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We will counsel you on your unspeakable concerns.
National...
- Competition on Worries! - Competition on Worries!
(National Competition on Worries)
Let me introduce you to our today's guests.
- The sexy diva Chaeyeon! - Chaeyeon!
Hello.
The weather forecaster of KBS Kang Ah Rang!
- Welcome! - Hello.
This group is made up of pretty boys who purify your eyes.
Younghoon and Sangyeon of THE BOYZ!
(Younghoon and Sangyeon of THE BOYZ)
- Hello. - Hello.
They're handsome.
When people say you purify people's eyes,
doesn't it feel weird? How do you feel?
- When you hear it? - I feel like my eyesight improved.
(Your eyes open wide the moment you see them.)
- Thank you. - How do you feel, Sangyeon?
Do you think you have a handsome face that purifies others' eyes?
I'm grateful. And since people describe us like that,
I came to think it might be true.
(He subtly agreed.)
- You think it might be true? - Right.
Sangyeon looks manly...
while Younghoon has a pretty face...
- like a cartoon character. - That's right.
Everyone exclaimed the moment he appeared on the screen.
(Their hearts flutter.)
Chaeyeon, how do you feel when you see your junior singers like them?
I am thankful.
They make my eyes open wide.
I feel good, but at the same time, apologetic.
It makes me realize that I've been a singer for a long time.
- I think of it too. - That's not true.
Your fans must have gotten older as well.
Yes. Now we can drink beer with fried chicken together.
- A beer and fried chicken. - They were minors before,
so I couldn't do things like that.
But they're old enough to drink now.
When I don't see my fans for a while,
they're usually hospitalized.
(The dignity of a star who made her debut 29 years ago)
"Yeong Ja, I'm sick."
When I don't see them for about two years,
they say they've moved to the countryside...
after their retirement.
Ah Rang, you must be...
different from other weather forecasters.
You became the talk of the town.
I did weather forecasts on a morning show.
When the show hosts introduced me,
they said, "Cute weather forecaster, please tell us about the weather."
So I said,
"Monsoon rain will hit all parts of Korea today."
- I made this gesture. - She's so cute.
The cute weather forecaster Kang Ah Rang.
Today, it will rain as the monsoon season is coming to an end.
(She became the weather queen right after this.)
I'm sure men liked it so much, but women hated it.
(He assumes opposite reactions.)
Some people actually assumed...
that I was sending a signal to my boyfriend.
- That's understandable. - That makes sense.
What did your boyfriend say?
Did he say he got your signal?
Exactly. She can't answer it.
Since you're a weather forecaster,
can you predict how Hello will do this year?
- May I do it like weather forecast? - Really?
- That'd be great. - I'll do it while sitting down.
Welcome to the weather forecast of Hello in 2019.
It's very cloudy here due to various worries.
Nevertheless, thanks to Dong Yeob Wind and Tae Gyun Wind,
worries that are just like fine dust will disappear.
Also, thanks to Yeong Ja High Pressure,
that is made from the entertainment awards,
the weather of Hello in 2019...
is predicted to be sunny.
That's all.
(She's good.)
- Great job. - That was amazing.
She was disappointed because Ah Rang didn't mention her,
but when she talked about the high... What was it?
- High pressure. - That's right.
(She felt happy when Ah Rang mentioned her.)
She said, "Yeong Ja High Pressure".
She said Yeong Ja was right in front of us.
I heard that Younghoon and Sangyeon...
will show us their special talents.
(Curious)
I can mimic the sounds of a motorbike and a whip.
- You have many talents. - A motorbike and a whip?
Please help me. You know what I mean, right?
(Starting)
(The mime looks even more serious.)
(Accelerating)
What's that?
(I can do that too.)
(Accelerating)
He's better.
- Do it again. - Do a whip now.
A whip.
It's the sound of a whip.
- That's funny. - That's cute.
- It was cute. - That's funny. It was cute.
Let's say it's a whip that makes a cute sound.
- My goodness. - It was cute.
It's funny when someone completely messes up.
The sound was so cute.
(They're addicted now.)
It was funny.
- That's how you do it. - Yes.
As usual, we have three stories.
Show us the keywords, please.
(The keywords are revealed.)
- "I'm a Grown-Up". - "You Brat!"
"I Can't Live Without Love".
"I'm a Grown-Up".
Hello. I'm a girl who came of age...
this year.
My life was frustrating in the past.
Back in high school...
"Mom, can I go to school camp?"
"No."
"Can I go to Seoul with my friends..."
"this weekend?"
"No!"
"Can I stay out until 10pm with my friends today?"
"No!"
"If I said you can't, you can't."
"You can't stay out so late."
But I'm 20 now.
- I'm an adult. - She's an adult.
- 20 years old. - "Mom,"
"do you know what my dream is?"
"As soon as the new year begins..."
"and I turn 20,"
"I want to enter a bar."
"Please let me do that."
"Okay."
But hear me out.
"Where are you?"
"Mom, where am I? I already told you."
"I'm in front of a bar. I'm about to enter."
"You punk, are you crazy?"
"You're not allowed to drink or stay out all night, ever."
"Come home right now."
(Mom changed her mind.)
Can you imagine how frustrated I am?
Please make my mom stop...
trying to control me so much.
(Please stop my mom.)
I'm curious. Why did she suddenly change her mind?
- I don't know. She's fickle. - Right.
Chaeyeon, how were your parents?
My parents were...
very strict too.
When it's 10pm or 11pm, they kept calling me...
to ask where I am.
In the end, I stood up to them.
"Mom, if you keep doing this..."
- "I'll move out"? - No.
"I might not be able to get married."
- Good job. - Straightforwardly.
You have to meet someone to get married.
"I need to meet someone to get married."
"If you keep doing this, I won't get married."
"All right." She backed down a bit.
You two are guys. Your parents might be different.
My parents were just like the mom in the story.
I had to come home by 8pm.
When my classes were over,
my mom called me every five minutes.
- Why? - Even these days,
they tell me to come home by midnight.
- Really? - You never went against it?
I did.
(Smiling)
Were you whipped then?
(Whipped)
(The idea came from his experience.)
(It's addictive.)
Let's meet the girl who sent this story.
Please come out!
THE BOYZ, can you help her?
(Who is worried about her mom controlling her?)
(Lee Hyun Ji)
Sangyeon.
(Jealous)
(I'm the luckiest girl right now.)
(She is so cute.)
(I want them to hold my hand too.)
- She's cute. - Is this the first time...
a guy has ever escorted you?
Yes.
Did your mom tell you not to let a guy escort you?
Because of my mom, I can't even get near any guys.
- You can't get near them? - Because of your mom?
(She has never held a guy's hand.)
Are you nervous? Drink some water.
You said you've never drunk.
- The way she drinks water... - You said you don't drink.
She must have drunk a lot of makgeolli.
It's okay.
After reading your story,
I wonder if other parents with daughters...
don't do that.
But my mom takes it too far.
If I come home just a bit late, she hits me with a broom.
In 12th grade, I wanted to take private classes,
but my mom didn't let me because they finished late.
- She didn't let you study? - She didn't let you study?
She kept calling and asking...
when I was coming home.
You were a high school student.
She was probably worried about you.
I expected her to become less strict...
when I become an adult, but she's become even worse.
When it's 9pm, she starts calling me...
and telling me to come home in anger.
What baffled me was, on January 1...
Exactly. I don't understand.
She said you could drink that day.
It was a dream of mine.
- Dream? - I understand.
I asked Mom already in June last year.
"I want to drink on December 31."
"Can I stay out late?" Mom said yes right away.
I asked her again and again, "Are you sure?"
- You wanted to confirm. - Yes.
Imagine how excited she would have been.
She could finally drink.
But that day,
she suddenly called me and asked, "Where are you?"
I said, "I told you I'd be drinking."
She said, "Are you crazy? That's absurd."
She even showed up at the bar.
(Her mom showed up at the bar.)
(It's suffocating.)
- She showed up at the bar? - That's too much.
She said, "You're not allowed to drink ever in your life".
When you were in school,
did you ever get in trouble?
- That could've made her worry. - Right. Is that why?
I never got in any trouble.
My mom...
You should look at the person who asked the question.
I always obeyed my mom.
(Smiling)
One day in elementary school,
I got home a little late. My hair was tied in a ponytail,
and my mom cut my hair off.
- My hair looked awful for a while. - In elementary school?
- Really? - What time...
were you supposed to be home by?
What time did you go home? How late were you?
I don't remember exactly, but I got home around 7 or 8pm.
- Oh, my. - As soon as I entered,
Mom cut my hair off.
(Sighing)
"I'm 20 now. Give me a little freedom."
Have you ever talked to her seriously about it?
I have, but she says...
the world is a dangerous place.
- It's understandable. - She says I'm too pretty...
and too young. It's absurd.
- Too young? - Too young?
It's understandable that she says the world is a dangerous place.
Exactly which part do you think is absurd?
(Embarrassed)
Have you ever tried to go against her?
- I don't dare to. - Right.
When I don't answer the phone,
she calls my friends right away.
She even invites them...
to a group chat.
My goodness.
- She invites them to a group chat? - That's shocking.
How would they feel?
She doesn't even know their names.
They're named as Hyun Ji's Friend 1, Hyun Ji's Friend 2...
"Does anyone know where Hyun Ji is?"
When she is done, she leaves the chat.
- She leaves first? - Yes.
- After inviting them herself? - Because no one answers.
My goodness.
(She tries to control everything about me.)
Let's hear about her mom's position now.
Hello, ma'am.
(Who is the mom who controls her grown-up daughter?)
Do you understand why your daughter is worried?
I think I'm doing the right thing...
as my daughter's mother.
- Even after listening to her? - Yes.
I think Hyun Ji's friends' moms are the strange ones.
They don't control their daughters enough.
When she was underage, you would have been worried.
But why did you become stricter after she became an adult?
Before, she was either at the school...
or home.
But now...
she is out of control.
- She can do whatever she wants. - That's why.
- Yes. - How long will this go on?
Until she gets married.
- What? - That's my hope.
- Until she gets married? - How will she even get married?
Before she gets married,
she shouldn't stay out too late.
She should understand that.
- Until she does... - Until then.
Can't she even drink?
From my experience, I know alcohol is bad.
That's why I don't want her to start drinking.
You've tried everything.
You said you'd be fine as long as Hyun Ji comes home...
- by the time she promised. - Yes.
When she starts college and works part-time,
she'll be finished by 10pm.
By the time she gets home, it'll be 11pm.
- So we agreed on 11pm. - You agreed?
- Yes. - That would be fantastic.
- But Mom... - She says 11pm is okay.
It's just what she says.
- She'll call? - When it's 8pm or 9pm, she calls...
and asks where I am and tells me to come home in hurry.
The thing is, she has a bad sense of time.
That's why I have to start calling her early for her to realize.
Apart from the curfew,
in what other ways does she try to control you?
She does not allow me to have a boyfriend.
She is afraid I'll get a boyfriend.
Even though there was a mixed-gender school...
five minutes away from home,
she sent me to a girls' high school a 30-minute bus ride away.
(Was that necessary?)
Goodness.
There was a mixed-gender school right in front.
I think this one's on the mom.
- Because... - Ma'am, if you keep this up,
she'll end up like me.
(She will never allow her to have a boyfriend.)
She also tells me to make friends with those she approves.
- What? - That's nonsense.
- For example? - She bans me from befriending...
those who like to hang out with boys.
She bans me from those who drink or smoke.
Whether it's a boy or a girl?
- Yes. - She bans both.
- Also? - Also,
she tells me not to lock eyes with foreigners.
(Don't look at foreigners!)
(Confused)
- What? - What?
- What's that? - Why?
Well...
(It's a foreigner.)
He's shocked.
(Glancing)
Hi. Can you speak Korean?
A little bit? Can you understand me?
Since her mom banned her from looking at foreigners,
she won't look your way while talking, okay?
(Laughing)
But wait.
- This doesn't make sense. - It doesn't.
Why?
It's a misunderstanding.
During that time, many crimes related to foreigners happened.
Back then,
she was a student.
And such crimes kept showing up on the news.
This one is on me.
I'm sorry.
(She admits to her mistake.)
(Let's make a prejudice-free world.)
When will you allow her...
to be in a relationship...
with a boy?
She's still immature and does not have keen eyes when meeting people.
- So... - Your daughter?
You know, these days,
there are countless crimes related to abuse during a relationship.
- So... - You're an avid news reader.
- Actually... - She watches the new often.
Ma'am, you should cut back on watching them.
- All right. - So...
I don't think she needs to experience dating.
(There's no need to date.)
(She concludes it on her own.)
Ma'am, what you're saying right now...
- It's a dangerous thought. - is a bit wrong.
She doesn't have to be dating,
but when she meets various types of people,
she will be able to differentiate the good people from the bad ones.
But if you forbid her from doing that at all,
how will she be able to grow that ability?
I'm my husband's first love.
(She's her husband's first love.)
- When... - Are you saying...
he's your first love?
(For him, she's his first love.)
For him, I'm his first love.
- Then is he not your first love? - Right.
- What about you? - Well... No.
(Sad)
What is that?
(She has dated several men after all.)
That was a twist.
When we got married, I was 26, and he was 28.
He's still loyal and affectionate to me, so I thought...
dating beforehand wasn't necessary.
She only knows that from experience.
Right.
- I don't... - I think you're too close-minded.
I don't think dating is necessary.
Is there a reason why...
you're so sensitive about her going out late at night?
Around the time when I was her age,
I was walking to a senior's house with a junior of mine.
There was a man who was walking right in front of us.
- He suddenly stopped a van. - Oh, no.
About five men came out of the van...
- and started to run towards us. - Goodness.
We were so terrified and ran the opposite way.
But the driver drove in reverse...
and started chasing us.
(The van chased them once again.)
Human trafficking happened often during that time,
so I was petrified.
Thankfully, there was a big truck that stopped for us.
- You must've been shocked. - I was. And...
when I was 25 years old,
I left work at around 10pm,
and I felt like a man was following me.
When I turned a corner,
there were some parked cars.
He shoved me towards one and threatened me with a knife.
(She was threatened with a knife.)
He covered my mouth.
(Shocked)
(It was a dangerous moment.)
He was screaming, "Be quiet!"
That's when I thought it'd be better if I were dead.
But I kept screaming,
- and he ran away. - He did?
After experiencing that, I didn't go out late at night...
- for some time. - She has her traumas.
She has those traumas,
and that's why she's acting this way to her daughter.
Also, I'm doing charity service at a center...
that supports victims of crime.
And there...
Goodness.
- She must know so much. - I learned that there are...
certain times when crime happens the most.
Which is?
Such crimes usually occur past 10pm.
On New Year's Day,
I didn't expect her to come home the day after.
- You had no idea that... - Right.
- she's come home the next day. - No.
So I thought she had gone crazy.
We fought, and she told me to make a choice.
What choice?
Whether to drink for the first and the last time on New Year's...
or to drink just once during my college years.
- So I chose the latter. - All right.
I came home on the morning of New Year's.
- In the morning? - Yes.
How many friends were you with?
- 2. - 2?
First, we started with two, then more people came.
And no boys?
Don't ask her in detail.
She said more people came.
(Tell me with whom, how, and what you did!)
1 of the 2 friends whom she was with on New Year's Day...
is here with us right now.
I'm Lee Soo Min, and I've been friends with her...
- since 10th grade. - Hello.
What did you drink that night? Soju or beer?
- We mixed them. - Wow, I see.
Around 2am on New Year's, she was getting too drunk.
- At 2am? - Yes.
- So... - Yes?
we tried to put her in a cab.
But she said this was a once-in-a-lifetime chance.
- She didn't want to go home. - I see.
- I see. - So...
I think we went bar hopping four times that night.
- Four times? - I think her mom's actions...
- made her act this way. - Right.
The more you try to forbid her, the more rebellious she'll get.
(But this world is dangerous.)
Did her mom call often that night,
asking for her?
If she doesn't pick up her calls, she tends to call me right away.
If I don't pick up, she'll call my mom.
- She knows your mom's number? - Yes.
When she calls me,
she is very nice and asks, "Where is Hyun Ji?"
But when I put her on the phone, she screams at her.
I can hear her voice clearly through the phone.
She becomes too furious, so I think she interferes too much in her life.
Can you mimic the way the mom gets angry?
"Come home this instant!"
She's so cute.
Was there a time when you thought she was going overboard?
Hyun Ji wanted to major in visuals,
but she demanded that she go to nursing school...
and become her caregiver later.
- She did that? - So...
- She forces her. - Hold.
She needs to go to nursing school and become her caregiver?
Yes.
- She said that? - Yes.
She's been raising a caregiver.
Even the craziest soaps don't have such storyline.
Having someone you know at the hospital...
benefits you because you can get a discount.
But that's not the main reason.
When she was still hesitant about which major to take,
I found out that nursing got jobs the easiest.
The more we talk to her, I can understand why...
Hyun Ji said she couldn't get through...
- to her mom. - Right.
- We can't get through her. - The thing is, she told you...
what major she wanted.
But your explanation was that she couldn't choose.
So she doesn't have an opinion...
- when she actually gave one. - She won't listen to her.
In the end, I finally got to choose the major that I wanted.
But that was only possible because our academy teacher...
and my friend's mom did their best to persuade her.
Your friend's mom came to persuade yours?
She tried out for three nursing schools as well.
- Oh, I see. - I see.
- Three? - Yes.
If you get accepted into nursing school, will you go?
- To become your mom's caregiver? - No.
(Let me live my life.)
You have a very calming voice...
and seem elegant and right-minded.
- Am I right? - No.
(She denies it right away.)
- Not at all. - I don't think she drinks.
- Well... - Is that true?
She's an extreme alcohol lover.
(This is a big twist.)
(What is this?)
I knew it.
(She feels guilty.)
She's always out drinking until late at night.
- Really? - And...
- Seriously? - She has a meeting every day.
- But she comes home by 11pm, right? - No.
She usually comes home after midnight.
Then does she keep an eye on you while she's outside?
While drinking, does she call you?
"Hurry up and come home!"
(She agrees.)
You completely ban your daughter from drinking,
so why do you allow yourself to drink so much?
I've learned how great drinking feels.
(Dumbfounded)
It would've been better if I didn't, but I did,
and it's so hard to stop.
It's like a drug.
What are you going on about?
And...
I have many regular meetings.
I'm the manager of our college's alumni association.
- You're the manager? - Yes, and I also represent...
- our apartment block. - Your apartment block?
I'm also our apartment's financial manager.
- I'm also managing a study group. - Okay.
I have two charity services.
And I'm an administrator for an online site regarding good foods.
- Administrator for good foods? - Administrator for good foods?
- That's so unique. - And many more.
I'm sure you have many team dinners.
I have about 20 a month.
Do you have 20 team dinners per month?
- I go out 20 times. - You do?
And you still keep an eye on your daughter?
- Yes. - Cut down on the gatherings.
- But... - It's a dangerous world out there.
I'm 46 years old now.
Am I not old enough to go out and meet friends?
(She applies double standards.)
- That's what you think. - That's just your thought.
- Your daughter might not agree. - I stayed home when I was her age.
Also, back then, we had to take the last bus to go home.
I think it's only normal for a mom to do this to her daughter.
Then all those who hang out with their friends...
until late night should be considered weird.
But that's not true. I understand your concerns.
However, it's not ideal to make your child to fear the world...
and think bad things will happen to the family.
So I'd like to hear what Hyun Ji's father thinks.
- From an objective point of view. - Right. He'll be able to...
- speak objectively. - Please tell us.
My wife has a serious problem.
Do you understand why your daughter is worried?
My daughter is such a sweet, nice girl, and a good student.
However, my wife...
comes home between 2am and 3am...
after drinking even when I'm home...
- so often. - What?
I keep calling her to ask where she is...
and say I'll go out to find her.
Then she says she'll come home shortly,
but she doesn't. So...
I tried to stop her, but I failed.
- It's reversed. - You could've been on the stage.
(Please stop her.)
Ma'am, because you don't have...
much self-control,
you think your daughter would drink until late night just like you do...
- She must be just like you? - and when she dates a man,
she would fall in love quickly just like you did.
Are these what you're worried about?
Yes. That's right?
Ma'am, I think you've changed your stance.
You said earlier that because you saw dangerous things in the world,
- you restrain your daughter. - She wants to prevent that.
But you're saying a different thing now.
Sir, does your wife restrain the other family members too?
She tries to control everything I do.
She saved the phone number...
of my former boss. So...
One day, I lied I would have team dinner with my work colleagues...
to play billiards with my friend.
I couldn't answer her call because my phone was on silent mode.
- She called my old boss at 12am. - My goodness.
- At midnight? - She called my old boss at 12am.
My former boss asked me...
why my wife would call him...
and whom I was with at that hour.
I told myself to set a screen lock on my phone.
- She crossed the line. - That was too much.
She tries to control even me like that. She has a problem.
You married your first love.
Do you think it's better to meet many people before getting married?
Or is it better to marry your first love?
- Please tell us honestly. - They're happily married.
He said he wants Hyun Ji to meet many men.
I still love my wife very much.
Do you want your daughter to marry her first love just like you did?
No. She...
(Laughing)
I bet he meant that.
- She should meet various people. - Just as Dong Yeob said,
you want her to meet more than one man.
If she marries her first love, she might marry the wrong one.
You were lucky to meet your wife though, right?
- Right. - Sir, congratulations.
My mom is selfish...
because she takes promises between me and my friend as a joke.
If she wants to hang with me,
she tells me to cancel my plans with my friend.
She even calls my friend.
She once made me stay home until the time I had to meet my friend...
and followed me to the place I met my friend.
(She even followed Hyun Ji.)
(Embarrassed)
My friend was very uncomfortable.
Ma'am, how could you follow her?
My plans got canceled that day.
(What did you just say?)
I wanted to hang out with Hyun Ji.
I thought she could meet her friend...
the next day.
- You're so selfish. - You act like that every day.
(They can't help shaking their heads.)
She does everything as she likes.
I want to spend time...
with Hyun Ji.
Okay, but you're being inconsistent.
Hyun Ji must have her relationships with her friends.
She can be in a difficult position among her friends.
And when you called your husband's boss,
he would have been the subject of ridicule at work.
You are not considerate of your family members at all.
You're ruining their relationships with other people.
People hate a mama's boy.
People also hate a mama's girl.
Do you want Hyun Ji to drift apart from her friends?
- Yes. - Just for your daughter...
(Smiling)
(She made a mistake, right?)
(How selfish could she be?)
- That's what you want? - Yes.
- You want her to lose friends? - She will...
make new friends in the future.
- You're wrong about that. - From my experience,
even when you think you'll be friends with someone forever,
you have a new friend soon.
What if your family tag along with you everywhere?
(Well...)
(She's so selfish.)
I'm curious how your parents...
disciplined you.
My parents passed away when I was little.
I wish I had someone to restrain me,
but there was no one to do it for me.
I always wished to be under my parents' wings.
I've learned this from what I experienced.
The friends who stay after 10pm...
can't be a good influence on others.
So I don't want her to experience it.
Even though you have reached to that conclusion,
you still hang out with your friends who don't go home after 10pm.
- You drink until late night... - But I'm older than my daughter.
Pardon me?
(Speechless)
- I am old... - What kind of logic is that?
Hyun Ji once asked, "Why can't I when you can?"
So I told her to enjoy what I do now when she's my age.
She's impossible. I can't talk to her.
Ma'am, if that's what you believe,
- your husband is old enough. - Exactly.
It's okay for him to come home late.
He's two years older than me,
but he's still like a little child.
He needs to be under my control.
(Could this be how it feels to speak to the wall?)
(He's mentally exhausted already)
(Honey...)
(It's time for the viewers to find peace of mind.)
All right. Hyun Ji, you will...
hardly get a chance to come on this show again.
It's not time to smile like that. Keep yourself together.
And tell your mom what you have to say.
Flex your arm. Good.
Now I am an adult just like you,
so I'm going to do the same things you do.
(Declaration of war)
Great!
Good job.
(Give me freedom!)
Good job.
- Ma'am, what do you think? - I...
still can't let her sleep out. I don't want her to do it.
And I hope she won't drink at all.
(I hope she won't drink at all.)
But you drink.
The audience members are jeering at her.
I don't know why she has to drink.
(I'll be free from my mom someday, right?)
Let's start with Chaeyeon.
I think it's a worry.
If her suppressed emotions burst out later,
- She could go astray. - I think she could go astray...
- in the future. - Of course.
I think it's a worry.
I definitely think it's a worry.
If you think it's a worry, please press the button.
(What does the audience think?)
- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Time's up.
I wonder how many votes she got. Please show us the result.
- The last digit is 4. - 4.
She got more than 100 votes as expected.
- Among 200 people... - What could be the result?
154 votes.
She got so many votes.
- That's a lot of votes. - All right.
(Am I that serious?)
"You Brat!"
Hello. I'm a father in 50s of a son and a daughter.
Not long ago, I got a phone call late at night.
"Hello? This is the police."
"Your son was reported while drinking on the street."
"You need to come here now."
My son drinks every single day.
The problem is that he's only 18.
(He's a minor.)
- He's only 18? - Yes.
(My goodness.)
"You brat. You shouldn't drink because you're a minor."
"If you get caught buying alcohol,"
"the store owner would also suffer damage."
"If you want to drink that much,"
"drink at home secretly instead of being reported by our neighbors."
"Gosh. Listen to me, you brat."
"Dad, can I do that?"
- Isn't it a good idea? - Sorry?
- Seriously? - I didn't think he would.
But since then...
"Dad, when are you coming home?"
"On your way home, please buy a big bottle of beer..."
- He's asking his dad to buy drinks. - "Do you know my favorite soju?"
- "Buy two bottles of it for me." - "His favorite soju"?
(Shocked)
(Her jaw dropped.)
He makes me buy drinks for him as if it's no big deal.
- Make him buy drinks. - My goodness.
"You punk! What kind of son makes his dad buy drinks for him?"
"Have you lost your mind?"
"Dad, you said it's illegal if I buy drinks,"
"and it also causes trouble to the store owner."
"Wouldn't it be better if you bought it for me?"
He keeps blabbering nonsense.
The world has changed, but don't you think it's wrong?
- It's wrong. - As the head of my family,
I'm sending my story because I'm so frustrated.
- Please help me. - My goodness.
(Please help my son come to his senses.)
- This is a more serious problem. - Gosh.
- It's a serious problem. - I'm getting frustrated.
I hope he'll become an adult soon and move to Daegu,
so he can join Hyun Ji's mother and her friends.
That'd be the best solution.
An 18-year-old son...
- That's too early. - keeps asking his father...
to buy drinks for him, so he can drink at home.
But his father can't...
- just let him drink at a bar again. - He can't do that.
I think we should talk to him about this.
Please come out.
(Who is worried about his son who drinks too much?)
(The 51-year-old dad looks so skinny.)
(Worrying about his son must have made him skinny.)
(Jang Sung Cheol)
(Welcome.)
Sir, did you come empty-handed? You should have brought alcohol.
Does your son really ask you...
to buy alcohol for him?
- It's hard to believe. - Yes.
He asks every day.
- Every day? - Yes.
Do you buy alcohol for him every day?
I was at work when he called and asked,
"Dad, can you bring some alcohol on your way home?"
I told him,
"You are my son, and I'm your dad."
(The roles have changed.)
"You can't send your father on an errand to buy him alcohol."
I was incredulous.
It's shameless of him.
However, I made a promise to my son.
Two weeks ago,
I got a call from a police station at 2am.
My son drank with his friends...
at the staircase of a neighboring apartment,
so the neighbors called the police.
There were two soju bottles on the table.
- There were no snacks. - They only drank soju.
- Yes. - That's intense.
I told my son,
"If you drink at other apartments,"
"you could bring bigger troubles."
"It would be better to drink at home."
I told him that.
He asked me to buy alcohol the very next day.
It has been two weeks since he began to drink at home.
That's right. It has been about two weeks.
- Does he drink every day? - Yes, he does.
(This isn't a father's life.)
Was 2 weeks ago his 1st time to get caught drinking?
No, the 1st time was when he was in 9th grade.
- 9th grade? - 9th grade.
I was at work...
when a friend of my son called me.
He said my son passed out drunk.
I asked and found out that they are at a park.
My son had downed a bottle of soju and passed out drunk.
I had to carry him home.
(He carried his son home.)
I couldn't scold him that day.
When he sobered up the next day, I scolded him a lot.
Afterward, he didn't cause troubles for a while.
(He thought his son had stopped drinking.)
Does he cause other types of troubles?
I want to know how he does at school.
Until eighth grade, he was a good student.
He didn't cause big troubles. He didn't drink either.
When he entered ninth grade,
- he met bad friends. - During ninth grade.
That's when everything began.
- Does he only drink? Does he smoke? - He got caught...
- smoking as well. - He even smoked.
(The worry gets more serious.)
- When he was in ninth grade? - Yes.
- My goodness that's too early. - These days,
he sends me on an errand to buy his cigarettes.
Does he do that to his dad?
(My goodness!)
(No way.)
(She is in a daze.)
- I just buy 1 carton and go home. - 1 carton.
- It must be upsetting. - "Do I really have to do this?"
I couldn't help but tear up.
- It's heartbreaking. - I am glad you are here.
How he would feel when he goes home with son's cigarettes?
It brings tears to my eyes.
I get that you have your reasons,
but wouldn't it be better to scold him and stop his habits?
- Why do you let him have his ways? - Right.
If I don't do that...
One time, he stole soju at a mart.
(He stole soju at a mart.)
- My goodness. - Since they don't sell it to him.
(My goodness.)
After experiencing all kinds of things,
I thought it would be better...
to have him smoke and drink in front of me.
It puts my heart at ease.
Does he smoke at home?
Yes, he does.
Does he smoke inside the house?
He smokes and drinks at the same time.
(What on earth is his problem?)
- My goodness. - By the way,
- In the apartment? - doesn't your wife say anything?
I actually got a divorce 10 years ago.
I am raising two children by myself.
- You are raising them. - Yes.
(He is raising two children by himself.)
We fought a lot through the process of divorce...
due to our financial difficulties.
I wonder if my son continues to stray...
because of those memories.
Let's talk to the son.
Hello.
- Hello. - Hello.
(Who makes his father buy alcohol for him?)
You understand your father's worry, right?
I understand it,
but it's illegal for me to buy alcohol and cigarettes.
It's better to have my dad buy them and avoid legal problems.
Don't you feel a bit embarrassed as a son...
to send your dad on that kind of an errand?
After I went to the police station,
my dad first suggested that I drink at home instead.
That's why I ask my dad when I want to drink.
When his dad made an offer,
he readily took up on it.
(He only listens to his dad on those occasions.)
This happens too frequently.
- I think so. - You think so, right?
But I want to drink frequently.
(His eyes are hollow.)
(They are taken aback by his strong desire to drink.)
Do you think you are addicted to alcohol?
I don't know about that.
(His eyes have no focus.)
You can't give up drinking.
I can't give up drinking entirely.
(What are you going to do?)
You are aware that...
minors shouldn't drink or smoke, right?
I know it's a problem,
but stopping my ways won't give me anything other than health.
(What did I hear just now?)
- Health matters the most. - That's right.
I have yet to feel that my health is failing.
The moment you feel it, it's over.
(The moment you feel it, it's over.)
(What is he going to do?)
How much can you drink?
I can only drink a bottle or two.
- A bottle or two? - That's a lot.
I get drunk after a bottle or two.
How much do you smoke?
I smoke a pack of cigarettes a day.
- That's a lot. - A pack of cigarettes a day.
(My goodness.)
I tried to quit smoking with him.
"I will quit smoking, so you should do the same."
- "I will set an example." - I told him I will quit smoking,
but I couldn't do it. I smoked at work.
I wore perfume on my way home and pretended I didn't smoke.
I lived that way for a while.
I caught him smoking in front of the house.
You should have done better.
I got caught in front of the house.
It's usually the son who gets caught smoking.
- Why is it the other way around? - Seriously.
(It's strange.)
You got caught smoking by your son.
(The power dynamic is the opposite.)
At home,
do you drink with your son to teach him...
some drinking etiquettes?
I tried to drink with him a few times.
We open drinks together but drink separately.
- You only open drinks together. - Yes.
You open drinks together and part ways.
Has he brought his friends home?
He brings them often. He brings them almost every day.
They have a drinking party every day.
It's a paradise for his friends.
I know.
"Let's go to his house. We can drink there."
(Don't do that.)
Your father thinks you might have...
bad memories about your parents' divorce.
I don't think it has anything to do with Mom.
I resented my parents a bit then, but I don't resent them now.
Why do you think you became more distant...
from your dad?
In ninth grade, I got caught drinking at a karaoke.
Dad slapped me across the face in front of my friends.
For days, I couldn't hear with that ear.
I haven't trusted my dad since then.
I am scared he will hit me again when I cause troubles.
There is a reason why...
I severely beat him is that...
I have to beat him properly...
to set him on the right path.
I guess it left a scar in his heart.
Since then, I haven't...
- You haven't beaten him? - No, I haven't.
(It gnawed on the back of his mind as well.)
You know why he beat you, right?
I know why he beat me. I was in the wrong.
He beat me because I drank and did things a teenager shouldn't do.
Haven't you ever thought...
about quitting drinking?
Perhaps you have out of fear for your dad.
I have thought about it for a second.
You have thought about it for a second.
Then you carried on with resentment for your father.
- You continued to drink... - Yes.
although you got beaten up because of drinking.
Yes.
What is your problem?
(Did he chose to erase his memories?)
To be honest, I can't quit drinking.
(His hands shake.)
You know, there is something that really surprised me.
I don't know if it's due to nervousness,
but your son's hands keep shaking.
(Come to think of it,)
(his hands shook throughout the shoot.)
- Are you nervous? - I have a hand tremor.
Did it develop ever since you began to drink?
I have always had it.
Really?
I didn't know about this. Why do your hands shake?
Even in eighth grade, my hands shook when I took notes in the academy.
(Let's see.)
(He hides his hand.)
(He hides the proof.)
(We caught you.)
- We are simply worried. - His hands are shaking.
Perhaps there is a problem with his health.
We are simply worried.
(They are worried he is in a serious state.)
How is your daughter?
- My daughter... - Doesn't she cause troubles?
She will advance to seventh grade now.
My two children don't get along.
Why not? Like how?
They got along back in elementary school.
He bathed her and wiped her butt when she pooped.
He took good care of his sister.
Now, when I ask, "Buy medicine for your sister..."
"since she has a cold,"
he goes, "Why should I?"
"Why do I need to do that?"
They don't want to talk or see each other.
It must be upsetting for you.
Dad always sides with my sister...
and tells me to be more understanding since I am older.
Whenever that happens, I dislike my sister more.
Why should I buy medicine? When I was sick,
he simply told me to go to the hospital after school.
When my sister got sick, he told me...
to buy medicine.
I was hanging out with my friends and girlfriend.
He doesn't think about me.
Is that the only reason why you don't like your sister?
- Is that the only reason? - She hasn't done anything wrong.
- Really? - She hasn't done anything wrong.
You simply don't like her because your dad shows favoritism.
He says he doesn't like his sister...
because you showed favoritism.
He is in no position to say that.
I had set 50 dollars limit a day for my daughter.
I don't let her use more than 50 dollars.
Sang Hyun uses...
about 2,000 to 3,000 dollars a month.
(A high schooler uses about 2,000 to 3,000 dollars.)
- Does he use that much? - Yes.
(That's a lot of money.)
He uses that much. I also buy him clothes...
and shoes. He asks me to buy expensive things.
He uses 2,000 to 3,000 dollars with his card.
- My goodness. - He has no reason to be upset.
(He gets financial support as much as he wants.)
How do you spend 2,000 to 3,000 dollars?
Dad originally gave me a card so that I can buy meals,
but I use it to go to billiards, internet cafes, and karaoke.
- My goodness. - That's how you use the card.
Yes. I don't know how much money I use in a day.
It only goes to my dad's phone.
- That's why I can't control myself. - My goodness.
You are 18 years old, but you use 2,000 to 3,000 dollars a month.
People in the audience said,
"He is better off than me."
(I don't understand him.)
He didn't use that much money at first.
Being a single parent, I don't have time to cook.
- That's right. - I can't do it by myself.
So that they can buy their meals,
- I gave my children a card each. - That was your only choice.
I told them to use it to buy their meals,
but they began to use more money.
For my daughter, I changed the limit from 30 dollars to 50 dollars a day.
For my son, I got rid of the limit. He can spend money as he wants.
(He can spend money as he wants.)
How could you think he treats you less than your sister?
In this matter, he doesn't treat me less.
(His standards are subjective.)
Let's say he treats you nicely...
and buys medicine for you without giving you a card.
Would you prefer that over a disinterested dad...
who gives you a card?
I prefer a disinterested dad who gives me a card.
(For goodness' sake.)
(This is driving me crazy.)
- You just want money. - He just wants money.
You don't want your dad to get involved with your life.
- No. - Then what's the problem?
Why should he give you money?
I am his son.
Then why should you listen to your dad?
He is my dad.
- Then why don't you listen to him? - Why don't you do that?
You want his money, but you don't listen to him.
[VIU Ver] E398 Hello Counselor "A Bad Reputation" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
Sung Cheol's acquaintance is here.
You can tell that he is struggling, right?
He raises two children by himself.
Since he is the president of the company,
he often works until 10pm, 1am, or 2am...
even when everyone else has gone home.
On weekends, he comes to the company and works by himself.
- My goodness. - He never gets a day off.
- My goodness. - He is struggling a lot.
Since he feels bad about not being there for his children,
he tries to make up for it...
- with money. - It's a wrong approach.
My children were young when I got a divorce.
I tried to fill up the empty space their mom left behind.
The only thing I could do was to help them...
keep their chins up and do what they want.
Their grandparents passed away...
- when they were little. - Oh, I see.
(He can't depend on his parents.)
Until sixth grade,
my son was in a soccer club.
- He played soccer. - He was good at playing soccer.
Back then, he traveled all over the country...
for soccer matches.
One trip would take about a week.
With other children, both parents came...
- and looked after them. - That's right.
I couldn't help but go.
- Did you take your daughter? - Yes, I did.
- My goodness. - I couldn't leave her anywhere.
- That's right. - Right.
One time, my daughter got a slight fever.
I thought she would be okay, so I got her medicine for fever...
and it went away.
- Your daughter had a fever. - That continued...
for an entire week.
- After a week, we came back. - You shouldn't do that.
Then her temperature rose to 40 degrees Celsius.
I thought this won't do it, so I took her to a hospital.
(He took her to a hospital in a hurry.)
The doctor said she almost died.
She had pus in her veins.
- She constantly had a fever. - The doctor asked me...
why I only gave her medicine for a week.
After I put my daughter to bed,
(After I put my daughter to bed...)
I broke out in tears.
- It must have been hard. - I was upset.
Your heart breaks when your child is sick.
(Your heart breaks when your child is sick.)
There is something I want to ask.
Sir, your ex-wife is also responsible for her children.
Why did you decide to take them on?
I told her, "If you want to leave, leave by yourself."
"Leave the children. I will raise the children."
I thought the love for her children would make her stay.
I thought that.
(His hands shake even more.)
However, she just left.
- My goodness. - My gosh.
(However, she just left.)
(He tried to save his family for children,)
(but he couldn't stop the divorce.)
They are my children,
so I try my best to raise them well.
(I try my best to raise them well.)
You son is 18 years old. You should talk to him...
as a man to a man.
- He is at the age to understand. - That's right.
I tried a few times to have...
a conversation with him. I even called and said,
"Let's talk in the evening."
Then he becomes aggressive.
He talks to me aggressively. When I call, he goes,
"What? What do you want? I am with friends. I am hanging up."
Then he hangs up.
I tried a few times, but he refuses to have a conversation.
To catch his attention,
I even acted cutely.
I said, "My son is home early today."
"Are you going to go to bed early?"
I tried everything, but he won't reciprocate.
(A cold attitude)
Sang Hyun.
Do you understand how your dad feels?
- Yes, I do. - He wants to be close to you.
I know he wants to have a conversation with me.
But I think he can hit me anytime.
(I think he can hit me anytime.)
Is that why you don't want to have a conversation with him?
(Annoyed)
I shouldn't show my emotions...
on this program,
but I think you are a coward.
I think you are a big coward.
Your dad didn't beat you up every single day.
What kind of a parent wouldn't scold a child for drinking?
Your dad hit you to change your ways...
- when you drank and smoked. - Yes.
Your dad scolded you maybe 2 or 3 times.
(His dad scolded him only a few times.)
You keep using that as an excuse.
You shouldn't be a coward.
When I told small lies to my mom,
she hit me with a frozen pollack.
When I stole her money, she gave me a severe beating.
There were all kinds of fish,
so she threw all of them at me.
(She threw all kinds of fish at Yeong Ja.)
It was embarrassing, but I knew...
I was in the wrong for stealing her money.
That's when I stopped stealing.
(She stopped stealing.)
There is a reason why we don't understand you.
You claim that the beating was traumatic,
but it happened because you smoke and drank.
Then you should have stopped smoking and drinking.
You send your dad on an errand to buy your drinks and cigarettes...
and say, "I am scared he will hit me."
Your dad hasn't hit you ever since.
(His dad hasn't hit him ever since.)
What you say doesn't add up.
(Will I be able to have a conversation with him?)
What do you want from your dad?
I want him to talk to me nicely...
instead of using a threatening tone.
How does he use a threatening tone?
He goes, "No, you can't do that. It's not like that."
- Like that. - How is that a threatening tone?
He gets annoyed.
An example of a threat would be, "If you don't listen to me,"
"I will take your card away and set up a curfew."
He simply said you can't do something.
Do you want him to be less angry?
Yes. It would be nice if he stops losing his temper.
If he does that, will you do as he says?
Yes, I will.
Can you quit drinking and smoking?
(He gets to the point.)
I think I can halve the amount, but I don't think I can quit.
See?
(What is this situation?)
- You can't do it. - No.
(He has nothing to say.)
(Feeling frustrated)
It looks like you wouldn't have any joy in life.
Seriously.
When you go home, your son is smoking and drinking.
Your children don't get along.
At work, you have to work without a break and cooperate with others.
Is there any joy in your life?
Working and earning money...
are the joys in my life.
So that my children can live with their chins up,
I need to make a lot of money.
Hold on. Sir, that's wrong.
Giving him a lot of allowances...
to make him not feel small isn't the best thing to do.
If ever there comes a time...
when you can't give him a lot of money anymore,
he might think, "You won't give me money now?"
"I don't need you then."
Why don't you put a limit to how much he can spend?
You can set basic rules.
For example, he can spend 10 to 15 dollars a day.
That's for food and for buying necessities.
What do you think about it? Are you okay with it?
Yes. It's fine by me. As long as I know how much I spend.
Tell him what you want from him.
I can't tell him to quit drinking and smoking...
at once.
I want him to halve...
the drinking and smoking.
And...
(He's got another request.)
I want to talk to you a lot.
(I want to talk to you a lot.)
I wish we would sit down together...
at least 4 to 5 times a month...
and talk.
The three of us never got to...
dine together.
From now on, I want us to dine together...
at least once a week.
Let's make a promise.
- Can you do that? - Yes, I can do that.
(There is a small potential for reconciliation.)
Let's start with Chaeyeon. Is it worry or not?
I think...
(It's a worry.)
(She pressed the button.)
You feel sad, don't you?
(She tries to calm down.)
One day, my mom was cooking.
She held hot pots so easily.
She was cooking.
And I saw that a lot of her fingerprints were gone.
(Her fingerprints were gone.)
My mom worked as a cook in a hotel for a long time.
She cooked a lot.
When I was growing up,
I didn't know.
I just used the money she gave me...
and the food she cooked for me.
I felt so sorry that I lived for 20, 30, 40 years...
not realizing what she's been through.
I wish I had realized it a little earlier.
(She wished she had realized it earlier.)
(Then she could've treated her better.)
I want you to change your mind...
and think about how tough it must've been for your dad.
I hope you will think about that once more.
Okay. I will.
- Everyone has a story. - Is it worry?
Please press the button.
You are such a good daughter,
and yet you are still not getting married.
(Why doesn't she get married when her mother wants her to?)
I hope you will suggest to go out for a meal.
I hope you will start conversations.
Raising a child alone is really tough.
I hope you will continue to talk to him...
and spend family days.
If you sympathize with him, please press the button.
(What does the audience think?)
(Please post about various concerns of yourself, family, and friends.)
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Time's up.
Please say something to your father.
I am really sorry for all the troubles I've caused you.
It must've been hard to raise us all by yourself.
I am grateful to you for raising me. I love you.
(I love you.)
I love you.
(And his dad cries.)
Right.
(And his dad cries.)
"I love you" that one sentence from his son...
was enough to touch his dad.
It's my son's...
first time...
to tell me that he loves me.
It's the first time.
(His son had never told him that he loves him.)
(I will do better from now on.)
Let's see how many votes he got.
Please reveal the result.
The result of "You Brat!".
It must be over 100.
(How many people sympathized with him about his son?)
- "You Brat!" - "You Brat!" 170.
(He got 170 votes.)
"I Can't Live Without Love".
Hello, I am a 25-year-old man...
who's going crazy because of his friend.
My friend gets the feeling all the time.
"Hey, I got a feeling."
"Wait."
(Coughing)
"I've been watching you."
"Can I get your number?"
My friend falls in love in just five seconds.
He falls in love in just moments.
When we walk on the street...
"My gosh. She's incredible. She's so beautiful."
"I'm going to confess my love to her."
(He falls in love very quickly.)
"Excuse me."
"Do you have time?"
Even while eating in a restaurant...
"Hey, look at the part-time employee."
"She's exactly my type."
- "Excuse me?" - "Excuse me?"
What's even worse is this.
(Is "Excuse me" his catchphrase?)
"Hey, I broke up with her."
"I wanted to make it work."
"What? You only dated for three days though."
My goodness.
"Why do I live like this?"
"Hey, she's truly my type."
(She's truly my type.)
"I have a feeling that she's the one."
He falls in love so easily.
What should I do with him?
(Please help my friend who falls in love so easily.)
When I first moved to Seoul after graduating from...
a girls' high school,
I thought all the men were handsome.
- Right. - I wanted to be in love.
- And I fell in love easily then. - Right.
But now, I am not like that anymore.
When I entered college,
I moved to Seoul. And the senior students were...
"Have you eaten?"
(Have you eaten?)
You fell in love when they asked you if you had eaten.
Yes.
My heart pounded like crazy.
Let's meet the friend who is worried about his friend...
who falls in love too easily. Please come on out.
(Who is worried about his friend who falls in love so quickly?)
(Seo Yong Jeong)
Does he fall in love that easily? Does he fall in love all the time?
Yes. Whenever he exchanges glances with...
a woman passing by...
or whenever he talks to a strange woman,
he falls in love.
- Let's say we are walking. - You are walking.
We see a woman.
He says she's the one.
- I see. - He approaches her...
and asks for her number.
Whenever we are in a bar, he looks around.
And he spots a lady.
He approaches her,
compliments her on her beauty, and asks for her number.
In Wolmido, there's a ride called Disco Pang Pang.
Right. The DJs there...
- are very naughty. - Right.
To find the one,
he rides it 4 to 5 times.
(He rides it for 4 to 5 times.)
- He rides the Disco Pang Pang. - Yes.
- That's too many. - I know.
He rides it 4 to 5 times in a row.
After drinking in Hongdae,
we were going to ride a taxi home.
One woman cut in and said she was going to Yeonnam-dong.
We live in Gangseo-gu.
- It's a different direction. - Right. But my friend said,
we live next to Yeonnam-dong.
- And we went to Yeonnam-dong. - You joined the girl who cut in.
- We rode the taxi together. - No way.
- She was his type. - Yes.
- Is it his destiny again? - Yes. We went with her,
and he paid for sundae soup and the taxi fare.
- In Yeonnam-dong. - Yes.
- That's so fun. What else? - What else?
How many episodes are there?
Let's hear them all.
One time, my friend disappeared...
in the middle of drinking.
When we went outside,
we found him talking to a foreigner.
Did his mother not tell him to avoid looking at a foreigner?
- She must've not told him that. - "Don't even look at them."
- He was talking to her. - He understood, so he is smiling.
The foreign girl could run away,
so he wanted her to go inside with him.
When I asked him what he was doing outside,
he asked me to get his cell phone.
- He wanted the translation app. - Right.
He wanted to use it to ask for her number.
Were they talking in Korean?
- Or were they talking in English? - No.
- Just like this. - Body language.
He must be reasonably handsome...
- to get ladies' numbers. - Right.
My friend is handsome.
- Really? - He's tall too. He's 185cm tall.
Is he more handsome than you?
I don't think so, but... He's handsome.
Isn't he very confident...
because his success rate is high?
Ladies give him their numbers, right?
His success rate is 98 percent.
- Everyone gives their numbers. - Which celebrity does he look like?
In terms of his appearance,
when he wears a mask, he looks like Cha Seung Won.
Does he have similar eyes?
Is he a playboy...
- who likes many girls? - Is he a playboy type?
Does he like many girls at once?
He's not like that.
He only dates one woman at a time.
But because he falls in love so quickly,
the relationship ends quickly.
He never dumps the woman.
- Does he get dumped? - He always gets dumped.
- He gets dumped? - He always gets dumped.
How many girls has he loved in a month?
I think the maximum number was 25.
(He loved 25 women in a month.)
That's every day.
That's every day except for the weekends.
Every day.
- 25 women in a month? - Right.
By the way, his relationship lasts only shortly.
Does he always complain to you...
whenever he breaks up?
He always calls me and says he's struggling.
He calls me and says that he's in pain.
But the next day, he's fine.
(He recovers the next day.)
Then he says that he's met the one.
It's not that we hate women. I like women.
- Of course. - But whenever we meet up,
we can't go to a quiet place.
- It has to be crowded. - He needs to fall in love.
- Right. - There have to be ladies.
We always go to places with a lot of people.
What if you ask him to drink quietly with some friends?
Then he wouldn't show up.
Right.
It must be a worry. You can't have a heart-to-heart talk.
Sometimes I feel like talking about serious things,
but I just can't with him.
Let's hurry and meet him.
Many viewers must be curious about his appearance.
Let's see his friend who looks like Seung Won if he wears a mask.
Hello.
(Who's his friend who always falls in love?)
Your friend is worried about you. He's a good friend.
He brought it here. Do you understand where he's coming from?
Honestly, I don't understand him.
It's only natural for a man...
to like women.
I don't know why he thinks it's a worry.
There's Chaeyeon,
and there's Ah Rang too.
A lot of ladies are here.
(Hey!)
Why did you leave me out?
(He makes the sound effect.)
- She surprised me. - There's Yeong Ja too.
Did you fall in love with anyone in here?
- What do you say? - I wouldn't call it love.
There was someone who I couldn't keep my eyes off.
- There's one in here? - While waiting in line,
you looked at everyone.
There's someone in here you like?
- Look around. - That's embarrassing.
Is it just one person?
- Yes. - Which side?
- Is it just one person? - She's on my left.
- This side? - Yes.
- Your left side. - Yes.
About five ladies on the left side went,
"Gosh, is it me again?"
They think it's them.
- Right. - "Here we go again."
Who is it? 1st row, 2nd row, 3rd row, 4th row.
- Tell us. - The second row.
- The 2nd row? - The 2nd row from the bottom?
(It's someone on the second row.)
The second row from the bottom.
(Who is it?)
After the shoot,
will you ask for her number?
If I have a chance, I will.
But you don't know if she's got a boyfriend or not.
- I should ask her. - You should ask her.
Among the ladies on the second row...
(Here's a tight shot.)
You don't have to do that.
(Everyone is shy.)
Why don't you try it here?
- Right. - Why don't you...
Why don't you ask her for her number?
(He's embarrassed.)
- That's going to be so fun. - But really...
Of course.
(He looks for his cell phone right away.)
- He got his cell phone out. - Go to her.
- Of course. - Go to her.
- It's okay. - You always do this.
I wonder how he does it.
(He's very manly.)
Walk slowly! Walk slowly!
(He walks straight to her as if he's chased.)
It's really her.
(He stops in front of the lady...)
(he's been thinking about.)
- Oh, dear. - That's it.
- You can say something to her. - You must be...
- embarrassed since this is a show. - He's crazy. He's crazy.
You must be embarrassed since this is a show.
He's crazy. He's crazy.
- I have a boyfriend. - Do you?
Okay.
Do you?
- Okay. - What will he do?
- Did he get her number? - Why are you just returning?
(Oh, dear.)
She's got a boyfriend.
(He runs away fast.)
(I won't look.)
(He can't stop looking at her.)
(I have a boyfriend.)
- What happens in this case? - Do you hide?
- There's nothing I can do. - Why give up so quickly?
It could be a lie.
That means she doesn't like me.
- It means she doesn't like you. - Right.
You give up easily.
Usually, you get shy.
"How can I..."
But he went to her without any hesitations.
Ladies might give him their numbers...
- because he's so confident. - It made you feel good, right?
It made you feel good, right?
(He hopes she'd say yes.)
Right? Right.
(He's hurt.)
What did you like so much about that girl from Yeonnam-dong?
- Why did you ride the taxi... - Was it because she cut in?
No. I was going home with my friend.
We got a cab.
The lady cut in and was getting into the taxi. Then I saw her dimple.
I thought she was pretty, so I asked her where she's going.
I have a dimple too.
But it was possible because I was drunk.
Do you usually approach ladies when you are drunk?
I thought he was manly and confident.
But it turns out you do it while being drunk. You're just trash.
(He sounds more like trash.)
He's not trash. I was just kidding.
- If you are not careful... - He's just a playboy.
Trash.
There's this too. He mentioned the ride in Wolmido.
- You keep jumping from your seat. - You go crazy. You scream.
How can you look at that and think someone is your type?
How can you fall in love?
That's not why I rode it.
My friends didn't plan what to do, so we had nothing to do.
So we kept riding it. I saw the lady as we were walking out.
- You didn't meet her on the ride. - Not on the ride.
I didn't ride it because she was on it.
What did you like about her?
- When I saw her... - You liked the other girl's dimple.
It's hard to put it into words.
I just felt it. "Is she a human?"
"Is she a human?"
So I pestered my friends to ask her out for a meal.
When I talked to her for a while,
I realized we wouldn't be able to get into a relationship.
- So we ended it there. - You get over break-ups easily...
and find other ladies. It sounds like...
- you are not serious about love. - Right. You are not serious.
I am serious at every moment.
I was faithful to the moment. To the emotion, I felt.
By the way, what was your longest relationship?
Including the days when we weren't officially dating,
I dated someone for 130 days.
- Including casual dates. - Including casual dates.
After that, every relationship lasted...
anywhere from three days to a week.
How do you break up when you dated for only three days?
Did she change her number after the first date?
Are you dating anyone right now?
I am not. I got dumped last week.
Why did you get dumped?
I think we talked for about two weeks.
- Two weeks. - It was different this time.
- What happened? - The lady approached me first...
and asked for my number. So I gave her my number.
- She asked for your number. - Yes.
I thought she was a fine lady. But she just disappeared.
She still hasn't read the messages I sent her.
I thought about what was wrong, but I soon gave up.
Are you suffering from a broken heart?
- No. - Did you forget all?
This Thursday, my friends and I went to Hongdae and drank.
And I met a lady who is really my type.
- You met another lady? - Yes.
She looks really innocent. She's got a small face...
and fair skin. She looks pretty and tall.
I wanted to contact her.
But she doesn't like me.
- She didn't like you. - Right.
(Right. You are not great.)
By the way, when he goes on dates,
he must pay for meals. So I imagine he has to...
- spend a lot of money. - Right.
If the amount of money he has is 100 percent,
he spends 90 percent of his money on women.
He spends most of the money on women.
For example, on a messaging app,
- A gift coupon. - you can give gift coupons.
Even if he only saw the girl once, he spends 200 dollars on her.
Isn't he too generous?
When their relationship goes well, he buys her a designer brand wallet.
- But... - He buys matching t-shirts.
He buys matching t-shirts.
He doesn't spend on his friends.
- He doesn't spend on his friends. - He doesn't spend on his friends.
It's just that they don't have girlfriends.
When they have one, they will be worse than me.
(That's not true.)
How much money have you spent on women?
Including the money I've spent on dates,
I've spent about 10,000 dollars.
(He spent 10,000 dollars on women,)
(But he doesn't spend when he's with his friend?)
You must know...
that your relationship with a woman lasts only shortly.
Do you still want to give gifts to them?
I don't think before I do that.
- I just do it because I want to. - You get blinded by love.
- He really falls in love quickly. - Right.
You want to give her things.
Yes. Isn't it normal to be like that?
He really means it.
(How about us then?)
Let's meet his friends.
Do you also think he falls in love too easily?
When he goes inside a bar...
and there are no women, he leaves right away.
There was a time when we had to...
go to 3 or 4 different bars.
I don't consider him as a human.
He doesn't consider his friend as a human.
Why not?
Even when he's hanging out with his friends,
he leaves whenever a woman calls him.
- His friends must feel bad. - He's got no royalty.
- He doesn't spend money on us. - That must be annoying.
From what I understand, he confessed his love...
to every girl in town.
(He confessed his love to every girl in town.)
- Every girl in town? - Yes.
I saw him confessing his love about 100 times.
- They were all neighbors too. - So we once told him this.
"You are not in love."
"You are sick."
But he says he was truly in love each time.
But this is what I am curious about.
How can someone fall in love with hundreds of people in a year?
That's what I am curious about.
One time, I secretly checked his messaging app.
I wanted to know what kind of life he lives.
(He reached the state of nirvana.)
- So I checked it. - This is fun.
- It was shocking. - Why?
Every chat had this line.
(Tell us.)
"I like you. What do you think about me?"
- He said that? - He said it to every girl.
But they are all people who he met just 2 to 3 days ago.
How many people did he send that to?
- At least 50 people. - 50 people.
He didn't send it to 50 people all at once.
But the messages filed up, so there were about 50 of those.
(He's worse than I imagined.)
Does he ever confess his love to the girlfriends...
of his friends?
He doesn't do that.
He doesn't do that to his friends' girlfriends.
But he does that to his friend's friends who are girls.
- He hits on them. - To your friends who are girls.
I will use Joon Young as an example.
- Joon Young. - It was his friend.
He wasn't that close to her.
But he got caught while talking to Joon Young's friend.
On social media, he added her.
She looked pretty, so he sent her a message.
Whether it's online or offline, he just falls in love quickly.
He sent her a message there,
Joon Young told him to stop it,
but he kept trying to reach her.
It may not have been a problem for Hyun Tae,
but Joon Young could've been in a difficult position.
- I understand you now. - I wonder why he did it.
Regardless of region or relationships with others,
he seems to hit on any girls without any standards.
He has no boundaries.
Then he may have a bad reputation...
- among his friends. - Does he?
We have eight close friends.
Whenever we talk about Hyun Tae, most of them...
say bad things about him. They say he's crazy about girls...
and he likes girls too much.
- I understand them. - What makes me uncomfortable...
is when I call other friends while drinking with Hyun Tae,
they say they won't come if Hyun Tae is with me...
saying Hyun Tae might cause trouble again.
You must be uncomfortable between your other friends and Hyun Tae.
- Your friends... - I'm in a difficult position.
Exactly. But you're here to help Hyun Tae...
as his close friend. He should be thanking you.
Actually, I wasn't sure if I should...
come on this show or not.
Hyun Tae has asked out all my female friends...
when I didn't even have many.
Since Hyun Tae has a bad reputation,
- You were criticized as a whole. - the girls thought we were...
- Like you're all the same? - the same as him.
- That's understandable. - Everyone including Yong Jeong...
and I got a bad reputation because of him.
I was trying to keep distance from him,
but I ended up coming on the show.
Then why did you decide to come on the show today?
- I want him to fix his problem. - You want him to change.
(He hopes Hyun Tae will change his way to love someone.)
- Many things must've happened. - I did everything for a reason,
but we haven't resolved the misunderstandings.
That's why they're biased against me...
- in my opinion. - How do women feel?
What if a man falls in love quickly and is very aggressive?
I'd think that he must've done the same for other women,
so I would keep a distance from him.
Falling in love quickly can be a problem.
But I think it's a bigger problem that he can't...
- maintain his relationship. - That's right.
Therefore, our staff asked around...
- to find his ex-girlfriend. - His ex-girlfriend?
(His ex-girlfriend!)
That'd be awesome.
One of his ex-girlfriends in on the phone right now,
but we have to ask his permission... Pardon?
- He says he can't approve of it. - Why are you so afraid?
If you hear an objective opinion,
- it'll be helpful in the future. - I think it will be helpful.
We'll just hear...
- why she broke up with you. - Right.
And if she starts swearing, we'll stop there.
Let's talk to her. Hello?
(He's excited to hear her voice.)
(My goodness.)
(Who could she be?)
Hello?
Her voice is changed,
so you may not know who she is.
When did you meet him and how long did you date him?
I met him about 1 year ago, and we broke up in 3 days.
- In three days? - They met each other 1 year ago...
and broke up in 3 days.
Seeing that you gave him your number,
exchanged phone calls, dated him,
you must have liked some things about him. Right?
- He's handsome... - That's right.
and nice, and we had a lot in common.
So I started dating him.
Then why did you break up with him in three days?
He seemed like a nice guy on the outside,
but that was the only good thing about him. He was so petty.
Could you elaborate?
When I met my friends,
he wanted me to send him photos and...
be in touch with him every minute.
- When you met your friends? - When I arrived home...
When I arrived home, he wanted to hear me entering the passcode.
He wanted me to meet only female friends.
He never let me meet my male friends.
He became that obsessed in three days?
Yes. He was so obsessed.
(He's lost for words while they're feeling good.)
What was the biggest reason you broke up with him?
He kept asking me when we were going to get married.
He got ahead of himself.
- In only three days? - Yes.
(We have nothing more to say.)
He even asked me to introduce him to my parents.
- So I broke up with him. - That's unbelievable.
That's what men usually say to their girlfriends...
- after dating her for 3 or 4 years. - Right.
You know that Hyun Tae's feelings for you were sincere, right?
Yes.
He was once your boyfriend although it didn't last long.
So please say a word to him.
Hyun Tae, you have such a good personality.
If you can stop being obsessed and getting ahead of yourself,
I think you will find a nice woman.
Would you have him back if he fixes that?
Pardon? No.
- They dated a year ago. - That's right.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you.
You've heard her. How do you feel now?
Do you remember it?
I admit that I was obsessed back then.
You even talked about marriage in three days.
Honestly, I don't remember that I talked about marriage.
The girl I dated for the first time...
cheated on me, and we broke up because of that.
- Were you traumatized? - Yes.
I didn't want it to happen to me again.
So I became obsessed with the girl I dated after that.
- But I got better. - Did you fix the problem?
I reply to my girlfriend's texts five minutes later.
(What's that?)
And even if she doesn't call me for 1 hour and 30 minutes or 2 hours,
I don't make it a big deal.
He said he got better. Is that true?
I don't know.
(He needs to try harder.)
Other than the memories of your girlfriend, do you have...
- good memories with your friends? - That's a good question.
Don't you have a lot of good memories with them?
The memory of the time when you had a strong bond with them.
Strong bond...
Nothing?
(Let's think of something.)
Joon Young, what about you?
I don't think we have good memories with him.
We left him out whenever we went on a trip together.
On purpose?
Yes, on purpose. It's because we knew he would cause trouble.
Whether it's between men or women,
loyalty is important for friendship...
if I put it in a different way.
You have to wait for them, be considerate of them,
and listen to them. But you don't seem to do so.
Women also want their men...
to be loved and acknowledged...
by his friends, right?
- He'll be even lovelier. - That's right.
Exactly.
Your friends organized this because they care about you,
so I hope you'll make up with Joon Young...
and have a nice conversation with all of them after this.
We'll drink at a quiet place.
Don't go to a busy place, okay?
I hope you guys will bond with each other. Say a word to him.
I hate it when the other friends are uncomfortable around you.
So stop falling in love with girls.
I hope you will find a really nice woman.
- Let's make good memories together. - Exactly.
(Friendship forever)
Let's start with Chaeyeon.
- I think it's a worry. - You think it's a worry.
Don't think of your friends as the means of dating.
If you think they're your people whom you should take care of,
you will become a nicer man.
- I don't think it's a worry. - I see.
I think it's a worry.
If you think it's a worry, please press the button.
(What does the audience think?)
- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Time's up.
Say a word to your friends.
I didn't think you guys cared so much about me. Thank you.
I'll try to spend more time with you from now on,
so we can make good memories together.
Thank you.
(Thank you, my friend.)
Let's find out the result. "I Can't Live Without Love".
Please show us the result.
(What could be the result?)
185? Oh, it's 95.
(95 votes)
It's still a lot of votes.
"You Brat!" is this week's winner.
The winner will receive a cash prize.
Congratulations.
Until the day we are all worry-free.
Hello will continue to counsel you.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
("Q and A" by Cherry Bullet)