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It can be genetics and u can't spot reduce so looks like he lost overall weight which does make a difference to someone's face as well, tho how much of a difference comes down to again things like genetics and individual body composition. For eg. actors like seo in guk, park bo young, jung so min etc r really lean but they still have more fuller faces.

It doesn't explain why haran wouldn't remember his face/voice tho...plus the actual bf was shown to be talking to haran i think in that first scene at the lab? I think seonu chan doesn't remember the exact details of the explosion but this is an interesting theory

Ya thats how i did too at first but then fhe timing seemed kinda off coz if he had already died in the explosion, isn’t it too quick for his sister who is across the globe to call haran at the exact moment to inform her he passed? Idk if it's just a moment that requires some suspension of belief but considering seonu chan was still using the bf's laptop, i think the bf was still at vacation when. The explosion happened and he passed then, not the explosion?

Yaa honestly they answered a lot about their past in ep 3 already, im suirised with the pace and hopefully it keeps up! It seemed like seonu chan himsekf doesn't remember the full extent of his own accident at the lab which is also rpobabmy why he still hasn't told haran the full truth yet so that's interesting too. I liked that they staged the almost jump and haran's texts as pure coincidence too

And u were right about the grandma !! :((( just hoping they end her arc on a hopeful optimistic note even with the serious diagnosis haha...would be a bit too tragic for the sisters to have another loss as they're all just beginning to heal :")

The high school couple almost gave me a cavity with how sickly sweet they were but I'm enjoying everything else about this show so far. I had no idea chae jong hyeop had this much screen presence! He's truly carrying this drama for me.

Just hoping this show stays mostly lighthearted and optimistic and not too heavy with all these wonderful characters...

I agree! That would be much better than him willingly withholding information that can change her life...

Ooh haven't seen lee elijah in a whiiile, she's as gorgeous as ever 😍

Ahh :(( lets wait and see ig!

I just saw the press con and seo in guk mentioned his character has a huge plot twist at the end and now im wondering if this will be the same old set up of "he always loved her but was pretending to be rude the whole time"? Like if he is the one created the game and all the cameos were him in different forms coz he felt like he couldn't reach out to her directly or something along those lines? I really hope that is not the direction they take but im really curious what other twist there can be considering it only involves his character?

So u r saying just coz the ml now has feelings for the fl, she should just throw away everything and magically start reciprocating while she's had a long time crush on her senior this whole time, is still grieving, became a guardian to a toddler overnight, and is still working a contract job trying to get a permanent role? Meanwhile the ml is alrewdy established in his career and has the liberty to give more (which btw he doesn't *have* to but he chooses to and thats on him, not her)? ls it right to expect hyun jin to magically reciprocate feelings she needs time to understand herself just coz the ml likes her? The ml is *choosing* to like her, he isn’t forcing himself on her and that's healthy. Likewise she never said she reciprocated and is therefore doing nothing outwardly to lead him on. Whether he gets "his feelings crapped on" is for him to deal with, let's pls stop trying to hold women responsible for everyone else's feelings even when it's not their fault. It's 2026 for gods sake😑

The ml is not tho? Hyun jin informs him every time she needs to work overtime which was anyway part of their contract which everyone seems to forget (that he takes care of woojoo when she's at work?) She's responsible for him on weekends, after work, every morning, literally every other time? Name one actual instance other than the time he got hospitalized when hyun jin *alone* neglected the child?

Y'all r just upset she isn't throwing herself at the "green flag" ml and is actually behaving like a normal woman in her 20s for once. Also she isn't giving sparkly eyes to the sml? This feels like something a man would say before taking advantage of a woman who verbally never said "yes"? He literally asks his coworker why she looked uncomfortable when he confessed which means even someone as clueless as he recognized her discomfort and awkwardness around him, yet the viewers can only see her "sparkly" eyes?? This feels like the usual bias against women for literally doing nothing wrong but still needing to emotionally carry the feelings of everyone else in her life coz they showed them first. And im sorry this isn't Victorian england, it doesnt work that way anymore. Hyun jin is fulfilling her duties she signed up for having to work twice as hard coz she's still a contract employee and not permanent (until ep 8 that is) while living her life. She didn't commit to either of them. Like her friend said, she needs to understand her own feelings first before she can make up her mind like everyone is rushing her to do. And if that takes 3 dates with the sml, then she has every right to do it.

This is one of those dramas u have to look beyond the surface to appreciate the character work. Ofc the writing is far from perfect and sloppy especially wrt the fl but there r sooo many subtle moments between the fl and ml right from the beginning that set up their relationship to the point where their eventual coming toegther romantically will feel earned and natural rather than out of the blue. They have a solid foundation of friendship after starting out as complete strangers and both r obviosuly attracted to each other. The sml is a nostalgic memory as far as the fl is concerned and refusing him outright without giving him a fair chance probably feels difficult for hyun jin because he was such a big part of her life for a while and especially when she's already admitted to wanting to be his "suzy" 😅

Idk maybe this is a difference in what counts as "romance" but i would rather take scenes with an actual friendship and natural camaraderie building up (like they do with taehyung and hyunjin especially in the second half of ep8) than two lousy "romantic" dates that seem so comically artificial (like they do with the sml). I also like that they're giving the fl agency to make her own decision regarding who she spends time with rather than policing her coz she decided to raise her nephew and has a housemate who admitted to liking her but she never said she reciprocated so then how is she leading him on?

Likewise, love how they're subtly setting up the ml's own agency in his feelings for hyun jin and him outgrowing his own abandoment wound and perpetual need to keep waiting when he goes to bed with woojoo before hyun jin even returns showing that he's slowly healing his own trauma too. He never forces his feelings on hyun jin and even tells her he doesn't expect her to reciprocate. Doesn't guilt her for spending time with another man coz he recognizes he doesn't own her or have any more right to her time than anyone else does. He's simply choosing to still like her on his own and that's beautiful.

Regarding parenting, I'd say both taehyung and hyun jin r doing what they can but both keep messing up from time to time which is expected and realistic. Again i fail to see how only hyun jin gets called out when taehyung has his moments of "neglect" too. Like when he dumps a crying woojoo onto the neighbors and goes to work, or when he wants to spend time alone with hyun jin so he dumps woojoo onto his father who is basically a stranger, etc etc. Again the show is setting up the fl poorly by giving a lot more screen space to the ml and woojoo together but if u actually watch the show and read between the lines, hyun jin is still holding up her part of the contract too. Every time she's working over time she makes sure to inform taehyung too. That scene in ep 7 where he's calling her and she doesn't pick up again feels deliberately done to set her up lol coz taehyung literally says in the same scene how hyun jin informed him that she'd left work and was coming home and *he* was only calling her to check up 🤦‍♀️

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Pfft this is nothing like love next door. I love jung somin but even i couldn't sit through that snoozefest...u would be better off forming ur own opinion after giving this show a chance coz i myself usually hate most of these tropes, ml falling first and harder, love triangles etc etc. I mean who knows? Maybe u might enjoy it too, or not...but at least that decision will be ur own 🤷‍♀️

Am i the only one still enjoying this show lol? I loved ep 8! What an improvement from that last episode that felt like a filler...

Hyun jin crying about the insurance broke my heart 💔 the dialogues were perfect and the way they were delivered took it to a whole other level. Like "even if i forget everything about this drama, i will remember that one scene and dialogue" kinda level. I will also never understand how people keep dismissing roh jeong eui's performance, especially in this drama...*sigh*

The father really had me fooled there for a bit even tho i was skeptical of him in the last episode.

I loved that this episode had more of taehyung, hyun jin and woojoo together, navigating life and grief. Hyun jin supporting taehyung as he grapples with his father's return, the little things she does for him like getting him milk at midnight and staying awake conversing about mbtis together coz they both can't sleep...aaah these r the moments this drama does so well and when this show shines the most! I literally forgot that the sml had two dates with her in the same episode, that's how forgettable those scenes were compared to the complete family vibe with taehyung, woojoo and hyunjin. I really dont see how people r only choosing to focus on the two scenes the sml got with hyun jin when literally the entire second half is about hyunjin, taehyung and woojoo? Y'all simply choose to see what u choose to see huh?

Looks like taehyung will be moving out in the next episode. Things r definitely picking up and i'm really excited to find out what happens next!

Ooh lucky I'll be watching it with others 😭

Yess

Will u guys be bingeing this or watching it with other shows??

Ooh this is a super cool theory !

Thats true and i wish they didnt add those moments with the sml, but i still dont think shes not prioritizing the ml over the sml simply because with the sml, hes always the one initiating and she doesn't even reciprocate beyond the usual drama heroine deer caught in headlights look. But with taehyung she is shown to make an active effort to see him as a person and reciprocate beyond just being a fantasy so im still staying positive. I feel like today's episode might also have a confused hyunjin but i think she will finally have a reckoning next week🤞