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ylee posted this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrkkOS0jJQ8

it made me realize the director made the wrong choices while cutting the scenes.

it's very interesting because you can see by yourself that the director made the choice to cut all the scenes where mirae is natural and enjoying herself. all the scenes she is in are displaying an introverted and shy character.

yes, mirae's mom adopted mother died.

you see, I cannot say for sure because of that.
oh, wait... perhaps are you right because she dealt with her grand-ma's death and the pain of her mother. and yet she seemed to be a little bit off all the time which lead to think she was dealing with superficial matters...
the way she handled the break up reinforced that feeling.
yes perhaps is the actress the actual problem. because during the funeral even though hjae did nothing either, he was worried and it showed.

I am not even paying any attention to the great-aunt and her family anymore. because the lee family chose to keep them close to them. they share their house with them and they don't get angry at any of their abuse. so I came to think that they like it in a way or an other.

I agree with you. the writer could have done so many things with mirae's character, and she is kept dealing with very superficial things...

ep 42
I liked this episode and I finally find pleasant sensations when I watch the drama.

1- the grandfather lied: he presented things as if sooj’s decision was concerted, whereas she put him up against the wall and he was not happy. He really played the hero, like it came from him. he kept saying that the happiness of his grandchildren was important to him when we know that is not true.

2- Sooj should have said what she had decided, she was asked several times and she was like, "oh, I don’t know what’s going on."

3- the grandmother who makes old people’s whims again... endanger the happiness of children simply because one has bruised her ego...

4- in the end, the two children married alone while the parents wanted a real big ceremony since yjae and haej also got married too quickly... so here, the eggs were broken and in the end the parents could not get what they wanted.

5- we finally saw the emergency scene! I found yjae and haej cute these last two episodes. she is more honest with her feelings and yjae is finally caught by his mistakes! hahaha!

so, 1 to go... it looks like things are gonna happen in the last son’s couple. and KAe is having a crisis... Let’s see what happens next week now!

lol... we'll see next week, let's not go ahead of ourselves...
(she says while thinking exactly the same)

yes, me too, I always go all the way down before thinking: but they are asian, this is normal for them, brace yourself! hahaha! it teaches me tolerance.

so this only works when the children and grand children need a clan to survive. and that's also why western people doesn't understand that as we are used to only count on ourselves.
this is also true in other cultures if they are used to live as an extended family, not nuclear one. for me it's like being caught in the middle-age again...

wow that was dense!
and now if you look carrefully, you'll see I was answering shagnasty's comment. not yours.
and now that's funny too...

the more I get to know the grand-father, the less I like him. he is really a miserable human being. god blessed me with reasonable grand-parents and the strength to say "the hell with your advise!" when I feel wronged. here they have the 2 opposite problems: the grand-pa is an idiot, and the grand-children doesn't have the nerves to send him to bed.

yes, that's definitely a possibility. and he is the kind of person who isn't afraid to crack some eggs...

I don’t understand the relationship between the tatoo and the alleged abuse. Is there an Asian (Korean) member who can explain?

"I felt my heart drop. I couldn't possibly live without you in my life." ~ the grandpa to min-ho.
so, why don't you act accordingly?

we saw in this episode the manipulation's skills of haejung and hyunjae.

haej; she made sure that her husband could not seek shelter in his parents' home while running away from marital arguing. and once at home, she pretended to give up on him to make sure that yjae think twice before telling her no in the future.

hjae: he is more subtle but hit hard too. he just expressed his true feelings in a way that drove the elders to understand that their decision could have harmful consequences for the family's harmony. in fact I am sure that if nothing is done, mirae will get ill.

about soojung: I really loved the quiet way she told her biological father that she is not going to change their official relationship. the fact that she said nothing to the children letting the grand-pa play the hero when he did nothing good for his grand-children.

ep 41: after putting everyone upside down:
"I am just getting started."
~ my beloved hyunjae

"I hit rock bottom, dug a few basement levels, and then bounced back."
~ my beloved hyunjae

I loved this drama for many reasons and your review made me smile. I won't argue on everything but 2 :
1- you didn't like it but watched all about it nonetheless.
2- sometimes the unbelievable is the reality. like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takotsubo_cardiomyopathy
thanks for your sharing!

there are 4

you can replace religion by tradition because it is followed with equal respect in asian countries. it's a sin to not marry your partner because then it'll stain your reputation and your family's reputation as well. this being done, maybe your siblings, uncles, aunts and cousins won't be able to find a job or a good spouse. you and your family will be the focus point of all gossips for years. you know the japanese saying: the nail that protudes is the one being hit. everybody feels entitled to judge and say out loud how the neighbors should live their life. you can say you don't care, and mean it, but ultimately at one point or an other, you will be paying for that.
so yes, that's unfortunate, but that's how it works.
I don't say I am ok with that, on the contrary. in France people don't care, and I love that. but korea is korea, france is france.

ep40

ok so we went down the drama with hjae, the depression and all.
up and down the emotional roller coaster with the lost daughter thing. ok, fine!

one of the things I loved the most with this drama was the low crises' content. it was really soothing. but now this is more and more hectic, and I am taking a step back.

the good thing is that the elder son's couple is pleasant to watch now. it's like haej personality changed to be more empathetic, and yjae learned somehow how to be an assertive older brother and have critical thoughts about his beloved grandpa. these things are less likely to happen in real life, but what can I say? dramas' magic!

will mirae agree to live with hjae? will she be pregnant afterwards? will she loose the baby? and why would she loose the baby in the house of her parents if she lives with hjae? for this episode there were supposedly a scene in the IR, and it didn't happen. last time the return of mirae's ex didn't happen. and so on... lies lies lies... tiresome.

I am not saying that the show doesn't deserve to be watched, but the 4 last episodes were exhausting and the writer is keeping too much tension. they are making out previews with no relation with the actual show... it's becoming annoying. if the next episode is as tense as these ones, I declare that the drama is ruined.