On the 21st at 10:45 p.m., MBC's 'Oh Eun-young Report – Marriage Hell' features a wife who says she is suffering because of her husband trapped in the snare of gambling and a husband who claims he can't escape the cycle of gambling because of his wife, the 'Cycle Couple' seeks out Dr. Oh Eun-young.
The wife has reported her husband directly to resolve his gambling problem and has attended a gambling treatment center for education, but she notes that she couldn't stop her husband's gambling and felt desperate, leading her to apply for the story. The husband admits he is a 'gambling addict' but believes the reason he can't break free from the cycle of gambling is because of his wife, which shocks Dr. Oh Eun-young. Why does the husband claim he can't quit gambling because of his wife?
In a recent video shared of their daily life, the wife spends a busy morning taking care of their first son, who is in his first year of high school, and their second son, who is in his first year of elementary school. However, for some reason, there is no sign of the husband anywhere in the house. The wife explains that when the husband fights with her, he leaves the house, and after a fight two months ago, he has been living in a goshiwon, surprising everyone in the studio. The husband, who has now run away for the fourth time, says he doesn't want to fight due to his wife's habit of discussing money at the end of their daily conversations. In fact, the husband becomes enraged when the wife calls him to ask about giving living expenses after his salary comes in, responding with, 'I don't want to give it! Why should I???' Then the wife states, 'This month, 600 (thousand won) has to go out, I need 3,000 (thousand won),' throwing out a large sum that she cannot handle, claiming he must gamble because of it. Why does the wife need such a large amount of money?
The husband confesses that his wife was very sick, making it impossible for him to work properly, and that he began to gamble more because he didn't want to see her suffering due to money. The wife is suffering from a rare disease called 'Langerhans cell histiocytosis', where the coil expense for the vascular surgery costs 4 million won each. It is revealed that their second son also suffers from the same disease, leading to double the medical costs, which moved everyone watching the scene. However, the wife explains that when the husband leaves the house fighting about money, she ends up gambling, which worsens their economic situation. In reality, the couple has debts totaling 100 million won, with 70 million won under the wife's name and 30 million won under the husband's name, and they must pay a total of 6 million won in overdue utility bills and a month's interest. Special MC Shim Jin-hwa, while listening to the couple, understands the husband's feelings but persuades him that they cannot avoid discussing money issues. She shares a personal story about how she endured a time as a rookie when she had fallen behind on rent and the landlord knocked, yet she held on and strongly appeals for him to quit gambling and find other ways. Moon Se-yoon likewise shares that there were times when he had no money to buy baby food when he was a rookie, but insists he did not gamble. Despite the desperate appeals of Shim Jin-hwa and Moon Se-yoon, the husband firmly states that if his wife hadn't been sick and they could live a normal life with both working, he wouldn't have gambled.
Despite the continued concerns and urging from the MCs, when the husband repeats that he has no choice but to gamble, Dr. Oh Eun-young expresses her greater worry about the husband's mentality than the bad economic situation, saying, 'I feel insecure today,' expressing her anger. The production crew noted that it recorded the longest filming time in the history of 'Oh Eun-young Report,' conducting consultations over nine hours, and the story of the 'Cycle Couple' will be aired as a two-part series. The first part of the story of the 'Cycle Couple' trapped in the snare of gambling will be unveiled on the 21st, Monday night at 10:45 p.m. on MBC's 'Oh Eun-young Report – Marriage Hell,' episode 131.
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