Thank you @quirkycase for the recap. Jisang is plenty calculating himself. He has been having an affair, undermining Eunkyung e ery which way and trying to professionally destablise her over a period of time. If this isn’t calculating, I don’t know what is. He isn’t a long suffering partner.
And, while I don’t condone child neglect because of demanding jobs, globally, generations of men have neglected/continue to be absent parents (RL: just read about the revolting Elon Musk’s attacks on his daughter and her response about his lies about her because he was a largely absent father), Jisang’s claim of having raised Jaehee despite having a nanny/housekeeper is not credible.

Thank you for the recap @quirkycase. I hate it when they involve a kid in these situations. I wonder if she'll understand EK, I know she did a lot of mistakes by not being there for the kid especially now.
Waiting for the next eps till Aug 16 is hard.

I had unexpected bouts of laughter this week. Yu-ri will be the death of Eun-kyung😂. All I could do was laugh, surprised at how Yu-ri held Eun-kyung and Woo-jin's jugular. I felt so sorry for Woo-jin at the restaurant. Yu-ri didn't even give him a chance to get off easily.

I don't know what happened to the man who took a backseat on his career to raise his daughter. And I don't want to believe this rut has been on for a very long time. Something definitely happened at Ji-sang's celebratory dinner cause I'm sure that's where it all began.
I want that man back.

Woo-jin being the chairman's son? Now that I didn't see coming. I really wished he had moved on from his affection for Eun-kyung. Not only did she get married, she had a child too. What exactly is he expecting? I don't find anything endearing, appealing, knightly, honorable, or admirable in him putting his love life on a likely indefinite pause for something that's one-sided and can only wish for from afar.

Sara may be the worst, but I think Ji-sang is a bit more interesting. He may not exactly be a good person, or a good husband, but he may actually be a decent father. Granted, we haven't really seen that, so this is just an assumption, and I could be totally wrong here. But from what we know, I can definitely see father and daughter having a good relationship. The same can't be said for mother and daughter though, and they definitely need to work on that.

As expected, Woo-jin is totally in love with Eun-kyung. I do wonder if he'll ever confess this to her or not. Now is obviously the worst time for that, but we may be in a totally different place 10 episodes from now, but that really depends on how long this divorce takes. That being said, she'll most likely reject him, and this might change their relationship, so maybe he should stay silent.

As always, I love the Eun-kyung & Yuri dynamic, and it remains an absolute blast to watch. And now begins the real struggle: waiting 3 weeks for episode 6. I hate it already.

Ji Sang is a good parent. When Eun Kyung went to tell her daughter they were getting a divorce, but couldn't. Jae Hee looked at the pictures of her and her father for comfort. Unfortunately, EK just wasn't there. As for the rest of JS, he is trash and so is Sa Ra. She has audacity too. I don't think JS realizes how nasty SR is though, she seemed genuinely startled when he said he wanted custody. I don't she thought of JH in her little mind delusion about what would happen. That makes sense because JS obviously didn't bring JH around on his little love rendezvous. Smh

I was finally getting into this show and now we have to wait for the next episode for several weeks! How disappointing.

One thing I found really revealing was how smitten Eun-Kyung was with Ji-Sang after only a few weeks of dating. Woo-jin's flashback shows how oblivious she was to his crush and how out of left field it was for her to suddenly marry. We know why Woo-jin thinks that as long Eun-kyung doesn't notice he's in love with her, he's in the clear. It's because, as his terrible father said, he grew up without a mother. But Eun-kyung doesn't notice anything! How can someone who understands the trends in divorcing people's behavior not understand the people in her own life?

Let us not forget when she told Yu-ri "I'm consoling you," after saying something completely critical and not at all consoling!

We now know a little about the childhoods of Yuri and Woojin, but I think we need more about Eun Kyung.

At around Episode 1.5 (halfway through Ep. 2) I had to put this on hold for a few weeks. Blitzed through the episodes this weekend and. . . I guess I will watch when it resumes in two weeks, except that when two dramas that I am anxiously waiting for (Love Next Door with Jung So Min and Romance in the House) will be front and center by then.

I'm enjoying the intrigue and the messy relationship stories, but the only character I care about is Woo-jin and after completing all 5 episodes, I really don't like his 15 year crush on the FL. I have more sympathy for Ji Sang (he was honest about wanting a divorce) than Eun Kyung (who apparently never loved him to begin with).

In the end, Sa-ra will get everything she deserves, whatever that may be, and that will be worth something.

The lack of communication with their child is really sad. She was the first person they woud have talked to before starting their public "show". She's a teenager and they don't hesitate to make their affair or false one public. None of them is thinking to the repercussions in her life at school. Eun-Kyung has so much things to catch up with her daugther.

It is extremely unpleasant to watch all the adults around Jae-hee failing her. She is very smart and observant and likely sees no one near her who she can trust completely. Worst of all, the parents cannot find a way to talk to her about the divorce and how it will affect her even though her parents story is all over the news already.

The father may have brought her up, but he is now hardly at home and lives with the mistress.
For the mother work always comes first. She employs a nanny and uses sometimes her staff, including Sara as I understand, to look after her and to collect her from school and other activities. Jae-hee calls Sara 'Auntie Sara' and seems to know her well.
Sara does take an interest in Jae-hee as the daughter of her boss and of her lover, but is obviously not planning to live with Jae-hee as a stepmom.

Things are going to turn even more nasty, now that Jisang has lost his job in the hospital. He will need money - from the spouse he is cheating on (and is no push-over). Will Sara still love him jobless and with a live-in teenage daughter?

Yuri will have to navigate through all this and I am sure she will turn to kind Eun-ho for comfort. She will not have a 3-weeks break as we do!

I've been enjoying this one. Three weeks off seems like forever. I might have to rewatch the first 5 when it comes back on just to refresh my memory.

I will admit was wrong. In last week's recap I had predicted that, in age-old K-drama tradition, Yuri and Eun-ho had not really had sex and it was all the usual drunken misunderstanding. But it turned out they actually had and, despite the regrettable lack of flashbacks, apparently remembered doing it too. Not exactly J-drama levels of intimacy but we'll take what we can get.

I'm all caught up now. What a delicious mess this is. I enjoy flawed characters who are not oblivious to who they are and so far, both women have won me over. They both have blind spots but are not too egotistical to pause and reflect when a mirror is held up to their faces. They may resist at first, but are not above yielding either. I love that.

I despise the fact that children get caught up in their parents/caregivers mistakes but such is life 😔

Woojin is lovely. I appreciate male leads who are not the typical tough, closed off, blah blah blah. There are so many personalities out there and it's refreshing to centre a softer male character. His manhood is definitely not in question in my opinion. And the fact that he's been in love with Eun-kyung for so long? Well, I think it will mean different things to different people depending on your frame of reference. For me, it makes me smile to think Eun-kyung has been loved and *is* being loved by a man who seems loyal, dedicated and kind. She deserves that.

Thankfully, I have the Olympics to distract me from the wait for the next episodes 🥰

Jung Woo Jin has a crush on Cha Eun Kyung for 15 years.

According to psychologists, crushes often last a few months, with a minor percentage developing into a relationship.

How Long Does It Take to Get Over a Crush? Mild crushes can fade within a few weeks. Serious crushes are generally limited to the early stages of a relationship, or two years if no relationship develops. If your crush lingers for longer than two years, it's technically classified as limerence.
I know for sure that many scriptwriter write about so many things and they have no idea what they are writing. For example Trolley about the Trolley dilemma but in the Serie there's no Trolley dilemma. Love to hate you 2023 they say she's a freespirit person. Sorry she's not.they don't even know what a freespirit person is. Search the internet if you are not sure.

Search for limerence please and you will understand what I'm talking about.
Don't let them fool you.