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but but if you check the comment section, majority of criticisms are about the rom-com not rom-coming, how there is so far barely any romance between leads and we are wasting time on the exes. How people wanted romantic comedy and not angst and melodrama. There would be far less criticisms like that if the drama was not under rom-com genre tbh.

I'd agree with the mother pov is they did not have a son who can do whatever... She either does not care if he fails in live, or is willing to give him more financial and emotional support she ever did to her daughter. And that's shitty as fuck. She sees everyone's struggles and emotionally supports them (like how she knew right away Seung Hyo was down and she cooked him a meal), but is blind to her own daughter's suffering even after said daughter told her countless times how hard it is for her 🙂

I think the production team fucked up with the genre tags 🙂

The drama is truly AMAZING, but I totally understand people who get angry coz they are not getting what technically was initially sold: rom-com. This show fits far more into slice of life genre. If the drama was put into a different category genre wise, a lot of criticisms would not happen 🥲

At the same time, if you check Namu, it's also under "가족" which would be a Family genre. This is where the confusion might be coming from too. Coz by original source, this ain't just rom-com, but because of a different genre tags on mdl, it falls only under rom-com here.

He might not be evil, but he is for sure not good natured. Realistically speaking there are not many evil people overall, and we would never see any evil characters in a proper rom-com slice of life dramas - they fit crime or makjang more 🤣

But the bro is selfish as fuck and I have no issue dissing him until he gets his head out of his ass and start seeing other people around him 🙂

But I don't think he is good natured? All he thinks about his himself and he does not even consider for a moment how his actions affect others... It's not like he has noble ideas but he fails with executing them...

( but he is more naive than evil so we can say he is a good guy too) < this I disagree with. He is 31 years old. This level of naivety at this age is just lack of responsibility and laziness on his part. Especially with his defensive he gets when people point out his wrong actions...

not one time in my life have I facetimed my parents lol Also wouldn't her fiancé be the guardian. But also I am sure it's not legally required coz some people simply do not have guardians.

I think you just simply completely do not understand FL in this drama 🙂

this^ Also the way she just knew right away Seung Hyo was off and down about something so she made him food, but was so fucking blind to her own daughter's suffering was just sad to watch.

I hate how cute Seok Ryu was with her ex, but I also love it coz bitch, that's the reality. Most exes are not the villains of your life story 🤡 On one had I get people who are annoyed with all the flashbacks coz "who wants to see her with her ex being all happy" IF you watch it from the lense of just rom-com. But if you start seeing it more as a slice of life romance, the scenes of the ex and her are so meaningful and since the story is not just about the pair: Seung Hyo and Seok Ryu, but also about them as individuals and their personal growth and struggles, including these meaningful moments from their lives makes so much sense!

Yo... I don't hate the ex. I don't hate his scenes. I actually enjoy what he adds to the show. Am I weird? 🙃🙂🤡 This drama is magic. Them making me like all them flashbacks with the ex and overall the ex showing up trope is just miracle lol

Damn that phone call with her mother was so sad. I resonate with Seok Ryu so much 😭 You know how good parents "suffer alone" and don't want to worry their children? But when the child is raised as one to be overly responsible and does not get that love and care, they start to treat their parents on a similar level they would treat their child - feel like it's their responsibility to shield parents from the bad, and lessen their burden. They feel like they have to handle everything alone...

Her conversation with her mother after last argument with her parents is EXACTLY why she does not say SHIT to her parents - because they don't give a fuck, don't listen, ignore everything she says no matter how upset she is when she says it which CLEARLY indicated it's important to her, and they make decisions for her.

As for her chat with ML on the playground... I have a message to Seok Ryu:
Why the fuck you lying? (Why)
Why you always lying? (Why)
Hmmm oh my God
Stop fucking lying

BITCH WE KNOW YOU DID NOT GO WITH HIM TO THE HOSPITAL COZ YOU HAVE STRONG FEELINGS FOR HIM! WHY YOU LYING. I mean I know why, and I relate, but this is so frustrating. But i cannot even hate her for it, coz I'm that bitch who would do the same 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

The way Mi Suk comforts Seung Hyo and sees right away when something bothers him, but is also blind bitch to her own daughter's pain just annoyed the shit out of me 🙂

LISTEN the scene of her and the ex in the hospital after her surgery is another reason why I get she did not tell anyone. She has such a pathological way of dealing with issues, the way she thinks no matter what she needs to be the strong and mature one and deal with shit and even in her lowest point in life she is the one reassuring her ex. And it would be the same with family. Instead of getting the support from them, she would feel like she needs to support them emotionally in that painful moment of her life.

"You're so much stronger and more resilient than I thought" BITCH! THIS IS NOT A COMPLIMENT IN THAT SCENARIO! He means so well, but it's such a bad shit to say. Like I can FEEL the anxiety and pressure she is feeling when she hears it. Basically just pushing her further into the pathological way of her thinking and living. What she should be hearing is - you DO NOT need to be strong and resilient all the time. It's fine to feel weak and helpless, you have people in your life to lift that burdeen from you during the moments life is too hard" FUCK WHY AM I CRYING 😭

Damn that's it. That's EXACTLY what people like her (and me, fucking sad lol) fear the most - that when we finally break down, show weakness, need actual help and support instead of carrying everything on our backs, people will blame us, leave us, because being this weak is not like us. We are the ones who are strong and mature, we are the ones that supposed to fix things, we can deal with everything, we can support anyone, we are emotionally stable and never break.

At the same time, I don't really blame the ex. I think people who live with or are in relationship with someone who struggles with serious psychological issues need therapy themselves, and support circle of people that deal with similar issues. EVEN IF their partner is suffering, they should be allowed to enjoy themselves from time to time. To recharge, to have the strength to support their partner. Otherwise both of their batteries will die sooner or later, no one will help each other, because both of them will be exhausted.

Seung Hyo be like: This doesn't make sense!
Me be like: BUT IT DOES! 😭😭😭😭😭

"You hurt the people who love you" 😠😡🤬 politely fuck off coz her cancer is not about you lol AND THIS IS WHY WE DON'T TELL PEOPLE SHIT, BECAUSE THEY MAKE OUR SUFFERING ABOUT THEM! 🙂

The way this drama connects all the folks who dealt with parentification so now they are unable to lean on anyone for support and feel the need to deal with every shit on their own 🙂

Okay yeah, this is for sure silly and unserious. Teen kidnapping fantasy 🤣
Like Q having this much attitude towards the dude that was sent to kill him? Ridiculous.
That "fake blood" looked NOTHING like blood and no one would fall for that 🤡

I like it? I like the chemistry. The romantic sleepwalking was ridiculous, but fun 🤣
I do not care about the overall big picture who wanted him dead and his dad and police and all that shit.
I'm here for romance and romance only 🙂

Same, I think I might rewatch first half in a near future, because it was literally pure perfection! 😭

I am all about showing characters as more than just a pair, and giving them their own individual plotlines - that's what makes dramas more realistic. BUT there needs to be balance. By the end of the second half of the drama it seemed like a one man show and everything else was just a support 🙂

I don't think you can get hearing aids wet yet it happened on 2 different occasions < you can actually. Not "going into the pool" type of a way, but even heavy rain is fine as long as you don't stand in it for like hours 🙂. Of course that depends on the hearing aid one has.

it was not last minute, they hinted something bad, sad and traumatic happened to her 3 years ago number of times.

By now I feel like I'm more interested in relationship between ML's parents than the main couple 🤣
Actually, when episodes focus more on just leads, and give less variety of scenes with other characters, I like them less 🙂

I think it actually adds to the drama. It explore deeper how hurt and alone FL actually is. That it's not just external annoying family, but she is also hurting herself internally. That even when she was suffering so much with cancer, she did not want to tell anyone, she did not want to burden anyone, she wanted to deal with it alone, as she always did.

I think you misunderstood what she said. It was obviously sarcastic. She said out loud what she thought her husband thought her reasoning was. But by the end what she said was true - she does not want FL to suffer like she was and is suffering living a poor life.

I feel the whole point is he started to distance himself from her when she had cancer, and that's why he feels guilty. It was too much for him. Because he obviously did something and he obviously feels guilty about something...

I'm so curious how did Seung Hyo's family become so messed up. Like... damn. It's so sad to watch, honestly.

Yo wait... she might have actually like him first 🤣 Damn little child and their first crush 🤡\
And Seung Hyo freaking out in the room talking to himself. How adorable 🤣

Wait... they are only 13 months apart? Why did I think her brother was younger? Like mid to late 20 🤣

This is so fun, picking the expiration date of his confession and how long he can wait by picking expiration date of something in the grocery store 🙂🤣 such a novel idea 🤡🤣

Will Mo Eum survive such a distraction during work hours? 🙂 I wouldn;t hahahaha

"I wanted to hear what you had to say" Same bitch, I need some answers finally coz this shit is getting annoying with how cryptic they are about what happened 3 years ago and about their break up 😭

You know what I want? Short 20 minutes long special episodes each week of Bae Geun Sik and Choi Gyeong Jong drinking 😭🤣 The dads are so great together, it would be so fun.

Bae Seok Ryu finally talking about the double standards her parents have towards her and her brother hits hard. You know what's even worse - that she also put that pressure on herself, without them even needing to do it. She did not want to add problems to them, since they already struggled with the brother. Bae Seok Ryu's character is extremely relatable to me. I'm in a similar situation, but with my older sister. Because of her issues my parents struggled their whole life and they still do, and I always felt like I need to be the good, smart and kind child so they can be proud and brag about me to their friends, and when someone asks how their kids are doing, they will have something good to say.

Ah.... the big C... fuck. 😭
I'm not mad about it tho... It makes sense plot wise and character wise. It does not really feel cheap for me.
I think it adds to depth of the family dynamics. I think most of people can comprehend why she would not tell the family when she had it bad at work and her problems with ex, but her hiding cancer and dealing with it alone shows how bad her relationship with her family actually is, even though it looks good from the outside. I see the cancer far more as a way to progress the family aspect of the drama and FL feeling neglected and also the pressure she felt to not burden her family, than just a way to keep the ex in the picture.