The real problem is the lack of communication, because that’s where toxicity starts. Luke isn’t God—he doesn’t…
Communication goes both ways. Luke doesn't express his thoughts either. Not once has he confronted something that bothered him. Instead, he starts to ignore her, becomes mean again, starts a fight. This fight only didn't escalate because Flora did all the work. She could've made assumptions too because of his lack of communication. And after explaining to him, he was still being distant and irritated. It's just that Flora is used to it by now. Also, he always falls back into his pattern of talking mean to her.
The German book has romance tagged as genre; and I personally only know the author to write romance/romance fantasy. I'm not quite sure but I think I read somewhere that Zhao Lusi would like to film less romance, so maybe the adaptation has only little or none of it.
If I'm correct the book it's adapted from is "Für jede Lösung ein Problem", the english title being "For Every Solution, A Problem". And it's about a woman who writes very honest and angry farewell letters, only to fail at her suicide attempt and then having to live with the aftermath of her letters.
That sounds very interesting. I've been meaning to read more German books, so maybe that's my sign.
Yeah, people would think he’s sweet for thinking about marriage BUT there’s NO way they’d be taking his…
You know context matters, right? I mean, meeting your ex is probably never a very good thing, but she did told Luke in their beginning that they split amicably. She went to the matchmaking event FOR HER FRIEND, the friend he knows works for a matchmaking agency. She explained everything. She was not walking her dog with just another woman, but with her ROOMMATE, one of the people who also takes care of the dog for her.
I just know if the roles were switched, ppl would fight for Luke's right to walk his dog with his roommate, to help his friend with a matchmaking event, to have a simple reuinion dinner with his ex from 4 or 5 years ago, and they'd find it so sweet that he would want to go public and that he's thinking longterm about marriage and kids, and yes he could communicate better but Flora's words are just so unnecessarily mean - it's hard to communicate with someone who doesn't know how to respond.
As disappointing and nonsensical as this was (e.g. still don't understand why P'Jane is collecting blood for the favours) the chemistry is truly on another level, especially in the later half.
What would Luke actually do without his best friend? Luke has no empathy, no emotional reasoning, and his best friend is really the only reason Luke sometimes catches on to the dumb shit he says. Without that, Luke never would've managed to keep Flora for as long as he does.
Did he redeem himself or did he make us forget why we were so annoyed with him? He snatched her away when she was vulnerable and then didn't let her leave, forced proximity, cooked, prepared, knelt with puppy eyes before her and asked her not to break up with him – my girl didn't have a chance. It was already game over when he stood in front of her door. He's just too strong a womanizer. A nuclear weapon of a man. I was so angry the earlier episodes and now it's like I forgot all of it. When you're in a drought, you'll be too happy to receive some water.
Flora's bad communication is a direct consequence to Luke's communication. It was like that from the beginning. He is in every way possible her superior. He needs to take the bold steps. We see that he obviously has strong feelings for her, but from Flora's perspective there is not an ounce of reassurance. He hasn't told her that he likes her; they call it dating but it's really only "colleagues with benefits". He can't apologize ever, he can't wish her happy birthday or happy new year. He has no empathy, can't even imagine why she would distance herself. He gets mean the second something feels off to him, he never explains himself – all he can is flirt. All he does are some gestures that mean nothing when he doesn't tell her about their meaning.
What childhood trauma are y'all talking about? I've seen none of it, he hasn't spoken about it, so it's not something Flora (or I) could take into account while analysing his behaviour. How could she know if it's because he hasn't learned to express his feelings, or if it's because he simply doesn't care about her enough to try?
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And after explaining to him, he was still being distant and irritated. It's just that Flora is used to it by now. Also, he always falls back into his pattern of talking mean to her.
I'm not quite sure but I think I read somewhere that Zhao Lusi would like to film less romance, so maybe the adaptation has only little or none of it.
That sounds very interesting. I've been meaning to read more German books, so maybe that's my sign.
I mean, meeting your ex is probably never a very good thing, but she did told Luke in their beginning that they split amicably.
She went to the matchmaking event FOR HER FRIEND, the friend he knows works for a matchmaking agency. She explained everything.
She was not walking her dog with just another woman, but with her ROOMMATE, one of the people who also takes care of the dog for her.
He snatched her away when she was vulnerable and then didn't let her leave, forced proximity, cooked, prepared, knelt with puppy eyes before her and asked her not to break up with him – my girl didn't have a chance. It was already game over when he stood in front of her door. He's just too strong a womanizer. A nuclear weapon of a man.
I was so angry the earlier episodes and now it's like I forgot all of it.
When you're in a drought, you'll be too happy to receive some water.
He is in every way possible her superior. He needs to take the bold steps.
We see that he obviously has strong feelings for her, but from Flora's perspective there is not an ounce of reassurance. He hasn't told her that he likes her; they call it dating but it's really only "colleagues with benefits". He can't apologize ever, he can't wish her happy birthday or happy new year. He has no empathy, can't even imagine why she would distance herself. He gets mean the second something feels off to him, he never explains himself – all he can is flirt. All he does are some gestures that mean nothing when he doesn't tell her about their meaning.
What childhood trauma are y'all talking about? I've seen none of it, he hasn't spoken about it, so it's not something Flora (or I) could take into account while analysing his behaviour. How could she know if it's because he hasn't learned to express his feelings, or if it's because he simply doesn't care about her enough to try?