I’m sure some of you will enjoy this:
Shon Park’s life was a sacrifice. Her feet swelled while she worked 12-hour days to send her siblings to college. Her heart ached when she left a man she loved because her family didn’t approve. Her soul withered after marrying a man she’d never met - to honor her father.
Then her mother died.
“Before she died she told me, ‘Shon, you have to stop living this life,’” said Shon, 44. “I promised my mom I’m not going to live my life like that anymore… I think about her life and she lived for everybody else.”
At 37 years old, Shon set out to reclaim her life - and the man she walked away from more than 25 years ago.
They look a bit different now, BTW.
(Hat tip to Oranckay)
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Ah yes. Love lost at the age of 12. It tugs at the heartstrings.
Strike that. Reread the story. Good for them.
Are we supposed to see another picture of them in that second link? Doesn’t seem to lead to it.
Gotta love that traditional culture. Do as I say, not as I do.
he had to get married. who else was going to do the cooking?
This is so wonderful that people after so many years can reunite. I imagine it must have been a near impossible situation for this Korean lady having to marry someone she didn’t love to appease her father’s wishes. But of course, Korean values are what makes Korea unique and special… too bad these people had to waste so much of their lives apart.
It’s an interesting topic, why do so many Koreans want to escape from Korea for the US, Australia, New Zealand, the UK or Canada? Even North Koreans don’t want to live in South Korea. Koreans have just taken over the top spot (55K ) for international students studying in America, beating out the Japanese by several thousand students, closely followed by Chinese/Taiwanese students.
If all the Koreans leave Korea, there will be more crappy American-made dramas and Hollywood movies. Yuck!!
Finally, I want to say that, remarrying after your spouse dies within 2 months is just deplorable. Why not just hire a servant instead of marrying?