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I agree hard with "not funny for me". I find Taiwanese dramas are the ones where I genuinely laugh the most, with many other countries the humour is lost on me. But I admit, even with shows from my own country the humour in shows is often not funny to me.

So, I stumbled across Lakorns when "Husband in Law" MVs were in my recommendations repeatedly, and I know why, because the marriage of convenience/grumpy dude plot is right up my alley. But some scenes really made me question my tastes... It was all cute and fun until that one drunk scene, but the ending and the fact that it was discussed later on surprised me enough to give Kluen Cheewit a chance next... Broke off Hua Jai Sila though, it was a bit too much.
Those revenge/slap-kiss dramas do provide a weird sensation, though I might just watch anything Mark is in now, because that's some great acting. Though I am glad modern technology allows me to skip the yelling and fighting scenes, that just go on forever.
Also, I lived in Thailand for a while as a kid, and love hearing the language. I agree though, that Chinese is the most gentle on the ears.

Alright, alright, you convinced me to watch it. I didn't think I was into a drama about mental health, because I like the fluff, but the fairytale stuff seems really interesting.

As a parent with many foreign parent friends I realised that parenting is the same, exhausting and rewarding, all over the world. Even the phrases parents use with small children are the same.
Thankyou for the movie recommendations. I haven't been up to date in Indian cinema for 15 years now, so I am excited to see different storylines than the same-same I grew up with.

What I will say for real boyfriends though:
They actually talk to you about stuff. Like they don't just disappear to protect you, no, you will know everything about the danger and you can make plans together. You will also not find out about their traumatic past via a piece of paper that fell out of his dead moms diary while he is sleeptalking beside you, no, he will just tell you about it.
Also, so many more kisses and... other stuff. K-Drama maximum kiss-count after you just got together: about 5-10. Real boyfriend kiss count, right after you get together: infinite.

What I will say for real boyfriends though:
They actually talk to you about stuff. Like they don't just disappear to protect you, no, you will know everything about the danger and you can make plans together. You will also not find out about their traumatic past via a piece of paper that fell out of his dead moms diary while he is sleeptalking beside you, no, he will just tell you about it.
Also, so many more kisses and... other stuff. K-Drama maximum kiss-count after you just got together: about 5-10. Real boyfriend kiss count, right after you get together: infinite.

This was my first lakorn, and I honestly got a bit frustrated with Thien and Muey too. But I loved how they address most of the icky parts and Thien gets what's coming for him. Like there is real growth in both of them... And yeah, the chemistry was off the hook.

In real life people find each other in the "You might also know..." Section of Facebook, happened to two friends and now they are married.

Hard agree. Why? To prove that their love is strong? Let them move in and decorate a house together, or have kids, those are the things that test your relationship.

I feel like these should be part of the categories up top. The We-Met-As-Children trope does get tiresome, but I hate it even more if they met during some dramatic, murdery, psychopath incident or one of the characters has such an incident in his or her life for no reason. I mean it can be part of the main plot, emotional healing and all of that like in "When the weather is fine" which is so beautiful this way, but not just randomly like in "Secret Romance". Why does everybody need to have PTSD, is that a prerequisite to love?

This needs an update! When I discovered Dramas I was blown away by how good some of the kiss scenes were. Last time I watched Asian TV it was wide eyed pecks or behind some fruit bowl...
Anyhow, there are some really good ones in recent dramas.