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That's why I made the recommendation because for a change it is the girl going after the guy! However, I think it is good because the firefighter action is cool and when they finally get together they stay together, and I am talking about 15 episodes or so without any dumb break up or big misunderstandings.

This!

I feel like episode 9 will work in this direction because having ML step away should help her taste what she would lose if he is completely gone from her life, and what's more, that SML would never be able to fill the void in her heart (love) or their little family. The problem is that ML is still a wimp because he is not leaving out of self respect, but just pulling the noble sacrifice trope.

Sorry, I forgot that like gravity, it is an undeniable truth that in dramaland, women are allowed to go on blind dates, dates and accept advances from other dudes while the guy can only give his body and soul, remain loyal, give her space, but chase her at the same time, and accept her with all of her flaws, but he has to be the perfect bachelor with the face, the body and the talent, while the girl doesn't need any real qualification, and will receive the attention of every possible male specimen because yes. I regret failing to remember and adhere by these holy precepts of Dramaland, oh forgive me friend.

Most dramas expect the male lead to be a saint willing to be humiliated and harmed to somehow demonstrate their sincerity. I am watching another drama, while I wait for the next episode here, just to encounter a similar situation where the girl can even go on blind dates and ML is supposed to understand it and swallow it, while the girl will be forgiven for whatever reason she is doing that, be it because she is confused, or just too polite, or a pushover, or keeping a secret, or who knows what they just decide since anything seems to be a valid excuse to fulfill the fantasy that a girl can do whatever they want, even date someone else but the perfect ML will always wait for her...

Indeed. It makes no sense.

Thank you for considering my previous comment! :)

We can only hope ...

Oh... and this is a 12 episodes drama, not 20

Funny how you disqualy rating the show low because people don't like it when that's the whole point of rating... it would be bad if someone likes it, but still rage this low, but if people don't like something for any reason, then they are justified.

I find it hard to believe that this guy would have no objections on wanting to be in a relationship with FL even when she is the guardian of a kid now. If dramas have shown me something is that single people usually run away from divorced people or people with kids like they have the plague or something, but suddenly this guy is willing to become a step father for a girl that he flirted with 7 years ago...

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That's what I've observed. We have seen this trope before, and we know what the result will be, since being able to experience the illusion with all the restrictions it carries including that she has to pretend in order to fit that illusion and about to face how it feels to lose what fills her heart and brings her comfort should move things along, but I still hope that things move quickly in their relationship, since the father issues, raising the baby and their careers alone should be more than enough to carry the last 4 episodes without the need of extending the love triangle anymore.

I agree with you. It is obvious that FL likes ML, which makes it even more of a nuisance that she went on that date because it felt superficial at best

Instead of behaving like a lost teenager trapped in the expectations of the past, she should have found herself having to grow up now that she is a mother figure and reject the advances of SML and even ML because she doesn't have time for dating, but for work and taking care/providing for her now son. They could have had the other guy trying but her keeping her distance while slowly falling for ML, while still not opening up completely because raising the kid is more important until she figures out that she can be a great mother figure and love ML, because he is the father figure in this family anyway...

If the writers were smart enough, and wanted to drag the main leads getting together too early, I have a better suggestion than the stupid love triangle...

Let's hope that this one can become a no break up gem!

Yes, it was extremely easy to either leave the love triangle out, or close it in two to three episodes with a bit of character development for FL instead of this continuous mess that could live us with a classic only the last 5 minutes happy ending...

Yes, she has been in Lala Land from the moment she met SML again. She even denied the kid's existence to appear single and available, followed by spending most of her time working away from home and with SML, and allowing this stranger to introduce himself in the life of a vulnerable kid that needs care and most definitely not a weird guy playing nice only because he wants a piece of the cake...

I agree on your analysis of ML. He is depicted as the better healthier option because he is willing to wait and give her space, but the problem is that the girl is a pushover and the other guy is person with bad intentions taking advantage of her, so the girl must snap out of it, but ML also has to wake up and value himself more, and if he wants the girl, go for the girl.