[Drama 2018] My Mister, 나의 아저씨 - Best Drama at 2019 (55th) BaekSang Arts Awards

[TeBe]

off topic:

 

Being single for a long time ,  I am taking notes from DJY on how to seduce a man I will create coincindances and go eat and drink with him and stick to him until he will feel empty if I am not arround. Ok thanks DJY.

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Guys, I hate his wife so much. I admire how he is helping her out to get out of her broken heart feels.

Why is our Ajasshi  so out of this word??  She doesn't appreciate what kind of man she is having by her side. She does not fit to his enviroment but I can conclude that back in the days they were madly in love and tied the knote. Day by day their differences in personalities are taking over the love and attraction they got for each other . However they got a cutie pie son who deserves to be loved and raised by his parents in a stable home. PDH is over coming the pain of betrayal of his cheating wife just  for his family's sake . However I doubt his selfish wife ever thought about the pain she is causing to her son by having and affair. Tryin to divorce his dad and make him go down hill in his career and marry her lover and bring him a step father.

I hate her for all of this and I hate her more because she is taking the spot of someone who could be giving more love and support to PDH. This man deserves a lot better life partner.  His family are so genuine and fun to hang arround with. They have a lot of warmth and love and support to each other. Personally I would love to have such in-laws.

I don't know in which direction the sotry is heading to. I can't decide, if PDH keeps this woman and his family , he is concidered a winner against shorty CEO or if he divorces her and quit his shitty job and winning over his own life and leaving DJY and his wife and all the toxic parts of life is concidered that he won . However I am not sure if the writer is trying to give us a lesson on how to fix our lives or just portraying the hidden parts of our lives , where we endure a lot of crap , because it is just part of life.  Few of us will be rebelling and quitting jobs because we have other responsibilities, that tie us down to our situations.

This is a very brilliant drama. I will be looking forwards to every episodes with a lot of curiosity..

[jongski]

Fighting! Ajusshis!

 

 

Oh and the tweeps ( the younger fans of the actors me thinks)you can actually tell what they want to see...or hope they see.  Heh.

 

The confrontation next week....

 

 

 

 

[zenya22]

On 4/13/2018 at 2:16 PM, maddymappo said:

I am not sure though that DJY doesn't still love her. He didn't want to end it even when DH threatened him and told him he would never marry YH anyway so stop it now and don't hurt her.  So why didn't he end it then, when the husband found out?  Instead he tried to cover his tracks telling the old man that DH just misinterpreted the phone call list. (okay I can understand him covering for himself anyway, but he still told DH - in his face, "I am not ending it!").

 

I don't know if YH will want to get back with DH. Like others on this thread, she does seem totally self absorbed and insensitive to his feelings.  Although we know, she does not know that he knows about the affair.  But what happened to them?  Were they  in love once?  What is the back story on how they moved apart?  Perhaps it is his lack of ambition like others mention.  She wants a more ambitious guy.  But is that it?  He also ignored her and neglected her up until now. Maybe that is why he was concerned about her well being when he heard about the affair.  He may have felt a bit responsible for her looking elsewhere for affection. She is a beautiful woman.  I am hoping we will learn more about how their relationship became so stale, cold, empty.   DH makes everyone feel uncomfortable with his moral superiority and highest pure ethical standard, so I guess living with that 24/7 might have  been stressful, but did other things happen?

@maddymappoJY covered for himself by telling the old man that YH using the phone booth called him to discuss the 50 mill bribery but the old man will be asking himself why YH needed to use the phone booth when she can use her office phone if only to keep the calls secret from DH knowing that YH knows about the bribe. Also, DH had told the office security when he was being escorted out that time, that he needed to call his wife who is his lawyer and since everything is being reported to the old man, then it would be easy for the old man to surmise that DH wife knows about the bribery attempt. JY's cover is quite flimsy. I am not sure he fooled the old man, seeing that the old man gave permission to promote DH. That prompted JY to break up with YH. 

 

I would also like to see a background story of the marriage of DH and YH. JY said that in school all the girls liked DH. He is nice, responsible, helpful, smart, probably had good grades etc... and that may have attracted YH.  She is a beautiful woman. However, their expectations of each other may have changed and the love got stale. From what I heard in one convo of Mama Park and his brothers that YH was already a daughter in law when she graduated law school? KH chided mom that a big graduation party should have been celebrated in honor of her DIL. Mama Park has this resentment of the DIL surpassing her son. I wonder if DH helped with YH lawyer schooling. YH may feel indebted and that is why she is staying? I need to go back to the first episodes to see that conversation. Mama Park also babysat Jiseok. 

 

What is interesting in the confrontation between JY and DH is how they described what they hate about each other. DH said that JY was a greedy user and a sneak, who stepped on others to get ahead then discarded them and JY accused DH of self-righteous goody two shoes who lorded his goodness over others to hide his greed. It is as if they are describing the opposite of themselves in the other. JY sees in DH what he wants to be like and DH sees in JY what he does not want himslef to be like. 

[dvdwyn]

1 hour ago, TeBe said:

off topic:

 

Being single for a long time ,  I am taking notes from DJY on how to seduce a man I will create coincindances and go eat and drink with him and stick to him until he will feel empty if I am not arround. Ok thanks DJY.

=====================

Guys, I hate his wife so much. I admire how he is helping her out to get out of her broken heart feels.

Why is our Ajasshi  so out of this word??  She doesn't appreciate what kind of man she is having by her side. She does not fit to his enviroment but I can conclude that back in the days they were madly in love and tied the knote. Day by day their differences in personalities are taking over the love and attraction they got for each other . However they got a cutie pie son who deserves to be loved and raised by his parents in a stable home. PDH is over coming the pain of betrayal of his cheating wife just  for his family's sake . However I doubt his selfish wife ever thought about the pain she is causing to her son by having and affair. Tryin to divorce his dad and make him go down hill in his career and marry her lover and bring him a step father.

I hate her for all of this and I hate her more because she is taking the spot of someone who could be giving more love and support to PDH. This man deserves a lot better life partner.  His family are so genuine and fun to hang arround with. They have a lot of warmth and love and support to each other. Personally I would love to have such in-laws.

I don't know in which direction the sotry is heading to. I can't decide, if PDH keeps this woman and his family , he is concidered a winner against shorty CEO or if he divorces her and quit his shitty job and winning over his own life and leaving DJY and his wife and all the toxic parts of life is concidered that he won . However I am not sure if the writer is trying to give us a lesson on how to fix our lives or just portraying the hidden parts of our lives , where we endure a lot of crap , because it is just part of life.  Few of us will be rebelling and quitting jobs because we have other responsibilities, that tie us down to our situations.

This is a very brilliant drama. I will be looking forwards to every episodes with a lot of curiosity..

 

y so much hate?

 

clearly everylife is different.. we can not judge someone so easily.. this drama makes it easier to side against the angel hubby though.. 

however i notice something that the angel hubby lacks in skill, that is communication... which is vital in every marriage.. 

 

how can he abandon his wife in communication areas, spend so much time with his family / brothers drinking around where he can spend all those time with his wife, or at least make effort to romantice their dull lifeless llife..  no wonder the wife is having an affair.. 

 

i myself a young middle aged men, average looking, self made, successful and married.. i have encounter so many girls and married women who tried to seduce me or invite me for an affair.. (the young beautiful types and career woman whose makes me wonder what is wrong with their husband? watching this great drama i can relate when they told me about their marriage problems.. )

 

let me tell you all they want is basically an attention and communication... they want comfort and happiness... which they never get during their marriage life with their husband... some husband just take their wife for granted once they get married.. 

 

when i rejected the affair and advise those married woman to basically separate first instead of having an affair (when there is no more love), they are stuck in dillemmas because of family status and most importantly children... like in this drama they also have a son... 

 

by the way anyone know the soundtrack from episode 7 and 8 near the ending , cant wait for it to be released... ost is great... one of the best dramas in 2018..  got me posting something in a while... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sharine Phinisia]

3 hours ago, zenya22 said:

@Sharine PhinisiaSorry to cut your post, but since The Buddha's teaching was mentioned, I think DH interpretation of the teaching is incorrect and maybe it is the translation but no one deserves to be unhappy or in pain, the teaching points to the opposite, that all can and deserve to be happy. DH had texted the monk once that he feels like he is carrying the weight of the world, the monk texted back "you are not carrying the weight of the world, you are just your weight." Monk is saying that DH suffers and the cause of his suffering is thinking and feeling that he is carrying a world weight of dung but there is a way to stop his suffering by changing his view and put down the world load of dung. Every moment see his weight for what it presently is, it is what it is. Just your weight of 102 kg while you do what you gotta do

 

According to his coworkers, DH is responsible, talented and has potential to advance to upper management position and yet he has not done so. He either fears failing disappoint his family especially his wife and mother or he fears that if he is more successful he will feel more weighted with more responsibilities. But as the episodes advance, we see that there are more challenges pressuring him to take action, in his personal as well as business life. We shall see how he will handle this. This will be a kind of awakening for him. 

 

 

 

Thank you for your response! Yes, the translation tends to be literal so perhaps it cause misunderstandings. I tend to think that the meaning of 'pain' here is interpreted as 'life is fleeting, so no matter how greedy you are everyone will die in the end' and 'death' as some kind of release, as in 'nirvana', where you become nothing. Perhaps DH thinks that, as you said, the weight of the world (his mother, his brothers, his subordinates, pressure at work, his wife's expectations, etc.) will disappear once he reach death, and there is no need to 'struggle' in life since life is 'hell' anyway (which is ofc a wrong way of thinking that disproved by Jian later on) 

And yes, DH is your everyman. He is capable of everything and takes pride in his line of work. And since morality is his principle, he most certainly will be loyal to those he respect. Really though, the scene of DH finally take control and get his **** together will be satisfying to watch.

 

4 hours ago, maddymappo said:

perhaps DH is saying that in a different way. Whatever happens to him is because it comes from his karma.  But I also think DH tries to mentally separate himself from gain and loss and just live apart from it.  Extinguish his desire. So he has this joyless demeanor. He doesn't allow himself to get into the fray.  He keeps distancing himself.  We finally see him smile with Jian. 

 

Yes! Because i think even though the monk and DH agrees on one principle (back to nothingness) how they roll with it is an exact opposite: while the monk identify nothingness with freedom of any kind of greed and worldly need, DH basically turn himself into a lump of depressed, suicidal human being by shutting off any emotions (nothingness) and believe that the only salvation is death, so to achieve all things in this world means to achieve nothing. This is no way of living, and for the first time, Jian's existence somehow about to change that.

[Veronica Park]

K-DRAMA REACTION: MY AHJUSSI | EPISODE 5

 

Kindness is a very powerful weapon, and My Ahjussi Ep 5 showed us how it can pierce through even a stone-like heart. Let’s dive into the moments that prove Lee Ji-an is slowly softening up to Park Dong-hoon.

 

1. The Nudge

Dong-hoon was in a complete daze while on his way to the office that he did not notice the train doors open. Before alighting the coach, Ji-an nudged the Kind Ahjussi’s foot to tell him that they already arrived at the station. Though this act is minute and maybe unnoticeable, I find it amusing that the Stoic Agassi is showing concern for Dong-hoon even in the simplest way.

 

2. The Slap

Ji-an attended the company dinner through Dong-hoon’s inivitation. The atmosphere was not good especially after one of Dong-hoon’s subordinate made a scene asking the CEO to show respect to his sunbae.

 

FULL: https://ahjummamshies.com/2018/04/14/k-drama-reaction-my-ahjussi-episode-5/

[MsMinnieFran]

hmmm....If i'm not mistaken...

In episode 8, this is the first time DH walked JIAN home after a meal/drinking alcohol, right? The previous meal they had he left her at the restaurant door. Just thought it was noteworthy.

[TJ Starcandy]

6 hours ago, dvdwyn said:

how can he abandon his wife in communication areas, spend so much time with his family / brothers drinking around where he can spend all those time with his wife, or at least make effort to romantice their dull lifeless llife..  no wonder the wife is having an affair.. 

 

Good point:) nice to have another perspective from a married person. Let me put another idea out there.  We always assume that DH is in love with his wife. But what if he isn't anymore? What if he is the one that fell out of love first? All the signs and symptoms are there.. he is drinking in somber - lack of attention, hang out more with his brothers, emotionally unavailable, depression, and no communication. But PDH is a good man and principled, he would not admit to this or is struggling so he punishes himself by agreeing to live like a prisoner. I agree with you that I could not blame YH for having an affair. However, I don't think YH also loves DH. I think she also fell out of love probably even before JYD. And likely the only connection that they share is their son. The affair started a year before and because that's around the same time their son moved out and live abroad. Some marriages struggle after their kids move out because now the couple has to focus on their relationship and realized that they don't have much in common. 

 

Is marriage still worth saving if all is left are obligations, keeping up appearances, and just for the children? So YH and DH are like two rocks not moving and trap in this marriage. This cracks me up again leave it to My Ajusshi to tell a gritty story about marriage. It is not a happily ever after the wedding. There is no guarantee and love fizzles out especially when a couple grows apart.

 

[TJ Starcandy]

59 minutes ago, MsMinnieFran said:

hmmm....If i'm not mistaken...

In episode 8, this is the first time DH walked JIAN home after a meal/drinking alcohol, right? The previous meal they had he left her at the restaurant door. Just thought it was noteworthy.

 

I'm glad you noticed. yes, he walked her home and he nervously turned around when Jian said something- again PDnim!!! pls stop sending food in the island. 

[ninaanin]

6 minutes ago, timidjock0819 said:

 

I'm glad you noticed. yes, he walked her home and he nervously turned around when Jian said something- again PDnim!!! pls stop sending food in the island. 

 

What do you mean? when she said fighting? Sorry I'm a bit dumb today  

[TJ Starcandy]

Hearts are fluttering apparently with this age gap romance - I guess two actors just needs to be hot and beautiful for it to be acceptable. 

 

https://www.allkpop.com/article/2018/04/drama-pretty-noona-who-buys-me-food-is-making-viewers-hearts-beat-with-a-realistic-age-gap-relationship

[TeBe]

5 hours ago, dvdwyn said:

 

y so much hate?

 

clearly everylife is different.. we can not judge someone so easily.. this drama makes it easier to side against the angel hubby though.. 

however i notice something that the angel hubby lacks in skill, that is communication... which is vital in every marriage.. 

 

how can he abandon his wife in communication areas, spend so much time with his family / brothers drinking around where he can spend all those time with his wife, or at least make effort to romantice their dull lifeless llife..  no wonder the wife is having an affair.. 

 

i myself a young middle aged men, average looking, self made, successful and married.. i have encounter so many girls and married women who tried to seduce me or invite me for an affair.. (the young beautiful types and career woman whose makes me wonder what is wrong with their husband? watching this great drama i can relate when they told me about their marriage problems.. )

 

let me tell you all they want is basically an attention and communication... they want comfort and happiness... which they never get during their marriage life with their husband... some husband just take their wife for granted once they get married.. 

 

when i rejected the affair and advise those married woman to basically separate first instead of having an affair (when there is no more love), they are stuck in dillemmas because of family status and most importantly children... like in this drama they also have a son... 

 

by the way anyone know the soundtrack from episode 7 and 8 near the ending , cant wait for it to be released... ost is great... one of the best dramas in 2018..  got me posting something in a while... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am not getting your point at all. If the angel hubby lacks in communication and is neglecting his wife and spending more time with his bros than her, does it justify the cheating ?? I am sorry . There is no justification for having an affair. She could have asked for divorce and lived her life and met men or whatever. But as long as she is the wife of some man , she had to respect that. She is bond to respect her husband and make sure to not be a disgrace to her son. The same goes to men by the way. If a man is not happy in his marriage he has only 2 choices: work out on saving it or divorce . Looking for love and attention and affection from some stranger, while you are still married is just beyond wrong . There is absolutely no way that adultery could be given a justification. Even your personal experience that you stated does not make me change my mind about that.

I am hating her for her selfishness. She never thought about the harm she is causing to the people arround her. She has no loyalty to PDH at all. She had the affair with the man , he hates the most. (While JiAn, the stranger, she hates the CEO just because PDH hates him, she slapped the office guy just because he talked trash about PDH,  do you see the huge difference?) . His wife has no morals. And that's where my hate comes from. And as I said before, she didn't put her son and his future first. At some point of life , our lives are not only about us and our desires , we have to give up on a little bit of our ego and own happiness  to protect the people we love or at least not hurt them.  However this woman her ego comes first. Remember the scenes where she was at DH's mom Birthday but was eager to see how many times did she got called by the CEO and how she smiled at her phone? She is happy to get the attention and see him desperately wanting to reach her out . She is pissed because she got dumped. She couldn't handle that at all. Her ego was hurt badly.

Anyway maybe other people could sympathize with her. But not me.

 

[maryofbethany]

20 hours ago, nearsea said:

-Wanted to add, about dong hoon's family, at this point, I have no comment on dong hoon and his wife's broken relationship. I can't see how they can continue after what happened. Though it seems that staying together for the sake of the child is what he is trying to do, IMO,  that's the worst thing to do to an already broken link/ connection. From personal experience, I have seen how adultery affects families, and it's terrible. For the children, it's worse. They don't want to be affected by the virus which has been eating up their parents. They really don't. Even if people think it's better to stay together for the sake of children, they should think first if they want to carry on a poisonous relationship. I have seen women say that they need the social status of marriage for the sake of society which doesn't treat divorced women in a good way. But real strength comes from the inside like dong hoon was saying. So I hope that the writer shows us a realistic aftermath, cause to me it seems like Yoon Hee was quite ready to give DH a divorce. She genuinely seemed happy to be able to break out of the shackle of marriage [ it did seem like she has been just trapped in a loveless unhealthy marriage].

@nearsea you added a crucial good point. coz most of the time we always judged either on the side of the victim, or the adulterer (whether has reasonable back stories), judged according to statement of the wife or husband... and we seldom see a broken dead marraige hanging on a thread, by the eyes of the child.
oft time we always think the Child will want only one thing, for mom/dad to savage the marriage 'At All Costs'.

its truly unique that you mentioned, maybe after all, the child (if the child is old and mature enough) , and preferred not to be the sole reason that tied the father to the mom who's heart already left him.

then, i remember back at Granny's birthday, 'son' Ji-seok, thru the skype was comforting SH, telling him not to give up finding a good woman, not knowing that his 'ex-auntie' was listening nearby... and when discovered that he leaked that he may have hurt Aunt Aeryun's feelings, he was fast to apologised. which means one thing, although the boy seems young, he has understanding of relationship between adults and was ready to even comfort seniors over in mature manner, and speedy enough to know what to do when throw into a tight spot. i guess he belongs to the kind of Child that you mentioned,  who will not want to be the reason that his parents hid behold him as the reason to hold on to a dead marriage. i was actually hoping that YH should have sacrifice her own covetuous needs for the sake for her own son. Now come to rethink the situation, maybe you are right. Esp kids that are older and mature, will preferred that his own parents seek their own true happinesss, if they do not love each other any more , or have never ever loved each other in the first place.
just my hunch, maybe DH has never truly loved YH, but married her out of some other reason. maybe it is not true love that bind the marriage in the first place, as it might be just YH's unreciprocated love towards DH. maybe? esp when YH confronted DH about still hanging on to his mom/brothers, while his actual 'Real' family are the Three of Them only.

Ji Seok might be the only crucial One that finally persuaded dad to move on from the present bondage that suffocated him and choked the life from mom. if Ji Seok himself also 'release' mom, and without grudges give his blessing. i guess this untied the final invisible thread that untangled the 2 hearts that were never meant for each other.

[maddymappo]

6 hours ago, dvdwyn said:

 

y so much hate?

 

clearly everylife is different.. we can not judge someone so easily.. this drama makes it easier to side against the angel hubby though.. 

however i notice something that the angel hubby lacks in skill, that is communication... which is vital in every marriage.. 

 

how can he abandon his wife in communication areas, spend so much time with his family / brothers drinking around where he can spend all those time with his wife, or at least make effort to romantice their dull lifeless llife..  no wonder the wife is having an affair.. 

 

i myself a young middle aged men, average looking, self made, successful and married.. i have encounter so many girls and married women who tried to seduce me or invite me for an affair.. (the young beautiful types and career woman whose makes me wonder what is wrong with their husband? watching this great drama i can relate when they told me about their marriage problems.. )

 

let me tell you all they want is basically an attention and communication... they want comfort and happiness... which they never get during their marriage life with their husband... some husband just take their wife for granted once they get married.. 

 

when i rejected the affair and advise those married woman to basically separate first instead of having an affair (when there is no more love), they are stuck in dillemmas because of family status and most importantly children... like in this drama they also have a son... 

 

by the way anyone know the soundtrack from episode 7 and 8 near the ending , cant wait for it to be released... ost is great... one of the best dramas in 2018..  got me posting something in a while... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks. I think that DH realizes his own shortcomings in the marriage, that is why his response was to protect her. There are many desperate housewives out there. Woman also need to feel desirable . If a man or woman neglects that then I am not going to call it adultery because they are only married in name only .

 

[TJ Starcandy]

1 hour ago, ninaanin said:

 

What do you mean? when she said fighting? Sorry I'm a bit dumb today  

 

@ninaanin yes chingu. The progression of their relationship is noteworthy as pointed out by @MsMinnieFran A man does not walk someone home if he is not interested. Then he hold on to her words like gold to cheer himself up like a pillar of strength. Again PDnim  **facepalm**

[maryofbethany]

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COMMENTS

Ugh, Joon-young is such a weasel. He’s so determined to destroy Dong-hoon, not just because he’s a professional threat, but over a woman. I appreciate that for once, the antagonist doesn’t have convoluted reasons for disliking the hero, just hating him because he hates him, but he’s just so disgustingly unrepentant about it. And now, not only is he offering to pay her enough money to get her out of debt, but he’s asking her to do the one thing she really wants to do — spend time with Dong-hoon. It would be hard for a young woman to resist a kind, attractive man under most circumstances, but Dong-hoon’s friendship means so much to Ji-an that she probably doesn’t know what she feels. It will be interesting to see if she’s willing to let go of him in order to keep his life from being destroyed, or if she’ll give in to her own feelings.

This show is brilliant at making small moments between Ji-an and Dong-hoon so monumentally important, when to anyone else, it wouldn’t even register as unusual. I could think of a thousand examples, but the one that really got to me was when Ji-an called out “fighting” to Dong-hoon. For one thing, she probably hasn’t been able to lift her head up from her own problems to think about encouraging someone else in years, so to offer him her support that way was a huge step towards making a connection with someone else. She’s purposely kept her world very tiny, just her grandmother and her friend (and unwillingly, Kwang-il), not only because maintaining relationships takes energy she just doesn’t have, but because caring about someone else opens her up to being hurt.

 

And as for Dong-hoon, he probably hasn’t had anyone genuinely encourage him for even longer, at least not without their own agenda. Yoon-hee encourages him to quit and start his own business, but she’s doing it because she wants him out of the company so she can divorce him to be with her lover. His mother encourages him to be successful in his career, but it comes from a place of her own personal pride, wanting at least one of her sons to succeed so she doesn’t feel like a failure as a mother. Even his brothers mainly encourage Dong-hoon because when Mom dies, someone will have to pay for her funeral and help support them the way Mom does. Ji-an’s “fighting!” is probably the first time anyone has given him support just because he needs it, and not because they want something from him. He didn’t say anything in that moment, but you could tell how incredibly moved he was, especially knowing what that one small word likely cost Ji-an.

I really loved Jung-hee’s theory about why Ji-an keeps being reincarnated instead of going to her soul’s home. It makes sense that the hate in Ji-an’s heart is cosmically holding her back, because it’s certainly holding her stuck in one place here on Earth. You have to let go of negativity to move forward in anything, so until Ji-an learns to do that, she’ll just keep being reincarnated to live crappy lives. But Dong-hoon has also said that he feels like he shouldn’t have been norm, and maybe that’s his own soul telling him that he should be moving on, but isn’t because he’s holding onto hate. He’s a good person, but I believe that he’s bottling up a lot of negative emotions instead of dealing with them.

This is getting pretty existential, but I have my own theory about Dong-hoon and Ji-an and what it means to be a good person. I believe that you can be a person who does bad things but still has a good soul, and that you can also be a person who does good things but has a dark soul. I think that Ji-an is the former, and Dong-hoon the latter. Ji-an lies and steals, and has even killed to ensure her survival and the survival of those she loves. But she does them for the right reasons, which is what makes her a good person. And Dong-hoon is the type of man who does the right things, but often for the wrong reasons. I’m not saying he’s really a bad person deep down, because clearly he’s not, only that his feeling of being misplaced may stem from the conflict between the things he does (like give in to keep the peace), and the things he really wants to do (like threaten a jerk with a hammer). Being around Ji-an and learning that being “good” isn’t just about how you act, could free Dong-hoon from whatever is tying him down."

 

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[TJ Starcandy]

41 minutes ago, maddymappo said:

Thanks. I think that DH realizes his own shortcomings in the marriage, that is why his response was to protect her. There are many desperate housewives out there. Woman also need to feel desirable . If a man or woman neglects that then I am not going to call it adultery because they are only married in name only .

 

 

Thank you for pointing it out.  DH was forgiving and caring towards YH in episode 8 because he understood the reason for her indiscretion. He dragged JYD into the rooftop and asked him to end things not because of love.. He never mentioned love but rather because of the damage that the affair will cause on YH's reputation. DH will protect his wife because she is after all the mother of his son. 

 

I cannot entirely hate YH despite her mistakes and selfishness because at the same time she's very human. Any ajummah out there has the right to be loved and be appreciated too. Just because she is already married and has a kid, it does not mean the romance has to stop or she won't crave for it anymore.. 

[anipanch]

What a beautiful video, suits this song!  also, does anyone know, if they're going to release "Million roses" which was featured in the 8th episode, as an ost? I loved that version 

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[ninaanin]

21 minutes ago, timidjock0819 said:

 

@ninaanin yes chingu. The progression of their relationship is noteworthy as pointed out by @MsMinnieFran A man does not walk someone home if he is not interested. Then he hold on to her words like gold to cheer himself up like a pillar of strength. Again PDnim  **facepalm**

 

Thanks  

 

Another thing that caught my attention was when DH looked for JA at the office. How he has a great awareness of her presence (or absence) and of everything related to her. It has been this way since the beginning, but it was in a mild way. However, in episode 8 it took another level, in special, when he saw she wasn't there and when he heard her name. Maybe, it is just to path the credibility of the scandal (because it will have one, I believe, even without JA help), but the effect - to me - is to see a man interested in a woman, even if he doesn't know about it yet.

 

And another on: how he really wants to talk to her, to know about her, but is awkward (a bit shy?) to ask directelly, not sure of how to act. Again food to our delusion, right?

 

My bet is that througout the drama, they will not be aware of what is going on with them, in special DH (I think there is a chance that JA is already aware). The writer and director will keep this play of ambiguity ("with my mouth I say it isn't, with my art I say it is" lol). And if both will be aware about it, or at least utter any word about love between them, it will happen at the end of episode 16 lol. I think  we will get an open end. And, sincerely, I will be ok with it, providing that the writer/director doens't come with something like "they are like siblings/father-daugther" lol. So, maybe we will have an end where those who believe they are just friends will keep believing that, and thse who believe they are in love will keep believing that too lol.