When Life Gives You Tangerines Episode 4
Added 2025-05-09 19:48:52 +0000 UTCComments
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Aitana Matos
2026-01-05 07:46:08 +0000 UTCyou found weird the attitude of the mother making his son choose btw her and his wife but tbh that is even something i see in actual couples nowadays in latinoamerica bc im from there, like mothers expect their kids to choose them idk if its bc we have a very family oriented culture but somtimes its difficult to face that dynamic
Lizeth Quispe
2025-07-24 00:38:44 +0000 UTCRegarding the understanding and relatability of particular characters intention, I think a lot of it comes down to your proximity to poverty. The show depicts poverty to an extent that many people in 1st world countries are not used to or have never experienced. Coming from a 3rd world country that's not Asian myself, I didn't really have an issue understanding the character's motivations. A-sun's siblings' mom kicked her out as a matter of not having enough money, it sounds cruel but she wanted to ensure that her own child had enough to be taken care. Similarly, women weren't expected to have high achieving jobs during this time, Gwan-sik's mother never thought there relationship would ever turn serious that's why she didnt mind it. I think you missed when the mother said people don't fall in love with beggars, which is what she considered Ae-sun as early as the 2nd episode. They knew Ae-sun's life was going nowhere due to her financial circumstances, so they didnt want their son/grandson to be dragged down by it, which in and of itself is very relatable, because every parent wants the best for their child, and they know Gwan-sik and Ae-sun will live a tough life together. That's also why they want to teach the granddaughter to dive from an early age, Ae-sun may have been academically gifted but it doesn't amount for much at the time and the job prospects available to her, so they want the granddaughter to have a useful skill to be of benefit to her future husband. Everything is considered in regards to how you can contribute financially to your family/future family because everyone has experienced extreme poverty.
Charm3dOn3
2025-06-08 13:13:01 +0000 UTCI am not mentally or emotionally prepared for tonight's episode
shayna
2025-05-23 09:42:12 +0000 UTCSo I am a 21 year old in india and this drama has felt sooo relatable to so many women across my country,i think this is an asian thing,we believe in community and togetherness, many of my family prides themselves in being a big family even at the sake of your freedom and sometimes happiness,nuclear family has been a new thing that mostly happened in my parent's generation. So things are much more family oriented in general,then there is the misogyny problem,we now have a name for it but it's just that previous generation's husbands were either too tramoutised , hot headed or emotionless and repressed and they didn't love their wives and never had any hand in actually raising the children more than proving a roof and food. So those wive's whole world and happiness stemmed from thier children, especially boys,and therefore they grow up to be resentful and controlling mother in laws who can't let thier child go and feel weirdly jealous of the daughter in law, and this cycle repeats as we see in the case of grandma and gwan shik's mom. Also you talked about similar things,but that happened in your grandparents' generation.but most asian countries or atleast the one's under some kind of colonialism usually catch up to US in terms of most things 1 or 2 generation's later like the music popular in the us in 80's would be the 90's trend in these countries,so you have to take in account that gap left. Also this is more in the desi or the indian subcontinent context but arranged marrigies were the norm. So most times women didn't have a man like gwan shik who loved them but they had a mother who they saw sacrificing so much for them so the men don't side with the new wife and they are regarded as workers before wives. this is long but i wanted to say this.hehe
Vishwa Joshi
2025-05-16 12:56:04 +0000 UTCGah I totally forgot mothers day. Happy belated mothers day Steph 🥰💜
Chels
2025-05-14 01:24:03 +0000 UTC
