Making my dramabeans comeback by asking – what is up with Now We Are Breaking Up?? Am I missing a cultural thing, cause I am at a loss as to why they /need/ to break up?

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    ++ They didn’t do anything wrong – they didn’t cheat or anything so WHY?

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      Reputation. The girl dated his brother, they blame her for killing his brother. She’s from a poor family. She’s a home-wrecker for braking up his brother’s engagement. She has a bad reputation. He’s the illegitimate child. So comes from a wrecked home. My parents wouldn’t allow me date anyone whose parents were divorced. That’s why they never got divorced (although they probably should have). The belief that coming from a broken family curses relationships/ families in the future for generations. Those are the reasons they can’t be together.

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        *breaking

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        Wow now i feel like i shud watch the drama!

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          What’s ironic is now her parents are getting divorced because her mom thinks her dad is having an affair. So her mother is being hypocritical about him. I’m just here for the eye candy that is Jang Ki Yong, really. 😂

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            I saw a clip of ep 10 and that eye candy professing his love without moving a single facial muscle while FL is crying has me thinking maybe it’s better to stay away. Is the hyung around after ep 3? Maybe i’ll watch his part since i like him.

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        Thanks for the explanation~ Kind of threw me off the show because I’d been scratching my head trying to understand. Guess the writers didn’t really consider international audiences, but thought they could’ve expressed this more in their discussions – other than she were the other woman. Maybe the friends could’ve been more against the relationship than for it?

        Nevertheless, thanks so much for this. I think I can empathize with this couple more. Though I feel like they could still fight for it though. If they want to go the route of – love conquers all trope. Though I guess if they did break up, that would be a great twist too!

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          I don’t know what ep you’re on, so I just want to point out that they REALLY buried the “brother was cheating on fiance” part until later in the show–which she wasn’t even aware of at the time of the relationship. So typical “Female is at fault even though she had no clue that there was a potential problem” nonsense. 😒

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            What happened to readjusting your thoughts about a situation when new facts emerge to clear up misunderstandings (or wrong assumptions as it were) and to shed light on what truly was taking place? So frustrating.

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            It’s an old kdrama dressed up in new clothes.

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            by SONO

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