I met with my wife.
We agreed to file for divorce next week.
Honestly speaking,
I’d like to date you.
I put you in a difficult position.
Even speaking to you here
is awkward for you.
But...I can’t run away
because I want to see you.
Will you date me?
No. She has no such intentions.
Kang Tae Bong!
I’m sorry. Dal Ja can't meet you anymore.
Can you tell me why?
From now on, I’ll be by her side.
So don’t tell Dal Ja you want to date her or see her.
That's stirring public unrest.
Let’s go.
What situation is this?
Oh my god!
It can't be... the scenario I dreamed of?
[ LOVE TRIANGLE !! ]
Now for the news.
For 30 years, the woman without a good boyfriend,
aging alone, Oh Dal Ja,
becomes the lead in a love triangle.
This is momentous.
Don't imagine useless things.
I just helped you in a fix.
Hey, Kang Tae Bong!
Stop!
What did you say?
You helped me? How?
I saw you acting like a fool.
- I helped you out. - What? Fool?
That guy caused you to lose your 8-year job.
It hurt your mom and you.
But you were at a loss facing him. Fool!
Kang Tae Bong.
I know you want a man
and long for romance.
- Still, that man isn't it. - Who said he was?
Then why can't you tell him 'no'?
Because...it was so sudden.
Can't you be assertive?
Can't you be decisive?
What if I can't?
I'm indecisive and petty.
That's me alright.
Assertion needs experience.
A man never looked for me because he missed me.
When such a man shows up, I don't know how to respond.
How sorry is that?
I can't be assertive.
But know what, Kang Tae Bong?
Don't get involved if it's not your business.
If I don't ask you, don't pretend to know me.
However cocky you act,
you get paid by me.
Got it?
You're paid to work?
That changes everything.
Right?
I needn't have gotten so angry.
He did stand up for me.
Should I call and apologize?
Forget it. When the contract ends, he'll be a stranger.
Why waste time on him?
Still, he'll be upset.
I dunno. My mind's a mess.
How can I satisfy my appetite? Seriously...
You're hungry for men, not food.
Unni, you always say that.
You only lack a man.
Lack of iron gives you anemia.
Lack of vitamins ages you fast.
Lack of men gives you a strange hunger.
Can I ever beat your sharp tongue?
The way to beat my tongue is to become an ajumma, but..!
That needs a man.
What can I do without a man?
- Shopping. - Ah!
Will he be hurt?
Rep. Eom isn't the type to get hurt.
Not Rep. Eom, Kang Tae Bong.
No...
He stood up for me in worry
but I berated him.
He'd be upset.
Is he angry?
What's with you?
What?
Do you like Kang Tae Bong?
Heck! Wild guessing.
- I won't confide in you. - It's weird.
Don't guess. It won't happen.
It'll never happen?
Unni.
Did I like any guy even a year younger?
Never.
I don't go for younger guys
and Kang Tae Bong is 6 years younger.
- Can I love him as a man? - He's good looking.
Sure, he's hot.
But, not that way.
It's not what you think.
I hope it isn't.
I hope it won't happen.
Not knowing his family or background...
And he's paid to be a fake lover.
It can't happen.
If I know you like him,
I'll tell your mother, got it?
I know, I know.
Don't overreact, please.
- What about Rep. Eom? - What?
He's divorcing. What will you do?
Well...
I don't know yet.
Hello?
Dal Ja, it's a crisis.
Where are you now? Where?
What crisis?
- My father's on his way to Seoul. - So?
My father is an obstinate country man and a dictator.
So?
He wants to settle my marriage now
so I said I have a girlfriend.
So?
Truly! Do you have no powers of deduction?!
- Meet him, friend. - Again with "friend".
Friend!
I can't. No way.
A friend has limits, friend.
How can I formally meet your father?
That requires dating. How can I go?
Please don't be like this.
If you won't go,
I might have to marry the girl my father picks.
Oh, that's not bad.
Your father will pick a really good girl.
Why don't you grab this chance to marry?
What's with you? Must you?
I can't get married now.
I'm not ready
and there's Seon Joo.
So take Seon Joo.
I asked her to go.
So then?
No.
Don't say 'no' right away.
Just have dinner with us.
No.
I made reservations at the restaurant
where you liked their steak.
- Cheongdam-dong, you know? - No.
Give it some thought.
- You can't? - I can't.
- Really can't? - Mm. No.
I can't force you to go.
I didn't think you'd agree.
It will be tough finding someone.
This means trouble, damn it.
Oh! I'm going nuts.
There's only you.
Dal Ja, no, friend,
don't leave me helpless.
- No. - Dal Ja!
I said no.
OK then. Lunch is on me all week?
What did you say?
Oh, you see!
Only food works on you.
Now you'll talk?
Today's Monday.
Six lunches. That's a burden.
However big a burden, I'll bear it.
All on me. Yeah?
And eating out. Italian, French, all kinds.
Whatever you like.
Oh! What to do?
It's more substantial than world peace!
So you'll go?
I shouldn't.
What if your father likes me?
I'm popular with the elderly. That won't do.
Lady, how old are you?
I'm 33.
She's my age, Father.
Why are you still unmarried?
Pardon? Oh, yes, well...
She's been working.
Modern women work, and marry late.
How'd your hair get like that?
It exploded?
Eh? Ah, yes...it's a bit...
It's the style now, Father...
Fella, I didn't ask you. Shut up.
Maybe you heard,
he's the only son in two generations.
Yes, I know.
We're a respectable family
and I will only bother about one thing...
whether you can give birth easily.
Isn't your age 33
the age for last birth?
- Welcome. - Yes, Shin Sae Do?
Over there.
Seon Joo.
Father, wait. Wait a bit.
Where are you going?
Stay with my father. I'll be right back.
Seon Joo! Seon Joo!
Something's urgent.
Seon Joo! Seon Joo!
Sheesh!
Why do we always miss a critical chance?
Why do we always find excuses to close ourselves off?
Were we all born on earth with incompatible love-DNA?
Hello?
Oh, it's me.
Well, because of last time, I've something to say.
I'll contact you later.
- What? - I'll hang up now.
Has he no immunity for a little misunderstanding
and he feels hurt?
Eat and eat, but I can't feel full.
No, I eat but I feel hungrier.
What lack created this?
E08: LACK OF LOVE'S ADVERSE EFFECT ON AN OLD MAID
I won't accept this money.
No, I can't,
Tae Bong oppa.
Hee Yeon.
You owe me nothing.
I can manage without this.
I know.
Without this money, you manage on your own
but this concerns my promise.
I promised your parents.
Your walking properly
is their final wish.
Let it come true.
Oh, I'm so tired.
I feel so weighed down.
Hey! You!
What on earth? How'd you get in?
I've something to say.
Something to say?
Our contract ends now.
I'm signing up another woman.
What did you say? There's a week left.
I feel bad I can't fulfil it.
I'll return a week's fee.
That'll do, right?
What woman is it?
A woman you know.
What?
It's me.
I'm signing with Tae Bong.
Seon Joo!
No, how can you two...?
What about Shin Sae Do?
We're in a love triangle.
Didn't you know?
Did you all take the wrong meds?
Why are you doing this?
- Let's go. - Sure.
Wait a minute.
What's this?
Heck! Didn't I say eat less?
You overeat.
It got you like this.
Oh! Ooh! What has happened?
Work on your body.
- Let's go. - Sure.
Wait! Wait! Help me!
Wait! Help me. Wait, everyone...
Wait, everyone! Everyone!
Was it a dream?
It was a scary dream
and it will soon be reality.
That's strange.
Am I really fatter?
I'm really fatter.
This won't do. I must act.
[ The fridge is my enemy!!! Resist or regret! ]
Seon Joo!
Good morning.
You're early.
Did you sleep well?
Last night, how could you just leave? Such a pity.
But I was so touched.
You seem cold but you're warm-hearted.
Pretending to dislike me
but you really like me.
- Don't misunderstand. - About what?
I worried no-one was going.
I didn't know Dal Ja went.
I wasted the taxi fare.
If you worried about me,
I'm in your heart, right?
- Don't overthink. No. - Don't do this.
Let's not get stuck.
This is no fun.
I don't know your past pain
but I'm not your ex-husband
and I'm not other guys.
I'm me, Shin Sae Do. Got that?
Every man I dated said the same thing at the start.
"I'm different from other men".
And when we parted,
every one said the same:
"I'm sorry, I'm a man."
Shin Sae Do, you're a man.
You'll be no different.
Look, Seon Joo.
Well? Answer it.
Hello?
Father, I'm off to an urgent meeting.
Wait! I'm not done!
No, Father, I'm working.
No, why come here?
I booked you a tour.
Please look at Seoul.
Ah, truly! Why do you do this?
Really!
I'm hungry.
But you came an hour ago. Didn't you eat?
I'm dieting.
Kiddo. Better forget it.
Only energetic youth can diet.
At this age, dieting is a no-no.
The skin roughens and clogs
and you'll look older.
- Don't diet. - No, I must.
Or I'll look matronly before I marry.
You haven't given up on marriage?
Of course not.
Unni, should I just die old?
Call me Manager Go.
Ooh, I'm hungry. Don't talk, Manager Go.
Oh Dal Ja.
Yes, Team Manager.
Did you allow the return of a Heated Stone Bed?
Pardon?
Oh, that!
Yes, I did.
That Bed can't be returned once assembled, did you know?
Of course I did.
But that customer bought it for his mom
who died two days later.
He was sobbing. I couldn't refuse.
So...now internet messages are objecting to his special treatment.
What do we do now?
This relates to fairness to customers.
It warrants compassion
but the company disallows a return.
But I approved the return.
It's for you to resolve.
Sell it to someone else
or buy it yourself.
I can't.
I'm paying off the one I bought my mom-in-law.
Does your husband want one?
My hubby will get insomnia on a hard bed.
Just great! Take this chance of filial duty.
These documents are for you.
Hey! It's a Heated Stone Bed?
Yes, Grandma.
Didn't you sing its praises?
So I bought it.
Thanks to you, I can now enjoy it.
Anything can happen in life.
Right, Daughter-in-law?
Grandma, try it.
Yes, I'll try it.
Oh my, so warm.
It hasn't been plugged in long, yet it's warm.
This is good, oh my.
But how'd you cover the expense?
Oh. Um, it's our new product.
Twelve instalments is alright.
Instalments are money.
What's wrong with duty to family?
She'll live long on good sleep.
Your granny is so healthy,
she'll outlive me.
Don't worry.
Spend wisely.
I heard all that.
Gosh, how much can you earn?
Bad girl, spending.
Such an expensive buy.
That's true.
This guy!
He's not taking my calls.
How'd you find this place?
Those stairs killed me.
Let me sit.
Get me a drink.
Oh, heck!
He's too lazy to answer.
But isn't there a week left?
7 x 3 = 21, so 21 hours left.
Is he trying to keep that money?
Who's that hussy?
What's between you
to leave a motel together?
Mom!
I followed you out of worry about how you were living.
Night and day, I suffered every moment.
Think of me.
You've said that since I was in high school.
You'd get bored and follow me,
allowing me no privacy.
Because I love you.
I only have you.
Don't you have Father?
Put that love on him.
You don't know how cold he is.
We hardly see each other.
I shouldn't tell you this, but
we sleep in different rooms.
I have no hope but you.
It's been a year.
Isn't it enough?
Don't delay coming home.
You can't live in such a place.
Child! Okay?
I'm sorry, Mom.
Can't you consider I hurt seeing how you live?!
But I have my own life.
Living in this kind of room, selling market clothes?
Messing around with that vulgar woman at a motel?
Is that your life?
Maybe so.
Tae Bong!
For making you worry, I'm very sorry.
But I won't be back.
So stop looking for me.
Is it because of that floozy?
She's older than you. Right?
It's because of her?
Everyone says a son changes due to a woman.
You, too?
You're cold to me because of a woman?
How did I raise you?
How precious are you?
How can you treat me like this?
He's grown up. Crying won't work anymore.
Ms. Oh Dal Ja?
Hello?
Oh! Isn't this Kang Tae Bong's phone?
That's correct. Who is this?
What a lowbred nut! Dare hang up?
Please stop doing this!
Tae Bong!
For me, only you are left. Don't you know?
Another woman?
Huh! Oh, heck!
Who is it?
Have you had dinner?
Let's eat together.
I made a reservation.
Can you be ready in 10 minutes?
Did you have plans?
Is there a problem?
I can't bring myself to say I'm full before dinner.
No, no problem.
Ten minutes will do.
I'll be out when I'm done.
Since I gave in,
what's wrong with two dinners?
- Eat. - Yes.
Oh, I can't eat this.
You can only eat here with a reservation.
This is tripe. Even a novice enjoys this.
Ah, sure.
It's cow's stomach,
precisely its first stomach.
Traditional Chinese Medicine says it builds strength.
It also helps alcoholics and diabetics.
It's a superb protein.
This man knows a lot and eats out a lot.
Am I too boring?
I know a lot
but I can be insensitive.
I can't make knowledge fun.
I express myself poorly.
No.
What you said was beneficial.
My wife got upset by this.
She said I only knew work, and wasn't fun.
She watched me 24 hours a day
but it burdened me.
Compared to my wife...
my work is more engaging.
But you're not the same.
Like my passion for work,
your life is interesting.
However busy I get, I'll find time for you.
Aah.
So it's not that I'm attractive...
He likes me because I stimulate his interest.
Should I be happy or upset?
You can say it's a need.
It's truly not love or fate.
But I'd like to hear that. I feel comfortable with you.
Passion or love is a bit tiring at our age.
Isn't it?
Delicious! Really good.
I already knew.
- You like soju? - Yes.
Even if it's not said,
it's past the age of being in love.
Just use the middle slippers.
Yes.
The housekeeper comes in daytime.
At night it's only me, but I can make snacks.
Yes.
Please sit.
I'll change and make cocktails.
Put your coat anywhere.
Yes.
Of course, compared to love, comfort and security isn't bad.
No, at my age, I'd be thankful for it.
But, Dal Ja, do you really like this?
Is this really okay?
Would you like a Margarita or a Manhattan?
Dal Ja! Dal Ja!
You're late.
Oh, I'm hungry.
I thought I'd starve waiting for you.
Have you had dinner?
I haven't.
Do you feel guilty for running off with my fee?
Running off? How?
Why didn't you answer my calls?
I had personal matters.
What personal matters?
You have another woman?
Why? Shouldn't I?
When I call, a quick answer will do.
Why didn't you call me back?
Isn't it a contract violation?
Don't worry.
If I date someone,
I won't skip out on your week.
Okay?
What do you take me for?
So long as you make up time, that will do?
Think I'm easy to bully?
Not taking me seriously?
Hey! You took the money, so do the job well.
What do you want me to do?
What?
Say it. What do I do for your money's worth?
Shop or clean?
Go to the laundromat?
Or hug you?
Extra skinship is $20. Remember?
Do it.
Show me what you can do.
Here, extra $20.
What can I get?
Show me real stuff.
Aren't you an expert?
I told you to do it.
What? That's it?
Hey! I felt nothing.
Three seconds for $20?
You thief!
Feeling bad? Cheating a pitiful old virgin?
Or...I'm older, so you lack courage?
Is that it?
Do it better.
Stop fooling.
$20 isn't enough?
Double it? You'd like double?
Stop fooling.
Fine! Quadruple.
My bank account's minus. In my poverty,
will I be a millionaire saving this much?
I'm past the age of love and reproduction.
Why'd I be scared?
Fine, quadruple.
Will that do?
No fun. Stop fooling.
Fun or not, do it.
Fake or not, you're my lover. Do as I ask.
I gave you the fee!
Don't like quadruple?
How much?
How much to do it?
~ let me feel love, my baby ~
~ hold me tight, my true love ~
~ I missed you so long ~
~ flying to my side ~
~ you're forever the one in my destiny ~
Will that do?
Happy now?
Hey! Kang Tae Bong!
Stop!
See my point of view.
I called to say sorry,
but you said you'd call back, and hung up.
You didn't call back.
You didn't answer my call.
So I called again, and a woman answered.
Only the phone connects you and me.
If you don't answer, I don't know what to do.
I don't know where you live or what you do
or how to find you.
Even if I'm curious, I can't look for you.
I missed you, jerk!
Damn it!
What did you just say?
What did you say?
You said you missed me?
Right? You said you missed me.
You clearly said you missed me.
Yes? Right?
I...said that?
Why did I?
What?
Well, why did I?
Why now suddenly?
Avoiding the topic?
Oh, it's...
I say, Oh Dal Ja.
Dal Ja!
It hurts, it hurts.
Don't worry.
We're at hospital. Just a bit longer.
The doctor will be here soon.
No surgery.
I'm scared of it.
It's alright. It'll be fine.
Will the guardian please wait outside?
It hurts. It hurts.
Are you Oh Dal Ja's guardian?
This is her intestinal X-ray.
What's all that white area?
Is it serious?
It's not serious.
It's constipation.
The white area is fecal matter accumulated in the intestines.
The black area is gas.
The patient suffers constipation.
The recent increase in food
resulted in fecal matter accumulating in the intestines.
So a lot of gas was produced
and strong pains erupted.
What treatment is needed?
Well, an enema will do.
Flush out the accumulation.
Yes.
Ah, so embarrassing.
How'd I get sick with this?
I know you're not asleep. Open your eyes.
I said, open your eyes.
Feel relieved now?
For sure.
I was scared it was appendicitis or peritonitis.
It's more dangerous than those two.
The intestines are important organs.
That's right.
So you shouldn't get constipated.
Lately, I was binge-eating under stress.
That caused it.
You're starved for affection.
You don't love yourself
so the body fills the void with food.
Moderate eating, moderate exercise,
moderate excretion.
- Hm? - Oh my, I know. Got it.
What I said earlier...
I meant it.
You...
I missed you a bit.
What about our contract?
Well...
A rule is a rule.
So that's how our contract ended.
I have no regrets.
I took a whole load off my heart.
After saying that sentence, my sickness seems to have gone.
The fridge is my destiny.
Moderate eating, moderate exercise,
Moderate excretion.
He seems like a good person...
Sae Do's father.
Doesn't seeing the father show what the son is like?
After meeting Sae Do's father,
I feel I can trust Sae Do more.
Though he's been playing around with the ladies,
once he finds his own woman,
his style will be faithful.
I think Sae Do is that type.
Dal Ja.
Yes? What?
You put on a little weight.
Ah! Yes, a bit.
Body maintenance at our age is hard.
We get fat easily.
Be careful.
Yes, well...
She's still a pain!
I'll consider what you said.
I'm here to see the Development Manager.
Ah, he's in a meeting.
I have an 11am appointment with him.
The meeting has gone over time.
You don't know him?
Who are you talking about?
He's called Sae Do.
Sae Do.
Father.
Why are you here?
What else?
To see your work place,
to have a look, fella!
Oh really!
Get up, I'll show you.
How about you show him round the whole studio, PD Shin.
Sir, here's your coffee.
Two spoons of sugar and two of Coffeemate?
Correct.
You're very attentive.
That's the way I like it.
Finish your drink and enjoy visiting Sae Do.
I'll be off, PD Shin.
Father, wait here. I'll be right back.
Seon Joo.
I thought hard how to break into your heart.
But I can't think of anything.
Except I'm unlike other men.
Truly,
looking at my past,
I dated many women and couldn't stay long with any.
You'll find it hard to believe me
but...
this time it's different.
Knowing this won't do?
Or maybe
it's not enough?
You wet the bed.
What?
Till 4th grade, you wet the bed.
Wh-who said that? Wh-what?
That's slander!
Hearing that makes me think you are different.
On Saturday, I'm going to a musical. Will you come?
What?
Yes.
You get the tickets.
She's beautiful beyond description.
Got it. I'll book VIP seats.
I say, you fella!
You should choose a girlfriend like her.
Where'd you get that exploded-bomb head?
But, Father, that woman is 33 too.
Still there are differences.
Consider every aspect before you choose.
So, you're like that woman, Father?
So beautiful.
And sexy.
Father, you have high standards.
Who do you take after?
The genes pass down.
But, Father,
if she needs time, is that alright?
Fella, you waited 33 years.
You can't wait a few months?
Time is not the problem.
It's whether you can get her.
Gosh, well said, Father. Oh my...
Give me money.
To go a musical, give me money.
Um...honey.
How about you visit him?
Tae Bong won't defy you, right?
Don't bother.
He has his own life.
How can't you care how he lives?
Tae Bong is precious.
He's our only son.
Million dollar baby!
Tae Bong is 27, too old for us to interfere.
Ho..ney!
I'm done. I'm going, Father-in-law.
- I have work. - Yes, go.
I'm crazy! Ready to jump!
Upset! Upset!
You said he's never shown his feelings.
After so long together, you don't understand him?
Even so, I'm more upset as I go on.
What did I once say?
If you want to live with someone like Professor Kang,
have patience and make sacrifices.
Didn't I say it?
Why say it now?
As I watch, I get upset too.
But, Father,
I made you father-in-law of a university head,
otherwise you'd be called a loan shark.
It's financial loans!
This won't do.
Help me again, Father.
- What? - Tae Bong.
Catch him for me again.
What's the use? He'll run off again.
Tae Bong is no pony.
We can't drag him back.
Catch him, and leave the rest to me.
Oh my...
Do you really want to me to go crazy, Father?
Yes?
My daughter is my enemy!
He moved out.
What?
He took his deposit and left.
When?
This morning.
He said too many know this place.
Then he left.
He'll find another place.
Where is it?
He didn't say.
Really, he didn't say where.
When have I lied to you?
Look into my eyes.
Gaze into my eyes.
Where do I find that brat?
A rule is a rule.
You're late.
I'm hungry.
I thought I'd starve waiting for you.
Have you had dinner? I haven't.
I missed you, jerk!
It's a bit much...
fantasizing like a girl.
Kang Tae Bong!
Why are you late? Have you had dinner? I haven't.
You...what's this?
Isn't the contract over?
It is over.
For this month, be my girlfriend?
What?
No change of terms.
Three hours per day.
Only rules will change.
Simple skinship is a service.
Deeper skinship
is according to how we feel.
If one of us develops feelings, then...
Then what?
We'll date for real.
How's that?
Not bad, right?
I am 33.
A guy 6 years younger wants to date me.
Oh my god!