2 cents

mangkko October 22, 2025 1:50 pm

like others are saying, there's not right or wrong way to their situation, it's not black or white.

haebom's dad was actively forgetting things that he would've normally wouldn't have forgotten, it could be considered a miracle he even made it back home to get a treatment that not even his doctor was confident in, and still ended up in a coma with memory loss after he woke up.

was it maybe wrong and selfish to basically abandon his wife and child? yes, but not for that intentional ir selfish reason itself. could he have said something? yes of course, but he was dying, his brain getting essentially eaten, he didn't even remember her name.

he would've rather been painted as the bad guy who abandoned his family rather then let them suffer with him (hyeonji would've had to take care of him AND haebom). it took him DECADES (3!!) to get better, let alone remember her, he's 60 something and just remembered her a year prior for goodness sake.

it wasn't fair for anyone, both parties were going suffer, and have suffered.

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