Mi-ryung's misplaced altruism

[JadeEyes]

For the first time, Mi-ryung, the queen of self-centered, spoiled and childish (even by Min-joo standards), has an uncharacteristic flash of empathy and concern for someone other than herself. This is when she found out her father is having trouble reading, even with reading glasses. She seems as broken-hearted over this discovery as if she found out he's going completely blind.

It's nice to see she has it in her, but what a shame it has to be something that makes her look so ridiculously niave. Has she really never heard of a person needing reading glasses as he gets older? Is it really such a shock to her that a man in his 60s is having trouble reading, even w/ reading glasses and maybe needs a stronger prescription? Does she really equate this w/ the tragedy of going blind altogether? So much so that she plops down $50 of her husband's hard-earned money to the first charleton w/ a pharmacy awning and an open door that promises her a "supplement" that can improve eyesight?

Raspberries to her for being so silly and dim-witted, and what's going on in Tae-young's head that he'd go along w/ such a brainless and ill-thought-out scheme? We all know MR is stuck at about the mental age of 6, but I always thought TY had a fair amount of brains and better sense.

And speaking of foolish notions, did Sang-min really think his scheme to get his pesky father and nosy stepmother out of the picture for a few days would work? Did he really believe for a second that WK would agree to leave town when he's single-mindedly focused on Ji-min? And even if he did go, did SM really believe that getting WK out of the way for 5 days would be sufficient? If he's really serious about wanting to get his father off the subject of Ji-min, he should tell him the truth about his medical condition. WK instantly would transfer all his JM obsession to obsession over boiling up stews from various live animals to bring to SM every day in belief the broths offer medicinal properties. SM really missed a bet.

Jade

[petirrojo]

Yes, MR is a silly goose, but to be fair to her, this is one of the first mature actions (okay, sort of) that she's taken in regards to her parents' well-being. And, judging by what I've seen in this and other duramas, supplements and other homepathic remedies seem to have much more credence than in Western culture (with the exception of Paul Harvey touting High Health vitamins for occular degeneration).

Now as for WK, I don't know if he'd rush to "save" SM, or if it would make him all the more determined to have JM on the family register. His argument would surely be, "I'll need someone to carry on the family name, as you're going to die and not be able to have children in the future." Maybe the solution would be for SM to make some deposits in a sperm bank, then WK could find some willing young woman to be a surrogate mother!

[nsheldon]

Oh my gosh Petirrojo... That is the best idea! Have SM give sperm & grandpa can locate some young girl to ... wait, this is K-drama... No way they'd do such a thing. Too bad...

And YES... MY is a Silly Goose!! That girl (in the 5 year span that this show is representing) is still immature. I forgive her because she was an only child & very spoiled by her father. So, I guess if one takes that into consideration, she isn't too bad. She does try to please grandma & her TY.... I guess I just never got over TY marrying her to begin with ...

[Me]

to me I personally think that what she did was not little kid action and blah blah...When she saw her dad eyes, she's heart broken and doesn't want to believe the fact that her dad is getting older and about to leave her.Even though she act like a little brat,but she a goodhearted person. Her action really show that she has grown up and more mature now,since the beinging of the show.

[mikey]

Guest-Me said:

When she saw her dad eyes, she's heart broken and doesn't want to believe the fact that her dad is getting older and about to leave her.

Yes, I tend to agree. Mi-ryung is an immature brat, but she's also kinda innocent. I think that, for the first time, this relatively minor incident taught her that she really will lose her parents someday -- and the realization hit her rather hard.

[TheBo]

I agree with everyone. She's immature. She's silly. She's naive. She's sweet. She's loving. She's using her husband's hard-earned money for idiotic things.

Why does he HAVE this hard-earned money, eh? Because her FATHER took him into his heart as a son, even when he was under the false impression that TY had taken unfair advantage of MR's innocence. He knew that his daughter loved TY, so he opened his business and his home and his heart. Let them spend a little foolish money on the fellow. He deserves it. It made his week when his daughter and son(inlaw) ran out to buy something for him just because of a remark he made in passing.

Further, I think we can give kudos to MR for what she did with the money her father gave her as an "allowance"--she made her mother ecstatically happy, maybe for the first time since she became pregnant and took the shame off their house . Good for her.

Bo

[Knov1]

You guys really don't like Mi-Ryung that much? She's the best part about YH in IMO. She always makes me laugh. I admit, there's some favoritism there because I like Lee Yuri, the actress that plays Mi-Ryung, but still ... Mi-Ryung jjang!

[TheBo]

knov1 said:

You guys really don't like Mi-Ryung that much? ... Mi-Ryung jjang!

And what is "jjang"?

I *do* like her, in spite of myself. She's a puppy. Chews up your best designer pumps, then looks so scared and cute you can't even yell at her properly, then goes gamboling off to the next disaster with nary a sorry thought in her head. I think that's why grandma loves her. It's like having a perpetual child in the house.

Bo

[Knov1]

TheBo said:

And what is "jjang"?

It basically means 'is great'. So if you want to say that something that you like is really good, great, wonderful, etc., you just add jjang to the end. Ex. KBC TV jjang!

[INDEEBWEETRUST]

Hi all,

I think m-r is very cute. She is still a bit immature, sure. But shee grew up ann only child, and it seems fairly sheltered and catered ro. But all that aside , I think she strongly realized that even though her parents are having a baby, her dad is older . She begaan to realized rhat the things that plague old peopl are/will be affectiing heer dad...and he has a kid and grand kid on the she wanted to help his longevity for her sake, her baby sake, his baby sake and of cousre her mom. But you will notice , I'm pretty sure she thoought about how his aging(and probably, for drama sake his subsequent death, you know m-r) will affect her life first.

But, all in all, she brings lightheartedness to the drama as does the whiney bob ways of her mother. They both crack me up