Wtf girl??

I mean, considering her personality type and how much she trust people who do good to her, it makes sense.

gurl.. considering her age and all the things she's been through, you'd think she was more mindful by now of getting taken advantage of

Right? That's why its frustrating. And the excuse because she's getting used to taeha then why didn't he tell him she's going somewhere! Not so dependent more of stpid

I think she's not being a damsel, the guy is just being too overprotective that it made the situation even worse for her. We knew Haesoo to be the person who always seeks and juggles multiple jobs, so it wouldn't be surprising if someone you knew, recommended a new job for someone who wants it.

This woman needs someone to trust after having escaped an abusive marriage. If not the people she's worked with for a long time, who else? She grew up in an environment where she wasn't allowed to develop cognitively, and wasn't allowed to form an identity. The majority of her life she didn't have the luxury to think about these things because of her poverty. And aging doesn't magically heal the trauma of a lifetime, and especially early unhealthy conditioning.

I mean... what to expect from a Korean smut? That is how they write grown women most of the time.

That is exactly why she should be smarter, people that grow up in disadvantage usually are more careful as a trauma response itself, it is difficult to trust people and sometimes you have to even get treated to avoid being so closeted. This is not that, this is how korea writes women due to their purity culture. You can see that on know too, when women pushing 30 are forced to make a innocent act to the audience and in dramas where a successful 30 y.o secretary acts like a 15y.o high school girl.

I guess you didn't understand the part where I stressed that her environment can stump COGNITIVE DELEVOPMENT and not allow her the luxury of considering her IDENTITY because she was always in a fight or flight state trying to SURVIVE not live.

A phrase like "she should" does not exist in a conversation about something as subjective as emotional regulation in response to traumatic experiences. Everybody deals with trauma differently, and this is an entirely possible and realistic outcome. It's a new year now, let's get on with the programme.

Throughout her abusive marriage, it was HER WORKPLACES that provided a SAFE SPACE for her away from him, that didn't treat her the way he did. And I'm sorry, whoever could have thought that some rich heir would be blackmailing her ex boss to get her in trouble? Because her ex boss would not do that otherwise, she had nothing against Haesoo.

Lmao you never went into trauma and that shows, when you are that focused on surviving you would never act like this, because you would rarely be able to trust any place or person so freely again, specially after being betrayed by the only person you had (your husband)

You sound like a kid who doesn't have the ability to understand that people differ from you. Usually it's an ability you develop as you grow older but for some it's an acquired skill. But you probably are a kid. You don't get to dictate how people feel and act as if you've got it all figured out about them. You only lose when you box and label people.

She began trying to trust people again after Taeha showed her kindness. Before that she was very suspicious, as you expect. But even without his intervention, it's logical to lean on the people who give you room to breathe away from an abusive household.

You sound like a kid that never read a korean work before. This is the classic danmsei act where a woman that is 30 years old act dumb and defenseless so the big man comes and save the day. But irl victims know no one will come to save us.

We barelly trust on our families much less a strange we meet that was stalking us. It is braindead.

Ufff so much projection .... You don't have the privilege of being loved for once after all you've been through and you hate on someone else for having it.

I don't have the privilege either anymore. And even pretending to be ambitious feels impossible for me now. But the comfort that I've once known someone who will provide a safe space for me to help myself comforts me a little bit. For 7 years I've only met one person like that. Nobody will come to save you, but they can give you the foundation to help yourself. That's what Haesu tried to do, escape a life of distrust. And you can find someone like that too.

But you need to be patient and find the courage to connect with them without lies, to push through the insecurity and not pull away. You need to learn to recognise your self destructive tendencies. And personally, I don't let something like not finding love in my family deter me from finding it in strangers. I'd be damned if I let them be yet another reason for my misery.

Lmao yeah cause a 30 years old traumatized woman with trust issues would totally go out with her stalker. Brilliant. You sound out of touch and privileged to say the least

Trusting blindly people will bring you issues, any adult that have been facing the harsh reality knows that. Specially women, that when are violated and suffer from violence are blamed for it by "you should have chosen better", "severs you right for not being careful" we do not have that luxury, much less the delusion of a male comming to save us.

There is no misery if you chose to face reality, I live very well by being cautions with what life taught me. There is only misery if you delude yourself in fairy tales setting yourself for disappointment. Simple

you insult someone else for not following your moral code and acting the way you want them to. you refuse to acknowledge context and to recognise how your past plays a role in trauma responses and development and how everyone's responses vary. yeah, of course you live well like that. ahah....

you know how difficult women have it and still you choose to perpetuate the harm towards Haesu. you are the one telling her she should have chosen better.

Haesu doesn't know Taeha is stalking her. it's through his companionship that she grew to trust him and then gave herself a chance to trust someone else. do you want her to stay miserable forever?

And this story is only representative of Haesu, adults are supposed to pick up on it because they read the story and grasp it.... It's her story, her past, her emotions and how she deals with it is up to her. they understand that there's nothing debilitating in here, that it's just one of the many results of trauma.

I am not here to fight with you, my point is the infantilization of women in these works. It is obvious for anyone that has consumed enough korean media. She is a danmsel and he is the alpha that saves the day. This work touches serious topics concerning women, but never with depth

Where did I insult you or called you names? Take a chill pill honestly

Oh yeah anyone with a brain would not notice that guy is a stalker and he was not even trying to hide btw. Her debilitation os not result from trauma, but the misogynistic way male authors write grown women.