Episode 7 Title: Because This is My First YOLO
Hey, Oppa’s Goddess, if we’re going to discuss BTIMFL, let’s do it out here in the open because that original post is going to get buried after a while. I’m not a techie, so it will take me time (more than three days, lol) to discover how to resurrect it from the dead. Other bitches can just join in.
What I like most about this episode is the fake YOLOs. Did you notice them?
We all assume that YOLO referred to the “YOLO Cafe” where JH finally found employment or to Boknam’s motto, “You Only Live Once” or YOLO in acronym. Boknam was a typical 20-something who believed in living in the present moment and leaving worries about the future in the trash bin. #YOLO is the twitter version of classical Latin “Carpe Diem.”
But I think the writer was very sneaky. The real meaning of YOLO was written on the book. BokNam wrote a message on the backcover for JH. It says, “You only love one. ♥Bok-nam♥”
You Only Love One –> YOLO
lol. This episode was about JH’s first involvement in a love triangle.
Oh I need to rewatch some episodes of BTIMFL before comment. I kinda forget some details, which scenes on which episodes. But…..
“I’ll be back”
~Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Terminator~
😂😂
Just rewatched the episode. There are more than single thing I like in this episode. Maybe I write 2 of them for now..
One is how “marriage” is binding a person lawfully and emotionally. Although the root and purpose of their “contract” marriage are initially more about financial and other benefits, not love, but it still changed their dynamics, behavior and life. JH still felt uncomfortable with BN’s approach to her. Regardless she started to feel something for SH, but the main reason she didn’t feel uncomfortable was because she’s a married woman after all. And she made it crystal clear to BN about it. To SH, having his wife pursued by younger good looking man, beside ignited some jealousy, also put him in awkward situation. The nature of their relationship was not romantic feeling, so they were (actually) free to fall in like/love with other people during their contract time. But seeing his wife got a lift on motorcycle from other guy,plus his co-workers also witnessed and then gave strange confused looks, made SH feel uneasy. I guess if the role is switched and it’s SH who’s being pursued by other woman, SH would also feel uncomfortable/uneasy and JH would feel awkward too. Marriage does change someone’s life, with love or no love. Not only society, you yourself see, feel, and are expected to act differently. Marriage does give them boundaries and line. It’s a big decision, and it’s not the end of your journey (happily-ever-after like in almost all Disney movies), marriage is not something to be done casually like too-wasted-and-hey-let’s-get-married-tomorrow-we-can-just-annul-it (hello Britney Spears.. hahaha)
Next is I like that this episode portrayed the early/beginning stage of the changes heart. Both SH and JH started to feel something more than just legal cohabitant partner. They grew attached and accustomed toward each other. Each started to become more and more important. But since they started as business-more-like relationship, they still didn’t know how to deal with the new situation.
I agree. It was interesting to watch this odd couple survive their first “marital crisis” when SH still insisted on viewing their relationship as a business enterprise, and nothing more, while JH was clearly ready to blur the lines of their contractual marriage. She was hurt by the “woori” misunderstanding in the previous episode. Mortified too that she totally misinterpreted SH’s “woori” as a sign of his growing interest and closeness.
I like her ballsy move to retaliate and turn the tables (and spoon) on SH. I like her bold reply to BokNam on the phone that she didn’t have a boyfriend. And I like her daring look at SH as she said that — challenging him to protest her statement, and knowing that he couldn’t after he had froze her out last night over the cat ownership.
She was calling his bluff. I love that! Lol.
That’s why I thought this episode started strong. JH was showing him how a marriage strictly limited to the negotiated terms on their contract would eventually feel restricting and problematic. Their contract isn’t just words and checklists on paper; it’s in fact a living and breathing proposition with human contact involved.
And SH was discovering that, try hard as he might to keep within the rigid terms of engagement (i.e., he had no right to dictate JH’s social and work life, he couldn’t feel jealous whenever JH interacted with BN in a familiar way, he would be overstepping his grounds if he told BN to stay away from JH), he was already emotionally attached to her.
I think he would recognized his attachment to her sooner if it weren’t for the internet stalker subplot. SH didn’t see his actions as driven by jealousy but normal precautions because of the (fake) information he had on BN. Even when he confronted BN to civilly discuss JH’s mode of transportation and to ask him to refrain from inviting JH to ride the motorcycle, he could reason out this interference was an act stemmed from his concern for her welfare, rather than his own jealousy.
He could rationalize his jealousy; that was why it took him longer to figure out that he liked her in ways and means that weren’t stipulated by their contract.
To shift focus here, I found Horang’s antics a mixed bag. Half of the time I agreed with her; half of the time I thought she was so “passive-aggressive.”
I also think she did a great disservice to the general audience when she commanded WS to wear TWO condoms as double protection. Ha!!! I bet clueless people watching the kdrama would be misinformed by that scene. So… as general public announcement here on this blog, I’ll have to correct that:
FYI, bitches! Using double condoms is COUNTER- PRODUCTIVE. “Double-bagging” actually increases friction between the two condoms and causes them to rip open, thereby, making them ineffective.
Please condoms often but don’t use more than one at the same time. Lol.