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SML is indeed unprofessional. However, he met FL before he became a teacher, and they were friends back then, so I don't find it surprising that he still tries to be friends with her even if she's his senior.

The problem with the age gap is mainly due to bad casting. In the drama, SML is supposed to be 30 but the actor is 25, looks and acts like a teenager. That makes the whole thing cringey, in my opinion.

Omg, really? I must have missed that part or immediately forgotten it or I didn't realise that he was referring to the student. I'll try to rewatch the scene.

Like you, I hoped for an enemies to lovers drama but it doesn't make sense storywise as FL and ML have never been enemies. The synopsis here is quite misleading because FL and ML were rivals for like 2 minutes as teenagers before dating. However, we cannot blame the writers of this drama for stuff people write on MDL. Just because you don't find the present time part of this drama interesting (and that's fine), does not make this drama bad, in my opinion. At least, I am able to distinguish between my personal preferences and the writing itself.

She does like him but she was hurt as a teenager because she believed for almost 20 years that he had discarded her. To me, it makes sense that she doesn't immediately want to date him just because he materialised as a hot adult in front of her. When she figured out that it had been a misunderstanding, she probably felt ashamed because she had treated him so poorly. See the ending of ep 7.

It makes no sense to proceed with the teenager romance as if nothing has happened in ML's and FL's life during those 20 years. They are adults now, and they are starting a new romance.

What do you mean? He's trying to look nice for his woman. ^^

Exactly. Even though I'd really like to see them as a couple, I appreciated his bluntness. He doesn't nuture false hopes, so she can now move on to someone who wants to reciprocate her feelings.

The teacher student still acts as a third wheel trying to get some boyfriend moments with FL because FL is way too nice and occasionally gives him what he wants.

Why do you feel that the screenplay were bad? This is a fluffy romcom. Almost nobody expects a highbrow drama here.

The ending was so stretched that we can expect a totally "unexpected" plot twist. Otherwise, the father would have entered the room in the last few seconds instead of touching the door. ^^

No, you didn't miss anything. They haven't talked about the past yet. I think ML already knows or suspects everything. That's probably why he told Ji-hye that she should tell FL instead of him when she wanted to confess what she had done in the past.

And FL doesn't need any answers from ML either because she found his messages in the spam folder. She knows that he didn't abandon her and disappear without saying anything.

They'll probably talk later. There are still 4 episodes left. :)

It would be veeeery uncommon for a K-drama to make a nice and charismatic character a pedosexual. In ep 7, when he was talking to the teacher, he suggested that his family is rather difficult, so I think you might be right. The student is probably a family member, maybe the daughter or niece.

He's one of the few fortunate actors who can actively design their career. In my opinion, he choses his dramas wisely and shows his acting skills in a variety of roles. He'll probably still be relevant in a couple of years when he's old and "ugly".

I reported you too. :)

I'm sorry that I thought you were a woman. Male cat fights are rather rare here. We usually see them in animu forums only. Didn't expect to meet a neckbeard here.

The "too old" part is not crappy at all. As someone who is almost as old as FL and ML, I can relate to them more than I can relate to "little children". I usually don't watch romance dramas with teenagers because they are "too young" for me. For younger people, FL and ML are basically their parent's age.

Ep 7 is my favourite one so far in this drama. The story significantly progresses for almost all characters. I also like the teacher and the school nurse. I'm looking forward to the next episode. :)

Even though I like FL, I am able to acknowledge that not everybody enjoys a rather slowburn romance. Many people prefer if that a FL immediately falls for the sexy ML instead of rejecting him more than one or two times.

If you read the comments on Viki, you would have noticed that many people constantly complain about ML being "too old". The comment section is full of people not liking ML and FL because they find the younger version better. Many here are quite young themselves, so I understand that they can relate to younger actors better than to older actors. I don't mind that they feel this way.

It's okay that you have a lesbian crush on FL, thirsty and are down bad but it would be great if you could respect other people's opinion like they respect yours. :)

You are very eager to talk about fetishes just because I mentioned that I find your obsession fairly suspicious. And you seem to watch lots of videos about trans women on Youtube. Since you proved on mdl that you are more then ready for the next level: May I introduce you to websites featuring naked people doing naked people stuff? I'm sure you'll be quite busy there. :)

Omg, you are absolutely right. It's the same with atheists. They are poof that all religious people are wrong. And since you are so obsessed with detrans, we can call it a detrans religion. Since religions are wrong, we can conclude that the dogma of the detrans religion is wrong, thus trans people exist. I'm glad we were able to clear this up. :)

Since he doesn't even adress anything but spams random sentences, we can assume that he's just a troll.

Do you want to engage in a discussion or do you just want to spam the same few things like a bot?

Exactly. I was very happy in ep 1 because we finally get a romcom with main leads who are the same age and whose age matches the story. Both the younger and the older versions look the same age. (I don't care that the adults are meant to be 36 yo, the story also works with their actual age.)

Then they throw in a SML who looks like he could be FL's son and acts like a cute high schooler. I expected some one-sided noona romance but the guy is supposed to be in his 30s? That hospital scene ruined the whole illusion/immersion for me.

The actors are doing a good job at portraying their respective character but acting skills cannot make me forget how young/old the actors look.