I really wanted to give this a higher rating but it did drag a bit in the middle, and I wish they gave us more of the 'fluffy romance' between the leads since the latter half became so blogged down with the problems in their life that you wondered why they even started it. I didn't see it as a lack of chemistry between the leads - more of a missed opportunity to let it shine.

While some of the issues in the drama did make me lose interest at times - they were important, mainly on the side of how hard it is for a woman in a field like this. How getting married and having children could destroy your fledging career, how woman are still expected to be the primary caregiver even when working full time, how its always harder for the woman in the the case of a office break up, or how it's still okay for a man to talk down even when they are on the same level. Even with the FL mom's obsession with marriage to the point her own daughters couldn't stand her most of the time. She was annoying - but I think, also the in the case of Si Woo's dad (who was a complete POS for most of the drama and caused his son so much pain) was to showcase how their behavior wasn't okay. The discussion of marriage itself was important - and is it really the most important thing in a relationship? Is it okay to burden someone you love?

(Also please don't treat civil servants like your own personal punching bags because they got the forecast wrong. I can't imagine how hard is to predict these things, especially where I live where this winter it was 60 degrees one day, snowing the next, cold, hot, snow, rain. It made no sense).

Some writing for some characters was better than others - Lee Si Woo and Ki Joon probably stood out the most. Si Woo seeming so positive despite the demons in his past and Ki Joon, who was just such a flat out jerk (dumping his girlfriend of 10 years who he was planning a wedding with only to marry the woman he was sleeping with on the side instead, trying to scam his ex out of money, at one point stalking her, trying to blame her for his problems, etc) who had relied so much on his ex he couldn't function and had a wife that was expecting to lean on him. Ha Kyung, herself, was just so difficult to read, so it was hard to judge if it was PMY's acting or just the character in general. They showed us moments of her growth only for her to do nothing with them.

As for the cheating aspect - what they did was terrible, but I don't think they deserve a life sentence, because the drama did show us the aftereffects of the hasty decision to get married so quickly, and the lack of trust in the relationship. I think I was just more mad they didn't really seem to understand or care about how selfish they were being, or the pain they caused.

I'm not mad I invested time into watching it, or disappointed, but I'm not left with that usual finished drama high either. It's just kind of there.