TV CHOSUN hyperrealistic documentary entertainment show "A lover of Joseon" featured couples Shim Hyun-seop X Yoon Jungsoo X Bae Ki-sung heading to a Gyeongju herbal clinic known as the 'infertility shrine' with earnest hopes for a second child. The broadcast that day recorded a nationwide viewership rating of 3.7% and a peak minute rating of 4.0% (Nielsen Korea, nationwide unless noted), soaring to first place among entertainment shows in the same time slot.
On the broadcast on the 9th (Mon) of "A lover of Joseon," new lover Bae Ki-sung and Lee Eun-bi, who joined as a new couple, recounted everything from their chance meeting at a bar to three years of dating and honest talk about still having no children after nine years of marriage. Lee Eun-bi, 12 years younger, said, "Because the time we can be together is shortened, if we had met earlier we would have had more memories... I want to know and am curious about the older brother from that time," expressing deep affection for her husband. That day, alongside Bae Ki-sung and his wife, Shim Hyun-seop and Jung Young-rim and Yoon Jungsoo and Won Jin-seo, who formed the 'jujube tree love special forces,' headed to Gyeongju for a second child.
Bae Ki-sung added words of blessing to the commonalities of the three couples who had "late-blooming marriages," saying, "Because we met late, we have to live more compactly. We should live better, meet more people and enjoy more." Then Shim Hyun-seop launched a 19+ talk between spouses, joking, "I didn't know the legs would go up that high after making love," prompting shock from Hwang Bo-ra, who watched the VCR and exclaimed, "Why would you talk about that, how embarrassing!" However, Hwang Bo-ra also shared a behind-the-scenes story from the pregnancy preparation period, saying, "My husband said he was going crazy. Worried it might not work... so we started in vitro right away."
The first place the jujube tree love special forces arrived was Dolhalmae Park. The Dolhalmae, a "wish rock," is said by legend that if the rock feels heavier when lifted after making a wish than when lifted before, the wish will come true. Timely, the Shim Hyun-seop couple, who had just completed embryo transfer, visited and prayed desperately. Jung Young-rim looked at Shim Hyun-seop with a hopeful face, saying, "The second time, it really didn't lift (the rock)." Shim Hyun-seop, showing his true lover side, said, "I prayed, 'Please help what Young-rim wants,'" warming hearts. Yoon Jungsoo and Bae Ki-sung, who also wished for a child, felt the same weightiness and held hope.
Meanwhile, after inhaling eel, which is said to help stamina, the jujube tree love special forces heated up again with talk about a second child. Stories ranged from an acquaintance who conceived on a car hood to Bae Ki-sung's worries about his wife undergoing in vitro procedures. Shim Hyun-seop joked, "I want to grab Ki-sung's nose like a dol hareubang's nose (to get energy)," but also said, "If the child is 13, I'll be 70," revealing that because of his father's early death he initially had no thoughts about a second child.
Yoon Jungsoo offered comfort to allay worries about late childbirth, saying, "I grew up without my father, and my mother also had health problems. You just live on." But a sudden spotting occurred with Shim Hyun-seop's wife, Jung Young-rim, creating an unexpected situation. Shim Hyun-seop ran to a convenience store for his wife, and the hospital reached by phone suggested, "The spotting is okay," indicating it might be implantation bleeding and reassured Jung Young-rim.
Finally, they headed to the herbal clinic known as the "shrine for infertile couples," which Hwang Bo-ra had visited on the recommendation of the couple Jang Hang-jun. Bae Ki-sung's wife, Lee Eun-bi, unleashed a barrage of overly candid questions about frequency and whether to warm up beforehand in their marital relations, and Bae Ki-sung's bright red face caused laughter. While the studio hosts also voiced differing opinions, Lee Eun-bi left the room looking brighter after the acupuncturist's clear answer. Bae Ki-sung told the two couples waiting outside, "I thought they were giving a sex education class inside." High-level talk about marital relations continued endlessly afterward. Choi Seong Kook nodded, saying, "When you gather couples together, the conversation becomes unreserved."
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[photo] SNS, "A lover of Joseon"
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