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There's no good or bad character in the movie < I mean... for most part. The homophobic alcoholic abusive father is rather trash 🙃 Sorry I had to.

and not suspending disbelief. It is fiction. < That's not an excuse that can be used for a drama that has Life as one of he genres. This is not a pure rom-com, but people excuse a lot of ridiculous shit because it has romance as one of the genres. Romance is not the only genre it has. Life genre is supposed to mimic reality the rather well. For example, when I was watching When the Phone Rings I wasn't complaining about all the bullshit unrealistic shit, because the drama did not try to be realistic in the first place. Why add Life as a genre when you are just an office romance?

They sold the show in a specific way. I am making criticisms based on what the show was supposed to be and how the characters were introduced. On namu wiki 가족 (family) is literally one of the genres listed 😅

The norm of working overtime does not fit here because he literally took the job with the promise he will be able to spend more time with the child. The writers wrote it in. If they did not literally make his daughter the reason he was fired from the previous job, and him taking this job, I would have no issue with him spending all these additional hours at work.

I mean, the writers wrote it in - him prioritizing his child over work. They added the fact the child had serious depression because they did not spend enough time together. For them to just throw that all in the trash the moment it's not needed for the plot ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Why even making him have a kid? lol There are so many other reasons for him to take time off work.

Maybe it bothers me so much coz I know a bit about child psychology and development and I cannot just ignore the kid in the plot. Whenever there is an evening romantic moment between the leads I keep thinking how he should be with his kid now.


the writers made a big deal out of his situation with his kid in eps 1-2, no one can now blame me for taking it seriously ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Like, is this quality drama or silly rom-com with mediocre writing?

i would have ZERO issue with all these scenes is they did not first make him the father of the year who risked his job for his kid and then took this job ONLY because he was supposed to have more time off with his kid. If they did not make his kid's situation so serious she had clinical depression. Like the therapist even said she will never be fully okay, but she is a lot better now. And now he is back to his workaholic tendencies and makes sure FL has good sleep instead of spending time with his kid. It just leave a bad taste in my mouth tbh. The writers shoot their own foot making the set up for him and the kid's situation this bad in the (literally just happened) past.

yeah you cannot drive even after half of a glass of beer, it does not make you drunk enough you need to sit down and sleep for a minute. However slightly tipsy he might have been, he would be sober by the time he got to the office with that nice walk 🙃

come on... he did not even look tipsy not to mention drunk.

she is SAFE in her office that is not open access for everyone to just walk in. There was NO reason for him to assume she might be in ANY danger whatsoever. I get going to the office to check if she is there. After that, you leave.

And again, it's not one time. Out of ALL work days they showed, he went home on a normal hour ONCE and he ALWAYS stays late being literally the last one to leave. They are pushing the narrative of how much he is taking care of FL to a ridiculous extend, when THEY were the ones that set it up that he is the good father wanting to spend more time with his child. The same happened when she slept in the car and he was driving around the city so she can nap, instead of waking her up so he can get fucking back home to his child. The fact his neighbor is basically raising his child now coz he wants to make sure his boss sleeps well is crazy 😂

Don't write into the story shit you cannot then deliver coz you would rather focus on the romance ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ How the set him up as an amazing father who puts his daughter as priority, but then drop that the second FL walks in is just bad writing.

yeah by that logic he should be with his child even more - you never know someone might try to break into the neighbor's house knowing it's a single mother with a child so she will be easily controlled if threatened with a child. Like this reasoning is just... sorry but stupid and a poor way to excuse ML putting his new boss over his child who just recovered from depression. If the world is so dangerous and you never know, he should prioritize being at night with his child, not his boss ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And if you cannot trust anyone, I ask again - should he moved in with her? Not leave her side 24/7? By all means she was safe in the office, and if we go paranoid with "you never know" then were is the line? Technically you never know and she can be attacked at the office every day when she stays late. Maybe he should just move into office just to be sure 🙃

in office, that is secure and not like anyone can come in no issue and they only have that small team having access? Sure rape. Why won't he just moves in with her. Someone can break into her apartment and rape her ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
He saw she is safe IN THE OFFICE. Put the blanket on her and leave. There was ZERO reasons for him to stay with her when she is SAFE in her office sleeping. It's not like she was sleeping in a public place or something.

He just drop drop majority of responsibility of his child on his neighbor coz he wants to take care of his boss to the extend that is far beyond what he should be doing as her assistant. Like... by now his neighbor took over raising his child. This is wrong.

i dont wanna sound weird but it can be dangerous for her if u think about it. < how? What can potentially happen? No one else was worried, not even her friend and business partner. Why are we treating FL like a child. Why is he treating her like a child he needs to take care of?

He is not taking some time off the recharge his batteries, he is workaholic. This is not a break 🤡

My issue is, it's not one. Out of all working days they showed so far, he only ONCE left when there was still some light outside (so not late evening) and all the other times, he was literally the last one to leave. So it's not just one overnight.

I would not have that much issue with it if they did not established how apparently important his daughter is to him, to the point he risked his career knowing what might be the consequence of it and did not take the job literally because Mi Ae told him he will have more time with his daughter. HELL, I would not even have that much issue about him working so much if all he did was work, but by now he basically oversteps a lot, him staying with her when she is drunk when she is safe in the office was just ridiculous. Same with him driving around so she can have a good sleep. It would be romantic, IF his child was not neglected at the same time.

a bit of a rant about ML, I tired to move on but I cannot 😂
Still like it overall. Kind of want to see more of Jung Su Hyeon, and add Woo Jeong Hun since they already connected them.

I do not want to sound like broken record, but the way he cares and worries about his new boss more than his own child. Like if someone described me his situation outside of the context of the show and romanticized scenes of him and Ji Yun, I'd probably call him a red flag 🤡

Like what the actual fuck about him staying with her the the office coz she was drunk and feel asleep on the sofa. Even going to the office to see if she is there was for me too much, but let's say I get it, dude prioritizes safety a lot. She saw her safe and asleep on the sofa, put that blanket and clock out go see your child 🤡 Like this shit IS NOT ROMANTIC when you know he has a child at home. Similar case of that driving around when she was asleep - not romantic since HE HAS A CHILD THAT HE SHOULD BE WITH AT SOME. Home about you get home early to read some fucking bad time stories TO YOUR CHILD WHO JUST FINISHED HER TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION AFTER YOU NEGLECTED HER FOR WORK? 🙃

This is a rare case of a show where I would rather see them build a strong platonic friendship, than a romantic one.
Also, I love how the tags say workaholic FL, when ML is just as much of a workaholic if not more. Legit from how they are presenting the drama, he is the first one at the office and mostly the last one to leave 😂

Just like... why even make him single father? Just write a story that his wife divorced him and took his child coz of his workaholic tendencies, he tried to fix it by taking the leave and that fucked over his career ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Aside of that extremely frustrating aspect, I'm still enjoying it. Really like today's plot between Yong Su and Gyeong Hwa. I'm also really liking Su Hyeon. There was all organization porn in this ep so that's a bit disappointing 😂 Glad they are diving a bit into the past story between FL and Hye Jin. I would guess Hye Jin was the one who made the decision to cover it all up, and the CEO took the blame for her. Maybe they had romance or something? And Hye Ji basically threw him under the bus, and then tried to blame his death on FL.

Take less well paying job. Yes it would be hard form him to get hired in a massive corporation, but not everywhere with his experience. He decided to pick the job which leads to him being s neglectful parent again, going back to the way he was living that led to his child being depressed. That's a fact. Also of he signed the contract with the idea he will have more times it's his fucking choice to ignore it and stay after hours. No one else does from other employees. He is literally alone in that office every fucking evening. There is no excuse for that

With the mess she had? For sure. It's not like he had all these plastic labels ready too, where did they come from? They were extremely specific to her business partners and clients 😂 that's the shit you need custom made.

Yeah but if he has free time during the day, they need to show that, they need to show how he is chilling with his child, since the whole premise of his character is him being a dedicated single father who puts his child ahead of his job 😂

The child literally just finished her therapy and as the therapist said, she is not fully well, just a lot better. The child is one year older from when she was depressed, not even in school yet.

Of they did not try to present him as a father who prioritizes his child over work, I would have no issue with this set up. But they did and now he prioritizes his boss over his child 😂

No way he only stayed for like half an hour overtime (he would most likely need around 30 minutes to get home) when he see how much work he actually does in that empty office late evening 😅 that's at least 2 hours type of a deal.

But even 8pm when he is a single dad and his child was in a freaking therapy for deep depression because they did not spend enough time together in the past is still fucked up ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it is in fact "that late" in his circumstances. His child at that age should be in bed around 8.30pm. so what.. he spends just around hour of time daily with his own child? 30 minutes morning and 30 evening? And that's in the best case scenario of he actually only stayed for like 30 minutes overtime at work 🤡

They made it too big of a deal as a set up to know just not give a fuck how he is basically doing exactly the same he did when his daughter was depressed 🤡