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Regardless of the legality of the situation (because honestly, I don't care), I think sending a "platonic" letter to a "close" teenager who is about 10 years younger, then dating them when they reach "legal" age, is a gross behavior. As someone who is around the age he was when they "started dating" according to his agency, I'll tell you that this is not normal. Once you see someone as a teenager and you are fully an adult (at an age where your brain has been fully developed), it is hard to see them as anything else. I can't speak for men obviously, but I'm telling you this is too iffy, and can only mean he was seeing her as a woman even when she was a teenager, at least in my opinion.

I've never seen it as a gender thing. I've seen many male celebrities get buried because of their scandals especially DUIs. Prominent examples would be Kim Sang Hyuk who took about 10 years to come back, and SuJu's Kang In who never managed to come back. My theory is that it's a combination of popularity, talent, type of crime, and how much people want them. Singers of all genders would have a harder time coming back than actors, because no matter how talented they are, they are always replaceable. Actresses have a tough market, because most of the market are women, and the majority of women are interested in men, also there are plenty of women who are ready to take another woman's place and do a great job at it. It's so competitive. Meanwhile, popular male actors are only a few, and they are dominating the market. They are mostly the actual lead, because women are mostly the audience, so once one go they are bound to come back if the audience misses them. There is also the notion that Koreans are more forgiving of sexual crimes, and men are mostly the ones doing them. This is not restricted to men, as Lee Guk Joo has been harassing male celebrities for years and people still love her. Hardly any celebrity gets a way with DUI unless they were unknown at the time, or they've covered it very well, like by creating a diversion with other unrelated shocking news or not allowing the news to spread. And this is the management agency's job, which they failed at in this case. People just love to pin it on sexism, because it is the easiest explanation, but a lot of things come to play other than gender.

Now, about the mother, I think her hands were tight. Her teenage daughter wanted to be with him, so her only option was to go to the police which would've destroyed her daughter's career and made her an enemy. She also can't speak to the public since it would've done the same and she is not a public figure who has a platform. Parenting is tough. I don't think blaming her for this would be right. She has little control over the situation, unlike the predator who decided it was a good idea to date a teenager who is about 10 years younger than him.

Also, I truly believe that if the mother publicized the situation, many people would've accused Kim Sae Ron of being a seductive Lolita, just so that their favorite actor would stay in business. You can tell by the comments, we already have a predator, but people are shifting the blame to all the other people, whether it's her parents, or even Seo Ye Ji who is despicable in my opinion but as far as we know, she has nothing to do with this.

I forgot about that. This is how much it dragged for me. LOL
To be frank, I didn't consider that it was in real-time. I assumed some time has passed since that incident, since it seemed like she has already moved on.

What?! She isn't trying to seduce him. She is married to the glasses guy. LOL
She is trying to get her daughter to marry his son, so when the father is dead, and because the son is a doctor, her daughter would be taking over the hotel.
She only doesn't want the father to have a woman because if he got married, his wife would take control, and she doesn't want a mother-in-law for her daughter. She has zero intention to be with the male lead.

Oh, I'm not good with their names or their jobs. I mostly know them by their number or their most prominent story, but I got now who you are referring to. I don't think Shinda is as bad as that scumbag though. I think nobody deserves that guy. He should be panished. LOL

Yeah, I noticed that too, I think they are using her to build up the next episode but never deliver, because maybe they don't think her story is interesting but they can tell people are interested. I don't even know if she ate with that guy or not, the only scene of her in this week's episode is when they showed her facial expression when Man #3 picked someone unexpected to eat with. I am mostly interested in her story, so I feel deceived every time they do that.

The woman that the pharmacist is going after (Woman #18) is the dream girl of most guys. She is cute, she laughs at everything they say, she doesn't talk about herself, and she only reacts to whatever they are saying. I think those going after her didn't realize yet that this girl doesn't exist. After they get married, the laughter stops and they are left of whatever behind that laughter which she showed us nothing of. I could swear I've never heard her speak except when reacting to whatever they say. She is someone's first love, but until she shows them her true self, I think they should be very careful. She is treating all of them exactly the same, never showed special interest in one of them, or to be more accurate, she showed special interest in all of them, which I find really iffy, because every guy she is with, thinks he is so special to her.

She did have interest in other guys too, so I don't think him exploring other options was a bad idea. I think he may not have realized that she got into him yet. We were the only ones who knew, so this is why we felt bad for her. He may haven't realized that she would be hurt by it.

I agree with all the things you said about the scumbag. She is seeing him with pink glasses when everybody else has figured him out in 5 minutes. Her brother is such a smart guy, I bet he's a great journalist.

I don't know, I thought he was just simple. I mean he might be clueless about how people's emotions function. Not to be this guy, but she said that he is an INTP which might explain why he doesn't do well in emotions and interactions. I don't think that it even crossed his mind that she might be hurt by this, because if he was manipulating her he would've done it more discreetly. If he just went with the other girl and never talked to her about it, she would probably be all over him to get him back, but saying that he is confused about his feelings cuts things off and puts her in a weird position, and I don't think he wanted to do that. I think he is just brutally honest about his feelings.

Hear me out, if Man #3 ended up with Woman #19, he will live his life striving to be acknowledged by her. Even if she wasn't intentionally manipulating him. His life would turn into a nightmare because she will never be "ready" to share her feelings. She will always be "scared to fall in love". This woman isn't a suitable partner for anyone right now, and she will need some real fixing if she wants to be. I hate her attitude, I don't think that's her being cautious, but even if she was, that man will always think that he has to offer his everything to get her attention, and she will eventually leave him for someone else she fell in love with "at first sight".

It's sad to say this but she is looking more and more like an easy target for awfully bad and controlling people. I think he liked that she held his hands after the meeting, because it meant that she is taking his side over her brother's which meant that she is totally under his control. I don't like how visibly angry he was in the car. The brother didn't ask awful questions, he just had bad intentions so it felt like he was attacking him.

I actually think they just added her as a comedy relieve, not that she will end up with him. Have you seen the scene where she hangs their pictures with the clear glass door behind her? That was so absurd, anyone passing by could easily see she is crazy. HAHA

"just do your job" is definitely something that should be said to her. LOL
She is not doing anything besides thinking about him. It's kinda unhealthy. She even went and shopped for his daughter. I find this cringey.

I thought so too, but then I thought maybe she just liked the attention. She never showed interest in him personally, she seemed to only like it when people pushed for her as a great partner candidate. Maybe it made her feel like she is better than everyone else. Like she is the prettiest or something.

I believe that's her daughter, and that she didn't go to college. I think my question would be "How did she get that car?" LOL

There should be something that makes the salon owner a better candidate at the end, because having a daughter is not such a deal breaker. Rejecting her because she has a daughter would put the brother in such a bad light, and I don't think the writer would want to do that.

The chairman knows too though. That her husband died of a car accident. He also saw her mourn him alone, and was aware that their business was failing. So I think it should've been obvious for him too. He also should've known not to listen to a rival, I think this also indicates a lack of intuition on his part.

Next week's preview is interesting. We will finally see the male lead show interest in the female lead. They have been dragging this a lot.

I don't like her together with the former idol, but I hate the other woman even more. It seems like she is only dating the former idol to piss off the salon owner, and I really don't like manipulative women who seem too innocent.

Seri, she lacks personality in my opinion, and I don't find her interesting.

but how can she know that her husband would die in a car accident? If he was sick, I would've agreed with you, but the sarcasm was so obvious that it cannot be used in court. The chairman knows her husband died of a car accident. He has seen her mourn him without anyone around her, and who would kill a guy for a failing factory? That makes no sense. The chairman is like a fish that only thinks about the present, he doesn't put two and two together, which is quite annoying.

and she is right, swallowing the debt makes you the owner of the factory. It's like you bought it with the money you would spend covering the debt. The other person has zero right in it, unless specified with a contract. The brothers already agreed that she would swallow the debt and take control of it. That other woman has zero right, because the rightful owners has already given up their share (of debt). She only has the right if her husband received the inheritance, but he gave his right to receive it, so she gets nothing. Even if her intent was bad, it doesn't make a difference, the deal is already done, she would be only morally wrong, but legally, the other woman has no leg to stand on.

She is my favorite in both season. I am invested in her story and I missed her this episode. I don't know if they're saving her for later or they don't think she is interesting, but looking at the previews, the long haired guy seems to be still with her.