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One of the main points of the drama is how devoted both the FL and ML are to their mothers. If she had the mental capacity to gush about her romantic escapes in ep 2 before she applied to the job, it would be going against her character’s expectations (and in most Asian cultures like in South Korea, it would be seen as insensitive). I’m not saying it’s a bad thing to think about something positive during hard times, but we need to be mindful about the drama’s key target audience.

And if you really think about it, even if it was a magical romance, the ending was so abrupt and embarrassing to her (she even said “JH probably thinks I’m a wierdo (for ditching him)”. So no matter how amazing the beginning was, it’s a humiliating experience to recall so it’s understandable why she didn’t talk about it *before* posting the falsified job application - she definitely should have told SU after dragging him into the lie.

She is indeed selfish and a liar BUT she isn’t doing it out of spite/ for her personal gain. The loans shouldn’t have been her responsibility. She could have continued her hermit life and just accepted SU’s help when he kept insisting, but she didn’t. She even was willing to quit initially since she understood why JH wanted her to get out of his life but she couldn’t because this job was her only option to help her mum. So while what she did was definitely bad at least we know that Darim too isn’t happy about her decision.

JH is important to her (she literally called him her lucky charm and said that she didn’t deserve him), but her mother is more important to her. The worst thing about her is accidentally sending mixed signals and not believing in herself enough to understand that the reason why JH is so angry is because his feelings back in Jeju were serious.

With SU, she definitely shouldn’t have taken advantage of their friendship and instead should have discussed everything with him before dragging him into the charade. As for his crush. She has explicitly friend zoned him so hard, he’s like a sister to Da Rim. SU’s delusions are on him.

Ah I see- I misunderstood the Jeju comment.

Da Rim is a liar but not telling the SML about Jeju immediately makes sense. She even didn't realize she abandonedJH back in Jeju until after a few days passed since she was occupied with her mum and sister's issues. It would also sound insensitive to mention about her whirlwind romance to SU when her mother nearly died 😅

That being said, I agree that she should have told SU the whole story so at the very least their lie would be on the same page. If JH had directly confronted SU about his wife leaving him for Jeju, their whole lie would have unravelled.

PS: I'm not saying I support Da Rim's lies, I just can see why she did it (if anything the drama is a good example of the consequences of lying)🙈

JH found out she was "married" after Jeju. The fake marriage/ loan disaster happened after she returned from Jeju.

SML doesn't know about Jeju because the ML specifically asked Da Rim to not to tell anybody about Jeju because he felt humiliated by his faux pas.

He tried to get her to resign just so he could forget her/ because he thought she was deceitful and manipulative...he’s not exactly cheating material

He's a self professed "anti-love" guy (for understandable reasons). The one time he FINALLY risked it all by being vulnerable with this very single girl who completely clicked with him suddenly disappears from his life only to come back as married with a kid. No wonder it screwed him up 🙈

This is literally a legal slice of life. The MC just happens to be gay.🙈

The FL is sad too (she practically has a meltdown in public after she finds out he's engaged/ she feels unworthy of his kindness and even suffers from stress induced gastritis).

The scene you saw is her just enjoying the ambience since she's there to celebrate Jun's friend's event. She doesn't know that his engagement is at the hktel (probably isn't aware of the engagement day either)

💯 agreed.

The stress induced gastritis adds to the plot and even the kidnapping kind of helps sell JH's meddling with her loan but most of the other accidents are really unnecessary 🙈

He's blind too 🙈

The first red flag was how she took forever to answer that she had a kid during the team induction. In his pov when they showed it, there was no hesitance 😅

Personally I think Da Rim's main problem is that she can't "act"? Even when JH tried to trap her Ex, DR kept apologizing for not being able to play the part since she couldn't control her feelings.

It could have been the writer's intention to use the Ex's situation to foreshadow her actions? She's basically a moth to JH's flame (and viseversa with him) no matter how badly she tries to resist it.

Everything about Da Rim is subtle so far. It's not loud like with JH.

I'm still wishfully hoping for it to end by next week. Parents being 💣 about the broken engagement/ inter-class relationship isn't a big deal but I hope JH and Dzr finds peace in eachother soon🙈

TBF Ha Yeong originally wanted to trap him into the marriage first.

Ep 2- JH met HY as soon as he found out about the business marriage to reject it but she rebuffed all his valid reasons by telling him that he has to marry her "just because"🙊

HY's situation is awful but she isn't a victim- it's just karmic at best.

Story of my life 🙈

That's true. He needs to take the first step so he can find peace- just like JH's mum🥲

I feel bad for Ha Yeong but honestly I see what you mean. In ep 2, she pretty much disregarded JH's refusal and told him to suck it up and marry her just because she finds his work ethic and snappy vibe refreshing 😅

It's almost Karmic🙈

(That being said, honestly at this point, she should just stay single and enjoy her life)

There's also the stress induced gastritis 🙈

Thanks for the suggestion! I don't mind melonchalic dramas usually as long as there's some indication from the beginning itself.

Did you try Junho's Typhoon Family yet? I wanted to but still couldn't find the time🙈

If the bio mum is alive/ if the marriage is quite recent/ kids are old, most would prefer to use Aunt- specially in Asian countries.

Exactly! Da Rim sees him as a bro so she might not freakout.

Then again I kind of see his point, DR is already drowning, adding his confession on to her plate might be too much.

Honestly he shpuld just be patient without freaking out. He knows why he kept quiet all this time afterall

The ML's father tries to separate them by giving them a reality check towards the end of the drama but they overcome it together. The family dynamic of the ML is quite similar to DK's (only the dad is more reasonable).

I wasn't really aware of Junho or Yoona before the drama so I guess it helped. Their chemistry sells the story.