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har1102
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K-Drama: 집으로 가는 길 (The Road Home)
Good one Pali.
Suin needs to rethink her decision to move in with a mother-in-law who is not warm and friendly. It is unrealistic for Suin to think that moving in will change her mother-in-law. It would be better to try and win her over gradually (and from a distance)...maybe in 10 or 15 years she'll be able to feel the love from her MIL. The bottom line is "don't poke an alligator with a stick and expect not to be bit".
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7/24/2009, 5:43 pm
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Don't all hated DILs and SILs move in with the in-law that hates them with a passion in these dramas? I couldn't see myself trying that hard as to put my mental well being in danger so that I can be liked. By the time Suin is through, she'll be just as crazy and docile as bio-mom.
Dr mom should go live on an isolated island by herself. There's no pleasing people like that and if they can't be happy then no one can. However, no doubt she'll 180 by ep 120 like Baekho's evil grandmother in Likeable Or Not when she found out that Baekho was indeed blood related. Maybe all that misplaced anger will make her pass out and Suin will save her life.
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7/24/2009, 8:31 pm
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Don't Koreans realize they are turning their children into unhappy adults, why must they do things or make choices to make the parents happy? It's their lives, they want to marry the person they love not a stranger. Why do they force their children to marry people they have no interest in, yes, money, power, positions do play a role but is all of Korea so greedy and materialistic? I want, I want no wonder the children grows up into different adults greedy, selfish and not very nice personalities.
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7/24/2009, 8:38 pm
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Re: K-Drama: 집으로 가는 길 (The Road Home)
O.K. I don’t know Korean, but many times people’s actions, facial expressions, and tone of voice can convey more than words. I think this is what has really said in the last ep of this drama. E.g. Suin talking with her MIL about living with her ….
Suin: “I’d like to live with your family”
MIL: Why? You know I hate you.
Suin: I’m a masochist. My former husband used to beat me and degrade me in many different ways, Hyeonsu won’t do that.
MIL: I work, so I can’t do that full-time.
Suin: That’s OK. Auntie can fill in for you when you’re not available.
MIL: Wow! I think you’re crazier than I am.
Suin: No, It’s just that I think we owe it to our audience. Only masochists would continue watching this drama. We can’t disappoint them.
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7/24/2009, 11:35 pm
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LOL ADwatcher!!!!!!
Mecca, along with what you said comes the line, "You can't marry for love, you have to be smart about this." Unless, they translate it out of context each time, that blows my mind. Love should be the foundation of marriage, a loveless marriage is doomed from the start. Even if it lasts, you'd have damaged yourself by holding in your true feelings and thoughts. Not worth it.
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7/25/2009, 9:50 am
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sherlesin
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As opposed to some dramas we`ve seen,I don`t think Dr Mom hates or even dislikes Suin personally. Auntie is a different story,she can hate someone for the slimest of reasons. Whenever the DIL chooses to live with husband`s family she seems to be saying"overlook money,education,and status;look at my character as a wife, DIL, and potential mother".
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7/25/2009, 10:50 am
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nchristi
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Re: K-Drama: 집으로 가는 길 (The Road Home)
K-drama is designed to pull us in emotionally and yank us around to all extremes. Their job is to get the highest viewer ratings possible in Korea. Western reality is not the reality of other cultures. The individualism and 'freedom' so highly valued here is seen as something very undesirable, even shameful to other cultures. They simply don't see a lot of things through our 'eyes.'
There's nothing wrong or inferior with the traditional Asian way of marrying. Marriages based on factors other than "love" are not condemned to loveless misery, just as marriage based on being in love does not guarantee marital bliss ever after. The Western concept of marrying for love is a relatively new one and frequently is very short-lived as human emotion changes and our affections move on to another person we find attractive at a given time.
I've had this discussion with friends from India, where arranged marriage is still very common. Parents can and do make very good matches for their children. I've known one young lady who met her future husband only two times before they married. Now a few years have passed and this couple is very much in love with each other, besides being well-matched in other aspects. She told me this is not uncommon. Their view of marriage and family is very different from ours.
I can understand Suin wanting to live with Hyeonsu's family. The easy route would be to selfishly live on their own. But family is #1 in their culture. You cut yourself off from family to pursue your own ways, you have just cut yourself off from your most basic and important foundation in life. (Many of us here were first drawn to watching K-Dramas because of their family values, not our Western ones.) Bonding with Hyeonsu's parents is of the highest importance to Suin and Hyeonsu. Suin is now considered a part of her husband's family and it is her filial duty to find her place there, to love them and to earn love from them.
I agree with your thoughts on Dr. Mom, sherlesin. I don't think she has hate going on in her heart. She's just floundering about at having lost the control that is basic in their culture and the ruptured relationship with her favorite child. Pride ('saving face') is a huge, huge deal there and she's had her nose rubbed in the mud royally. She will get over it in time. Both Suin and Hyeonsu know that and Suin will humble herself and take what she must endure to restore Dr. Mom's pride and happiness. That's just their way of handling matters to make amends.
My recorder messed up while I was out so I missed last night's episode. From the comments, looks as though I missed some good stuff! (I attended the Fuzjko Hemming concert and will post my remarks in the General Discussion Forum for those who might be interested.)
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7/25/2009, 11:48 am
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