I really do feel bad for the side chick. She seems to be serious but he is only playing wi...

Tbh she's doing it to herself. She knows that he was cheating with her and she allowed him into her home. I could never be so desperate to allow a man to use me like that. I feel bad for her but you have to remember she is an adult making an adult decision (a stupid one mind you).

Didn't he lie to her saying that they were not together and that FL was obsessed with with or something like that?

She doesn't know though? The dude literally manipulated her into believing that the MC was psycho bitch that he wasn't with for a while. Did we not read the same story?
The same could happen to almost any woman in love + she seems to be naive and a bit spoiled so she is not expecting him to be a such a snake. Nobody expect the person that they desire to be a miserable dick.

You get it, he manipulated her and played her. Poor girl.

Honestly, if orange guy wasn't hot. She wouldn't react this carelessly, let be for real. That woman is dumb as a rock, no sympathy for her! She was asking for it, dun worry

You know what, it's kinda self-explanatory :'> like bruh some girl shows up at his workplace claiming to be his girl, if you're dumb enough to think that he's innocent, that's on you.

Ehh she’s 26 years old, and made so many dumb decisions. She’s never been on a date with the man and all they do is have sex 24/7 yet she wants to get married and have a kid with him. She’s the rich type but I don’t think she was so sheltered like locked up in her home with no knowledge of the world. She has normal friends who blatantly told her the guy she was seeing is odd but she ignored her friend. Even before finding out about the FL, the first time she even saw FL in that rain/umbrella scene she was automatically hostile towards her for even standing in front of them and hugged mincheol’s arm like “who tf is this chick?”. She doesn’t even think why the guy felt the need to keep his living situation with his ex a secret. This is far beyond naive, I believe she’s mixed with low intelligence + in severe denial. She’s the type to ignore what her friend says. She indulged the situation. She’s not completely innocent in all this.

Heeeeeh, she's delusional and stupid, if he's not even attractive, she would not let that guy drive her car and throw herself to him like it's nothing, she's careless. Do people even know how relationship should go? No, we're making it up as we go

You could say the same thing about the protagonist? Black haired dude is clearly not being honest and she is smitten by him because he is treating her right and is hot and act pitiful.
Literally the same thing is happening to the side chick.
Why are so many people here shocked that it is easier to fall for hot dudes? Does that mean she deserves to be treated like this? Have her time wasted and be used and played because her parents loved her and spoiled her? Being delusional is very easy if you are in love, that is why so many women fall for men that end up cheating on them or narcissists that pretend to be good guys that end up abusing them.
The fact that none of you here have any sympathy for her despite the fact that she doesn't know the full story says a lot about how tribal you all are. You want to sympathize with the MC so much that you can't see the suffering of another person.
Both can be a victim in their own way. MC stayed with that asshole for years FOR A REASON. It is because he was a manipulative fuck and the fact that you can't see the mirrored situation is scary.
When the side chick was confronted with the MC she almost ended the relationship but was convinvced that MC is just a crazy bitch..
She doesn't know the full truth! If she did and stayed then she is a cheater and deserves to burn in hell with him, but she doesn't!!

I agree that she is dumb but I've seen that happen to many of my female friends. Being delusional because you are in love is a very common thing and so far he is actually treating her nice to keep up the good looks.
I guess you could blame her for being naive and in love but you could blame the MC too for the same thing. For staying with that manipulator that was just using her because of a childhood crush.. having her best years wasted because she was naive and in love. Couldn't get herself out of the situation because of being too meek and naive. Isn't she at fault too according to you?

Well yeah I know MC is also the same lmao. I never said otherwise. I always point out that she was in denial whenever it comes to flashbacks of mincheol and her. But this wasn’t the point of the discussion I was making? I get you’re trying to convince people of your point but flipping it around and changing the topic onto another character isn’t it. Not everyone who dislikes ari is blind to the MC’s actions. The difference between MC and ari is that MC already is aware of the negatives of their relationship and did break it off. Ari has seen the negatives but purposefully ignores it.

Anyways ari is already 26 years old, she way too old to be acting like a teenager. I get you have a soft spot cause your friends have been through this but there comes a point where people like this are lost causes. Cause at some point this’ll keep happening years into the future. And someone who doesn’t listen to any advice and literally only listens to a lover isn’t mentally okay and isn’t what I’d consider a good friend.

Nah, it's not about "soft spot" it's about seeing people suffer and understanding that anyone of any age can be manipulated.
This is ageless, these people are very good at keeping up a front because they lived their whole life like that. Internet is filled with stories of people having an amazing partner until he/she shows his/her "real face".
There is no such a thing as you are 26 so now you are too old for sympathy and you deserve it.
Nobody is lost cause at 26. What are you? 14?
They both are at fault for being naive or dumb but they are no villains. (Ari and MC) Good for you that you are not blind to MC being naive but it is clear to me that it is not about not understanding but refusing to understand, refusing to sympathize and honestly, good for you queen, you can have any take you want. I still do feel bad for her and people disagreeing with me won't change that.

To you she is an dumb bitch that deserves hate and to me she is 26y old spoiled dumb girl that deserves as much sympathy as any other girl in a manipulative relationship.
Being in denial about your lover is also natural. Yes it is dumb but is natural. As someone in love, you want to believe that the person you chose is a "good trustworthy individual." You want to believe your choice.
And somebody that trusts/listens to their lover more than to a stranger is called being normal person.
Especially at the beginning when you are in honeymoon phase and your partner can't do anything wrong. That is a absolutely normal thing. Every person who was in a relationship at least once in their life knows this which makes me think that you are probably very young or/and never had a relationship.
You don't need your friend's approval to date, my friends don't need my approval to date and I would not unfriend somebody for dating someone I don't like. What am I, all knowing and and all seeing god? What if I am wrong? I'd be there for them even if they made a dumb decision with choosing a partner I'd warn them obviously but I'd be there to support them and soothe them and they would do the same for me, that is what real friendship is about. Your friends aren't slaves to your orders.

Also we barely know her and you are judging her like you know every fact about her life, almost as if you have seen all her relationships and you can see into the future and predict her every move, every bad dating pattern but you are basing your take on few scenes only. How do you know she is going to repeat it?

Anyways, I pray for you that this kind of love doesn't find you and that your family and close ones will be more understanding than you are in case it does.

Girl no one is calling her a villain. The main point everyone who doesn’t like her, is trying to make, is that she got herself into this mess by still seeing him and ignoring all the red flags. People would be less harsh on her had she not gotten back with him. She’s a grown ass woman and made her dumb ass choices, so whether she gets hurt or used is the consequences she will face. People would also be mad had MC still stayed with him after finding out he cheated. I also think it’s a red flag that she even brought up the idea to crash her car so that her dad can get her a new one. She’s AWARE when she uses her fathers affection to her advantage. That is not normal either.

Also about the friend not listening to advice, this is coming from experience and MILLIONS of others who can relate to having a friend who dated a bad guy, they tell their friend to end things with him but the friend always never listens. At that point people get sick of that friend for basically just wanting someone to vent to and not bothering to care about what they say. That kind of friend gets exhausting to be around and I can tell you several people give up and never want to talk about the friend’s relationship or break off the friendship. Idk why you automatically thought a friend not listening to good advice = being a slave. A friend shouldn’t vent and treat you like a damn therapist who they don’t bother to listen to, they just want someone to listen to them instead and not speak.

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Finally, you gotta stop with acting like you’re superior and trying to de-age someone so you think you’re above them. You constantly assuming my age and my experience is you acting like some old fart expressing your wisdom. Just cause someone has a different view than you doesn’t mean they’re inexperienced or younger. Keep assuming everyone you argue with to be a child and people will start thinking you want to be talking to a kid to feel better about your points. Anyways we all were talking about a fictional character until you decided to bring up real life. You’re taking this way too seriously. Please go outside and debate over this if you wanna talk about real life.

Is she ignoring the red flags? Yes, is he treating her nice and using her and manipulating her into making her believe that he is a poor little thing that needs saving? Yes. In fact she even went out of her way and allowed him to stay over. It isn't a wise thing to do but if it is not kindness then I don't know what is. And so he is unsing her good will, time and body.
The whole point of my first comment wasn't even about her as much as it was about him being a dick but because you saw me sympathizing with a character you dislike you had to state that she basically deserves to be where she is. She doesn't, end of story.
What is wrong with mentioning real life? Fiction is based on real life. I even put out the comment because the manwha is really good at mirroring how real life manipulative asshole men behave.
Back to the friends comment, again you are assuming. Is she always just venting to her friends? Is she always dating older manipulative men? Yapping about problems and life is part of friendship. You are talking as if she is texting them 24/7 flooding them with messages and just blabbing about her life. Where exactly is she using them as a therapist? Assuming, assuming assuming.
Btw, I don't gotta do anything, lol. No adult would call a 26y old lost cause. Only teen would say that.

There’s something wrong with mentioning real life when you start mixing reality with fiction. No one was ever talking to you about your experience or what you’ve seen in real life, they all were talking about the story. Then you felt the need to bring in your real life experiences to make a better point, as well as judge and assume about others irl. That’s why I’m telling you to get back to the fictional story and discussion.

You’re also mixing in what I said about REAL LIFE FRIENDS and the fictional story which were meant to be two separate things. Since you wanted to talk about reality so bad I added MY EXPERIENCE and others. I wasn’t talking about ari repeatedly doing those.
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And since you’re so stuck on lost cause I meant people who do it repeatedly in the future even at older ages. If she repeatedly makes dumb decisions ignoring all the signs and advice, she WILL BE a lost cause. You’re crying about assuming but you’re being hypocritical yourself and assuming about others irl. You need to face reality and see your mindset is not the same as millions of other people. Just because you think an adult wouldn’t call a 26 year old a lost cause, doesn’t mean other adults wouldn’t. You’re seriously creeping me out with assuming my age and talking about teens. Do you want me to be a teen?? Do you enjoy taking to teenagers??? Wtf you keep trying to turn whoever you argue with into a child. Keep saying shit like that ppl will start to think you only ever want to speak to children.
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Oh and to debunk your stupid logic of an adult never calling a 26 year old a lost cause, there’s plenty of examples where ppl would say so: ppl have called murderers, rapists, and pedophiles in their 20s a lost cause. So according to your logic, you believe anyone in there 20s no matter what they do isn’t a lost cause lol.

Anyways I really hope you don’t keep trying to push your defending of her. It’s very clear that you’re getting too riled up over a fictional character and starting to project your friends onto her. Mixing fiction with reality. All I and everyone else wanted to do was talk about the fictional story.

I also think it’s funny how you ignored the weird ass shit she did where she would seriously crash her car and take advantage of her own father’s affection to get her a new one. But I guess since you think she’s such a poor baby, you’ll find an excuse for that too calling her “naive and in love”

I feel like you're putting lots of sympathy for a a character who you project for your friend. Let me see about this, the girl knew the guy was cheating but she still went and go for it. We're throwing morality for a guy. Or perhaps you've forgotten about it? There's nothing wrong for falling in love with attractive guys? Hehe, fall for the superficial and most bare minimum the guy ever did but never truly respect you and only has you like a leash in case something better decides to come along and cheats you again. The girl knew what she's doing, dun worry, you can judge us all you want. But you dun forget what she did in the first place. Ignorant dumbass putting empathy on wrong people makes me sick. Also comparing the black hair dude to the girl is basically stupid, did he ever tried to get with her during her relationship? No, he didn't actually. He's a saint compare to her. He knew her life was in shambles but he didn't jump on her and tried to make the guy a terrible person, the orange dude already did it for himself.