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Well said! Stories like HIMYM and Definitely Maybe are the ones where it made sense that baby-mama =/ the one true-love that got away.
HIMYM and DM are also the ones that made a magical, happy-ending possible. When it was pretty evident by the halfway point of 25-21's finale that the OTP break-up was pretty final, I was worried they might try to use the kid for a possible reconciliation in 2022 (one is divorced, the other is single, and neither have completely moved on!)... but I'm also relieved they didn't go down the cliched route!

When you're short-handed in a war-like situation... juniors get sent off. Not absolute freshers and rookies... he had about 3 yrs worth of experience at that point...

From NJH playing characters that need therapy... to giving us dramas that make viewers need therapy.
Wow! xD

Catfish, max. I agree!

The biggest irony of the finale:
-BYJ wanting to reunite his family, and also perhaps have a loving family of his own, one day... ends up alone, married to his career (aka successful but lonely)
-NHD breaking up with BYJ cuz she couldn't deal with his unavailability, but marrying someone who's equally as unavailable, and also implied to have separated/ divorced by Y3 of their marriage.

What a love-letter from the writers to Gen X... you think they have their shit together (success, money, settled), but they don't! xD

Yeah, even if they didn't completely break-up then, Yi-Jin (& his mopey-ness) are not sustainable for any relationship at all. No wonder he's implied to have stayed single after Na Hee-Do. It's okay, people have problems... I just wish he'd taken Hee-Do's advice of 'seeking easily available professional help in the West' (aka 'therapy') to have a more fulfilling life, thereafter! ^^

I'm telling you, Yi-Jin should have just friend-zoned Hee-Do after the NYE kiss, like he initially planned to. He was right in his fear that he could never have something good for too long. My heart breaks for the poor boy! T_T

So, writer broke Jungkook's heart, i guess? xD

The death would have humbled me and made me hold onto my loved ones even more dearly. Think 3x phonecalls, and quarterly visits! :)

The reason why they got together:
Na Hee-Do: found somebody who was going to be there physically for her, no matter what. A friend, a confidante, a family member.
Baek Yi-Jin: a reason to smile despite all of life'a burdens and sadness.

The irony behind their break-up:
Yi-Jin could no longer be physically present for Hee-Do because of his job, NY was the final nail in thr coffin. And Yi-Jin realized Hee-Do's love and support wasn't enough to make him smile anymore!
T_____T

I think as I grow older, I realize... what was okay for me at 22, may not be okay for me at 27. I get why the r/l worked for Hee-Do at 21 but not at 23....
We grow up, we move-on, things worth fighting for, eventually seem futile. This is why friendships dissolve, relationships end, breakups happen and so do divorces... :)

Na Hee-Do (at 20): Pesters Yi-Jin into being in a relationship with her, even though he knows 'it'll never work out'

Also, Na Hee-Do (at 22): I'm exhausted (at your unavailability). Let's break-up.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Third time's not a charm I guess?
Between Na Hee-Do's never-give-up attitude and Yi Jin's emo-ness....
The latter won!~

As much as I love Yi-Jin, i hate his primary reflex to difficult situations and crises as
1.Tendency to Mope (post NYE kiss, transfer to NY post 9/11, etc.),
2. Penchant to run-away (hangs up phone on a LIVE senior anchor, goes MIA in fishing village, runs away to NY instead of facing HeeDo, runs away after leaving her luggage), and
3. Refusal to TALK and share.
I can see why he can be a difficult partner to settle with.... frustrating, to say the least.

She doesn't regret breaking up with him. She regrets HOW she did it, instead. They fought, she screamed, they exchanged hurtful comments, but aside from the heat of the moment... she only had gratefulness in her heart for his presence in her life, for whatever little time it was. And because the break-up kinda turned ugly, she never got to express any of that, or let Yi-Jin speak out his side (of how he too had very happy memories with her)....

YiJin didn't have to move to NY at all. In fact, when you're in a semi-LDR already, any responsible adult would consult their partners before turning in an application, at the very least. Why Yi-Jin decides to mope and not even talk to her, baffles me.

Schrodinger's cat ending.... is the cat dead? Or is the cat alive? XD

You mean to say the secondary couple did Russia-Korea Long distance relationship, but the main couple couldn't do Korea-USA.
Writer, what is this double-standards really?? :O

This is why you do not date your personal red-flags. Hee-Do knew perfectly well the nature of Yi-Jin's job, and she pretended she would be okay with his physical (& emotional) unavailability even though she had seen her mom, but at the end of the day, she clearly wasn't okay.
At 21, we make stupid decisions and we think we can win over anything. The truth is, you can't win over yourself....

What a lazy and lame-ass reason for a breakup. Seriously.... people have been doing long-distance relationships much before the era of cellphones and internet. To think, you cannot make an LDR work in 2006 is hilarious!!