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Yk what this was cute and light. Definitely like an older almost nostalgic feeling type of drama
I also love Chae Soobin so I was bound to be biased anyways

Anyone would cry oml ... I saw someone complaining that the ML has a low EQ... idk ... she's definitely below him on that EQ scale though

They immediately have chemistry, too. I don’t know if anyone else here has felt this, but for me personally, recent K-dramas have been lacking in that department.

I really like how realistic this drama is. There's also the token annoying know-it-all guy with glasses who just somehow has ears everywhere 🫠
Tbh everyone's annoying to some degree too but I think it's because they're acting so naturally and so realistically that it's hitting a little too close to home. I really like how the main leads are also awkward and walking on eggshells around each other and mutually passing mixed signals.
Most annoying scene was that computer scene. "I can have it right" ..No. say no. I think maybe with time we'll see the ML be more assertive with putting his foot down.

I will say... why'd she run away what the heck.
Like it's just a prosthetic... I mean I get becoming emotional and not trying to show it but girl... you ran away after seeing it

Yes, finally a voice of reason. This show is really intriguing with how it tackles certain topics and shows nuance in certain actions. Like, yes, she cheated, but the way it’s written genuinely explains what is happening and why the characters have resorted to finding comfort in other people. It feels more to me like MiDo and Namgung are together out of habit, and simply because it’s easier to stay in a situation you at least know and can predict than to start over in completely uncharted territory.
I do think the “date other people for one month” idea is a disaster to begin with. It’s also cruel to the second leads. It’s like one last attempt to save a dying relationship, but instead of picking up the pieces, you put on your boots and stomp on it.

Okay... I’m gonna be honest, I don’t like this stupid one-month date plot. For one, you can’t put a time limit on feelings, that’s ridiculous. It’s also disregards the 2nd leads and their feelings, while villainizing the main leads for using other people so that they can get married without regrets. Crazy stuff right there.
If you need to “get it out of your system” before you marry your fiancé, I don’t think you should be getting married, and that’s probably where this is headed.
They keep breaking up and coming back together, and every time something is lacking or not right in the relationship. So I think at some point what the writers are trying to say is that a lot of people stay in relationships even after they’ve long fizzled out and are no longer serving either person emotionally or physically, because it’s scarier to take a path you don’t know than to stay somewhere comfortable, even if it’s not good for you. Hence exactly what Namgung was saying to SuA at the end.
Sometimes you need to know when it’s better to let each other go, because in some cases people do outgrow each other over time, and right now they’re both too scared to go down uncharted paths.
I think they might realize after dating other people that they might even be happier apart.

Also, MiDo says that the second lead lit up her dark life and gave her butterflies, and she tells him directly that if she had to choose between her boyfriend and him, she’d sleep with him. But then she says that if it comes down to saving one or the other, she’d save her bf. I think this whole line was a little icky because, for one, it’s demeaning to both men for obvious reasons. Like, you’d rather sleep with someone else than the man you plan to marry, and on the flip side, you’d sleep with the guy you’ve fallen for, but you wouldn’t go to lengths for him?
If someone came into your life and lit it up, girl, go be with them.
Also, Namgung still wants to get married!?? Dude, stand up. That’s crazy. Your girlfriend is telling you she’s basically in love with someone else, and you’re telling her to get it out of her system because she might as well have no regrets before getting married. And MiDo just wants to even the score, I think, so she feels less guilty about her cheating. MESSYYY asf.
The leads better not get married, because what the hell.

Exactly, like just because the drama includes cheating in the plot... does not mean endorsement. You can see how she bears the consequences too, so...
I also have no problem with people disliking this drama for whatever reason, and they are fully entitled to write their opinions here, however negative they may be. It's just that it grates on me when they keep stating the absolute obvious over and over, as if the last 50 people didn't say the same thing. Like, what have you brought different to the table? Nothing. And they go on to berate people for liking the drama. Let me say this isn't the first drama to have cheating. There have been many, especially The World of the Married, which did very, very well and had it as a device for the plot, but it in no way ever endorsed it as a good thing. Just because some of us like this drama does not mean we're saying cheating is okay EVER... it's just an interesting drama!
Like the show Dexter and breaking bad have the characters living heinous lives, doesn't mean it's endorsing those ideas or lifestyles. It's just telling a story.
I swear people are dense on purpose peak ragebait over here

I didn't know DJ Khaled was kdrama fan...the more you know

Yep and I think it's so weird that it doesn't seem like she was aware until the coworker pointed out Namgoong was engaged. Which is again quite frankly strange to have never brought up your girlfriend or soon-to-be wife in any conversation... I think some of us can also relate to SuAh, because starting to have feelings for someone who's taken is pretty rough, and you want to respect the relationship but still have the thought in the back of your mind. How I read her so far is that she's trying to get him to go to Paris almost to get him out of her sight and put some distance between them so she can get over it, but she's doing it subconsciously. Does she still overstep a little? Yes, but I don't think it's the same compared to him, because he's the one who led her into it and made her develop feelings for him, essentially.

Also, an aspect of the relationship issues between Mido and Namgoong becomes a bit clearer in ep 6.. he doesn't like to say first love cuz it's cheesy, but instead he says she's my hero, and while that's very loving, it's also very burdensome to put ur partner on that high of a pedestal, which is why she says she feels suffocated and has to walk on eggshells. She's always afraid to disappoint him, and for a lot of her actions her motive is "if I don't do this he'll be disappointed in me." I don't think that's a healthy relationship. Sure, it's good if a person pushes you to do the right thing, but not if it's in a way that keeps you constantly unhappy or scared to act on what you wanna do. You should feel supported by your partner and be able to voice your opinions without being afraid of letting them down all the time. It's no longer a healthy environment for communicating and relationships are built on communication. We see them have far stronger communication with their second leads.

So many of you are the moral police! And you're all stating the OBVIOUS "cheating is bad" over and over mind you, so I'm not even sure what the point is in half of these patronizing comments towards other viewers and the drama itself.
Anyways that aside, this drama is really interesting I'll say. No one is all good or all bad. We all have done things we shouldn't do, but bc of the fundamental attribution error it's fine when we ourselves do something bc for us there's a reason, but when we look into someone else or a character we attribute them doing something bad to their personality when in reality we all are flawed.
I see a lot of smoke for the FL and yeh, kissing another guy and then lying about it to your fiancé is bad, there's no doubt about that. But it's a nuanced character who represents a lot of people. She's lost essentially. She's lost interest in her career but is holding on for everyone but herself, and her relationship is falling apart even if they're trying to ignore it. On top of that, I think she's plainly depressed, and with all of these things together, how does it NOT make sense for her to waver a little when someone finally sparks that fire in her? Anyone who's hit rock bottom would waver AT least emotionally.
And the lawyer, what happened to media literacy guys...
He's being sleazy on purpose to her in that scene cuz it's a way to test the waters while also trying to save his own ego bc God forbid someone know how deeply he feels, and it's also self-sabotage all wrapped in one. Based on his expressions and what he says to her when he's drunk, it becomes really obvious that he's genuinely falling for her and trying hard not to.
As for Namgoong, he's leading that girl on hella, and it's probably for the same reasons Mido is constantly leaning into the lawyer. They're able to be more of who they are around them, and those people are almost seeing them for more than their own partner of 10 years does. There's also probably the added excitement of something new in there.
Let me be clear, these explanations are NOT excuses... I'm not excusing these actions. Wrong is wrong, we know that. But it's finally a drama that depicts characters close to reality, bc all of us have done the wrong thing knowingly, and that just makes us human, not automatically bad people.

I agree!! A relationship needs to have layers and so far the Fl and SML are hitting more layers than her and namgoong. For one the FL and SML actually see each other beyond whatever they say on the surface and aren't afraid to call the other out on it. SML also really notices what she wants when no one else does. The physical chemistry aspect is just a cherry on the cake, but it's not the driver of their relationship.

right every character feels like they're being fully fledged out and that never happens

Ha fr bc how gutsy are they ...are they willing to go that far? I will say and no one better jump me but it was just a kiss so far. Like the stakes aren't high enough to justify breaking a 10 year relationship just YET.

I don't know to be honest because lately writers have been pretty creative lmao If it were a few years ago I'd say no doubt the ML and FL are endgame but we've seen some second leads becoming main leads or open endings where no one ends up together. I think for me just based on where the story is at right now it would be a ridiculous message to have the leads end up together. I think it makes most sense to have an open ending if anything. EITHER way I need the lawyer and Mido to follow through at the very least

I know people are opposed to the 2ML, and it makes sense, but most of what he does is puppeteered... She read him to filth. He's his boss's lackey.
And yes, he's manipulative, that's the point of his character. I don't know why we take characters and paint them as all good or all bad when people aren't that black and white. It's fun and interesting to watch nuanced characters, especially in a morally gray setting.

Also, so far, neither of them has really cheated on the other. Mido's fighting with the lawyer, and Namgung's working with his colleague, and I don't see either of them showing any feelings yet for their second leads. As for the main leads, I've said it before: they lack chemistry, and I think that's by design. They're supposed to be ten years into a relationship that no longer seems to be serving either of them emotionally or physically, and their getting back together is classic because when you've been together that long, it's not easy to suddenly cut someone out of your life, especially when your lives are that intertwined. However, that's where the problem lies: they're staying together out of habit, and maybe even a sense of obligation, and they're not actually addressing any of the issues between them. I do think the writing falls short in developing the main leads' story, because as an audience, it's a little difficult to connect with them. But the show overall isn't bad, and I love Ahn Eun-jin.

Anyway, I'm rooting for the second leads and will probably root for them even more if their stories continue to develop, because I think the main leads ending up together would send kind of a strange message UNLESS they genuinely work through their issues. At this point, they shouldn't be getting married, because they aren't fully able to be themselves, and it feels like no one is truly seeing what the FL is going through besides the 2ML. Yes, he's an a**, but at times you see his facade fall and he sees her in a way the ML hasn't seemed to.
I think the same goes for the ML and the 2FL as she's seeing parts of him that he tends to conceal.

right ??

Genuinely I think the writers put in the straight romance just so it's not an obvious BL bc idk maybe the larger broadcasting stations wouldn't pick it up ?? im not sure how plausible that is ....but I say this bc the FL is so easy to overlook and ignore for the most part to where it feels like its by design.... like on the surface you're thinking oh its not a BL but the more you actually watch the drama it's like ain't no way these two dudes don't have something far deeper going on between them.
Literally that kiss is so misplaced too like he's in a bad emotional state and grieving and then bam makeout sesh

Genuinely ... even just based on that very first teaser we got, platonic has never been part of the equation ... That romance tag I see is for them and only them

Listen Gyuri's character is cute and I definitely don't mind her, but I just don't understand why her character was written in beyond high school. It makes sense for her to be there as a catalyst to help them meet, but that's it imo. Making her his manager is fine but like .... that kiss was so random like he's grieving and now ur making out??? oh ok ig

Also I hate it when dramas do this but they write in a girl who cant get over the guy and keeps pining after him even when he's giving her nothing like girlll nooo stand on business

I lowkey feel like they also put a female lead in bc the writers chickened out from making this a full on BL or maybe tVN wouldn't have picked it up if it were one so they had to do what they had to do ....regardless they finessed bc we all know this ain't no bromance 😛

The way they be staring at each other .... yeh right "friendship"
In fact I don't think Song Kang has ever looked at his past leads with such a beautiful gaze before like damnn he's eating up this whole yearning/tortured gaze
he's really shining in this drama with portraying all these different emotions

anyways I'm gonna need the writers to pull through and give us something
I know we wont get the catharsis we're looking for BUT just anything ...even an implicit hint works