K-Drama Reaction: Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food

The tension within Coffee Bay is brewing… and it’s just a matter of time before this erupts and injure all those who are involved. I like how Jin-a (Son Ye-jin) does not let this dirty office game to affect me because I have more important personal matters to be concerned with.

I hate to see Manager Kang (Jeong Eugene) flip to the evil side just because of her ambition to get promoted. I hate that she has to resort to backstabbing to win the dirty battle of office politics.

As much as I wanted to hate Joon-hee’s (Jung Hae-in) dad for abandoning them, I think he earned my respect when he defended Joon-hee and Jin-a’s relationship in front of Jin-a’s dad! The confrontation was so truthful it was hilarious!

But the funny didn’t last long when this old bros went back home and tested the patience of Jin-a’s mother. As both Jin-a’s Dad and Joon-hee’s Dad passed out, Mom lashed out everything at Kyung-sun (Jang So-yeon) and Joon-hee. I was so unsatisfied by this interaction because I felt like some words were still left unsaid, and that Kyung-sun should have defended her brother a little more against Mom’s harsh words, but I’ll just let this pass because maybe the writer still want to remind us that we should always respect the elders, even the elders don’t deserve it.

Anyway, since Jin-a’s Mom unleashed her wrath against everyone, Jin-a got fed up too. I understood why her immediate reaction was to break up with Joon-hee instead of continuing to fight for him. Joon-hee doesn’t deserve to be treated like this by her own mother. He doesn’t deserve all the harsh words… even Kyung-sun is witnessing how her mother is insulting Joon-hee. It’s just too much to take that it’s better to just stop fighting and spare Joon-hee of all the embarrassment and pain. Their break-up doesn’t necessarily mean they would stop loving each other now. It’s just that sometimes, giving up also means loving each other more.