a complex truth, the chain of events that trapped her while showing how deeply flawed the system and the people around her were. Yes, it wasn’t perfect, and yes, some things were messy, but that doesn’t make him malicious.
Trying to kill himself and her was tragic and extreme, yes, but it came from emotional collapse, not calculated malice. It shows desperation, not premeditated control. Real love is complicated, and in his case, it was destructive because he didn’t know how else to cope, but that doesn’t make him equivalent to someone who systematically abuses or manipulates. I know cases like you mentioned and I don't support it as well. I'm just talking about his character throughout the whole show.
Calling him her last shackle is fair in hindsight, but it’s not the whole story. He was flawed, broken, and desperate, not evil. His tragedy comes from how deeply he cared, even if he went about it in a destructive way.
Yes, it was messy and not perfect, but it wasn’t about excusing the people who hurt her. He acted out of guilt and desperation, trying to fix something he couldn’t control. It doesn’t make him blameless, but it does show he wasn’t being cruel or selfish on purpose. The tragedy is that his emotional collapse caused unintended consequences.
Just stating my opinion and you are entitled to your own as well.