The wife of the "first-priority couple" surprised the hosts by saying about her remarried husband's uncomfortable relationship with his 17-year-old son, "I guess there's nothing you can do about different blood."
On "Oh Eun-young report: marriage hell," the stubbornly unresolved relationship between the husband of the "first-priority couple" and his eldest son is revealed.
In episode 185 of MBC's "Oh Eun-young report: marriage hell" (hereafter "marriage hell"), airing at 9 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 14, the second part of the "first-priority couple" story is shown following last week. The previous episode revealed the couple's yearlong breakdown in communication and conflicts over the husband's hobbies and drinking. However, there was another problem between the couple that was hard to resolve: the increasingly distant relationship between the husband and the eldest son. Can the husband and the eldest son become close again?
The husband says he has tried to get closer to his eldest son by playing games together, exercising together, and buying the food the son wanted. He even took a 2-night, 3-day trip with the eldest son without his wife. But he says that despite his efforts, he only received the eldest son's cold reactions and pours out his accumulated hurt.
Eventually the husband declares, "I think I've done everything I can as a father. I don't want to try anymore." He says that financially supporting the eldest son until he becomes an adult is the best he can do. The wife pleads that she was hurt by the husband, who spoke as if giving up on the child. But the husband, overwhelmed by caring for other children, his company and household matters, refuses to change his mind. He even says, "I guess there's nothing you can do about different blood," leaving the hosts speechless.
In surveillance footage, the awkward atmosphere between the two was actually captured, drawing attention. The eldest son, who had come out of his room to talk to his wife while the husband was absent, immediately avoided the spot when the husband appeared. When the husband approached, the son stepped back and became restless, unable to act one way or the other.
Dr. Oh Eun-young offers an unexpected analysis. She says the eldest son is not avoiding his father because he hates him. She emphasizes that there were reasons of the eldest son's own for not opening up despite the husband's efforts. When the eldest son's true feelings were revealed, the husband realized that he had misunderstood the child's behavior.
Earlier, the 17-year-old son gradually changed after his mother remarried and new siblings were born. He would lock himself in his room and not come out, but at 3 a.m., when the family was asleep, he was captured on camera cautiously opening his door and coming out. After checking whether everyone was asleep, he took only food and returned to his room.
According to the wife, the eldest falls asleep as soon as he returns from school and is active at times when the family is asleep. Except for going to the bathroom or getting food, he hardly leaves his room. He refused the food the wife prepared and only sought ramen and instant meals, and above all, when told that the 17-year-old's weight is less than 50kg, Dr. Oh Eun-young and the hosts expressed their concern.
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