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bakakokoro
I have been enjoying watching all kinds of dramas, and for the most part i am able to get into the plots and the characters. There is something I am having trouble with though. Perhaps it's me or perhaps it's a cultural thing, but I just don't get how some of these women can leave for YEARS, and then show back up and act like the injured party? I mean these women aren't disappearing for days or even months but for years at a time - and in many cases not even CALLING (uhhh hello, information age?)
Yet when they show back up they are all like "why didn't you wait for me?? *weep* *weep* I've loved you all these YEARS, I just couldn't be bothered to phone, or email, or hey even txt speech was too much for me, but I really DO love you *weep* *weep*"

Some examples are - My Name is Kim Sam Soon (she goes away for what 3 years and doesn't even call? but she asked him to wait for her so of course it's not her fault)

Also there are variations which make a LITTLE more sense (like the woman is a professional and does so for work - but still they can't keep in touch and i mean they are usually well off, they can't get together for vacas or something?)
My girl - the g/f is a tennis player, and runs off to go pro for years - but doesn't keep in contact despite the accident that her b/f's parents were in.

I can't seem to think of the names of the other dramas this occurred in but it does seem to pop up frequently.

If you know of any more please feel free to post, or if you can provide any insight into this phenomenon that would be welcomed as well.
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Jeaniessi
That bothers me so much! I'm not sure it is a cultural thing. I think its a drama thing. I mean...What person in their right mind would claim ownership on a person they deserted with no explanation for years? And what man in his right mind would allow the craziness of that person to guilt him into some sort of continued relationship? Or let her cling to him out of some sense of false obligation? It's out of the realm of normal.

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Case in point: Lie To Me. Not only did she leave, but in this case he broke up with her...very clearly...before she left. Now granted he felt he had to and he had residual feelings but still. It was over. The piece that I did like about this was; Crazy girl re-entered the scene right on the cusp of his moving on and meeting Ah Jung...Therefore he was confused because he really had loved Crazy girl. I just wish this whole drama had been done better.
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Bi a
it happens in so many dramas and i feel the same way ... worst one was my girl ... i thought it was very selfish of her to ask him to be hers all over again ...
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Bladey
That doesn;t seem tob e just Korea. In Hotaru no hikari2 this kind of plot device is used as starting point for the contination. At the end of part 1 we have one kind of situation and then in part 2 we get a three years later, but I suppose in this case it's a matter of when the sequel was made - 3 years after the first one and I guess it's more justified aas a starting point.
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bakakokoro
Bladey wrote: That doesn;t seem tob e just Korea. In Hotaru no hikari2 this kind of plot device is used as starting point for the contination. At the end of part 1 we have one kind of situation and then in part 2 we get a three years later, but I suppose in this case it's a matter of when the sequel was made - 3 years after the first one and I guess it's more justified aas a starting point.


ohhh, i haven't seen 2 yet just finished 1 a lil bit ago.
makes me just want to grab them shake them and be like WTH?
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AdeNike
I second Jeanie, it's a drama thing. They apart for years and then, they cross part and they expect to pick up from where they left off. It happens in most of the rom-com dramas. It's a segment you can't miss, you will surely see it.
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