On September 9, a topic titled “The scene from ‘Love Next Door’ that resonates with every first daughters with younger brothers” was published on the Korean forum “theqoo”, drawing significant attention with over 50,000 views and 500 comments after just a few hours.
The topic mentioned a scene from the latest episode of Jung Hae-in & Jung So-min’s K-drama “Love Next Door”, where the female lead, Seok-ryu (played by Jung So-min), had a confrontation with her parents.
In particular, after her parents refused to let her pursue her dream of working as a chef, Seok-ryu called out her parents for always being too strict on her.
According to her, the parents allowed her younger brother to do whatever he wanted despite his multiple failures, but always forced her to be perfect and never let her make any mistake.
The character also confessed that she tried her best since her parents were always busy with worries for her brother, before tearfully saying, “Why can’t I do what I want with my life?”.
Talking about this scene, the author of the topic expressed sympathy, saying, “I’m so annoyed and disappointed because it’s so real…”. Other netizens also voiced their agreement, stating that this is a scene that every first daughter in a Korean family can relate to.
Below are some comments from netizens:
- It’s so real that I don’t feel like I’m reading lines from a drama
- It’s hyper-realistic to the point I’m going to curse
- Wow, it’s exactly the same with my life. My family is like that too
- I totally agree with this, it’s so frustrating
- Every single first daughter has probably been through something like this…
- I sympathize so much with this scene that it annoys me even more