Something in the Rain: Is There a Double Standard When Women Date Younger Men?
“Reunited with her best friend’s younger brother, who’s back from a stint abroad, a recently dumped career woman begins to see him in a new light.”
Something In The Rain (Netflix)
When I went looking for more K-dramas featuring Son Ye-jin I discovered this series. One of the first things I noticed was her co-star Jung Hae-In’s smile. Daebak! (awesome in Korean) This K-drama takes on a few tabu’s in Korean society as well as some issues we deal with in America. Class, the relationship between an older woman and younger man, and sexual harassment in the workplace.
This is the first time I realized it’s common in Korea to live with your parents if you’re single, even well into your 30s. I’m guessing this is probably due to tradition in Korea but it’s becoming more common in the U.S. because of the economy. There are both positive and negative repercussions as seen in Something In The Rain. But the family structure in Korea seems to be more of an integral part of society in general. I can’t help but wonder if this has helped Koreans deal with the Covid19 pandemic better given many of them live under the same roof and aren’t as isolated.
I enjoyed this drama a lot and I love Son Ye-Jin. However, I wanted Yoon Jin-A to deal with the negative attitude towards the relationship with Seo Joon-Hee better, it felt like Joon-Hee’s character was more mature even though he was younger. Realistically the pressure does seem to be more on the woman in a situation like this so it’s not to say things wouldn’t have played out similarly in real life—but as a viewer, I would’ve felt more satisfied. Without giving spoilers the finale episode could’ve been better, it felt like there was too much wasted time.
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Released: March 2018, Episodes: 16
Cast: Son Ye-Jin (Yoon Jin-A), Jung Hae-In (Seo Joon-Hee), Jang So-Yeon (Seo Kyung-Sun), Jung EugeneJoo (Kang Se-Young), Min-Kyung (Geum Bo-Ra), Full Cast
[Update 7/2023] SPOILER ALERT: This may contain more info than what you want to know if you haven’t already watched this drama so proceed cautiously if you don’t want spoilers.
I have rewatched this drama at least once by myself and most recently with my daughter Taylor. She loves Jung Hae-In from his travel log but had never seen him in a drama. The first half of the drama was as I remembered.
The relationship between Yoon Jin-A and Seo Joon-Hee was adorable.
But in the second half, there were so many issues with Jin-A that were hard to ignore and made watching more difficult. This time the flaws in Jin-A’s character and how she interacted with Joon-Hee were blaring. Was it because there were two sets of eyes and we were able to pause and talk about things as we were watching?
Taylor and I both thought Joon-Hee should’ve left Jin-A long before he went to the U.S. Is it just us or was Jin-A lying to Joon-Hee all the time? If you can’t trust someone that should be a deal breaker. When she went behind his back and met with his dad and then forced him to meet his dad without telling him was very problematic. Good intentions or not—it’s not up to someone else to determine something like that. Speaking of family. Jin-A’s mother should’ve been a deal-breaker for Joon-Hee.
