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We will counsel you on your unspeakable concerns.
- National Competition on Worries! - National Competition on Worries!
Let me introduce our today's guests.
I wonder what his real voice is like.
The best voice actor in Korea, Ahn Ji Hwan!
Hello.
The greatest vocalist, Ailee!
Hello. I'm Ailee.
He's more famous for his son William...
- these days. - Exactly.
Sam Hammington!
Hello. I'm William's dad, Sam.
Ailee, you haven't released any new songs recently.
How have you been?
I have been focusing hard on...
resting lately.
- That's funny. - You focused on resting.
- I listen to your songs to rest. - You do?
- Yes, I really like... - We all do.
- You improved your comments. - That was good.
Your songs make me feel relaxed and comfortable.
- Really? - Which song do you listen to?
I guess you went through a breakup many times.
(He's taken aback.)
(He's too flustered to go on.)
- She has many breakup songs. - Exactly.
Could you sing us a little bit since you're here?
- Please sing for us. - You don't have to stand up.
(We'd like to hear you sing.)
("I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" by Ailee)
(Her voice resonates through studio.)
(Is he thinking about the breakup in the past?)
(Her powerful voice helps you beat the heat or your pain!)
(It feels like it's going to snow in the studio.)
(Her song reminds everyone of the drama "Goblin".)
(Satisfied)
It's a great song.
Hamilton, do you...
(Hamilton!)
- Hamilton? - She called him Hamilton.
(Coughing)
That's the name of the hotel in Itaewon.
(You're watching the moment when Hammington turns into Hamilton.)
- It's Hammington. - You can call me Sam.
- Sam. - Sam.
- Oh, right. - Sam sounds like a dog name.
- Sam... - What are you talking about?
- What's wrong with my name? - He's a teacher now.
- What's wrong with my name? - Why?
- He's a teacher now. - My friend's dog's name...
- was Sam. - My friend's is called Yeong Ja.
- My goodness. - Hang on a second.
When you said your friend's dog is called Sam, Ailee said...
her friend's dog is called Yeong Ja.
(You reap what you sow.)
- Is that true? - Yes, it is.
William is more popular than you, right?
He gets invited to many TV shows lately, right?
His eyes look teary.
I should admit that is true.
- He's more popular than me... - He's so cute.
I was a little disappointed at first.
- Right? - He looks really disappointed.
- He must be really disappointed. - He's your son.
He's your son. Why would you be upset about it?
I was a little disappointed at first because he's only one year old.
(I was unknown for 12 years.)
- He became very popular already. - He's very popular.
- I heard you have good news. - Me too.
My wife is 21 weeks pregnant.
- He's having another baby. - That's right.
(Congratulations.)
However, I'm worried.
I wanted a girl when we had our son.
- Is it a boy again? - I don't know yet.
Can't you find out around the 21st week?
- Did you... - Ask your doctor.
Did you say that you hope It's a girl...
when you were in the hospital?
- In front of the doctor? - Yes, I did.
- And the doctor didn't tell you? - No.
- Then, it's a boy. - It's a boy.
It must be a boy.
I've always wanted to invite Ji Hwan.
Me too.
I heard he has a lot of worries.
He looks like he does.
I worked with Dong Yeob...
- for 16 years... - That's right.
on an animal TV show.
I worked so hard...
to narrate the show for between 30 and 50 minutes.
Dong Yeob only said the opening and closing comments.
However, the title had Dong Yeob's name only.
Before he narrated the animal show,
- he narrated "Love House". - It was the same.
Please say your line like you did.
Now that Ahn Ji Hwan is on Hello,
- how will the show change? - That's the voice.
- I remember his voice. - No one recognizes my voice.
They would recognize it if I say it hiding behind.
We have three worries as always.
Show us the keywords please.
(The keywords are revealed.)
These are today's keywords.
- "The Dogs Are the Problem". - "The Dogs Are the Problem".
"What Are You Doing? Where Are You?"
"Photo Addict".
"What Are You Doing? Where Are You?"
Hello. I'm a wife who's been married for 14 years.
I struggle every day, and feel suffocated.
It's because of my husband.
(Her phone rings.)
"Honey, what are you doing? Where are you?"
It makes me want to answer.
"I'm eating." That's what you would say.
(That's what Yeong Ja would say.)
That's exactly what she'd say.
10 minutes later...
(Her phone rings again.)
"Have you finished eating? What are you doing now?"
(What would the wife say?)
I'm eating again.
That's what she wrote.
- Really? - "I told you. I'm eating."
Another 10 minutes later...
(Her phone rings again 10 minutes later.)
"What took you so long to pick up?"
"Are you really eating right now?"
"You're doing something else, right? Send me your photo."
My husband wants to know every little thing I do,
- and keep me under his control. - Oh, gosh. What's wrong with him?
One day, I was shopping at a supermarket.
"Goodness! When did you come?"
"You really were at the supermarket. Let's go home."
- My goodness. - Gosh.
I have goosebumps.
Even when I was with my friend...
- "Honey." - "Hey, hey."
"Isn't the man at the next table your husband?"
- My gosh. - He was sitting next to us...
staring at me.
That's unbelievable.
- What's going on? - "Honey, what's wrong with you?"
"Just leave me be."
"What? What are you going to do? Where will you go? Tell me."
"Are you going to see someone else?"
- Isn't he seriously jealous? - He's overly jealous.
Please help me get out of this suffocating situation.
(Please help me get out of this suffocating situation.)
- What do you think, Sam? - Your wife is very beautiful.
Is she?
(Is she?)
(You'll have to deal with the consequence.)
Oh, my goodness.
What kind of husband are you? Have you ever been like this before?
My wife and I don't doubt each other.
We trust each other.
We just have to be careful when we drink.
When you're drunk, you could get involved in a fight.
You never know what could happen.
Ailee, what do you think of a husband like him?
- What do you think? - It gives me goosebumps.
- In fact, I met someone like him. - You did?
I had goosebumps while I was hearing the story.
When he acted like that, it drove me away.
- Of course. It's unbearable. - So I...
I don't think I can marry a man like him.
She's been married for 14 years,
so it must be complicated. She must have children too.
- She can't just leave him. - Is it that she's really beautiful?
- Let's hear from her. - Okay.
- Please come out. - Please come out!
(Who is the wife whose husband suffocates her?)
- Hello, hello - Hello, hello
(Lee Young Mi)
(Pop!)
- Be careful. - It popped.
She popped it.
- She popped it. - Be careful.
The balls popped.
The balls popped!
She popped the balls with her hips.
No one has ever popped the balls.
- That was funny. - First,
please introduce yourself. Pull this down a little bit.
Hello. I'm Lee Young Mi. I live in Gocheok-dong.
- Hello, everyone. - Welcome.
(It's nice to see you.)
You've been married for 14 years. He should leave you free.
How controlling is he?
Even though...
we've been married for 14 years,
he calls me every 20 or 30 minutes when I'm not home.
"Where are you? What are you doing? Whom are you with now?"
He asks all the time.
I have to send him my photo to prove that I told him the truth.
He makes a video call to me at least 10 times.
(He makes a video call at least 10 times a day.)
(That's too much.)
Sometimes, your phone is off because it runs out of battery.
- Your phone was turned off? - Yes, it was.
He asked why I turned it off, and whom I was with.
He never stops grilling me.
(Her husband's jealousy gets worse!)
When people are asked if they have done anything...
to be suspected,
most people say that they have done nothing.
Let's see what her answer is.
I haven't done anything like that.
I wish she had said she's done it only once.
(So do I.)
We run a restaurant together,
so we stay together all day long every day.
- You work together? - Yes, we do.
We stay together all day long.
Whenever I go to a supermarket, a hospital,
or a hair salon,
he follows me.
If he can't go with me,
he waits for me in front of the place.
- In front of the building? - Yes.
(He keeps an eye on her all the time!)
It gave me goosebumps when I heard...
that your husband was sitting at the next table...
- staring at you. - It gave me goosebumps too.
When I tell him that I'm going to meet my friend,
he tells me where to meet her,
and what to eat.
- He makes a plan for you? - That's right.
He tells me the hours when I should stay at the place he told me to go.
Your husband makes that plan for you?
Yes. I have to go to the place he tells me to meet my friend.
Or else, he keeps asking me where I went and what I did.
I have no choice but to go to the place he chooses.
That's crazy.
That day, I was having fun chatting with my friend.
My friend told me that my husband was there.
I turned around and saw my husband having a drink...
with his friends.
So I drank with my friend while he was watching me.
You must've been uncomfortable.
(I can't even meet my friend freely.)
Was he like that before the marriage?
Or did he change after the marriage?
He's always been like that.
- In fact... - Since you first met him?
Yes. In fact, my husband and I grew up in China.
- I see. - We dated...
for a while in middle school, and broke up.
We met each other again in Korea later.
- So... - It's so dramatic.
He must be your first love.
Yes, he's my first love.
- It's like a movie. - He's her first love.
We don't have many friends in Korea,
so we stay together all the time, and it naturally became his habit.
I guess you can't see your friends often.
I have given up.
I haven't met my friends for between 5 and 6 years.
- Goodness. - Is that true?
- More than five years? - That's a really long time.
- More than five years? - You can't enjoy your hobby either.
I really like reading books.
I like reading books alone at a book store.
However, at some point,
I see my husband standing behind me.
- He follows me around. - It must be scary...
too see him watching her while she's reading.
(Her husband comes out all of a sudden.)
- Can you imagine that? - He watches her between books.
Imagine him watching her between books.
(He's hilarious.)
Why don't you two read books together?
Does your husband not like reading?
He falls asleep when he reads a book for more than five minutes.
- Your husband does? - Yes.
- Step out when he's asleep. - Exactly.
Make him read a book.
- "Read this for just five minutes." - He never reads a book.
He keeps watching me instead.
- "He keeps watching me instead." - I don't even want once a month.
I wish he could give me one free hour...
every 3 or 4 months.
(It can't be true that this is her wish.)
Let's find out what the reasons are.
Why does he act like that?
Hello. It's nice to meet you.
- Hello. - Welcome.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Are you here because of her worry, - He looks like a nice person.
or did you just follow her?
This is driving me crazy. It's not even a worry. Why am I here?
Isn't it enough when your husband earns a lot of money?
(What?)
We're asking why you follow her around.
Why do you follow her around?
It's because I like her.
- It's because you like her? - Yes.
That's how we had our youngest baby.
- Because you two love each other? - Yes.
Your wife who you love so much has not seen her friends for five years.
Isn't it normal for any married couples?
- What? - No, it's not.
You're very unusual.
Do you not meet your friends either?
I haven't seen my friends for over 10 years.
- I'm started to feel scared. - You haven't met them that long?
- That's right. - He looks like...
- he likes hanging with friends. - Maybe...
- something happened... - Not many people wear orange pants.
- It's hard to pull off too. - He looks great.
Colorful pants are hard to pull off.
He's afraid I might meet my friends when he has plans with his friends,
so he cancels the plan.
What's wrong about meeting her friends?
I don't think we can afford it.
Why?
We run two restaurants.
We run a jjajangmyeon restaurant,
and a lamb skewer restaurant.
Our jjajangmyeon restaurant provides with delivery service.
When I go on a delivery, there's no one to answer the phone.
When we're not so busy at the lunch rush,
we're not very busy in the afternoon either.
- When I try to use that time, - There's nothing wrong about it.
and ask him if I can step out for a while,
He always says no.
We're living in a dangerous world.
Book stores are dangerous?
I wouldn't know if she really goes to a book store.
I'm very curious about something.
You doubt that she really went to a book store or met her friend.
Do you keep asking her where she is...
because you're worried she might see another man?
If she meets her male or female friends,
she could make a big mistake as she drinks with them.
Oh, you go that far.
- If that happens, who would... - His imagination is wild.
raise our three children?
Have you ever drunken without letting him know?
- No, never. - With another man?
- Not once? - Have you drunken with another man?
We met in middle school, so we have many mutual friends.
- We went to the same school. - Right.
I've never met them alone.
He wants me to go everywhere with him.
I don't even have a chance to drink alone.
- Does she have any drinking habits? - She has no time to drink.
What are you talking about?
You never know that's true.
It happens when foreigners live in another country.
When we drink together,
we tend to complain about our lives.
Some people get drunk and say something inappropriate.
Who knows what could happen?
You keep talking about drinking.
Has she ever gotten hammered before?
Has she gotten very drunk and...
No, she hasn't.
- Then why are you worried? - What's wrong with him?
- I don't get it. - Why would you be so jealous?
I don't want to take any risks.
Are you worried about things that haven't happened?
It's too late when it has happened.
Let's say she's a little drunk.
I'm asking because I really can't understand you.
Has she done anything to make you worry before?
No, she hasn't.
- When you broke up in the past... - What is he talking about?
What on earth does he want?
You two broke up in middle school before you come to Korea, right?
- Yes. - Did something bad happen?
For example, did she cheat on you?
No. That's not the reason.
We were too young. We were in middle school.
- She's done nothing suspicious? - That's right.
Has she ever come home late without letting you know?
Or has she done anything like that?
We're asking because it just doesn't make sense.
If she has...
- I need a reasonable explanation... - What on earth is the reason?
- to understand him. - It doesn't make any sense.
Please answer my question. Has she ever come home late?
- She has, right? - She's friends with other moms...
in our neighborhood.
One day, she went out to have a drink with them.
- To have a drink? - She came home between 1am and 2am.
- I see. - I got very angry.
I checked her text messages.
There were no texts between her and the neighbors.
- Were they deleted? - Yes, they were.
- She deleted the texts? - That made me more suspicious.
We had a big fight, so I felt very frustrated.
I went to my friend's house.
On my way to her house,
obviously I spoke ill of my husband.
He would've gotten angry if he saw the texts.
- We would've had a bigger fight. - I understand.
That's why I deleted the texts.
He went on asking me who and how many people I drank with,
and why I deleted the texts.
So I asked my friend to send me the texts between us.
Even after he read the texts, he said there must be more.
- He said I was hiding something. - He can't trust her.
It happened 5 or 6 years ago.
- 5 or 6 years ago? - Yes.
He's still talking about it.
- Whenever he gets upset, - Whenever he gets upset?
he says that he'll never forgive me for sleeping out that day.
She came home between 1am and 2am. She didn't sleep out.
- She went home early! - That's too harsh.
What time did you step out?
I stepped out around 9pm after closing our restaurant.
- You went home before 2am? - She stepped out at 9pm.
She was out only for three hours.
Why didn't you believe her when she showed you the texts?
I couldn't see them at first.
I did it to protect my family.
I was afraid if she was having an affair.
In fact...
We're trying to understand the reasons of...
your unusual behaviors.
However, it's wrong to check her texts.
Do you let her have her own personal life?
It's not acceptable...
for a married woman.
She should get a divorce if she wants that.
(It's not acceptable. She should get a divorce if she wants that.)
- She should live alone. - Can't she step out for four hours?
(He's too obsessive.)
(How can he be so proud of it?)
Let me ask you something.
Is it that you don't trust your wife?
Or do you not trust any man in Korea?
I can't trust anyone.
- You can't trust your wife, - That's right.
and other men... You can't trust your wife?
You can't trust your wife?
I can't.
She gave birth to three children of yours, and you can't trust her?
I can't trust her yet.
- Not yet? - You lived with her for 14 years.
When do you think you can trust her?
I think it will take another 10 years.
Let's say...
your wife becomes sick and tired of your obsession with her,
and she says...
she'll leave you. What would you do?
All of our assets are under my wife's name...
including our house and restaurants.
Even my phone is registered under her name.
Is that why you follow her around?
You're afraid she might take them all?
- I get it now. - If you can't trust your wife...
- It was about money. - You should've told us sooner.
Why don't you change the name of the owner?
Change the names of owner of half of your assets.
He keeps saying that everything we have is under my name.
You wish you could exchange it with freedom, right?
- Yes, I do. - I can see that.
It's been hard for me too. I haven't met my friends for 10 years.
- Go meet your friends. - Please meet your friends.
- Meet them as often as you want. - Please meet your friends!
- That's okay. - Meet them and take the assets!
(Way to go, Chan Woo!)
Just change the names of the owner.
There must be a reason you put up with him for 14 years.
You could've let out your frustration.
I was afraid it might make the problem worse.
Also, I had to protect my family...
- since I have children. - I understand.
I thought I should endure it, so I didn't say anything.
Everyone around you know about your husband, right?
Do they know how obsessive he is?
They think that he acts like that because he loves me.
- That's understandable. - I guess it seems like that...
- from their perspective. - They don't even how you feel.
Some people said I must've done something great in my past life.
- Oh, my gosh. - They said I'm so lucky,
and I shouldn't complain.
They don't take it seriously.
No one understands how frustrated I am.
What makes me feel so sad is...
It's good that you love your wife,
but why would you live with a woman that you can't trust?
- I wonder that too. - Also,
are you not confident in yourself?
Do you think your wife would leave you for anyone she meets?
- Right. Why are you not confident? - Don't you have any good qualities?
Besides, other men...
have their own...
Preferences!
Everyone has his own philosophy.
(Every man has his own preferences and conscience!)
They have a moral sense too.
How could you accuse them...
Korea is a safe country.
Exactly.
Our society is reliable.
Does that make any sense?
Judging from the way you dressed,
- she should doubt about you. - He's right.
Me?
Considering your outfit,
you look like you're ready to go to a club.
Sir, what do you have right here?
It's a mask from "The Emperor, Owner of the Mask".
- What? - It's a mask.
- A mask. - Yes.
Why did you have to put it there?
Goodness.
(That felt good.)
How is he when you are at the restaurant together?
How does he act?
Our two restaurants are 10 minutes away from each other.
The Chinese restaurant and the lamb skewer restaurant.
We stay in each restaurant.
He stays at the Chinese restaurant.
He can check the surveillance camera with his phone.
(He watches her every second.)
He drops me off at the restaurant.
- How about the blind spot? - There are blind spots.
- Of course. - If I go to the restroom,
he calls me. "I can't see you. Where are you?"
I say, "I'm at the restroom."
He must be watching you all the time.
He says, "Where are you trying to go?"
What would she do at the restroom? She would pee.
And then?
I can talk to a male staff...
or a male customer.
When I talk to them,
he calls me and says, "What are you talking about?"
- Goodness. - That's bad.
Sometimes I'm really busy.
The phone keeps ringing, but I can't answer the phone.
Then he calls the restaurant.
I pick it up thinking that it's a reservation call...
or a call from a customer.
Then he says, "You must be really busy" and hangs up.
It's really killing me.
- Do you... - Why does he do that?
always watch her through the camera?
We opened the lamb skewer restaurant less than a year ago.
She's still not familiar with the way a restaurant is run.
I watch her in order to manage the restaurant.
But you call her when she disappears even for a while.
You call her when she's in the blind spot.
The owner must stay in the restaurant. Where would she go?
- But she's in the restaurant. - She went to the restroom.
It's understandable if she went away for 30 minutes.
I wouldn't know if she's in the blind spot or in the restroom.
Does she have to report to you about pooping?
She could just answer the phone.
I bought her wireless earphones.
(Was it supposed to make her life more comfortable?)
- I got her those. - Goodness.
Goodness.
She can answer the phone and tell me about it.
Does she have to answer the phone in the restroom?
I do that too. I wear the wireless earphones too.
How busy would I be?
I have to check on the restaurant.
- It must be very tough. - I have to answer the phone too.
- It's tough. - Right.
So why do you make your life so difficult?
Aren't you worn off yet?
Not yet. I can do it for 10 more years.
Goodness.
He's unbelievable.
I want to ask you. Is your husband...
only strict about work...
and you going outside?
Does he treat you really nicely when you're together?
Even with other things,
he has the total control.
He manages all the money.
- It's registered under your name. - Yes, it is.
He said he gave you the total control over the business.
He makes me use the credit card at all times.
- He doesn't let me use cash. - Why?
- It's to know where she goes. - He wants to know where I go.
He wants to check if I got on a taxi.
From household items to children's clothes,
I need his permission to buy them.
- He needs to say okay. - Yes.
Is there anything else he controls?
He always picks out my clothes.
- What? Your clothes? - So did he pick...
- this outfit? - For example,
does he stop you from buying what you want to buy?
Yes. He says I have no eye for fashion.
He tells me what to wear for a casual outfit...
and which bag to go with it.
He tells me I won't gain more weight...
if I care about my fashion more.
- Did he pick out today's outfit? - Yes. Of course.
Excuse me, sir.
People like us need to wear vertical stripes.
(Yeong Ja is annoyed.)
We need to avoid horizontal stripes.
(How dare you comment on her fashion?)
That way she will look slimmer.
He proudly says the business is all registered under my name.
But it all happened really suddenly.
It was when my second child was less than 100 days old.
He had already signed a contract to open a Chinese restaurant.
He told me to work at the restaurant when it opens in 20 days.
He didn't discuss it with you.
When the restaurant was stabilized,
he told me the other restaurant would open in 20 days...
and that I have to stay in the Chinese restaurant
He never discusses the important decisions with her.
She's more like a slave than a wife.
When a man runs a business, why does he need a woman's advice?
You're completely looking down on her.
(He's extremely patriarchal.)
You are starting to reveal your real character.
Everyone's in shock.
When a man listens to a woman too much.
- he becomes indecisive. - But you're a couple.
You are no strangers.
It's 2017 right now.
- It's different. - Is that right?
What's wrong about it is...
- that... - What year do you think it was?
- Don't you have a daughter? - I do.
- He has three children. - If she grows up...
- And if she gets married... - and starts working,
will you control her too?
I won't control my daughter at all.
What if your daughter's husband is just like you?
What if he restricts her, registers everything under her name,
and watch her all the time like you watch your wife?
I don't think my daughter will live like that.
Then why do you make your wife live like that?
We've known each other for a very long time.
You are such a coward.
(It's a cowardly excuse.)
(Let's just drink water.)
Let's talk to other family members.
Hello.
I am her mother.
- You must be heartbroken. - Yes.
When do you think is the toughest for her?
One time, we went to a cafe.
And my son-in-law didn't call for about 10 minutes.
And I got really anxious.
- He was supposed to call her. - But he wasn't calling.
I feel sad because I know how she feels.
(She's sad because she understands her daughter's frustration.)
Have you tried talking to him?
I'm afraid that me getting in between them...
will just worsen the situation.
You're afraid you will ruin their relationship.
Ma'am, is there anything...
your son-in-law does well?
Yes, there is.
On holidays and birthdays,
he always gives us gifts. He gives me money.
He never lets me cook at home.
Even when he's really busy,
he brings me food because it's something I like.
He's good.
He'd be amazing if he doesn't obsess over his wife.
- He'd be amazing. - Right.
- He loves his wife. - Right.
He's good to his mother-in-law.
They must be their daughters.
- Let's hear from them. - Their faces hardened.
Hello.
I am Choi Na Yeon. I'm a 7th grader.
- Are you the eldest? - Yes.
- You are big. - Do you...
Do you also think your dad...
obsesses over your mom too much?
Yes. Even when we go shopping,
he calls her every 10 minutes.
He asks her where she is and when she's coming home.
It looks too tough on her.
Does she do it to you at all?
He doesn't do it to me.
If he does it to me, I'd really hate it.
(Just the thought of it horrifies her.)
Can't you help your mom...
by saying some things to your dad?
- "Stop it, Dad." - Dads listen to their daughters.
- Yes. - Mom and Dad are...
always at work.
We don't have much time to talk.
So I feel awkward with them.
- You don't have time to talk. - No.
What do you want to do with your parents?
I want to go to an amusement park with them.
- Goodness. - Oh, dear.
- Have you never been to one? - We went about four years ago.
(It seems like she misses being around her parents.)
Your daughter wants to...
go to a park with you.
How can you not do that for her?
- Why are you so busy? - I want to do that for her.
But we can't afford it now.
Last year, I sent my mother-in-law...
and the kids on a trip to China.
Did you let your wife go too?
No. She had to work.
It's meaningful only if you go on a trip with them.
It's really expensive to hire a delivery man.
If I'm away for half a day, I have to hire one person.
And it costs 120 dollars a day to hire 1 delivery man.
It's 240 dollars for 2 people.
How many bowls of jjajangmyeon do you have to sell to earn that?
(He laughs.)
- Why do you laugh? - Think about it.
Did you laugh because you think we can't do calculations?
(How many bowls would that be?)
Aren't you working hard for your family's happiness anyway?
- Yes. - But your family is not happy.
If we work hard for 10 more years, we will live more decently.
Will you free her after 10 years? I don't think so.
I have a big ambition.
I want to get into a rental business.
If my business is successful,
she won't leave me alone if I tell her to go away.
So until that happens, she has to live like a slave.
- Look. - What good does it do?
Are you saying you're obsessed with her because...
you need her to work for you?
- Right. - It's to protect our family.
But your family is suffering.
- Your wife is suffering. - And so is your daughter.
It's not just about you.
The family as a whole needs to be well.
If everyone is frustrated and uncomfortable,
it's meaningless to be successful.
(What is being successful after 10 years meaningful?)
You keep saying you are doing this to protect your family.
Were you hurt by your family?
I was born in the traditional eldest son's family,
and I'm the second eldest son.
Because I'm the second eldest, I was always pushed back.
Now that I have my own family,
I want to make them happy.
I think that's why I do this.
I am trying my best to live well.
But apparently it hurts my wife.
I'm really bummed.
I began running the business when I was 20.
I worked from 7am to 1am.
I worked hard every day for 20 years.
Who's going to repay me for all the hard work?
Think about this.
Why does your wife have to suffer because you suffered?
What you are saying is that...
she should suffer too because you did.
- That's not love. - That's not love.
Did you love her to get rewarded?
It's love if you sacrifice yourself for her.
(He should think about what's really good for his wife.)
He says you should put up with him for 10 years. What do you say?
I won't be able to last for another 10 years like this.
It's so frustrating.
Every 3 to 4 months,
I want watch TV freely for an hour.
Did she come out all the way here just to get one hour of freedom?
I will give it to her.
I'll give her an hour.
(What did he just say?)
(It's so frustrating.)
It's not something you should give to her as a gift.
Isn't this how you feel right now?
"Why doesn't she understand me?"
You're treating her well, and you don't understand why she's upset.
You know he loves you right?
You want him to love you less, right?
(She wants him to love her less.)
This is really scary. This is scary.
What is love in your definition?
What's the love of a married couple?
It's sharing the pain...
and joy of life.
It's about trusting each other.
(She thinks that trusting each other is love.)
He doesn't give me any time to think.
- Right. - Not even 10 minutes.
I don't know if this is really love.
(She's got feeling of doubt.)
I wasn't going to say this.
My wife got two big surgeries.
Was she not well?
She got her gall bladder removed.
And she got a surgery for cervical cancer.
- Goodness. - Goodness.
Honestly, I was very shocked when that happened.
Gall bladder.
Before the surgery, they put a patient under anesthesia.
Before she went into the OR, we cried our hearts out.
She was going to go under general anesthetics.
Whether it's serious or not, cancer is cancer.
How would I raise the kids if she doesn't come back?
Right?
That's why I became more obsessed.
I needed her to live. subtitles ripped and synced by riri13
(His love for her turned into obsession.)
- When... - When...
- When was it? - When was it?
It's been about two years. Perhaps about a year and several months.
I am sorry to interrupt.
The reason why I asked you when she got the operation...
You see, I know this because I've done a lot of shows with...
doctors and I've heard a lot of stories.
She doesn't smoke or drink a lot.
But yet she got a cancer. The biggest cause...
- is stress. - Right.
- It causes all kinds of illnesses. - So the person...
who put her in that situation...
is you. It's true.
After putting her in that situation, you were all upset and sad.
That doesn't make sense. It's illogical.
(Give her what she really wants.)
If there's something you want to tell him, this is your chance.
I know we have to...
- work hard. - You should look at him.
I will work hard too,
so please give me 30 minutes of free time.
Goodness. Why should it be so hard to say?
(She must've been really frustrated.)
Do you understand your wife?
(He nods.)
Is it a worry or not? Let's begin with Ji Hwan.
There was time when I didn't have money.
Not having money was uncomfortable, but I wasn't unhappy.
- Right. - When you save money,
you might own a building later.
But the time you didn't get to spend with your family is gone.
- Of course. - You just have to change.
And it's very simple.
I don't think it's a worry.
She has the right to her time.
She has the right.
If you take them all away,
both her health and happiness...
will be at risk.
You keep talking about what will happen after 10 years.
But when you lose your health, that's all meaningless.
Even talking about what will happen in a year could be meaningless.
If you sympathize with her, please press the button.
(What does the audience think?)
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
- Stop. - Stop.
Sir, what do you want to say to your wife?
We had three children, and yet I didn't even propose to you,
and I didn't even get you a ring.
(He didn't reward her for all her hard work.)
But if we work hard for just 10 more years...
(What can we do with this stubborn man?)
Your Majesty.
(Poor me.)
Please have mercy.
- Right. - Stop saying that.
He's not good at expressing himself.
She's willing to work hard for another 10 years.
- Of course. - She is.
She will work hard, and all she wants is 30 minutes of free time.
Tell us about that.
- Why wouldn't she work hard? - I'll give you an hour.
- Every day? - A week?
- Every day? - One hour a week is too much.
- What? - Is one hour a week too much?
(I knew it.)
Just give her one hour of freedom a week. She's work hard.
One hour a week is...
All right. I'll give her one hour a week.
(He will give her one hour of freedom a week.)
- You can't call her. - You can't call her.
- It's one hour without any calls. - Okay.
If he doesn't stick to it, you should let us know.
- Right. - Tell us.
(I should go read.)
Please show us the result.
How many votes did she get?
(The result)
Out of 200 votes...
Is it 163?
It's 153.
Good job.
(Gosh)
"The Dogs Are the Problem".
Hello. I am a mother in her 50s who hates being home.
Whenever I go home,
(Dong Yeob acts.)
I feel like vomiting.
I thought you were doing that because you were hungover.
(I fooled you.)
"Goodness, it stinks."
"Jang Geum, did you poop again? Please stop pooping."
- The dog's name is Jang Geum. - "Goodness."
"How can you poop too, Bong Shim?"
"Goodness, Yi Seul."
- Yi Seul. - "Please stop causing troubles."
At home, we have three dogs that drive me mad.
My daughter brought them home.
The house is a mess because of them.
What's worse is my daughter.
She's the one who brought them, but...
"Please clean their poop."
"I don't want to. Just leave it as it is."
She never gets her hands dirty.
"Honey, I can't stand it anymore."
"Let's send them away."
"Mom, if you do something to my babies,"
"I'm going to destroy this family."
"Don't you dare touch my babies."
- She's intense. - She should take care of them.
After raising her hard, I'm being treated worse than dogs.
I want to kick out the dogs and my daughter.
What should I do? That's the story.
Is there anyone who has a dog?
Almost everyone has a dog.
I have three dogs.
It's true that things get chaotic when they're around.
But I can't understand not taking care of...
the dogs you brought home.
Right. When Choi Hwa Jeong...
first started raising a dog,
the dog wasn't potty-trained. It was too tough for her.
She put a training pad in the house. The dog didn't pee there at first,
but one day her dog finally peed on the pad.
So I went to her house to see the dog.
And there were about 100 pads lying around on the floor.
The entire house was covered in pads.
- Right? - Yes.
She made a carpet out of pads.
That's why the dog peed on the pad.
- The dog peed on the pad. - Yes.
This lady is tired of taking care of the dogs her daughter brought.
Let's bring her in.
(Come on.)
(Kwon Mi Song)
(She walks down the slide.)
Be careful. It's deep.
(She rides the slide in a unique way.)
Be careful.
You can land in the middle.
You take care of the dogs alone. Is that right?
I am like the dogs' maid.
We have 1 poodle and 2 Border Collies.
- She has Border Collies too. - Border Collies are big.
- They are big. - And their poops are big too.
- Right. - Border collies are big.
- It's a lot too. - They poop what they eat.
Where do you live?
We live in an apartment.
The moment I enter the house,
I smell the dog poop, pee, and hair.
And they chewed on all the furniture in the house.
- They chew on everything. - They chewed on sofa.
It must be a war every day.
And our neighbors complain.
- I'm glad you came here. - Do you like dogs?
No, I don't like dogs.
- How... - It's so tiring.
They make a mess every day,
so I cannot like them.
- That's tough. - It's beyond imagination.
Once they start making a mess and chewing on furniture...
Your daughter brought them home. Why doesn't she take care of them?
She says she's busy. She has to work,
so she can't take care of them. But I work too.
I run a sashimi restaurant.
- You run a sashimi restaurant. - Yes.
- It must close late. - We run a sashimi restaurant.
- Do you finish work late then? - I work until 3am.
When I go home after wrapping up, it's about 4am.
The moment I walk in, the house stinks.
- In the early morning. - Are there poops everywhere?
It's a complete chaos.
If you raise a dog in an apartment, and if it's not potty-trained,
the smell of poop hits you...
as soon as you walk in.
They sometimes pee on electric blankets.
You can't possibly say something nice to dogs when you get home.
What does your daughter say when she sees you scolding them?
She tells me not to yell at her babies.
She takes them to her room.
When she's in her room with them, nobody can enter the room.
The dogs won't allow me to get near my daughter.
- The dogs do that? - Yes.
- I got bitten once. - They're not trained properly.
- You got bitten. - You even got bitten.
I clean after them and feed them, but I still got bitten.
It's because...
the dogs know everything.
- You should bite too. - They know that...
you fight about them, but she loves them more.
Right.
(They are so ungrateful.)
She must've been so frustrated. You must've finished late yesterday.
Yes, and I couldn't sleep until 7am.
Was it because you had to clean the mess?
No, cleaning the mess was one thing.
I had to get ready to be on TV.
You got your hair done.
- She finished quickly. - It was a special day.
Did you close the restaurant today?
I wanted to solve this problem.
I closed the restaurant because I had no other choice.
- She wanted to end this. - That's right.
(It's a serious worry.)
Let's see how messy the house is through pictures.
- My goodness. - Look at that poop.
Look at that poop.
(No wonder she was angry.)
That one is a puppy.
Is it like that every day?
- It's like that every day. - It's like that every day.
They must have bitten the chair.
Do they poop in small bits? They are scattered everywhere.
I told my daughter...
that we should find new home for them.
She told me she will destroy the house if I do that.
It's already destroyed.
The matter seems to be quite serious.
Let's hear the daughter's side of the story.
- Hello. - Hello.
(Who makes her mom struggle because of her dogs?)
Did you really tell your mom...
you will destroy the house?
Yes.
They are my precious babies.
The way she keeps talking about them...
made me angry.
Why don't you clean up after your precious babies?
Do you find the poops precious?
- Are you collecting them? - No.
I am very busy.
- So is your mom. - Your mom is busy, too.
Everyone is busy.
I know that everyone is busy. I am busy, too.
I am very busy.
Juggling with 2 or 3 part-time jobs,
I became a bit neglectful.
You mom runs a sashimi restaurant until early in the morning.
Don't you think it's hard on her?
I do think it's hard on her,
but I am busy.
(This one is going to be frustrating.)
You recently adopted a Border Collie.
Your mom was already struggling to look after two dogs.
Why do you keep bringing more dogs?
My dad likes big dogs.
That's why we came up with a plan.
- Is your dad on your side? - Yes, he is.
(The dad and the daughter are the roots of a worry.)
- Does your husband clean up? - He doesn't lift a finger.
I realized later that it was their plan.
(She doesn't see how serious the situation is.)
Why do you lock dogs up in a room?
My parents don't like the smell of their poop and pee.
We got a few complaints because of their bark.
I said, "Don't go into my room."
"I will clean up after I come home."
Do the dogs sleep in your room?
- Yes. - Is that your room in the picture?
- Do you sleep there? - Yes.
- How do you sleep there? - There was no place to sleep.
I air out the room.
When I clean up the room, she sleeps on the floor.
Jang Geum pees on the duvet every single day.
I am not surprised.
- The duvet needs to be washed. - It needs to be washed.
Do you know who washes it? I do.
She doesn't do anything.
Why don't you help your mom?
I am a bit busy.
Your mom is busy, too.
(She is sick and tired of it.)
For how many hours do you leave them in the room?
I come home...
They must be left in the room for over 12 hours.
They tear the furniture because they are stressed out.
Do you know about each breed's personality?
Poodles and Border Collies...
are the breeds that require the most amount of exercise.
- I heard. - Are your dogs happy?
(Are your dogs happy?)
I don't think they are.
(The situation is tiring even for the dogs.)
Who pays for everything the dogs need?
- My daughter does. - She does that much.
Thank goodness. Had you not done that,
we would have used colorful swear words.
- How much do you use? - How much do you use?
How much money do you use on the dogs?
I use about 700 dollars a month.
If I use more than the usual, it reaches 1,000 dollars.
(My goodness.)
My poodle has a lot of tears.
I buy specific dog food that targets the problem.
My dogs jump up and down in happiness...
when I come home.
I am also worried about their knees.
- They need good dog food. - Do you give them medicine...
for their knees?
- Do you buy good dog food? - There is dog food for that.
There is dog food for the dogs' knees.
Each dog food comes...
with specific health benefits.
You only buy the best for your dogs.
I use good pads, too.
Do you give your mom allowances for her hard work?
I bet she does.
I give her 300 dollars a month.
- Every month? - Yes.
She says she gives you 300 dollars every month.
Should I clean up the poop?
It's a good deal.
The task wasn't unbearable with Yi Seul and Bong Shim.
When she decided to bring Jang Geum, I demanded 300 dollars a month.
She only paid me once.
- How many years passed? - Three months passed.
You didn't get two months' worth of money.
She should have paid me this month, too.
That's why you visited the show.
(We found the real reason.)
She is here to get her money.
She couldn't to the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
She is here to get her money.
Ma'am.
It's not a worry about dogs,
but about money.
Come on.
Don't do that.
- I get it now. - I don't care...
- about money... - That's right.
as long as the dogs are gone.
- I see. - It's not about the money.
- It's not about the money. - No, it's not.
Are they the first dogs you have had?
Have you always had dogs?
When I was 14 years old, I had a Jindo dog.
- A Jindo dog. - That's right.
The dog died suddenly.
Then I raised a retriever when I was 17 years old.
Without consulting me, she sent it away.
- Who did that? - The dog was sent to another house.
- My mom. - Your mom did that.
- The dog was sent to another house. - Yes.
She didn't even consult me. I felt betrayed.
I am determined to raise these dogs...
until the day they die.
That's my stance.
Why did you send the dog away?
When I went home after work,
I could see the moment I opened the door...
that the living room was a mess.
Retrievers are like that.
It had carried the bathroom trash can...
to the sofa in the living room.
The new sofa had been chewed to ribbons.
A bag of rice was in the house.
- The dog had bitten a hole in it. - A bag of rice.
Because of the rice the dog had eaten,
watery poop was plastered all over the house.
You must have been annoyed.
Did you run out of patience that day?
- Her decision is understandable. - It wasn't the first time...
- the dog had done that. - I see.
- The retriever did it many times. - Such incidents were frequent.
Did you bring your dogs?
- Of course she brought them. - Yes.
- Are they here? - Where are they?
They should play...
- in an open space. - Yi Seul.
- Bong Shim. - Come here.
My goodness, they are big.
My goodness.
How can you raise them in an apartment?
- Come here. - My goodness.
- Come here. - This one is Yi Seul.
- My goodness. - Yi Seul.
- Yi Seul. - How pretty!
- Ailee, pat the dogs. - How pretty!
- What a cute dog! - She went to Tae Joon.
How cute!
- He is the Border Collie. - They live in that tiny room.
My goodness.
How pretty! How pretty!
They won't go to Mi Song.
- They won't go to Mi Song. - Call them.
- They won't come to me. - Really?
- Yi Seul. - Please introduce the dogs.
(Please introduce the dogs.)
It must be their first time to play like this.
Here is the biggest problem.
She goes to her mom.
(Running)
(She welcomes her mom in the speed of light.)
She jumps up and down.
- She jumps up and down. - Watch your knees.
- She jumps up and down. - My goodness.
They are excited.
(The dogs gather around the daughter.)
They gather around her.
(She is a bit disheartened.)
Did the dogs tear your pants?
- No, they didn't. - Don't be ridiculous.
There are so many dogs.
Do they know tricks?
Bong Shim, sit.
It sat.
Bong Shim, sit.
(Sitting down)
- What else does she know? - Give me your hand.
Give me your hand.
- She is contemplating. - She has a paw.
Sit.
High five.
(Will she give a high five?)
Bong Shim, high five.
(Success)
Good job.
- Bong Shim. - Bong Shim.
(What?)
(He peed.)
- How pretty! - He peed.
He peed.
(I was nervous about being on TV.)
- He peed. - Mi Song, clean up.
There is tissue paper behind you.
- The dogs made a mess. - Ask the daughter to clean up.
Aren't you going to clean up?
I will clean up.
Why are we cleaning up when she isn't?
The dogs should play in an open space.
- It must have been suffocating. - You peed.
(The dogs enjoy freedom after a long while.)
Come here.
Why do you jump up and down?
They are very cute.
- Everyone is captivated. - They are very cute.
Gosh, you startled me.
They are very cute.
(Gosh, you startled me.)
I was so startled.
- Don't hit the dog. - He swung his fist.
Come here.
I didn't see the dog.
I thought Mi Song was touching me.
I was so startled.
My face turned red.
(Even his neck turned red.)
Which dog causes the most amount of trouble?
Jang Geum.
- He is young. - He is still a puppy.
He pees all over the place.
He is excited.
This has always been the case...
whenever dogs or other animals came up the stage.
Even if the panelists and the audience sympathized...
with the struggles caused by the animals,
they can't help but go, "How pretty!"
- Their facial expressions change. - They are cute.
Your daughter loves the dogs.
She is very attached to them.
Sending the dogs away might not be the best solution.
What do you think?
I want to spend time with my daughter.
- You are disheartened. - She only cares about the dogs.
We have never gone shopping together.
It has been years since we went to a sauna together.
She doesn't pick up the phone when I call her.
- She ignores your calls. - Yes.
When I send her a text, she doesn't reply.
I keep sending her texts.
She doesn't reply even after she reads them.
That's right. When I ask why she won't reply...
and complain,
she replies with "K."
- "K." - That's right.
That's like asking for a fight.
- Why does she do that? - "K."
Do you have hard feelings toward your mom?
A little bit.
I was born during the IMF crisis.
My parents were always focused on making money.
Even when I needed attention and love,
I didn't receive them.
I lived away from home and had to appease the others.
- You struggled on your own. - Both of your parents worked.
- Yes. - You could decide...
to treat your parents better because they struggled to raise you.
- You could think differently. - At the age of 21,
I came to take on an important position.
I need to manage the employees...
and hold team dinners.
She doesn't understand that.
Even in my school days, she was strict...
and didn't let me play with my friends.
I was isolated.
Does you mom send you...
negative texts?
"Where are you? Why aren't you coming home?"
It's not even that. "Who do you think you are?"
It's too much.
I don't even check missed calls and texts anymore.
Do you share your mom's wish...
of improving the relationship...
and spending time together?
Yes, I do. I do,
but it's a bit...
- You aren't used to it. - No, I am not.
We hurt each other's feelings.
I think that's what drove us apart.
- She didn't form... - She has emotional scars.
a connection to her mom when she was little.
- This is a bigger problem. - That must be why...
- she focuses on the dogs. - When you were struggling,
you weren't allowed to play with your friends.
You parents were always busy.
- You only had dogs. - Otherwise,
- I was left alone. - Dogs took your side.
Dogs depended on me.
They always greeted you warmly.
How do her words make you feel?
We went bankrupt because of the IMF crisis.
When my daughter was in the middle school,
MERS crisis and the nuclear disaster in Japan occurred.
No one came to the sashimi restaurant.
We struggled financially.
However, because my daughter wanted to act,
we took out a loan to send her to an academy.
The debt piled on.
I get that...
my daughter struggled.
However, I fed her and dried her hair...
until she entered high school.
Do you remember that?
- Of course she does. - Your mom is the best.
- You remember, right? - I get that...
she did those things.
However,
it doesn't move me in any way.
- I am from Jeolla Province. - Jeolla Province.
Since I am from an island,
- I use strong words. - You tend to use...
strong words.
Although I am brusque,
- I only worry about my daughter. - You are different at heart.
I am also from an island.
People who were born and raised in an island...
don't use long sentences because of the wind.
- They keep it simple. - Is it because of the wind?
Dad. A meal.
Okay?
Ma'am. A meal.
Why is everything you say related to food?
It's important.
(Food is the most important.)
Did other family members come?
My husband and other children couldn't come because of work.
A neighbor who lives close came instead.
- She lives close. - She is a neighbor.
- She is a neighbor. - Hello.
(It's nice to meet you.)
You live next door.
I don't live next door.
I have known Mi Song for nine years.
That's a long time.
We are closer than family.
I taught Mi Song's daughter when she was in ninth grade.
What did you teach her?
I was her science teacher.
That's why I know them better than other people.
She must have objective views...
- because she knows both of them. - Who has a bigger worry?
- Mi Song does, of course. - Why do you say that?
Some of the stories I heard today made me doubt my ears.
I held myself back even though I wanted to interrupt.
Please tell us everything.
- I am curious. - She hasn't said a lot,
but she exudes the air of a teacher.
- I can feel it. - That's right.
Even though Mi Song looks fussy,
she isn't like that at all.
We didn't think that way.
I think she dedicated 50 years of her life...
for her family and children.
She finishes work at 2 or 3am.
When she goes home,
she does housework for two hours.
She needs to clean after the dogs.
She goes to bed after 4am,
but wakes up around 6am.
- My goodness. - She sleeps for two hours.
She made breakfast for children...
until they finished high school.
Running the restaurant and looking after the dogs...
earned her the nickname of "Walking hospital".
She has health problems.
She goes to the hospital more than twice a week.
Last week, she made a reservation at a big hospital...
because of a migraine.
The MRI scan revealed...
- a problem with her blood vessel. - That's serious.
She once had her appendix removed.
I wanted to visit her at the hospital the next day,
but she had already checked herself out.
- She checked out the next day. - That's right.
You need at least three days' rest after the surgery.
I wanted to visit her at home, but she was at the restaurant.
A few days later, the stitches came undone.
She struggled a lot.
Do you know about your mom's health problems?
Yes, I do.
I work, too.
I get nosebleeds and migraines.
I collapsed many times.
Are you saying that makes your mom's struggles okay?
- That's not right. - I am not saying that.
- I was too busy to care. - Listen.
You love your dogs, right?
- Yes, I do. - However, you work many hours...
because you need money to take care of them.
That's why you can't spend time with them.
That's right.
Let's say your dogs grew up.
Even though you bought the best dog food for them,
they say they don't feel like they have been loved.
- "I was locked up in a room." - Let's say...
all of your dogs say that.
Wouldn't that make you sad?
It's the same situation.
I am sure your mom feels sad, too.
(I am sure your mom feels sad, too.)
Why do you work so hard?
- You have three part-time jobs. - You are only 21 years old.
- Why is that? - I think I was influenced by...
watching my parents struggle financially.
I want to save money...
so that I can live comfortably.
I want to save as much as I can...
when I am young.
I witnessed that the society is ruthless.
When I receive the monthly paycheck,
the family demands that I share.
I am the source of money to them.
They ask for money whenever they see me.
My sibling always ask for money and other things...
even though he is only a year younger than me.
It drives me crazy.
I struggled all my life.
I couldn't help but think...
that my daughter spends too much money on dogs.
I was afraid that she would use up the money.
You wanted to save the money for her.
I wouldn't spend her hard-earned money.
I am taking good care of my finances.
- I have installment savings. - She doesn't need to worry.
She said one time,
"I am so tired that I want to sleep for a year."
She said that.
Her words made my heart drop.
I thought to myself, "She must be struggling a lot."
Such words would make any parent worried.
- You became anxious. - "If it's hard on you,"
"quit your jobs."
"I believe in you. Please don't say such things."
When I said that,
she sighed and began to cry.
How would I feel...
after seeing that?
I cried alone.
(Seeing her daughter's struggles made her heart heavy.)
It's heartbreaking...
- because I understand both of them. - I know.
At a glance, this worry seems to be about the dogs.
It doesn't look like she is raising dogs or working...
because she has a plan.
I don't think that's the case.
It looks like she is working without a break to forget.
It makes my heart ache.
Are you happy?
- Not really. - See?
Tell your daughter what you want her to do.
Please work less hours...
and go to the sauna with me from time to time.
Look at her.
I want to spend more time with you.
Even if you can't open up to your dad,
I hope you would do it to me.
I love you always.
That's right.
Guests, do you think it's a worry?
- Yes. - You think it's a worry.
One thing is for sure.
If everyone in the room attacks Mi Song,
her daughter will defend her.
If everyone in the room attacks Mi Song's daughter,
Mi Song will defend her even if it breaks her heart.
That won't change.
I also think it's a worry.
Please don't give your dogs a hard time...
because of your greed and happiness.
I think it's a worry for your dogs, too.
If you think it's a worry, please press the button.
(What does the audience think?)
- In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. - In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Time's up.
Please say a few words to your mom.
I'll make more time to go shopping...
and go to sauna with you once in a while.
I'll also try to be more affectionate to you.
How sweet.
(Please be more affectionate to your mom.)
I'll try harder.
My gosh, I'm happy to hear that.
You two should take walks together.
I'm curious to find out how many votes this story received.
Please show us the result.
"The Dogs Are the Problem".
("The Dogs Are the Problem")
- The last digit is one. - I wish the dogs could talk.
Right? I bet they're concerned too.
(They would've cast votes too.)
- 131 votes. - 131.
(Her story received 131 votes.)
The title of this story is "Photo Addict".
Hello.
I'm a 20-something guy who lives in Masan.
I have a close female friend,
and I think she has a serious problem.
She'd say, "They sky is looking so beautiful today."
"Buddy, take a photo of me now."
"Hey, that person looks just like me."
"Excuse me. Hello."
- To a complete stranger? - "We're wearing the same clothes."
"Let's take a picture together."
- "1, 2, 3." - Gosh.
- Goodness. - My friend...
keeps asking me to take photos of her.
And even when I do my best to take good shots,
she says, "I want my head to look smaller and my legs to look longer."
"Take it again and make me look like a model."
That's right. She makes ridiculous demands every single time.
Once, she participated in the temple stay program.
"Sir, please look at me."
"Pick me, pick me, pick me up"
She can do anything to take the kinds of photos she wants,
and it really drives me crazy.
Our mutual friends are sick of it too.
"Hey, I refuse to take any more photos of you."
"Let's stop being friends. Do not contact me ever again."
Some have even told her they'd cut ties with her.
I've reached my limit too.
Will she die if she can't take photos or what?
Please help me and talk some sense into her.
(Please talk some sense into her.)
I've seen many people like her.
- So many people are like her. - Yes, indeed.
Let's meet this guy first. He's here on behalf of all of her friends.
Let's have him join us now. Please come on out.
(Who's the guy that's stressed out because of his photo-addict friend?)
(Noh Tae Ho)
(We're excited.)
How obsessed is she with taking photos? Please tell us.
You can tell right away from the way she behaves.
When we're walking together, she'd stop suddenly...
- and strike a pose like this. - She stops suddenly?
- Yes. - Like this?
- Yes, seriously. - It's your cue.
I pull out my phone naturally and take photos of her.
(No words are necessary.)
Does she have many followers on social media?
I wouldn't say so.
- That's not the reason? - That's not her obsession.
She's obsessed with taking photos.
By the way, I don't understand why she took photos with strangers.
- Earlier, I thought... - Because of the same clothes?
- Is that it? - Is that one of the photos?
They look like a family.
(She's the one on the left.)
- Their faces look similar. - It's very...
Was that taken because of the red T-shirts?
Those kids actually look like her, even their faces.
(Does anyone else have a quirky friend like her?)
How many photos of her do you think you've taken so far?
When it's bad, I take hundreds of photos of her a day.
- In a day? - How many photos of her...
- do you have on your phone? - About a thousand.
- 1,000 photos? - Photos of her alone?
Why don't you delete them?
Because it's never-ending.
- It must be a hassle. - It's such a nuisance.
Isn't it because you have a crush on her?
- No. - You have no feelings for her?
We've been friends for five years,
but I've never felt any romantic feelings toward her.
(He sounds very firm.)
Now, I want to meet a girl who doesn't like taking photos.
(It sounds like he's really had it.)
Is that your ideal type now?
- You can just say no to her. - "I don't want to do it."
I did try to tell her at the beginning.
- "I'm tired." - "Enough."
"No more photos for today."
I tried to make her stop by saying things like that,
but she sulks when I do that.
She gets into a bad mood.
When she gets like that, I feel like I'm being petty...
as taking photos isn't a big deal.
Hence, I'd say, "Let's just get it over with."
(He does it to appease her.)
Have you ever thought...
- she was really out of line? - Yes, tell us.
Has she ever made a request you absolutely couldn't understand?
Temple Stay allows people to practice meditation at temples.
But instead of meditating,
she took a ton of photos.
- What's that? - What's that?
She danced to "Pick Me".
- The song, "Pick Me"? - Yes.
- I think that's cute. - I agree.
That photo was taken by a monk there.
- A monk took that photo? - It was taken by a monk?
- That is crazy. - Gosh.
- Look at that. - What else?
- On her first trip abroad... - Oh, no.
Gosh, I'm already worried.
There are security check points at the airport, you know.
- Did she take a photo there? - My goodness.
She took a photo there because she thought it was cool.
- Was it her first trip abroad? - Yes, it was.
Was she okay after that?
- Airport security guards came... - I see.
- Did they take her? - Yes, they took her and...
We should meet her in person.
Where are you?
- Hello. - Hello.
Please use the microphone.
Why are you so obsessed with taking photos? It's too much.
Because time is intangible and fleeting,
I want to capture the moments in photos.
Whether they're good memories or not, everything gets captured.
I think that's why I became obsessed.
But you don't need to do it on a daily basis.
I have to. Recording such moments on a daily basis allows me...
to remember all the details. That's why I take many photos.
You're saying it's for recording memories.
Our writers told me that they asked you...
- to bring some of those photos. - Yes, they did.
I heard you couldn't find any.
It was so hard. That's why...
- You couldn't find them. - Exactly. I couldn't find...
- Because there are too many? - the ones from 2014.
Whether I delete them or not shouldn't be an issue...
because keeping them in itself...
They're memories that you can't find.
(She can't even reminisce those moments.)
- What's the point? - That was funny.
- I can find them... - Lost memories.
- if I have a lot of time. - You don't know where they are.
Do you keep all of your photos? You've never deleted any?
I do delete bad or blurry photos.
- How many are there? - On an external hard drive?
You must have about 50,000.
It's a bit over 50,000. I got a new phone...
about 2 months ago, and I already have 10,000 photos on it.
There are about 40,000 photos on my old phone.
If I count the ones on my external hard drive too,
I think I have tens of millions of photos.
- To be honest, this is... - Do you look at all those photos?
- In total? - Yes, including my baby photos.
I think it's great that you're recording those moments as photos,
but I heard that you danced to the song, "Pick Me",
in front of monks at a temple. Did you have to do that?
Compared to the photos where I'm just standing,
photos where I'm doing such things make the moments more memorable.
They make me smile and laugh. That's why I did it.
Was the monk taken aback when you asked him...
to take a photo of you?
I let him loose a bit through my dance before asking him.
- Did he take... - He really liked it.
When the monk took the photo of you,
did you like the photo?
Not really. He gladly took four more,
but after that, he said we should head back.
- "Let's head back to the temple." - Yes, that's exactly what he said.
- "Enough. No more." - That's right.
He was very firm.
Why do you give Tae Ho a hard time when you don't like photos he took?
He's bad at taking photos. I bicker at him because I get frustrated.
How can he make you look like a model?
I have secret tips for that.
- What are they? - How do you do it?
I take photos a lot, so I think I'm a very good photographer.
Let's take a look at some photos first.
- Photos of your friends? - He does look taller.
Isn't that Tae Ho?
- Who is that? - I think it's Tae Ho.
- It's a great photo of him. - He looks taller.
His legs look so long in it.
- My gosh. - Who are they?
- Who are they? - Who are they?
It's from the trip.
- Who's the guy? - Her boyfriend?
No, no. All of us went to school together.
That's why women don't let their husbands attend alumni reunions.
(Embarrassed)
My gosh, that's a great photo.
She probably has long legs.
(She was probably an ideal model.)
- She looks very proportionate. - It looks like she has long legs.
- Make Yeong Ja look like a model. - Yes, I'd love that.
Make me look like a model.
(Let's see how good she is.)
Share your tips with us.
- Can I really look like a model? - We should compare two photos.
(Take one first so that we can compare.)
- Before and after. - Please take one first.
- She's asking you. - Shall I take one first?
- To see the difference, right? - Yes.
Can I really look like a model?
Take it from below.
You better not make me look stupid.
A little more this way.
- How should I pose? - Do whatever you want. Look sexy.
(Sexy)
Gosh.
(She bent her knee and lifted her heel.)
(The problem is that it's funny.)
- Do the same pose. - It has to be the same pose.
- Why did you bend you knee? - To look slim.
Just a little bit this way, please.
(She thinks about the composition.)
I don't see anything different.
- Show me. - It looks so different.
- Shall we show this to the camera? - Let me see.
Just turn it around.
The first one is the one Tae Gyun took.
- That's mine, right? - Yes.
(Oh, my.)
- It's so different. - My gosh.
Why does it look different?
- She looks slim. - Seriously.
- It looks so different. - Why does it look different?
- She looks tall. - I must be very proportionate.
- It's like your best photo ever. - Share your tips with us.
I think about the composition. I'm very good at it.
Is that right? Then start thinking about how you'll take the next one.
Ailee, she'll take an amazing photo of you.
- Me? - Yes.
- Yes, take a photo of Ailee. - How should I pose?
Can we do it here?
- How should I pose? - You should lie down here.
(You should lie down.)
- You want me to lie down? - Yes.
- She wants you to lie down. - Let's go with a dreamy theme.
- She wants her to lie down? - A dreamy theme?
- Yes. - How should I do it?
- Ailee is a great model. - She's very good.
- Please move up a bit. - Here?
- Yes, just a little bit. - Ms. Photographer.
(Struggling)
What is happening?
(What a sight.)
No, that's too... Please move up a bit more.
- Please move up a bit more. - A bit more? Okay.
(Sighing)
She even placed the ball here.
Move back a bit. Move your butt back a little.
She gives good directions.
(They gave their all and took a few shots.)
- I'm done. - You're done?
Sam, you should give it a shot too. Take some dreamy photos.
- Sam. - You should go up there.
We'll compare the two photos.
- Sam, sit here. - Right there.
Sam will come down the slide...
(I'll let myself go.)
He's dazed right now.
(Sexy boy)
Oh, no. I stepped on it again.
(Shall I strike a pose?)
You're looking great. You look macho.
I think Sam should just go on the slide.
(Let me show you all.)
(Here you go.)
What's she doing?
(She knows how to create the mood for the picture.)
(Everyone laughs and claps.)
I'm done.
- Let's start with Ailee's. - Your themes are good.
- Show us Ailee's photos first. - She should become a photographer.
- She'll be a great photographer. - Show Ailee's photos to the camera.
Show us the best ones. What did you want to express through them?
I just wanted them to look like photos you see in fashion magazines.
- Like photos in fashion magazines? - They're great photos.
- It has that vibe. - I like them.
The composition is good too.
Tell us what you were going for with Sam's photos.
I wanted him to look macho.
- A cute macho man. - How about we call him Macho Cutie?
- Macho Cutie? - Isn't it a pretty good nickname?
This is a good one.
- Look at that. - The one with the balls.
- The balls. - You threw the balls at him.
It looks so lively.
(William's dad is so cute.)
Thank you very much.
Great work. Thank you.
You shouldn't do anything dangerous though.
I don't think I should worry about things like that when I take photos.
- My gosh. - Goodness.
- Why not? - What if you get injured?
I'm very lucky.
- You're lucky? - Yes.
If I die, I'll just think that it's my fate.
- What does that even mean? - Well, it's not like you're...
- a professional photographer. - Right.
Does quality of photos matter more...
- Yes. - than your safety?
Yes, it does.
Has anything dangerous happened to you?
When I was riding a bike recently,
I bumped into a back mirror of a car.
I was standing there thinking, "I'm in trouble. What should I do?"
And the driver got off the car.
I was so scared. I was going to apologize, but he got off...
and bowed to me, saying he's so sorry.
Right, he must've thought he caused the accident.
- No, it was my fault. - Either way.
Right. I thought, "I'm so lucky."
So I told him that he should drive more carefully.
It didn't turn into a problem at all.
Since she's very focused on taking photos,
she doesn't know how dangerous it can be.
Her friends who watch all of that would know though.
Once, she jumped into a four-lane road when we were walking together.
- Come again? - My gosh.
She went to the middle of the four-lane road,
struck a pose, and asked me to take a photo of her.
How dangerous. Why did she do it?
Cars kept honking at her. I was so embarrassed.
- She keeps looking for ideas... - Exactly.
that are more exciting and fun.
What else? Tell us more.
She goes on top of 5 to 8-story buildings...
and leans against the railing to take photos.
Gosh, that is crazy.
I'm actually scared of heights.
- You probably can't take it. - I can't even look at her.
I try to take photos quickly because it's so dangerous.
- My gosh. - Goodness!
- Who's that? - You can't do that.
Yes, that's her.
How tall was that building?
- It looks very high. - That was...
- That's Anmin Hill in Changwon. - I see, Changwon.
You know that it's dangerous, and you even have a fear of heights.
You should just say no to her.
You should scold her.
- At first... - It's dangerous for you too.
I tried to stop her many times, but she said it'd be fine.
She just gets mad at me to get out of the situation.
Hence, I can't say no firmly anymore...
because I feel like I can no longer speak up.
- I don't want to deal with it. - That's why you're here today.
Let's meet her other friends now. Hi, girls.
- Hello. - Hello.
Do you understand why Tae Ho is so stressed about this issue?
Yes. I've been friends with her since middle school,
so I completely understand how he feels.
We actually ran a marathon together recently.
It was a 7km marathon on Gwangan Bridge.
Most people would finish it in about an hour,
but we took about three hours to get to the finishing line.
- Because you guys took photos? - Yes, exactly.
Her nickname is 3S1S.
- It's because she takes... - 3S1S.
- 3 steps and snaps a photo. - After taking 3 steps...
She kept doing that throughout the entire marathon,
so the traffic control car came right behind us.
She kept taking photos...
even when they were telling us to get off the bridge.
I've been friends with her since high school,
and we went to Vietnam together recently.
We were there for four nights.
Just with my phone alone, she took...
over 6,000 photos.
(I took over 6,000 photos of her.)
- On her phone... - You were there for four nights?
She took over 6,000 photos with my phone during the 5 days.
- That's over 1,000 photos a day. - Including what's on her phone,
she definitely took over 10,000 photos.
Even when we went to landmarks, she asked me to take photos first.
After getting about 3 to 4 good photos,
she was like, "We're done for the day. Let's go."
She kept saying that,
so I couldn't really speak up.
Did she do anything dangerous to take photos during the trip?
There was an infinity pool at the resort.
- It was basically like a cliff. - My goodness.
On the photo, it looks pretty close to the ground,
but it was actually very high. She said that she has to...
- Did she want to sit at the tip? - take a photo on the railing.
It must've been slippery.
Had she fallen backward from that railing,
she would've gotten seriously injured.
The safety guard whistled at her and told her to get down.
But as soon as the safety guard turned around, she obviously...
asked me to take another photo.
In the end, we almost got kicked out of there.
It was so embarrassing. I felt like we ruined Koreans' reputation.
Let's ask her directly.
Why did you feel that you had to take a photo there?
I felt as if the railing was calling my name,
saying that I should take a photo in front of the beautiful scenery.
- "Come here." - Hence, I wanted to go there...
and get a great photo.
I think making unforgettable memories is great,
and photos do last a lifetime.
That much I understand, but you take photos nonstop.
It's like buying a very rare concert ticket that's over 1,000 dollars...
and watching the entire concert on your viewfinder.
Some people do that.
They record the whole thing instead of watching and enjoying it.
Just like them, you're trying to record your day-to-day life.
Right. I have a question. Do you remember what you did on June 14?
- What did you say? - On June 14?
- Yes. - Why do you ask?
- Why do we have to remember it? - Why do we have to remember it?
Why do you ask?
Do you remember?
I'll remember it roughly if I look at my schedule on my agenda.
(Scoffing)
I might be able to remember whom I met and what I did that day.
Why did you ask that question?
I can remember every detail.
But you said you can't even find the photos.
- Recently... - Look.
If you can find them... It's all good.
Recording what you did each day is great and all,
but why does everything have to be unique?
That's what's weird. Listen.
It looks like you want every photo to be unique.
To get your best ever photo,
you made your friend take 6,000 photos.
You'll be able to remember the moments with just 1 or 2 photos.
Why does everything have to be so special?
It wouldn't really be a problem if you take 4,000 photos yourself,
but you make your friends do it, which is stressing them out.
Why would you ruin the experience for them?
She basically took 1,500 photos of you each day.
Her fingers must've gotten tired from it.
All of your closest friends are stressed out because of it.
- It'd be odd if you don't know it, - That's right.
and it'd be mean if you're doing it when you're fully aware of it.
Being on this show helped me realize it more.
- Were you aware of it before? - I tried to make it up to them.
I take amazing photos.
- Amazing photos? - I've taken amazing photos of them.
That's how I try to make them feel better.
I can tell that she is a fun friend to be around.
- I agree. - What else is important to you?
My friends.
Didn't you cut ties with some of your friends due to your obsession?
- You chose photos over friends. - Your friends don't like it.
Now, I've realized that it could be a problem.
Being obsessed with taking such unique,
jaw-dropping photos that can impress everyone...
has resulted in various mishaps and accidents all over the world.
Please show us some examples.
- These photos are... - Look at that. Goodness.
- All right, let's check them out. - Why would you take a selfie there?
"Your selfie can become your funeral portrait."
"12 people have died while taking selfies."
"A teenage boy fell off a building and died while taking a selfie."
"A 17-year-old Russian boy died while trying to take a selfie..."
- "on a rooftop of a building." - Gosh.
- Those became their last photos. - They must've done it before too.
- After doing it the first time, - They must've done it many times.
they probably thought, "I'm lucky. It's safe."
- You think that way too. - Then they died.
Does it make you think that you should stop taking dangerous photos?
I don't quite feel the danger. I'll take them if I get an opportunity.
When it hits you, you'll be dead already.
Let's say that you asked your friend to take a photo of you,
then you disappear from the frame while your friend is taking photos.
Let's say you died.
- What would your friend do? - How horrible would it be?
- Exactly. - What is the reason?
You do post them on your social media page, right?
I do post the best photos.
Right. When you post them, people must say they're amazing.
You're doing it because you want to hear that, right? Be honest.
- Yes, that's right. - Do people actually say that?
Yes, they do.
Pour all of that passion into something else.
Okay.
Tae Ho, say a few words to your friend before we wrap up.
The most important thing is...
safety. I hope you can stop doing dangerous things.
Also, put more importance on communicating with friends.
It'd be great if you can put your friends first.
That's what I think.
Don't be mean to us even if we take bad photos.
And let's try to make more precious memories together.
Sam, let's start with you. Do you think it's a worry or not?
- I don't think it's a worry. - I see.
She is very good at taking photos.
I think she should focus more on taking photos of others.
- That's what I think. - She should take photos of others.
Taking many photos isn't really a problem,
but she keeps creating dangerous situations, so I think it's a worry.
I think it's a worry.
If you can understand why her friends have been...
so stressed out, please go ahead and press the button.
(What does the audience think?)
- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
- Stop. - Time's up.
All right.
Why don't you confess your love to your friend?
(But we're just friends.)
Thank you for being there for me when I was struggling.
You can do it.
What? Do what?
You can do it. Try harder.
- Try what? - What do you mean?
Do you mean he can take more pictures?
Yes. we can take better pictures. I will do a better job.
All right.
Let's see how many votes he got. Please reveal the result.
(The result)
"Photo Addict".
Will it be over 100?
It's going over 100.
It's over 100.
126.
(He got 126 votes.)
Good job.
"What Are You Doing? Where Are You?" won this week.
We will give the winner a gift certificate. Congratulations.
Until the day we are all worry-free...
Hello will continue to counsel you. Thank you.
("Why, You?" by Park Bo Ram)