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I have watched until ep.11 included. Okay, there was a love triangle, the FL took a little while to decide between the two men, this thing can happen. What I found a big flaw with was the portrayal of the baby. At the beginning, for a couple of episodes, he was a realistic obnoxious toddler. Then he became a silent and obedient angel, who ate and played by himself with no messes and no accidents; no tantrums and meltdowns either! Who adapted to the pre-school from the first minute, who adapted to all the neighbours babysitting him, who let everybody have their conversations and never caused any trouble. He was just a cute background.
All this was so unrealistic that it made me think... "have they drugged this little boy?".
They made him protest or whine only for a second or so in the last couple of episodes, when it suited the screenplay (the "no" phase). Even then, this model child, when left to stay up way beyond his sleep time, just played and played, he didn't have a hysteric fit with screaming and stomping, as it normal in such instances when the child is overstimulated and sleep-deprived.
I get it, South Korea desperately needs to promote births, but setting unrealistic expectations will make new parents only more miserable, because they will think: "Why isn't my child like Wu Ju? Am I doing something wrong?"

The intention was fine but there were some flaws in the execution.

See the credits here. Or on Wikipedia. First name is the female lead. Second name is the one she'll end up with. Third name is the 2nd lead.

If "try things" is only hanging out, there's nothing wrong.

If nothing has been said or agreed (meaning that the two are in a relationship right now), it is assumed that both are still free to explore.

That's what usually happens. Of course every story is different, but when we hear "go to a blind date" we don't assume that the two like each other and become a couple immediately.

Going on dates is not dating. You can go and have lunch or go to the movies or on a picnic, it doesn't mean that you have become a couple. Only when you commit to an exclusive relationship (I suppose that for most people the marker would be kissing or having sex) you have to drop everyone else and only have your chosen person.

The one whose name is bigger on the poster.

We don't know whether it will take her that long to choose. The synopsis doesn't tell the whole story, so there's hope that the choice part will be resolved midway.

I don't think you can call it "two-timing" when the person hasn't yet committed to an exclusive relationship, she's not become a couple with one of them yet. A blind date is not something with a fixed outcome, you get to know the person and then see how it goes. One can have several meetings and dates before deciding on who is "the one". (From that moment on, of course, you have to stick to that one, otherwise it's two-timing).

Yes but if these tropes are present in too many dramas, it limits our choice. And of course a drama may be good apart from this element, and one feels it's a pity, because otherwise it would have been enjoyable. Not talking about this particular one, because this one is based on a love triangle, so we've been warned.

I agree about the acting and camera angles, that's the director's field all right. The filters... maybe the actors themselves or their agency wanted them, as they are no spring chickens. I suppose everyone wanted them to look as young as possible.

She has a baby but she is not in a relationship with the baby's father. It's a one-night stand. She was already in love with someone else at the time.

But all this was the scriptwriter's job, not the directors. Or, more importantly, the production company's choices. The director works with the ready screenplay, although he may make some minor changes in the dialogue, doesn't tamper with the storyline.

If one has such high values and standards (and BTW I totally agree with those, and I've never had a one-night stand in my life, although I belong to the "corrupt Westerners"), then don't drink yourself into a stupor, because it's very likely that you will do stupid things you will regret.
Korean society seems to be so repressed that they need the drinking to be allowed to express some of their real feelings and urges, since there is no other available outlet. Isn't it better to express those things a bit more, but in a controlled way, rather than go to excesses under the influence of alcohol and then say "Oh but I was drunk" as an excuse? Everything is condoned, even if you speak casually to your boss or make an inappropriate comment, or dance in a ridiculous way, or confess to someone, or whatever... because it was during drinking. Drinking makes it okay.
I find this sort of attitude very hypocritical.
And of course, once you've had a steamy night with someone, reacting shyly because he looks at you, and generally acting as if this didn't happen, is very hypocritical as well. This person is definitely not the same as a total stranger. For good or for bad, you did share intimacy. At the very least, both of you should acknowledge that there was attraction. Dismissing what happened as irrelevant and non-existent is actually much more callous and unethical than the Western attitude.

Yes, it's a rehash of old k-romcoms from the 2010s. A dinosaur. With all the tired clichés. I don't think they have met as children and I haven't seen the white truck of death, but then I am only at episode 6, so who knows?

I don't see it like that. One of the reasons they love the girl is because she woke up what's best in them; with her warmth and her righteousness, she pushed them to emulate her and become the best version of themselves. That's a wonderful reason to love someone, and love has become the catalyst for the change of heart and maturity that came to both young men.

Very good one.

She's very strong but very quietly so. Inner strength and decisiveness, stubbornness even, but not at all loud - as all really determined people are.

"He does not blame his mother," Ha ha, we all know whom you're hinting at here. We all really laughed when a grown-ass man said "It wasn't me, it was my mom". We are not about to forget that incident.