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Post by sandy on Jul 14, 2005 22:41:12 GMT -5
I can't believe that Korean MIL's are different than other MIL's from different cultures. I agree that the writers are dragging out this scenario to where we're going to become so frustrated with In-young's situation that we'll be so relieved when she decides that she's had enough.
I don't know how much more In-young can take. Either she and Ki-joon will move from his home to their own place, miles away, or In-young will develop more than a friendship with Jae-min. Her MIL is really becoming unbelievably controlling.
I'm really getting tired of seeing In-young pretending to be on her MIL's side just to keep peace. It's ridiculous how her MIL ended up sick in bed because In-young had her Aunt help her make kimchee.
Ki-joon is such a "weenie" with his desire to keep his mother happy. He's about to lose his pretty, intelligent and very kind wife because she's at her wit's end. Also, he's so stupid to let Hee-joo enter his life at that convention. If Hee-joo gets drunk, he should have called her parents to come and get her instead of bailing her out. Maybe he should have called his own mother to come and take her away which would have put Mom in a predicament. Maybe Mom should see how her cherished Hee-joo is behaving.
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Post by Catalpa on Jul 14, 2005 23:40:23 GMT -5
Ki-joon is such a "weenie" with his desire to keep his mother happy. He's about to lose his pretty, intelligent and very kind wife because she's at her wit's end. Also, he's so stupid to let Hee-joo enter his life at that convention. If Hee-joo gets drunk, he should have called her parents to come and get her instead of bailing her out. Maybe he should have called his own mother to come and take her away which would have put Mom in a predicament. Maybe Mom should see how her cherished Hee-joo is behaving. Yeah, that would have been funny. But ... how about how SM was wolfing down that bread that her daughter snuck to her in bed?  That was ~too~ funny! And then gulping down that glass of milk as if she hadn't eaten for a whole week or something but she'd only skipped one meal. I love the way Aunt busted them for smuggling food in. I like the comic relief at the end of the day working, I make a cup of coffee, put my feet up and thank god I don't (a) live with my mil and (b) my mil isn't anywhere near like that! I do sense a cultural difference here, not that all Korean women would be so wicked to their dil's (b/c I would never paint any group with such a broad stroke) but there is an entirely different cultural expectation that lots of newlyweds live w/the grooms parents and the dil does housework under the direction of the mil, sometimes (in the extreme) becomes like a maid. Again, I have no personal experience but I have to believe that it is so prevalent in their modern dramas that there must be some basis in reality in that plot-line. And doesn't SM know In-young's family from before? Are they from the same village? It's obvious that SM is insecure in her status b/c she's "nouveau riche". I suspect that maybe having In-young's aunt help her w/the kimchi must in some ways remind her of her humble beginnings that she wishes she could forget. SM is so insecure that her main focus in life is what her circle of friends will think of her. Sad if you really think about it, but since I know she's just an actor playing a part, I like to have a laugh at the ridiculous plot lines. |
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Post by toku27 on Jul 15, 2005 11:21:21 GMT -5
yea there must be sum truth in it....i guess in korea theres alot of mil dil problems.....but doesnt mean that it hasnt happened ne where else....here in america its a big thing for fathers to leave the family...i guess thats whats prolly big over there..
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Post by ginnycat5 on Jul 15, 2005 16:10:31 GMT -5
I'm really getting tired of seeing In-young pretending to be on her MIL's side just to keep peace. It's ridiculous how her MIL ended up sick in bed because In-young had her Aunt help her make kimchee. Ki-joon is such a "weenie" with his desire to keep his mother happy. He's about to lose his pretty, intelligent and very kind wife because she's at her wit's end. Also, he's so stupid to let Hee-joo enter his life at that convention. If Hee-joo gets drunk, he should have called her parents to come and get her instead of bailing her out. Maybe he should have called his own mother to come and take her away which would have put Mom in a predicament. Maybe Mom should see how her cherished Hee-joo is behaving. I thought SM had gone on a hunger strike because KJ thwarted her in her decision to insult Aunt by sending her the kimchee and he shouted-SM is the only one permitted to shout in that house. At least he should report every stalking incident, and the fact that he's told her to stop. |
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Post by sandy on Jul 15, 2005 22:37:31 GMT -5
SM is becoming too unreal. I haven't watched tonight's episode yet, which I taped, but she's becoming a real pain. Every time I see In-young suffering, I want to shout to her and Ki-joon to just move far, far away. I'm beginning to see Ki-joon as less of a man, but more of a Mama's boy.
In-young has everything going for her, including a good job and a mature man in Jae-min.
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Post by panther on Jul 16, 2005 12:52:02 GMT -5
i want in- young to leave ki-joon sooo bad.
why is this show so p.c? why dont they just make it that she leaves? only thing i liked about mpc was that ji-woong's mom knew when to leave, she putted up with no nonsence.
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Post by toku27 on Jul 17, 2005 21:05:06 GMT -5
leaving a situation or a problem life has given u is running away.....which shows your weak.....pain is weakness leaving the body.....people should learn to deal with there problems....sum problems last years.....and if she leaves the ki-joon problem...whos to say she cant have problems with jae-min?...u never know what will happen..
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Post by panther on Jul 17, 2005 23:27:47 GMT -5
i understand running away from problems is not good. but who can take that abuse? i mean she dosent deserve it and bowing down to this woman and becoming a personal slave for her is not making her relationship with her husband better.
maybe ki-joon is waiting for her to make the first move so he can be right in suit. he dosent look too happy himself. i cant fanthom anyone telling me when i can work, when i can go outside and when i can procreate.
she needs to run...far far away.
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Post by WinterBallad on Jul 18, 2005 2:40:41 GMT -5
SM tries so hard not to create stress for IY so that IY can procreate.
Simple solution: SM just needs to keep her mouth shut!!!
Once she opens her mouth, all is lost for IY. And her spineless of a husband, could care less what his mother does to IY.
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Post by panther on Jul 18, 2005 12:27:34 GMT -5
exactly...ki-joon's lack of a spine should make in-young leave ;D
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Post by toku27 on Jul 18, 2005 20:23:44 GMT -5
whoa...do u not c all this ki-joon is doing? hello! pay attention !! he's all bieng mean to mom becuz she treats IY wrong......IY should c that....and him moving for her to live the way she wants it...how more perfect can that b?
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Post by Raven on Jul 21, 2005 17:26:42 GMT -5
that will be good to watch but maybe as a comedy drama type a thing. something like attic cat.
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Post by BAE on Jul 21, 2005 18:44:57 GMT -5
Yeah, we need more sitcoms occupying MS's time slot. That would make things nicer and maybe I'd laugh for a change. Seeing the entirely pitiful lives of MIL's and DIL's and the troubles of the heart make me sad.
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Post by toku27 on Jul 22, 2005 10:59:57 GMT -5
thats why its entitled to b called a drama....there supposed to make u sad....><....^^;;
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That was ~too~ funny! And then gulping down that glass of milk as if she hadn't eaten for a whole week or something but she'd only skipped one meal. I love the way Aunt busted them for smuggling food in.
