Barb Ruk (2018)

-both are feminist type dramas that try to give power back to women after years of abuse and financial control by their partners and family.
-both dramas share the similarities of married women who defy societal expectations and divorce their abusive husbands.
-both husbands are serial cheaters who physically abuse the FLs.
-both husbands have bad,enabling mothers who help abuse and torture the FLs.
- both FLs fall in love with a younger man but in Barb Ruk the age-gap is wider while in Tie Me Knot its a few years.
-The major differences is that in BarbRuk the FL is rich and it is the ML who faces financial difficulties while in Tie Me Knot it is the FL who has to start over and ML is rich.
-Another difference is that Tie Me Knot focuses on the romance of the ML/FL while Barb Ruk you barely notice it.

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Risa is happily married to her colleague Dr Aik for 10 years. She is a nurse in her 30s and have been trying to have children. Dr Aik unexpectedly asked for divorce and Risa's whole life came crashing down when she realizes her husband had betrayed her with her long time friend Gaysari. When Sunida, who also lost her husband to Gaysari, encourages Risa to hurt Gaysari in a similar way, Risa meets Pong, Gaysari''s 18 year old son. Pong works as a prostitute to forget his lack of love from his wealthy but neglectful parents immediately gets attracted to Risa. But it gets more complicated when Risa starts to have feelings for him.