if you enjoy watching romance dramas in which the leads actually like each other, this drama is not for you.

i've heard a lot of good things about this drama, and it's one of my friend's favourite dramas ever, so i went in with high expectations, which almost never goes well, because the thing will eventually disappoint you, even if it is of a high quality.

listen idk i feel like even with the context of "it's an arranged marriage, they don't really like each other" and then "they're secretly in love with each other even though they're not supposed to be" this drama just.. lost me.

it's not okay to be mean to someone because you can't process your feelings for them bro. yeong jae kept acting like an abusive husband who was possessive and jealous and wanted everything done ten minutes ago. if that sounds like an abusive relationship to you, it's because it is an abusive relationship.

and even if you're the most emotionally constipated childish manbaby in the world, you'd still be able to find a way to be nice to the woman you're allegedly in love with, instead of just yelling at her whenever she makes you ~feel things~ and being cruel and mean because god forbid she find out that you don't hate her guts.

at some point, one of the characters (yeong jae's best friend from childhood) tries to tell yeong jae's contract wife that "yeong jae can't express or explain himself too well... so i think i should do it for him." and im like?? what?? this is a GROWN MAN. he is an ADULT. if he can't express himself well then he should go to THERAPY not have his best friend explain his bullshit dklfsfkdsh

tl;dr this show is not as good as people keep saying it is lol.