Also for sis’s defense, look I’m annoyed by her at this chapter and hoped mc said something to her or at least get mad (unfortunately he’s really calm and has conscience), but if you have a bf who has a gay friend who you believe is crushing/in love with your bf, won’t you feel uncomfortable (not homophobic FYI), jealous even? She did mentioned that she thought bro was joking and they never spoke of it after, so unless she was lying, I think she just confided with her brother because she felt anxious. Let’s not all be a saint.
Nahh you can also trust your partner, but never be sure about the people around him/her. However, my point is what she did is just like having a real life conversation with a friend where you tell them your anxieties. It’s not like she told his brother to fool around with him. Not all people have that healthy self esteem. And again, I don’t like her, but I understand that what she did at first was just a normal person confiding to someone. Something most of us do in real life and you don’t even know it. What happens next is his brother’s fault, plus the way she apologizes. That’s all.
Eh, why didn't she come upfront about it then? What the siblings did is already a huge red flag of being manipulative. And manipulation and lies can only lead to a domino of consequences IRL, usually ending a lot of relationships. And that "forgive him for my sake" phrase when she's also part of the scheme is the icing on the cake for people to dislike her, it's like she's saying "Oh it wasn't my fault you see".
Like I said and was mentioned in the chapter, he talked to his brother and they forgot the topic after. And as I’ve mentioned I don’t like her as well, the apology thing for her sake also triggered me the most. She’s not fully at fault, but she’s also a factor to mc’s pain. Just imagine in real life where your bf has a “girl” friend and you have a feeling she likes him and you confide to your friend about it, and after that, everyone just forgot everything because nothing big happened it was just a one time thought. In general, that’s what happened here. Do you not tell secrets or rant about your work or love life to your friend? She didn’t ask his brother to make mc suffer or anything.
I would understand if you rant and confide in your friends. But in this case, it wasnt. She was solely gossiping about his sexuality AND his feelings to some one HE doesnt know. Then she purposesly let them meet. And after all these time, not once did she talk/ confide in her boyfriend about her own feelings (at least it wasnt depic in this chapter). Then ask him to forgive her brother, while being pregnant which is disgusting and manipulative as hell.
Gossiping, ranting, are almost all the same and both confidential. Remember she wants someone to confirm what’s she’s feeling, that she’s not overreacting that led to involving his brother to let them meet to reassure her that she could be wrong but after that, even she, forgots all about it so how would he confide to his bf about something she already forgot? I’m not saying what she did was right, but it started with anxious curiosity that turned negatively because of his brother’s actions. And again, this can happen in real life, that casual conversations you do at work or school is similar here, and you just don’t know it because your friend is not as crazy as the ml here. I once talked to my friend about how I feel like I’m being subtly bullied at my dorm by my “bff” and she went to my place to check on me and to that person as well, in a friendly get to know each other way ofc. Nothing happened, and obv she didn’t planned a gigantic revenge on my roommate from that one meeting. Without confronting my roommate yet, I found out on my own that she felt like her bf likes me or smth and she did spread shitty rumors about me at work. So yeah, I guess in a way I can understand the helplessness and overthinking feeling of the sis especially if you have low self esteem.
About the forgiveness thing, I don’t know if it’s the translation, but I dislike that part as well. It was a narcissistic remark. But it also made me think, what else can a “good” sister say for his brother? Especially she’s the one who told his bro about mc. Well I could say “yeah, he deserves it, continue to ignore him”, but that’s me. I understand asking for forgiveness for your bro but yeah the “for her sake” was such a shitty additional statement.
But at the end of the day, we have different perspectives, I’ll just end it here since I think I’m being repetitive and it’s getting long, but I guess on my end, I just want the readers to be less aggressive and be more open minded and understanding when it comes to these types of characters, real life or not.
I get your perspective as well. But for me, discussing someone's sexuality to somebody else who is a complete stranger is a very shitty thing to do. I would totally get it if all she did was saying "Im anxious because my bf's bestfriend might have a crush on him". But here, she openly showed him a pic of the person she speculated was gay. Especially when Jitae only knows her as his bestfriend's gf.
Glad we could agree on the fact that the 'Please forgive him' was toxic doe. Have a nice day.
I mean in a way I understand the sis, bro, and mc (forgot the names sorry) situations. I truly do, try to put yourselves in them. I get that mc’s also feeling guilty for what he did to his ex… So… But I think it’s okay to be a bit selfish, so hopefully he forgives him (kinda obv) but will still leave ml, like they’ll have a time skip, etc.
At this point, I’m more curious about their fathers’ back story, no matter how tragic it was.