Last night I finished off watching the Korean drama, The Vineyard Man (thank God for YouTube!). And like every Korean drama, there are 2 guys fighting for the love of 1 girl. One guy is of course, a doctor. The other, a master's grad w/argiculture working on a grape vineyard, simply stated--a farmer. The wise grandfather puts in his 2 cents in that 2 young people shouldn't spend too much time in the vineyard alone together during harvest season--it will surely end up in love. 'Lo and behold, as the grapes begin to ripen, their love begins to ripen and the girl finds herself falling in love w/the vineyard man. The vineyard man in turn, falls in love w/this city girl from Seoul, an unthinkable match.
The girl's mom, like every Korean mom, is adamently against the marriage to the vineyard man. As I'm watching this all unfold in the last episode, my mom asks me who I would choose if I were in this girl's spot. Without hesitation, I would most definitely choose the vineyard man. My mom then goes off saying that I would be struggling for the most part of my life, and yet I would still choose this man, obviously saying that she would be against it as well?? Cue in: typical Korean mom.
But in truth, I rather be with someone I love undyingly than with a man that I would be miserable with. Of course I could grow to love this man, but that isn't the love that I want. Call me a romantic all you want, but I want to have a love like this--a love where you cannot imagine to be with someone else other than this man, and your heart aches when you're not with them. What got to me was when the vineyard man was asking for the girl's mom's blessing. He's on his knees, and he says: "Although I don't have much to give, I know that I will love your daughter more than I love myself. And I can't promise you that there won't be hard times on the vineyard, but I can promise you that I will do whatever I can to always make her at ease and comfortable where she doesn't have to struggle. I cannot imagine myself with any other woman to spend the rest of my life with than your daughter." sighh.. Ok, this actually sounds A LOT better in Korean than English.
Dang these Korean dramas! They know how to tug at the heart strings of a romantic! In conclusion, the girl from Seoul ends up marrying the vineyard man and they live happily ever after with 4 children, living on the vineyard they inherited from her grandfather. Why I was so affected by this--there's still hope for this kind of love in this crazy world we live in. What also unfolded in my conversation with my mom, she too, went through a similar situation like this girl from Seoul. Coming from a wealthier family, loving a man from a lower income status, and denying the man of a financially equal background. Interesting. I'm a living example of this kind of happy ending. So, cheers to happy endings!
1 comment:
you are gay.
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