Thank you, @unit, for the weecap! There's so many background info that I really want to know. Was Sang-eun an orphan, turned chaebol daughter by Yoo ahjumma? What happened at the party after Sang-eun screamed her head off? Was it supposed to be a meeting of the families? So who was Sang-eun supposed to marry in Hae-jin's family? I assume it's not him since he was wearing a HS uniform! Still loving the show and the confidence that Sang-eun is showing in how she manages her life. You go girl!

Socially awkward, introverted Ji-ho ..... I could watch him all day. Who would've thought? Heh!

I couldn't care at all for Hae-jin. He was really annoying with his antics but Ji-ho is doing a good job paying him back for his Lion antics with Amy. However, I need more to care for his story but not to ship him. I still find his struggles sorrowful. I wonder how a grooming into a life of comfort becomes suffocating and stifling for him. I understand that with Sang-eun's backstory, she might feel indebted to the point that it became suffocating but he was actually born into that life, he wasn't introduced to it years later in his life.

Ji-ho's moves this week had me swooning
'You didn't show up on Friday' especially. Even Gwang-nam was blown away 🤤. Blow me away Ji-ho. That kiss at the end of episode 6. Oh my Gawd! The atmosphere was lit!

Poor guy is so happy his first love is napping beside him — an indication that their relationship is a snooze fest — meanwhile, her dreams are plagued with the images of her own first love
You captured it perfectly @unit . If only Hae-jin knew that Sang-eun was in another dimension entirely while the paparazzi were taking shots and he was feeling whole.

The actor playing Gwang-nam has good comedic timing, and I must say that Jin Young has very good comedic timing as well.

For some reason, I am not shipping Sang-eun with Ji-ho, nor with Hae-jin. People are complaining about Hae Jin's actions for starting the contract but I also am not onboard on how the contract with Jiho started. He is giving me some stalkery vibes. I just want her and Gwang-nam to just walk into the sunset together, forever besties.

@unit thanks for the weecap. This is definitely a slow burner.

I want to know more about Jiho and whether he was someone else as a child/young adult or if he has always been socially awkward. He was literally wiping the smile off his face when he was charmed by his ‘wife’.

I do like Jiho as the main lead but I wonder whether Sangeun can be the wife he needs to be his true self. The two hike scenes, the cute red box excursion, the out of control party wife and the status competition on the stairs were all scenes I was expecting and wanted to see in a light hearted rom com.

I don’t like people going to someone’s house and bad mouthing them. I know we saw that Yoomi was opinionated in her attitude towards her idol’s love interest but it was so wrong that she was scheming to make someone show their ‘true colours’ when she spends her whole time at work putting on an act for Jiho so she of all people should understand why his wife wants to do the same for his work colleagues.

We saw Sangeun and Jiho are both very competitive but do it in very different ways. However, Jiho was right why was Yoomi given the winning prize? It was hard to tell but I think she was the only one who didn’t have a plus one as I thought she came with her colleague but my face blindness may be playing up again. So it felt to me as a pity vote.

Gwangnam 🥺 so sad to see the every day micro aggressions playing out. He could have left cleanly from his colleagues point of view as hard done by but he now has the experience of rejection from both colleagues and clients. I know this is probably nothing new to him but it clearly hurt and in a two way friendship he should have been able to talk about it but it didn’t look like he had spoken to Sangeun about his real reason for leaving initially or the last incident. He is always there for her and if they are real friends Sangeun should have spoken with him about wanting Miho to stay and how they would describe their status. I don’t get why Miho is at their house and if she hasn’t spent all the money Sangeun gave her and used it to buy a car etc she could sort out accommodation. Miho’s hold over that manager and why he always meets her with the woman who thinks Miho has served her purpose is something they are dragging out.

I have turned the corner with this drama so it’s not a begrudging watch any more but a watch of mild disappointment that it wasn’t what I thought it would be but acceptance that it is not as bad as it could have been.

I love this show. Go Kyung Pyo is <3 and I find their chemistry lovely. Also, I may be in a total minority here, but I feel so, so sorry for Hae Jin. His family background is awful, he's lonely, his beloved cat disses him, and now he's getting his hopes up regarding his crush, but he doesn't stand a chance against Ji-ho. I basically wish for him to realize that he's bisex. and falls for Gwang-nam.
On another note - what's with the orange eyebrows? Is that a new celeb trend in Korea? Also, did anyone else notice Gwang-nam's joke about Sang-eun's face, that she looks as if all of here bones were crushed? Is it just me, or is that the writer being very meta about PMY-s newest probable surgery?

it has been a years since i watched a kdrama! The last one i watched was The Fiery Priest (kim nam gil is too hot) after that i kinda stopped watching any kdrama at all! Then this drama caught my eyes attention! and yeah it was worthy getting my attention XD

i am wondering if Ji-Ho had experienced something traumatic in the past for him to to say he is feeling bothered when he is feeling this different kinds of emotions/feelings (example: jealousy, anger etc. + aside from reasons of being divorced from his 1st-crush/ex-wife & being an orphan as well like Sang-Eun)

i am kinda excited & will wait for the coming episodes once he understands, accepts & tells/confesses to Sang-Eun that he likes/loves her... until then i am here for the slow burn progress of Ji-Ho's feelings for Sang-Eun! + i am here also for all the pettiness Ji-Ho can do or say to Hae-Jin (calling Jamie the cat as Amy!!!!)

i would also like to see if the staff of the drama/writer will have a developing story/good ending for Gwang-Nam, because he is such a nice person & friend to have!

in the case of Sang-Eun: i do wish she will tell the real reasons to Ji-Ho or Hae-Jin why she did not retire from her work/business as a Single Life Helper.

truth be told i do not care for Hae-Jin at all, but as Laura said/typed in the comment section "I’ll just think of him as the source of jealousy and to ignite the fire in Ji-ho to fight for his “wife.""

dear wednesday & thursday please arrive faster!
because i cannot dang wait for me to be swooned away by Ji-Ho's actions once he realizes his feelings for Sang-Eun & many other different emotions!

I'm loving this drama, thanks for the weecap @unit! JH and SE are both closed off individuals. SE puts up an outgoing facade but gives nothing away of her true self, JH is more obvious, but the result is the same. They both have some self awareness to achieve before the end result.
SE does not appear to be a good friend to GN, he's going through a lot in his life, as is SE, but he is there for her and she doesn't seem to be for him. I felt sorry for him throughout the episode. He does appear to be part of the audience though, and tells SE everything we can see, even if it is falling on deaf ears.
Loved the 'I was waiting for you' scene. Squeals all round here. Even better than the kiss jn some ways as it was JH voicing things for a change.
Hate all scenes with MH. She's so toxic, and not sure the drama needs her. I find her quite suffocating.
HJ is really there as a foil to JH. No fear of SLS in this case. I did feel sorry for him at the end though. It's a repeat of his cat relationship all over again...

One more thing, can anyone give me a rough translation of the song that played in the car when SE turned on the radio after their shopping expedition? It seemed to get them both hot under the collar for some reason unless I misinterpreted things...

I like the humor and character quirks in this drama. There's not really witty dialogue. Just realistic conversations.

JAMIE. AMY. Ji Ho's pettiness kills me. LOLLLLL!

The fight scene between Ji Ho and Sang Eun was fun. I love her lil smile when she was surprised by her neat landing. He was surprised too. XD

The motion light scene was funny, how each character had their own way of turning the light on. And Ji Ho being petty by not wanting to move up the steps to touch Hae Jin's floor. Pfft.

I wish the love triangle wasn't so one-sided. I sorta want to see Sang Eun feel some moments of attraction or curiosity about Hae Jin. On the other hand, I probably will like it more if they became friends. I liked the chess scene where they were casually talking and they had a connection with their chaebol family issues.

Gwang Nam and Sang Eun. <3 They are really comfortable around each other. She's the dominant one though. I know she's the main character so there's a bigger focus on her story. He listens to her and knows her so well. He knows she has fallen in love before she does. I hope that Gwang Nam confides in her soon about his own worries and about how he is doing.

Maybe it depends on the person he is talking to, but Ji Ho's conversation skills aren't too bad. He snarks at Hae Jin just fine. Watch out from tetanus from Jamie...heh. However, when it comes to talking about or expressing his feelings, he clams up or changes the subject.

Kim Jae Young with long hair. /swoon/ Even though the dang wig was the wrong color. Just squint from afar. And then a sword-fighting scene. /swoon x2/

I didn't plan to watch Love in Contract, but here I am. The charm is definitely from the fact the writer is just going with the ridiculousness of the set-up and interpreting rom-com tropes in her own way.
I was looking forward to Kim Jaeyoung's performance as Kang Haejin since it was his first rom-com, but instead I find myself warming to Go Gyungpyo's Jung Jiho. He's the type who needs to be led, but his sincerity and unspoken consideration wins me over. And maybe I'm being biased because I can relate to his personality as an introvert who doesn't like being forced into socializing .
Hae-jin hasn't won me over, but I got to admit he is surprisingly quiet the confidant. Thinking about it, he's more like a soul mate to Sang-eun: he sympathizes with her since he too grew up in an oppressive household, he is a perfectionist, is proud, takes great care of his image, and is sort of a ruthless businessman himself. He is more the "fitting" husband to Sang-eun when it comes to image and networking (I think they would make great partners-in-crime in a revenge/intrigue storyline) but I don't consider him a romantic partner as yet.

And by the way, is it just me, but it feels like in dramas which focus on introvert protagonists, the outgoing characters are portrayed as rude and inconsiderate to the latter? Like I get that Ji-ho is a curt character and a killjoy, but he hasn't acted like a sociopath to his team. Yes his comments sound double-edged and doesn't do small talk, but he hasn't kept them on their edge.

Gwang-nam was all of us when swooning over Jo Ho's "I waited for you".
Hae-jin is the jalousy catalyst but I really don't care about him. And the actor and PMY are so skinny that having both faces on screen is hurting.

I feel almost like I shouldn’t like this, but I do. The stairwell scene was hilarious. I also loved how Ji ho renamed the cat. My real name starts with Amy, so having Ko Gyung Pyo say that right into the camera was distracting. I can’t wait to hear his real reason for renaming the cat.

I have low tolerance for awkward drunken comedy, so I would have preferred quick snippets of the dinner party to show us all the embarrassing ‘talents’ and set up the kiss rather than enduring the entire, dragged-out cringefest. But Ji-ho almost smiled!

I guess I'm in a minority in really liking Hae-jin and hoping for the best for him. I'm still having trouble warming up to Ji-ho and share @reply1988's scepticism about whether he and Sang-eun are truly suited to each other. Overall, she has more in common with Hae-jin so far - and damn, did he look good with the Mane of Glory!

I am enjoying this silly drama way more than I should. But here I am!! My guilty pleasure!

As most of you, I’m on Jiho’s team, but I have to confess that during the chess game scene I considered HaeJin could totally be end game, after all both him and Sangeun have the same background and have been raised more or less the same way: to serve and be useful to the chaebol family.

I do understand why Sangeun brought Miho home. She’s her mum. And she knows she’s been used and wronged. I know Miho feels cold hearted and as Sangeun said she loves to turn a weakness into an attack, but she never lied to her, probably the only person who was brutally honest to her. There is this loyalty, and maybe the thought that now Miho is in debt with her and not the other way round. I am waiting for them two to join forces and end SunJin ambition, even it fit hurts Hae Jin.

I adore Go Kyung pyo as Ji- ho. I love his bewildered looks and his intensity.
What Hae- jin did was rude but I find it more upsetting because his selfishness pu her in very real danger. I mean she has been attacked once already@

The show was marketed as a standard rom-com with a love triangle. But the more this show went on, and darker and more serious it appeared. Oddly, I don't mind that tone. The comedic bits are small, but I thought they were handled well for this week's episodes.

What did get me was how tragic our FL/ML was; both are orphans, traumatized individuals who have been burned badly from love. That alone keeps me glued on and waiting for both of them to heal
together. Interestingly, when I first heard this, I thought Kang's story would be the popular one, but for now, he's just a bystander in the story. I do feel the love triangle will begin Ep 7-now, so I wonder how they will handle that in a way that doesn't lead to fan wars.

Also, Gwang-nam deserves better. Why didn't she even ask him before she let Mi-ho move in?? He's such a great friend to her, but I feel like the writer doesn't allow him to have a functional story of his own when he is rich in story. Why include scenes where he's being scrutinized by society if there's no happy ending for him?

Also, we haven't seen the 2nd FL enter the story yet. She would like def. stir the FL's emotions, and Lee Joo Bin (rumored) is playing her. I can't wait for her appearance and hope she will not portray it as evil. I want to know more about Ji-ho's background; why did he marry his first love and get a divorce? Was he always this socially bad? His family too? It's one of those characters that intrigue me, and I greatly appreciate the speech therapy scenes. Good to see K-dramas positively portray mental health and Ji-ho for trying to better himself.