Moonbeam

It was a great scene!

The better part of the plot is based around that lie tho, if they resolved it too quickly, then there would be no more story to tell, just the leads being all lovey-dovey for like 6 episodes? That would be boring too, even more boring. (If they stretch the lie for another 1-2 episodes it will be too much, and it will turn boring, but as it seems JH found out now and things will start to resolve in ep 9, I feel like it’s well-paced enough for me, so far.)

I agree that she needs to come clean to both of them. Although the lie and situation is way more complicated with JH and the explanation is more urgently needed, she also is keeping information from Seonu (She thinks that it is insignificant, and I understand why she would see it like that, but still she should be completely honest in the next episodes) and had involved him in the situation first, without his consent (no matter how it is now, that he is using the situation to his gain too, and yet himself can’t be completely honest, it doesn’t erase or “even it out” - they both should talk openly with each other, and apologize probably).

Agreed (that’s also why I think she didn’t lie that she’s a single mom - some people here question why she didn’t do that - it’s another thing asking her grown up friend to help her (even though it wasn’t right either, that she used him without his consent first) and it’s another thing making a kid lie like that in a situation that he doesn’t understand, it would be so wrong and unfair towards Jun, especially if his real dad is right there).

Super!

isn't that enough to be someone’s grandma tho? Some people have children early (or maybe my tired brain can’t math right now idk)

Really like this poster

Cute

He seems to have real problems though [his father being mentally abusive to his mother, he has trauma (because of his father) and disdain for cheaters but he almost became one (so he’s torturing himself over it), his father being controlling and pushing him into a business arranged marriage].

And so far, I don’t think he realised that ML and FL like each other mutually and how much they do (Darim even denied it in front of him - she lies in front of the ML that she’s married because she needs the job, but she also isn’t being truthful with SML because she doesn’t think it matters).

I feel like while she is aware that she is supposed to be a married woman, the fact that she’s only pretending and in reality she isn’t, makes her mentality way different than if she actually was married. She’s unconsciously disregarding a lot of things, and doesn’t feel that bothered at heart about them, because she isn’t really married, and that’s why she stays quite obvious about a lot of things (like she thought that Jihyeok was upset about her showing up at his apartment because of his engagement and not because that her being a “married woman” made what they were having inappropriate and wrong and he did want to do that).

However for our male lead, the things he knows as true, are the unquestionable reality for him, so he’s way more bothered by these things, has more thoughts an conflict regarding the situation.

She’s living and making choices while knowing her lie is a lie, while he lives in her lie as his reality (well, up until the end of ep 8 it seems).
I am not trying to justify the FL, she’s started to annoy me too. Just say, that she is quite dense.

yes, but on the other hand, I don’t think he’s aware of even half of how much Darim likes Jihyeok, and from his perspective Jihyeok is a stranger that suddenly and strongly took interest in Darim (he doesn’t know how they met in Jeju, Darim also denied to Seonu that Jihyeok likes her or that there’s something between them more than once), which might come off as sleezy.
So while part of his reasoning is selfish, he also has the credit of not knowing a bunch of stuff (so far) that the viewers already know about.

But I’m not a fan of the love triangle troupe being used here either.

But the fact that she is treated like a mistress by ML is also entirely because of her own actions, as she is the one who always initiates contact between her and SML.
SML is only involved/at fault for making her not tell the truth, which he is doing both for his selfish reason and for FL’s sake (she asked him to keep that secret no matter what too) so that she won’t lose the job etc.

What’s the other drama haha?

No, I agree with everything you said and I am of the same sentiment.
That’s why what I said above is really just a pet peeve, my irritation speaking (is the female lead really worth all this trouble? ) rather than a more rational take on his character haha.

Really? I didn’t notice it that much, he is the SML but he’s also listed as the main character so he should have a pretty big amount of screen time by default (I guess)

If she registered herself as a single mother she would have to eventually involve Jun (SeonU’s son) without involving his father (since in the first place she decided to apply and lie because there kind of is a kid and a man “in her house”), which would be weird and unfair towards that boy (pretending? Acting? he doesn’t know about the situation and a child should be involved in adults problems like that). I guess that’s why she applied while giving SeonU’s name as her husband, it’s easier and less damaging to pull off.

to be honest he did reject Haeyoung, although quite passively/delicately/lousily, and he remains kinda ambiguous/indecisive afterwards (she’s also unfazed by how he replies to her advances and kinda pursues him anyway no matter what he says - so far).

Nah, I like him, but there’s no way. (Also honestly, when someone is the SML 99% of the time they don’t get the main girl, if the pairing isn’t excellent what is the point of cheering for that ship? Since it’s quite obvious that it won’t happene?) Eventually with the SFL, although right now it’s not looking promising.

Inviting your ceo workers and their spouses etc seem to be a cultural thing tho