He-soo's Mom

[galacticchick]

I get some kind of evil satisfaction at how stuff always ends up blowing up in her face. First here she was pushing and pushing for Eunsoo to marry Junghee, now that she finds out she had to receive psychiatric treatment, she wants everything to be over and done with. I thought her husband was right on target when he said, "You never think logically, you always act and judge according to your mood."

[Lovely]

I agree! Hee-soo's mom annoys me sometimes. She over exaggerates and is always bickering about something. She wants Eun-soo and Jung-hee to get married and she makes her sister help her. Now Hee-soo's mom doesn't want ES and JH to get married and she also went to her sister's workplace (most likely to talk to her about it, except her sister was at the hospital with her husband and Grandma). Hee-soo's oma is so indecisive that it's getting annoying now.

[bettyboop]

ITA that she's been very annoying lately. First she wants to marry them off and now she doesnt cuz she's afraid that Jung-hee might be really crazy in the head again. IMO she's a woman that needs 'face' if you guys know what i mean... like pride and dignity and wutnot... guess she doesn't want her future daughter in law to soil they family name?? also.. i was so shocked to see the way that she reacted when she found out that the family had some land that was worth alot... i practically saw the dollar signs in her eyes and the 'ca-ching-ching' sound in her head when she was waiting for her husband and eun-soo to come back home...

[sandy]

I think Hee-Soo's mother has too much time on her hands. She agonized about Hee-Soo being married into Jin-Kook's problematic family. Now, after she wanted Eun-soo to marry Jung-hee, she worries about Jung-hee's emotional problems. I agree with Eun-soo that he will marry Jung-hee who was extremely upset about a terrible accident. Eun-soo's father has the right idea that Jung-hee just had a tragic incident that really made her more human. Jung-hee loves Eun-soo's son because she relates very well to children. She seems very normal, just trying to live life again, so Eun-soo's mother should just let them make their own decisions. This woman has too much time to worry about her family.

[hachiue]

Well, it's amusing to me that whatever she wants, she gets, although she's the poster woman for "watch what you wish for because you may get it." Every single plan that she has succeeds but she realizes that she doesn't want it anymore and has to suffer through the consequences - which usually aren't that bad.

She wanted her husband to stop loaning money? She got it by Hee-soo selling herself off. She wanted Eun-soo to not marry his first wife? Well, they got a divorce, close enough. She wanted him to get married? He's marrying a woman with "problems." She wants to sell the lot? Well she probably will, but there will be something that goes wrong with that too.

[humble]

this women is just dumb, we need to find her a job, she wants money let her work, then she will leave her kids alone.

[sandy]

Now that Eun-Soo is determined to marry Jung-hee, another cliff-hanger is about to happen. She still worries about Hee-Soo managing her husband's dysfunctional family, but now finds that her ex-daughter-in-law may be returning home, possibly to take her grandson with her. She has qualms about Jung-Hee's emotional problems, but now has to face, what I think, is the return of her grandson's mother. She had better listen to her husband who feels that it's wrong to meddle in the lives of their 2 children.

[hachiue]

I don't really think Eun-soo's ex is a problem. Apparently divorce law over there favors the father (so I've learned from the dramas). They're divorced; she already gave up custody; Eun-soo *hates* his ex-wife and loves Jung-hee. I'm not even worried about Ji-woong because he likes Jung-hee a lot too.

Of course the ex had to come back - one of the major relationship rules is that when you finally manage to stop thinking about your ex, that is when your ex will come looking for you. That doesn't mean that they'll get together though - they've set it up so that if Eun-soo does leave Jung-hee, she'll go crazy again, and I don't think they'd do that to her since she's such a nice character.

[galacticchick]

Wasn't it you, hachiue that said something about the characters being clairvoyant? I couldn't help but laugh when the dad was saying "I can't help but get this feeling that Jiwoong's mom will come back." I was just waiting till she showed up--and sure enough right at the end of the episode.

You'd think they'd use their power to win the Jackpot.

[hachiue]

galacticchick said:

Wasn't it you, hachiue that said something about the characters being clairvoyant? I couldn't help but laugh when the dad was saying "I can't help but get this feeling that Jiwoong's mom will come back." I was just waiting till she showed up--and sure enough right at the end of the episode.

You'd think they'd use their power to win the Jackpot.

I believe that the characters' clairvoyance has been proven many times.

I was kind of disappointed that I didn't get to see what she looked like. I wasn't paying too much attention just then.

But, see, their powers to win the jackpot would only come through if a) they bought the ticket for someone else or b) they bought the ticket, then lost it. They couldn't actually *have* the winning ticket because then their streak of luck that seems good but is really bad would run out.

[panther]

did anyone see how hee-soo's mom left the house because eun-soo's ex was there and she wouldent return until she left?

i never thought she was the type that would let another woman run her out of her own house

[sandy]

Forgive me, but I just don't understand the differences between American and traditional Korean ways of dealing with family. How can an "ex-spouse" just show up, taking up residence in her ex-husband's family, then expecting that they'll, somehow, understand her?

Again, as with Jin-Soo, we see a mother who left her child behind who forms relationships with other family members. Eun-Soo's son, though very young, has become very attached to his grand parents and Jung-Hee. She has been like a Mom to him. Now Eun-Soo's ex comes back, expecting their son to be thrilled that she's in his life again. The ex has even admitted that she's too busy finding a career for herself to tend to her son. It seems that she's getting back at Eun-Soo for some reason.

It seems that one reason why Eun-Soo is marrying Jung-Hee is because she can become a real mother to his son. Just watching them exchanging rings, with nothing more than a hug, shows that there's no real intimate love-life between them.

[hachiue]

sandy said:

It seems that one reason why Eun-Soo is marrying Jung-Hee is because she can become a real mother to his son. Just watching them exchanging rings, with nothing more than a hug, shows that there's no real intimate love-life between them.

I don't know if I quite agree. I thought Eun-soo actually showed some tenderness when he buckled her seat belt for her. Also, they don't seem to show couples obviously in love in the K-dramas that I've seen. They never even kiss until they're about to get married or something (by that measure he's only a tad bit late).

[panther]

at first i thought that eun-soo was marrying junghee because she would make a good mother for jiwoong. but im starting to think that he do have some feelings for her. i mean how could he not? she's nice, good to his son and she's cute. it might not be the passionate love that he probably felt for his ex-wife at one point but its a mutual admiration and respect that would probably blossom into love.

but i think the main reason why he's attracted to junghee is because she is the exact opposite of his ex-wife.

[Lucy]

the passionate love that he probably felt for his ex-wife at one point

Panther, I can't remember what it was, but something Eun-soo said recently makes me think this was never the case. It was said while he was ranting at his mother about how everything he had done up till now was because she wanted him to--he had to go to the US to study, and now he's laying the fact that he's a divorced single dad at her door. Does anyone remember how he put it?