Leads reunite after lengthy separation

Jul 18, 2023 02:41 am

Looking for any recommendations for a drama where the leads were together (as adults; not looking for a childhood crush storyline) but broke up/separated for reasons not fully understood only to coincidentally encounter each other many years later and one of them wants to reconcile

Looking for some good pain, anger, and longing

emeraldarrows

Jul 18, 2023 03:14 am

Have a Crush on You (the leads were married, then divorced, and meet again after seven years apart)
You Are My Destiny (the leads marry due to a one night stand that results in an unexpected pregnancy but lose the baby and the FL leaves without warning for another county at which point there's a several years separation and the ML tries very hard to reconcile.)
Ex-Wife Stop (a married couple breaks up and meets again five years later)
Mommy's Counterattack (relative's lies break up a married couple and the two meet again five years later)

and maybe....

Miracle of Love (the couple aren't kids but they are younger in this one than in the others -they were engaged but ML's family and misunderstanding cause the FL to leave and return a few years later.)
The Love You Give Me (again, not kids, but younger couple)

thedramaqueen

Jul 18, 2023 03:29 am

just replying to stay in this thread

ColourMePurple

Jul 18, 2023 04:20 am

Ex-Wife Stop (divorced and then they meet again)

Together with Me (Main leads are married but something happens and the ML disappears)

Alchemy of Souls - maybe even the title is a spoiler.

My Bossy Wife , My Bossy Wife Season 2 - (separated for only a few months though)

The Glory (they meet he is instantly attracted to her, they are not together as a couple but he helps her and then she disappears. Romance is not the main genre though.)

Till the End of the Moon (it's an enemies to lovers plot. Even though both fall for each other, they separate at one point for years.)

Fireworks of My Heart - if you don't think late teens is childhood then this might match up. FL and ML were classmates in high school (final year I believe) and get separated when FL's mother doesn't approve of them being together and forces her to attend university abroad.

Jul 18, 2023 05:16 am

Sapphire:
a drama where the leads were together (as adults; not looking for a childhood crush storyline) but broke up/separated for reasons not fully understood only to coincidentally encounter each other many years later

The Princess's Man
Uncontrollably Fond - I really don't remember any details from this one but I think it fits.

The encounter is not coincidental:

We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd (season 2) - The leads were together in high school in We Best Love: No. 1 For You (season 1). One ML secretly makes a deal with the other ML's father (who doesn't approve of their relationship). He goes abroad + no contact with the other ML for years.
True Beauty - The leads were together in high school. They are forced to go long distance and break up. They meet again years later near the end of the drama when the ML returns to Korea.
She Would Never Know - The leads date, go long distance and break up. They meet again about a year after the break up near the end of the drama when the FL returns to Korea.
Something in the Rain - The leads date, go long distance and break up. They meet again a while later (pretty sure it's at least a year later) near the end of the drama when the ML returns to Korea.

Separated by death for years + meet each other again after a reincarnation, resurrection or similar supernatural event:

+1 Till the End of the Moon - The leads were together (married) prior to the separation.
+1 Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow - The leads were together (engaged) prior to the separation.
Love Between Fairy and Devil - The leads were together (engaged) prior to the separation.
The Untamed - The leads were not together prior to the separation, but the surviving lead was in love with the lead that died.
The Legends - The leads were not together prior to the separation, but the surviving lead was in love with the lead that died.