Broadcaster Choi Yura spoke about her feelings after her son's wedding.
Choi Yura uploaded a video titled "What my son's wedding taught me" on her personal YouTube channel Hey Yura on the 28th. The released video captured Choi Yura's feelings and recent life after holding her eldest son's wedding.
On Jan. 24, Choi Yura held her eldest son's wedding at the main chapel of Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul. Previously, she drew attention for sending both her son and daughter to prestigious universities in the United States, so her son's wedding also attracted attention.
Regarding this, Choi Yura recalled, "It wasn't my intention, but it turned out like the wedding I wanted." She said, "Is there such a thing as a small wedding? But I wanted to raise him precious and send him off precious as I originally thought, so I wanted it to be meaningful without being noisy. I'm satisfied that we did that."
She said of the wedding at the main chapel of Myeongdong Cathedral, "That was our blessing." The wedding, which is selected by a 100% lottery system, was miraculously reserved by Choi Yura's eldest son and his spouse in July last year. Choi Yura laughed and said, "People around me say that God seems to favor you a lot."
In particular, Choi Yura said about what she learned by marrying off her son, "I thought I would lead and live everything myself," and "I realized it for the first time last year. Even though I didn't do anything, a huge number of things proceeded." She emphasized the process of trusting and entrusting the wedding preparations to her son and his spouse. She recalled, "(What the kids say) makes sense, and I'm a working woman and an older menopausal woman still active in my field, so there are many social systems I don't know. If you don't experience them, you become a complete outsider, like a fool."
She said, "My ability to break through has certainly slowed. I used to pick up things quickly, but now I leave a lot to the kids. I let go a lot," and mentioned telling her husband, who worried because he didn't fully trust them, "You have to believe it," adding firmly, "The world the kids live in is right and our time is a bit behind," and "And I feel a bit more comfortable."
There was also a change in her role as a mother-in-law. Choi Yura said, "In the past, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was even used as drama material," and emphasized, "I hate the word 'daughter-in-law' as much as menopause. She's simply the woman my son loves. Our daughter-in-law also prefers that I call her by name rather than 'daughter-in-law.'" She added with a smile, "I told them that having a working mother-in-law is a blessing. I'm busy working, so you two should figure things out among yourselves," which added warmth.
[Photo] YouTube source.
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