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It just occurred to me why Cha Seung Eon listens to audiobooks. He likes Han A Reum back! She's a librarian, so listening to audiobooks is perhaps his way of attempting to be at par with her.

LMAO.

Tell me about it! Tbh, I love grey characters. I think this standard is more rigid for female characters. Initially, most seemed to have been so taken aback that the FL in a Korean drama is fundamentally flawed and not a saint saving the world. 😄

Absolutely. On MDL here, KH is being labelled as a red flag and a b*tch and everything in between. And I am like, traumatised individuals, especially women, represent! 😄🤷🏻‍♀️

The 4th episode had such cute moments of hilarity.
The way little KH almost tackled timid little YS into the seat adjacent to hers.
GSG being unsuccessful in getting the local police to look for the "missing" KH and then sitting guard at her door against apparent thugs in her dad's motel.
I love the group of "gangsters". I would happily watch these guys just hanging out together.
I am beginning to be a bit puzzled by their female friend, though. Why does she keep misrepresenting the facts to KH? At first, I had assumed it was her misguided attempt to nudge KH and YS together. But now, I have no flipping clue.

Thank you so much for your kind words! 🥰 Tbh, it's a work in progress. At the end of the day, I have realised that one must learn to be one's own biggest cheerleader. We often end up as our own worst critics. One of the reasons why I love and emphasise with Kang Hee is that how she's keenly aware of herself and her surroundings, yet, despite moving so far away, she still gets stuck at things from her past, both good and bad. This is so relatable. No matter where one goes, memories follow and pervade your thought and action.

True. Dealing with toxic people, especially when they are family, is exhausting. Moreover, it's mystifying how they can wrest away your agency with just a snide remark or two. As you observed, it takes a while to give it back as good you get and not feel guilty about it, LOL, saying this from personal experience.

Glad to know that she has now drawn boundaries and is at a better place in her life. Tbh, life is too short to deal with toxic people. I do realise that not everyone has the luxury to walk away. I just hope that most eventually can do so.

Some sisters-in-law are bats from hell. The sheer audacity... Didn't even let the mourning period be over. I hope your friend is doing better.

Unfortunately, I have. And it is not pretty.

You GET it! I understand that everyone is entitled to their opinions. However, I feel that perhaps many viewers are missing out on the fact that not everyone has privilege of growing up in love and affection. And maintain their hold on saintly optimism. It's just that KH is bold enough to speak her mind even at the point of self-destruction. Also, both KH and YS are influenced by the parents they grew up with. YS shows signs of parentification. It's hard to get out of this way of handling your parents' messes.

Kudos to your second friend's parents. Unfortunately, sometimes in Asian families, even the parents of the girl wash their hands off of their daughter after the marriage. If their daughter is in trouble, they conveniently turn a blind eye and sermonise that time heals. *facepalm*
I don't understand why most are having trouble understanding KH. I don't want to sound patronising, however, I think her character can be understood best by those who either have witnessed dysfunctional families from close quarters or have faced such complicated dynamics themselves.

In Asian cultures, you end up marrying into the family. Unless, they go off of the grid, pesky relatives are really hard to avoid. In this context, it's his mother. Ain't no way KH is going to be able to avoid her if she and YS were to get together.

LOL. 🤣

So, basically Zhen Yu went around screwing up everybody's childhood by taking their siblings hostage. 🙄

He does play these tortured lover roles with finesse.

I don't find Chang Mei ungrateful. This is a woman who has survived huge personal losses. You don't survive this long without taking unsavoury decisions. She saved Mu Jiu and kept him hidden. She is desperate and caught in awful circumstances. She also believes that Mu Jui will probably never survive by just himself. She's wrong though, what he lacks in strength and skills, he makes up with his craftiness. He did manage to get into Yi City by himself.

Kindly spoil.

Yeah, you get it. I guess most viewers expected pop colours. The posters should have clued them in. Tbh, the way they captured rural Americana, without it looking shoehorned in, is a feat.

Rolling On the Floor Laughing

That's was exactly my thought while watching that scene.