Starto

Yeah totally! This drama feels very realistic.

But ngl, I was alittle bit disappointed for the recent 2 episodes as they have too much screentime for the straight couple. But that said, I love Ji Yu's reaction to Seung Won when he said he consulted Heesu for Dating advice after admitting he likes Heesu. "The straight girl friend that you said isn't close to you actually is close to you and have been paying attention about you as a friend".

Only Ep 3-5 deserve rating 9+

The rest... Meh. Sad that this whole thing comes as a package else Ryeoun would have another 9+ drama before Twinkling Watermelon

I was back here in 2024, and now it's 2025. Hehheh

Not sure why I didn't continue when it was released, but I am glad I came back to watch this. A very good watch. Kinda knew he was the Grandpa after some kind of hints before confirmation at the end.

Deserve to be one of the highest rated drama here.

Realised the similarity of the current 2 Top MDL Kdrama. The child to realising their parent story that is so heartwarming and touching at the same time.

The reality of life without entertainment is indeed miserable. Doesn't that make it more realistic? We live to survive, eat, shit, raise your kid (if you have) and repeat, then we age, fall sick, and die eventually. Ae Sun character has a foul mouth but a kind soul. Gwan Sik character used to be the one whom get bullied by others and only Ae Sun stand up for him and scare away those bullies. In the perspective of the others she seem to treat him quite badly in those early days, but it seem like Gwan Sik is the only one whom understand her behavior and choose to stay by her side despite all these. When she grew up and mature, you will see that her character changes over time. Her husband is now more precious than herself compared to her initial narcissistic behavior. That's character development.

Mean and evil people exist all around the world. I think the beauty is how they handle and continue to stay true to themselves without eventually turning mean and evil. The sad truth to today's world is that we typically are very estrange to others because we experienced the bad things of what others did to us and we couldn't smile the same we used to. On the contrary, when someone kind treat us kindly and/or warmly, we will usually do the same. And the thing about kindness shouldn't be measured with expectation of return. You do it because you want to and it probably make you feel good as it makes other feel better about their life, especially in those miserable times.

And how did people in the past got over their miserable lives? Doesn't this make you think that your parents and grandparents/earlier generations also live through such lives with nothingness and possibly only barely getting by Day by day but here you are, living your life with more "luxury" stuff that you have as compared to them.

Focus less on what the drama is showing you and focus more on what the drama is telling you and you probably will like it better.

That's part of the story takeaway and apparently some people failed to catch...

Still #1 for this:
https://kisskh.at/shows/top

Ikr, but we only came to realise how wrong we are when we grow up with a much more mature mind to see the bigger picture

Apparently Seung Won is not Carrot Juice man

And while I never see the manhwa, but I think the best time here is to wait for Heesu realising that he is not the only one whom is into guys while being scared of getting outed. (Though 10 episode for this seem short)

I know Heesu is supposed to be ML1, but am I the only one whom wants Seung Won screen time more than Heesu? lol

Like I am sure with Seung Won there will be Heesu, but with Heesu, Seung Won may disappear in the background lol.

And him being so unlikeable in Ep 3 make me want to see him less lmao

Totally agree on this

Agree and slightly disagree

Heesu is indeed annoying based on his actions, but if his vision is only on Chan Yeong, he wouldn't realise he treated Seung Won so shitty. Hope he wakes up and apologise to him

Chan Yeong has been spending most of his time with Heesu, so when a love interest for his first time came, his attention shifted so he wouldn't realise he is doing something shitty to Heesu

Never see the manhwa to know whether this is supposed to be an Escapism story of a BL or it's meant to be relatable. But I find all 3 MLs to be so real, as if seeing myself in their shoes before.

I can totally relate to all 3 MLs actions here in Ep 3.

I hope Heesu wakes up and realise his best friend is just a best friend, stop being possessive over a straight male with no interest in him. And eventually find out that there's someone similar to him, noticing him, paying attention to minor details and likes him more than himself - And that someone lives close to him, his neighbour.

Trying to push your neighbor to the girl your best friend has interest in so that your best friend can give you his attention is not what a best friend should do. Definitely overstepping since it's not just a best friend but a crush. I can relate, but it's not correct Heesu, you may end up losing both a best friend and your crush. Hope you find your answer that someone else whom has a crush on you is the one who is meant for you. He is no satellite, but your sun to revolve in 🥰

"Ratings on MDL are now unreliable"

It surely is and it kinda has been since haters can rigged it too. But one thing you gotta understand:

There is never a drama meant for everybody. This drama clearly wasn't meant for someone like you and that's okay? The story itself indeed is mediocre since it highly depicts realism especially after when middle age took over. Nothing wrong if you were expecting to watch an Escapism kind of story but the drama didn't meet that story of quality.

But don't judge as if you are one of the only person on Earth whom know how to rate a drama based on your standard of "how to rate a drama" while disregarding others whom see this differently. I am not sure whom told you so that a drama has to have a "quality story" in order to qualify for a high rating? Is there a criteria or rule in a book regarding on this? Besides, quality or not is truly subjective.

While this drama indeed invoke strong emotions but it's not entirely the reason why it's high in rating. Some dramas are meant to be entertaining or having some kind of fairytale story, but the mediocrity of this story with the technique used to tell the story creates not only a memorable one for us, but we were able to picture ourselves at times in the characters as if we were living in the story. Some recent dramas you watch once you may forget after some time but this one is able to leave behind a deep root to remember.

And at the end of the day, there's a moral to the story: we truly learnt something about the different outlook of life and that a story of life lessons we never knew we needed is what make this amazing.

Would have prefer Min Jun with that cute coworker wearing spectacles.

No thanks to a Jerk. You can be a green flag all you want now but if you are a Jerk in the past, you still are. We may forgive, but we never forget.

That's not true. All I can say is that you didn't manage to reach a realisation while watching this drama because you are only able to see these love stories on surface level and think that that's what the drama is trying to portray.

It's not exactly "as long as you have love, poverty is fine". It's going through tough times together made easier because love makes both party willing to work hard and sacrifice. (THIS IS FOR PEOPLE OF THE PAST only if you think about it) It's personal choice limited to circumstances. That generation have no phone, so a relationship usually start from someone they know and they settle for someone within this small circle of pool. Lack of family and financial planning cause them to only be able to feed their children without letting them get hungry and also a bit of basic education based on what they can.

Their children reflects the generation of most Asian mothers, which in this case is Ae Sun and Gwan Sik generation. While characters are not totally relatable due to personality, but Gwan Sik level of someone did exist in real life for a few others whom shared their story. Love back then was also still much simple. They build a family out of love and sacrifice and work hard to support their children as well. Again, this generation also lack phone and exposure, limited by their low education still. Following their predecessor, life is a cycle of giving birth, taking care of the young so that the young when grow up will be the one taking care of them back when they get old. They didn't have that capacity to enjoy and live life because they have a family to feed. Children is nearly their everything still. (Maybe being a Parent then you will understand why they think this way).

Being able to provide better for children with higher education so that they can have it better and easier in life reflects Geum Myeong to the modern generation. Sacrifice is still needed on their side because no generational wealth. Their lives got better thanks to past generation financial help and assistance but it's not exactly money rich. They are the generation that still willing to work hard to support the children without complaining too much about why they are living like this. They try their best to provide higher education for their children, in terms of providing better compared to how their parents provide to them. So in this perspective, the next generation's lives get better and better.

Geum Myeong receives as much as what her parents can provide, but immaturity only focuses on what she couldn't have, versus what she had in life. This is kinda the same for most of us as we (typically not so money rich) also want to have rich parents to enjoy life with things that we like where money can buy. Generation wealth starts somewhere, and for this case, it's not Ae Sun's generation. It's possible for Geum Myeong generation and it can start with Geum Myeong's generation. Geum Myeong's generation reflects the modern us, with higher education, better background etc. But it's not without setbacks. Even liking someone with a different financial background is also a challenge. Love is no longer that simple as some people really mind background. Certain things also come down to Fate. If it's yours, it's yours. If it isn't, then learn to let go.

Mortality rate is so real that generally Men lives shorter than Women. It doesn't matter if you are as kind of a soul but sickness and death don't just pick anyone. It just happens and life isn't fair.

The abusive husband and wife didn't really get together at the end. While they do stick together, but their marital status is already divorced. They coparent their children, and the wife is able to see the change of her ex husband to be able to put up with him. This is subjective to individual's acceptance, afterall he did finally let go of his money to save his son in law. A drastic change when he finally he is one of the loneliest man on Earth because of his personality and behaviour. When you are willing to change, some others are also willing to accept your change. Of course, the drama can put this thing in another direction, but if you are looking at a different perspective in terms of looking at your own life, wouldn't you want your life to be positive as well? There are things you can start doing or things you can start changing if you realise there are some things you might be doing wrong based on self reflection. You may still have the time to do something before it's too late for regrets. If you parents are still around, you can still show how much you love them as opposed to parents whom already passed away. If you were rude to your parents before you can still apologise to them before they suddenly no longer able to live since people age, get sick, and die, etc.etc.

I am not so good in this complexity of "explaining" but it's just down to the point of realisation.

Maybe certain culture and values differ alot for you in this drama but I also initially started to watch this drama in a 3rd party perspective, seeing things like a fairytale. It only came to a certain realisation when some things seem to be talking about me. I feel like Geum Myeong's attitude hits closely to mine, and then I realised the purpose of this drama is life lesson, it's not so much on how good or how shitty their lives are, but it's how different people at different times/era live their lives and the capacity to be able to expect and be greedy (Or not)...

A generation get more strawberry than the previous if you ever realise what Geum Myeong is compared to her mother Ae Sun and then compared to the past generation (Ae Sun's mother). It kinda depict people who are born closer to the modern era like millenias and Gen Z compared to the boomers. Boomers are able to take kind of hardship but modern gens people are just "nope"

I might not be making sense because there's alot to say but I couldn't, so oh well, that's fine if you think I don't understand. All I can say is you haven't think deeper but maybe cause none of their story hits close to your story so it's perfectly okay.

Your call will be answered in Volume 4 in Episode 15.

Do you still want answer?

I totally agree with you as a 3rd party perspective if I were to view it as a fairytale that seem too good to be true.

If you are watching this to judge than to understand, then your points do seem valid. Understand not as the point of the women in this drama, but understand that what you have now are partially from the sacrifices the older generations made. Understand that in the olden days, women status quo were deemed lower (it's not about why, just facts). But at the same time in the modern days, women status quo are kinda equal now as they can also fight for their own rights and prove that they are as capable as men. (it's no longer about the men go to work while women stay at home to watch kids).

Also, understand that generational wealth start somewhere in a cycle. If it's not your grandmother's generation, it has to start from your mother's generation. If it's not from your mother's generation, then it starts with you.

Understand that financial and family planning aren't as proper because people of the past are less educated. It also reflects that People of the past generally earn almost just enough to survive, to feed their (many) children and people of the present generally able to not only bring food to the table, but also some things that they like to splurg time to time if they have the money capacity to do so.

Also, understand that some people are willing to give a second chance or so if they saw the change in the people they once knew.

Understand that favoritism can cause a negative impact to your neglected child.

These are just examples of how we see ourselves in the story in this drama through the lives of the different couples, different people. It's not exactly because of how the story is portrayed to be "too good to be true", but how we manage to see ourselves in some circumstances and kinda reflected that we might have did something wrong ourselves that we probably didn't realise until now.

And some circumstances were also meant to be healing.

But I just want to say that your points are definitely valid from your perspective if you are watching this as a bystander. But most whom like this are because they are able to put themselves in the shoes of the characters in this drama at some point. This is not 100% relatable to anyone of us because it doesn't depict our own story, but there's relevance in the story in us because we might have been through what they've been through, and when we think about our past generations, we are actually much more fortunate and thus we also learnt to be more grateful, etc.

Right? When a story has shown that financial management is so important regarding on family planning but some people are either really blind or choose to be. 🤷🏻‍♂️

It's THAT good when you can relate. (Generally most Asians will be able to do so since we have similar upbringing).

It's fine if all you can see is a good story.

It's meh if you find it boring. Most of the negatives are generally on this because they don't really understand - they fail to see themselves in any part of this story. Nothing wrong, it's not for everyone. But that said, just because one can't relate or understand, doesn't mean it's overrated (:

Maybe come back some years later when you experience some life changes.

Currently it feels like you are watching because you like the younger actors

This drama is meant to be:
Falling for physical actors ❎

Falling for characters ✅
- Acting by actors
- Story telling