I started this Drama because the synopsis sounded promising, about two single parents starting again. What I got was a makjang marathon made more miserable by the awful female lead.

For the first 25 episodes I raged against the FL's unbelievably selfish son, who did whatever he wanted whenever he wanted with no regard for anyone else and NEVER apologised for any harm his actions caused. It made me think of "little emperor syndrome" What made it worse was realising he learned that behaviour from his mother's own view of herself

In the course of 57 episodes she apologised exactly ZERO times for all the times she flagrantly exploited the male lead - even before they were together. She was an adult version of her spoiled sprog, utterly self-absorbed, HER immediate wants and needs the only thing that mattered. Even in the final 10 episodes, she was prepared to break promises she made to the FL whenever she felt she knew better AND then expect him to apologise to her for daring to get upset about it.

I stuck it out hoping for character growth, but the Drama's version of "character growth" was "she's always right, he has to say sorry", a pattern that was literally carried into some of the very last scenes of the very last episode. While I can count on the thumbs of one foot how many times she apologised to him, she made him apologise countless times for failing to realise that he should always tolerate everything she did.

In the interests of fairness, I have to admit that leads like this are common in Dramas, but the "spoiled child" lead is normally a sulky chaebol boy brat, not a newly-divorced single Mum. I dislike male leads who act this way every bit as much as I disliked this female lead. Whiny, self-absorbed "aegyo" from adults is NOT cute or endearing, regardless of gender. Ms Wang did a fine job of making me dislike her character, so kudos for her acting. The love story of the FL's BFF was cute and engaging, and one more reason why I made it to the very end of this stupidly overlong wasted opportunity.