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Apr 16, 2009 18:15:19 GMT -5
Post by ginnycat5 on Apr 16, 2009 18:15:19 GMT -5
That wretched husband's parents have a lot of nerve. It's time the girl told her parents that that husband beat her, first of all. Then they can tell the in-laws, If you spread lies about our daughter, we'll tell the truth about your son, that he's cruel and abusive and lives with his lover. Why should she leave Korea?? Does that MIL think it's some "other guy's" baby? I suppose the husband raped her, too, unless...... she found comfort with someone else. But I don't think that would fit her innocence. (Sorry, I don't know anybody's name yet.) Thread drift starting: I suppose being pregnant is the reason she's being so dense and closed off about her old flame, embarrassment and thinking that a baby would be a burden to him.
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Apr 17, 2009 10:00:08 GMT -5
Post by Soju on Apr 17, 2009 10:00:08 GMT -5
But who is the father? She didn't expressly deny running off with another man, she just said "You don't believe I did, do you?"
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Apr 17, 2009 23:27:32 GMT -5
Post by brooklyn on Apr 17, 2009 23:27:32 GMT -5
It ripped me up to see how suin's mom just sat there and took the tongue lashing. I guess that's part of being elegant/graceful. I'm sorry, but when it comes to family and especially when you know your family's reputation is good, there would be some hair pulling going on there. I couldn't just sit speechless.
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Apr 19, 2009 9:32:35 GMT -5
Post by puppy on Apr 19, 2009 9:32:35 GMT -5
I think the fact that Suin is evasie about the baby's father is purposeful, either to string us viewers along, or there's going to be another guy.
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Apr 30, 2009 5:56:42 GMT -5
Post by Gracien on Apr 30, 2009 5:56:42 GMT -5
Because too much power is given to inlaws with money. I always say check into the background first. Suin skeptism or evasiveness is due to not truly coming to terms as yet, thtat the child is that fairy, she came home to her family for support and got none, she is fightening her way in her mind to some resolution in holding unto the child.
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In-laws
May 2, 2009 11:28:48 GMT -5
Post by puppy on May 2, 2009 11:28:48 GMT -5
I know second-guessing is stupid in dramas but why did Suin return to Korea in the first place? She had to know how she'd be treated by society, know what her parents would think and urge her to do, know she was condemning her "adored" baby to certain pariah hood. If she got her divorce in the USA and her hubby is rich, she must have received some kind of alimony. She could have given birth in a less restrictive society where the husband doesn't automatically claim the child, and returned home when the baby was older. Would everybody have counted back to the date of her divorce and compared it with the baby's birth date? Probably not. She'd still have the stigma of divorce but not divorce and unwed motherhood.
I really should just enjoy the stories and not try to make sense of them.
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May 2, 2009 12:05:10 GMT -5
Post by soapygrams on May 2, 2009 12:05:10 GMT -5
If the baby's father is her ex-husband, why doesn't she just TELL people that? It doesn't make any sense to me that she is so reticent about it .. and her ex-MIL being the bi...h she is, should be told that her precious sonny boy is bi-sexual but mostly gay . . IF HE IS THE DADDY. If he isn't then obviously there was some other man involved and that would make sense for her to keep her mouth shut. I agree with puppy that she should just have stayed in the USA and had the baby and then come home . . . lots of women have babies after a divorce - that mostly happens when the pregnancy hasn't been recognized as such before the divorce. And I also agree with Puppy - that analyzing the plot lines in K-dramas is . . . frustrating to say the least . . it's hard for us to understand and appreciate all of the Korean customs and culture when in so many ways they are so vastly different than our own. But that's what makes them so interesting, even if, at times, we want to scream at the characters and smack the TV screen LOL
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May 2, 2009 16:03:36 GMT -5
Post by puppy on May 2, 2009 16:03:36 GMT -5
It's nice to know you agree with me Soapy, you being a K-drama veteran while this is, if I'm counting right, only my eleventh. And yes, we want to scream but we watch on.
I'm thinking of starting a thread asking everybody what got them and keeps them interested in these stories when so many lame and are predictable. Maybe that's just it - the familiarity and fallibility of the characters is comforting. They make so many mistakes and we, whose own lives are no doubt full of mistakes and misfortune, can go tsk-tsk.
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In-laws
May 2, 2009 16:08:00 GMT -5
Post by Gracien on May 2, 2009 16:08:00 GMT -5
The storylines are still unfolding, evil MIL will be brought to her knees quite soon. Suin returned for the support of her parent, but was sadly disappointed she needed their security, love and compassion, but she returned with so much baggage, divorce, pregnancy and keeping the child a lot to wrap your head around.
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May 2, 2009 19:19:05 GMT -5
Post by teacher on May 2, 2009 19:19:05 GMT -5
Perhaps Suin feels that, if in fact the baby is her husband's, she can't say so because her in-laws would probably insist on claiming the baby.
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Post by puppy on May 4, 2009 7:40:02 GMT -5
Good point, teacher. But ther baby HAS to be the ex's. Suin doesn't strike me as the affair type. She more a goody-goody caught in circumstances beyond her control - classic K-drama heroine.
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In-laws
May 4, 2009 16:17:00 GMT -5
Post by Gracien on May 4, 2009 16:17:00 GMT -5
Her keeping quiet and exposing her ex at the right time is her leaverage, over the inlaws it will enfold I hope.
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May 22, 2009 18:58:40 GMT -5
Post by tinkerbell on May 22, 2009 18:58:40 GMT -5
That ex-MIL is something else. Apparently her son hasn't come clean about his lifestyle. I think maybe Seongtae was pushed into the marriage the same way Suin was. Most likely he chose to live in the U.S. to hide what he was doing from his parents. I completely understand why Suin is keeping quiet about him being the father. I hope they never find out or they will try and take her baby.
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May 25, 2009 17:18:18 GMT -5
Post by ginnycat5 on May 25, 2009 17:18:18 GMT -5
I hope Suin is married to video-guy before the inlaws find out. It would be a struggle then to get the baby, wouldn't it? Even if she had to lie about who the father is. That MIL is so unpleasant and rude, it's hard to feel sympathetic towards her. Usually I feel like grandparents should have rights, even when there's a divorce, but how would Suin keep them from trying to grab the baby instead of being happy to just visit?
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Jun 4, 2009 20:02:35 GMT -5
Post by tinkerbell on Jun 4, 2009 20:02:35 GMT -5
I can only imagine what Suin's ex is like. From what I've seen of Seongtae's mother, no wonder he's abusive. She's one mean woman.
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