ok ok, I admit the title of this drama is a bit lame, but I actually did enjoy watching it and quite like the story line. It's basically about these 3 single women who are now 34 and unmarried. Although one of them is quite content with the fact that she is not married. The story is basically based on the love stories of the three women (though more like 2). The drama talks about all the hardship each women needed to concur before getting the happy ending they wanted. I thought it was fairly realistic in that sense. I personally don't really like the whole idea of "happily ever after" because it almost never happens that way. In reality people have to deal with a lot more issues than just the love between two people. The drama also has some side stories as well. It's kind of complicated, but really I only like one couple in this whole drama and they are the main couple.
Park Jin Hee played the female lead Lee Shin Youn. A 34 year old woman who is very career driven and has put love and marriage aside for her own ambitions. Her long term boyfriend broke up with her years ago when she decided to leave the country to study for a couple of years. Suppose she wants to get married, but I really don't see that desperation in her. I think her wanting to get married is more like peer pressure from those around her (and basically the societal view that if you aren't married by 34, you are unwanted). Anyways, so after deciding she is not going to care about marriage anymore, a man (or should I say boy) came into her life.
Kim Bum, who is the reason I watched this show in the first place, played the male lead Ha Min Ja. A 24 year old play boy, beloved by all girls (cause he's so cute). Has a much older mental age due to the broken relationship between his parents. He made a bet with an older brother-like friend that he would be able to woo Lee Shin Youn, but then later ended up falling for her. Yes you heard right, this is about a relationship between two people where the man is younger than the woman by 10 years.
Lee Shin Youn and Ha Min Ja's relationship is basically the main focus of the show, and basically my favourite couple to watch, so I am not even going to bother with the other couples (haha). The main issue was that Lee Shin Youn was a lot older then Ha Min Ja. First of all, Lee Shin Youn had to concur her own fears of being in a relationship with a much younger man. Then she had to fight off the whispers about how she's a cougar. Then there's the mother of Ha Min Ja, who actually got pregnant with Ha Min Ja at the age of 19 and is only 8 or 9 years older then Lee Shin Youn. So needless to say, the mother did not like them dating. I hated the mother's character, not because she was so against the relationship, but mainly because she was a hypocrite. She herself was dating an younger man as well (Lee Shin Youn's ex-boyfriend who is the same age as her). The mother had the gulls to tell Lee Shin Youn not to date her son, while she herself dates a younger man, and yet sees nothing wrong with that...It angered me (cause I hate hypocrites...they should all die!). Anyways, there's really nothing R-rated about this drama (not even 14A) which is kind of disappointing. I'd personally like to see more kiss scenes from Kim Bum (hahaha).
Aside from the leading characters, there was another character that I really liked.
Wang Bit Na who plays Kim Boo Ki in the drama. This picture is from dramawiki, and in my opinion, does not look like her (in the drama) at all. Here's another picture of what she looked like in the drama.
Her character is a very strong headed, free spirited woman. She is also 34 but does not concern herself with marriage. This is of course due to a very very bad experience from a previous relationship. She had been with the guy for 10 years, did everything for him, made his family happy, and did everything a girlfriend could possibly do to make the boyfriend and his family happy. She wash the dishes whenever she goes over to his house, while his family and him would be playing in the living room. Because she was so sick of washing the dishes, she got the family a dishwasher. The next time she visited, she was told the washer had been given out as dowry for the boyfriend's sister, so she continued washing dishes for them. When she hit 30 and they began talking about getting married, the mother of the boyfriend complained about her age and requested for a very long and excessive list of dowries. She rejected the list and refused to marry the boyfriend. And from then on, she had seen that happiness does not come just because you work hard for it. I like her the most mainly cause of her free spirit and the fact that she refuses to give in to the society's ancient views. She's happy being single and that's all she cares about.
There are some stupidness in this drama (as with any other drama, Korean or otherwise). One thing that really bothers me is that when they have problems or misunderstandings, they don't like to talk about it. Instead they like to "try" to hide from each other and pretend nothing is going on (really? does that EVER work?). But I suppose without those stupidness, this show would be about 5 episodes and it'll be done, haha.
I was actually very surprised with the storyline for this show. Simply because in Asian countries, a much older woman dating a much younger man is kind of taboo. Especially a 10 year difference. Taiwan did a show (couple years ago?) around the same subject but I think the guy was only 4 or 5 years younger. Actually even for me 10 years is a big difference. But then, come to think of it, why is it not weird for an older man to date a woman 10 years younger? I think we are all molded by society in one way or another. As much as I'd like to rebel against some of society's views (eg. all women must get married and have kids), I think I am still bound by society's views.
humm..I think I am going in too deep for a simple Korean drama...haha. To end with a lighter note...Kim Bum is so cute! (I know I am older by 6 years, but whatever, he dated someone 10 years older in the show! haha).
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