The other issue is people are completely disregarding this woman was an abuse victim. She clearly wasn’t the best mother given the situation but the total lack of consideration of how mentally broken she must of been to make such a decision with no one sympathizing tells me how little most readers actually understand reality. The same readers only chapter before hated Hyesung when he didn’t immediately latch on to the idea of being a parent and more importantly have “maternal” instincts. How do people not understand this could have been the very same situation the mother faced? It boggles me mind how badly this author and her audience understand mental health using it as a means to an end to validate the main couple but not their individual characterization.
THIS. I was a little annoyed with his attitude but after learning about his past its understandable for him to be scared and avoidant and combining that with postpartum depression. And his mom being abused by his father all those years I couldn't imagine whats going on in her head. Part of me thinks she really does feel guilty but we'll never know her story, her struggles, her true feeling for her son, she was just a plot device for the main couple. Reading the comments really like brings to your attention how little people understand mental disorders.
It was so underwhelming. I get that she doesn't need to be forgiven but they didn't even have one good face to face conversation. Then he goes running to his son to not be a shitty mom I guess???
I would have preferred if he had one decent talk with her because he honestly wasn't in the right frame of mind for this meeting even if she was shitty. Dojin should have pushed to arrange a meeting for a later date and then speak to Hyesung about it to see if he was even ready for it.
It just doesn't feel to end on a high note. The father came in a ripped open all the emotions and then trapping himself in the room and then issues with the mother. Sigh, I guessed I would have liked it if Hyesung got the therapy he needed and then end with him finally being able to recover and move on from his past abuse, living happily with his family and most importantly finally accepting and loving himself.
But oh well, it was an okay run. Really stuck around for the second couple. Since the author is done with this I wonder what she'll work on next.