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Thanks!! Unfortunately not fully translated but will plan to read what is available and see how well google translate does on the rest of it.

For those that have read the novel, does the drama follow the novel very closely?

If you haven't watched Love Me, Love My Voice, that one is super sweet.

I also watched the first episode of "My Boss" - it also is much better than the low rating that its currently showing.

Surprised at its 7.9 rating. I'm finding it much better than that.

So did I miss where the Joseon ML's grandfather got held accountable for his misdeeds? I saw where the FL begged the King to change how they awarded government posts for "the virtuous woman." I just remember the King changing how that process would work, but don't recall seeing anything that indicated that the grandfather was punished. Did I miss something?

Looks like they recast most of the actors from The Starry Love.

So this is a skin care commercial wrapped in a drama... Novel the drama is based on has over 2,000 chapters... that's a lot to cram into 16 four minute episodes, especially when the star of the show (the skin care massager) wasn't even in the novel...

Well they did give us both the "happy" and "globally popular sad ending".

Bittersweet ending, especially as it related to the Joseon era ML. Guess this was the directors way to give up both a "happy ending" and the "Globally popular sad ending". Should have been more creative and given both the Joseon era and present day MLs a happy ending or spent way less time in the final episode on the sweet Joseon era ML and the FLs repeated rejection of him. The present day ML & FL end up together.

Too much time spent on Joseon era ML bittersweet, sad ending in the final episode (and the FLs repeated rejection of him).

Kinda bittersweet ending, especially as it related to the Joseon era ML. Since the present day ML was supposed to be his reincarnation (same soul) the FL lack of love towards the Joseon era ML was disappointing. Made you wonder what she loved about the present day ML since it obviously wasn't his soul. Final episode spent too much time on her repeated rejection of the Joseon ML, especially sad given his love for her. I hated the ending that they gave him. The writers should have been creative and found a way to make both the Joseon and the present day MLs happy.

Thought of another couple:
Angelababy & Huang Xiao Ming (married 2015, divorced 2022) - co-starred in Crimes of Passion (2013) & You Are My Sunshine (2016)

Also Eric Mun was in relationships with (but don't think they were in any dramas or movies together) the following actresses:
Eric Mun & Kim Hee Sun - dated 2002 - 2003
Eric Mun & Park Shi Yeon - dated 2005 - 2007

A Couple of Others
Push Puttichai Kasetsin & Jooy Warattaya Nilkuha starred together in Fun Fueng (2014)

Joo Sang Wook & Cha Ye Ryeon starred together in Glamorous Temptation

The final 1/3 of the drama is better that the first 2/3. Less focus on the unlikable characters. The leads were the only thing that kept me watching this drama. The secondary romance was also cute. Last 2 episode were pure feel good. Definitely wasn't a 8.5 (the current MDL overall rating) drama for me.

ML spends a large portion of the drama gazing lovingly at the FL.

Actually, it not so much that she dumped him its because of what her adopted mother repeatedly did to him as he tried to improve himself.

The adopted mother in the drama is horrible but isn't as horrible as the mother in the novel. In the novel the adopted mother has him framed for an offense where he is found guilty and sentenced to death, He is only saved from death by the intervention of his birth mother. In the drama, the adopted mother has him repeatedly framed any time it looks like he might become successful, but never to the extent the crime he is framed for carries a death sentence. He's just never able to have any advancement or success in his career due to the adopted mother's repeated intervention.

Link for first 17 chapters that are translated
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/dont-fall-for-me/

Link for untranslated novel (note chapter 18 begins in the middle of page 44) (Turn on google translate)
https://www.52shuku.vip/yanqing/am/h3cS.html

I was just getting ready to recommend this one. It has all of the tropes (secret baby, amnesia, cancer, cruel mother, etc.) but put together in a totally addictive fashion.

So why is the cheating boyfriend's name translated as Tang and Song Dynasties and not Tang Song. Took me forever to figure out they were referring to a person.