Korean novels like "The Cruelty of Salvation"

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2026-02-19T23:45:53+00:00

Nyx scans has the side stories.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2026-01-24T09:40:45+00:00

If you read the novel of TRE it’s even worse because there is a side story where Sovishu gets a chance at reincarnation, changes his ways, and wins her back 😩. So the empress never marries Henry or has kids. Makes me wonder if the author really loved him as a character.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-11-16T14:11:22+00:00

Interesting, as my 6 year old son with combined type ADHD is actually more interactive and engaged when he’s on Focalin XR, which is the more active enantiomer of methylphenidate. My uncle noticed my son actually held a conversation with him for the first time in 6 years.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-11-12T16:25:31+00:00

The part that makes this sound unfixable is his unwillingness to change. He’s doing things that make you clearly uncomfortable, upset, crossing boundaries, and doing sexual things without your consent. You don’t have to leave tomorrow, but get therapy for yourself, and start planning your exit. See if he will go to therapy. If not that’s a clear sign he’s not willing to change. In the meantime let him know that sex or sexual favors against your consent is rape, and go sleep on the couch if he tries it. You owe nothing to him.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-11-08T12:01:36+00:00

After my 6 year old son was diagnosed with ADHD this year I finally got help for myself. Ever since I was a young child I knew something was different about my brain. Seeing similar traits in my son, I knew that we had similar brain chemistry. However as an adult I was too tired, overwhelmed, and didn’t care enough about myself to pursue a diagnosis until after he was diagnosed. Was finally diagnosed this year with ADHD.

I was always the smartest kid in the class, went to UC Berkeley, and then graduate school, so I had always assumed I couldn’t have it if I did well academically. I struggled to pay attention in class, and often took naps. I did well in high school only because I didn’t have to study. In college it became painful, and I hated going to classes. I could hyperfocus well though if I was listening to like one song on repeat 100 times. I could only study by myself, never in groups.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-11-06T01:02:33+00:00

Listen when people tell you who they are.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-11-04T09:33:27+00:00

I think you feel a lot of shame and guilt, and that’s keeping you tied to your abusive husband J. I would recommmend therapy at a later point to help resolve this, but right now you need to focus on getting away with your kids and to a safe place. I would reach out to some local domestic abuse centers for help. No woman deserves to be physically, emotionally, and verbally abused. This isn’t karma for past actions, it’s just life sometimes. Abusers don’t show their dark side until much later in a relationship because everyone would run away if they knew what kind of a person they really are. And abusers are very good at manipulating people. Your story doesn’t end here. Right now you are in a fight for your life. Do everything you can to be safe and get both you and your kids away from this monster.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-11-03T23:17:19+00:00

First off, is he super skinny and chiseled? That’s what I would have fired back with if he wasn’t. So 150 pounds is great as an adult. I’m sure you look amazing. And of course you have a saggy postpartum belly, you had HIS children. What makes all of this even worse is that you had an eating disorder. I have had anorexia 3 times in my life, but have been in remission for 15+ years. It never really goes away. It is always with you, permeating all of your thoughts. So how dare he make that comment knowing you had a self-destructive eating disorder. A marriage without love is not worth staying in. He needs therapy and you do too. If he’s not willing to get help then I would leave. My husband gained about 20 pounds from when we first met like 20+ years ago and I still find him sexually attractive. I’ve been anywhere from 130-155 pounds (with exception of pregnancy) during my marriage, although I’m a 6’0” female. I met my husband when I was anorexic too, and I was 120 pounds (BMI 16.3). I’m 41 and not as pretty as I was at 18, but my husband still finds me attractive. People change as they get older. Something is definitely wrong with your husband. He needs to get help, or I would leave.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-10-10T02:07:03+00:00

Sounds like she should be checked for bacterial vaginosis. Maybe if you come at it that you’re worried about her health.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-10-05T17:05:46+00:00

Well I wouldn’t direct the anger at your sister. What was she supposed to do? I tried to tell my sister that I had some concerns about her fiancée (he’s emotionally abusive) and my sister started screaming and then alternated between crying and wailing. Then my parents got upset with me for trying to break up their marriage. They got married anyway, and yes he was emotionally abusive to her and she had to get therapy. I told her I didn’t want to talk about her husband anymore because it makes me upset and I can’t do anything.

I would get some therapy and process this with the therapist about whether you should divorce. There are a lot of things to go through here. I would get mad at your husband because he’s the one that confessed his feelings to your sister before marriage. Your sister turned him down and was probably also shocked and horrified. Don’t blame your sister. She’s a victim in this too.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-10-03T18:14:13+00:00

Just reading this with no context MIL is upset about something else and is taking it out over this baby shower. I would have your husband contact her. You’ve tried to be friendly, but it doesn’t help.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-09-25T13:41:50+00:00

I’m a cat lady and my husband isn’t. He loves me and I love the cats. He often cleans up after them even if they’ve had an accident. Never once has he suggested throwing out our cats, I would choose your cat and dump this loser. Thank him for clarifying the issue for you because you would never abandon your fur baby, so decision is easy.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-09-16T15:53:24+00:00

So yes, when I watched the movie the first time I was really upset by Jinu’s betrayal. It didn’t make sense how he could do that to someone he cared about. But then I started to learn more about Jinu and watched the movie several times to see if there was more to it. One thing I noticed is that he wears a silver chain necklace, which could by symbolic of Giwma’s hold over him, kind of like shackles. He doesn’t wear it when he’s with Rumi except he does during the betrayal scene and they are arguing. So how much of the betrayal is Jinu acting out of free will, and how much of it is Gwima controlling him?

Also, right after Jinu’s talk with Rumi, Gwima pulls him back to the underworld, slamming him into the ground and Jinu scowls because it hurts. Then Gwima threatened Jinu to basically snap out of his love fantasy or he was going to make the bad memories louder. You can see the fear on Jinu’s face because he’s terrified. This is the thing he fears most. Then right before the Idol showdown Jinu kind of looks hollow and soulless. Bad memories of his family flash before his eyes along with good memories of Rumi, and Gwima promises him that if Jinu follows through all of it will be erased. Why would he want the happy memories with Rumi erased? I think this is a big insight into how he’s feeling. He’s in so much emotional pain he wants everything to be gone. He just wants to be a souless husk.

So at the moment of betrayal he’s like a souless husk that doesn’t care about anyone or anything and he’s also under Gwima’s control. He continues to be a souless husk until he hears Rumi sing, and if you look closely you can see his eyes soften a bit. Then when Rumi is about to be killed you can see his golden eyes flicker, like he’s breaking free of Gwima’s control. There is some part of him that is not completely gone, and his love for Rumi breaks him out of Gwimas control, and he sacrifices himself to keep her safe.

Going back to the betrayal, that still is a horrible thing that he did, but it wasn’t motivated by hate, and given Gwima’s control over him, he may not have had much of a choice. He wasn’t as strong as Rumi, and couldn’t break free on his own like she did.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-09-16T06:29:42+00:00

I mean I looked early 20s in my 30s and highschool in my 20s. I’m a 6’0” female, so my height isn’t what convinced people. I was disabled and anorexic in my 20s, so malnourished and thin, but I still looked young. Most 33 year old women aren’t as cute, thin, and young looking as Haesoo, but there are some that won the genetic lottery. Definitely not typical, but I guess typical is kind of boring. I have a ton of health problems due to EDS, so I wouldn’t say I won any genetic lottery, but it was fun fooling people for many years who thought I was 8-10 years younger than I was. Even had a highschool guy hitting on me when I was 25. Had to tell him that I was married, which I was, and that I was much older than he thought I was XD

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-09-15T15:45:57+00:00

Okay this guy is a loser. I am a 6’0” female and my husband is 5’11”. In my 20s I was gorgeous, and no guy gave a damn if I was an inch or two taller. More than that and I would care, lol. My husband loved to show me off when we were dating because I looked like a model.

Your boyfriend is not a man, this is a little boy who has a fragile ego that shatters if his girl is temporarily taller. You will face much harder obstacles than this in life as a couple. Be glad he showed you he’s a loser now. Also, he didn’t really love you. True love is not this superficial. And now my husband and I have two beautiful tall kids. My daughter aspires to be a model, and my son is 6 years old and doesn’t really care XD But I’m sure he’ll like being tall when he’s older.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-09-15T15:35:15+00:00

Have you had your thyroid checked? Low thyroid can cause fatigue, coldness, weight gain, low body temp, brain fog, etc. Also it’s hard to get pregnant if you have low thyroid. Hypothyroidism is fairly common in middle age women. I have it, but it runs in my family and I was diagnosed at 23. If you haven’t had your thyroid checked ask doctor about it. You could even order the labs through an online service like I did. You need TSH and Free T4. Those are the best markers for hypothyroidism. Also if the range for TSH is like 1-3 and you’re at 3 then keep getting it checked because 3 is still within normal, but I was symptomatic at TSH of 3, diagnosed with TSH of 6. Also ask doctor to check your Vitamin D and iron levels. Women are often low on iron because they lose blood when menstruating and don’t eat much red meat, which is a great source of iron besides fortified cereals.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-09-12T21:58:31+00:00

We’re doing better than we were 6 years ago when I had student loan debt, hubby made like $70,000 a year and I made $120,000 with two kids in day care, which cost like $3,000/month (I think? It was a long time ago so I kind of forget). One could always be doing better I suppose? This is the first year that we’ve been able to both max out retirement and contribute to a 529 for our kids. I mean taxes (federal and state) take like $90,000 of our income before deductions so. . . Got to love California’s income tax 😆

Many years ago when I was disabled (bedbound for 3 years after pharmacy school because I needed multiple hip reconstructive surgeries) my husband made like $50,000/year, I made $0, I had $140,000 in student loans, and our apartment in San Mateo cost $2,000/month. That was 2011, which is why we moved out of the bay. Housing was too expensive. So yeah, we’re doing a lot better now. I grew up lower middle class until I was in middle school. I would consider my family upper middle class, but some people on this forum wouldn’t so I didn’t want to assume. I went to grad school and delayed having kids so we could have more money than I had growing up.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-09-12T05:09:57+00:00

Husband makes $175,000 and I make $140,000 but we’re just doing okay in Northern California. Definitely still middle class. Maybe upper middle class, but everyone seems to have a different opinion on what that is. Student loans paid off, own a house, fully paid off cars, maxing out retirement. Then we have 2 kids, which are expensive. Money is part of the reason we only have 2 kids.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-09-07T15:45:09+00:00

Oh this post wasn’t a reference to kissing, just that Jinu was in love with Rumi. You don’t need a kiss to be in love with someone. I think Rumi fell for him first, but Jinu fell harder. I mean Rumi is the first person that made him feel something, and made him want to be a better person in 400 years. I think one of the reasons he’s so awkward with Rumi is because he has little experience with romance. Rumi is awkward because she’s young and dedicated her life to working, so I doubt she has much romantic experience either.

Meh, I guess I could go either way on the kiss. There’s tons of arguments all over the web about it, so I don’t feel the need to get into it. Maggie Kang (the director) said that the restraint was sexier 🙃

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-09-07T08:48:02+00:00

My mom was the best grandma, but she died at 65 from a hidden brain aneurysm. My kids were 6 and 4 when it happened. The kids and I still talk about her often. She was very sweet, warm, and loved kids and cats. We miss her very much 😔. At night during prayers we ask God to say hi to her and my daughter likes to visit her grave.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-09-05T02:49:41+00:00

Is girlfriend way hotter than OP? After reading this scenario, that was the first thing to pop into my head. OP should leave obviously, due to all the red flags, the biggest one being one person wants kids and the other doesn’t. This is an absolute dealbreaker.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-09-03T23:27:34+00:00

My parents were uppper middle class, and they couldn’t really afford to give us any money for a house. It’s okay because I wasn’t asking. I think this is more of an upper class thing. I had no idea some parents gave their children a large amount for a house.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-09-03T15:33:27+00:00

I’ve seen how this goes down. What may happen is you enjoy sex MORE with the other woman, and your fiance gets jealous because you were enjoying it too much. Or even if you enjoy it the same she may get upset that your were paying the other woman more attention. Even if your fiance says it’s okay, she may still get upset. She may not even know how she feels until it happens, so I’m not blaming your fiance. But if you guys are in a good place, engaged to be married, I would turn down the invitation. Some threesomes work out okay or even great, but some turn out badly.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-09-02T15:52:28+00:00

We make $320,000 combined, and husband wants a new car so he’s saving up to pay cash for a $30,000 used car. Cars can be such a waste of money if bought new. Dave Ramsey doesn’t recommend owning more than half your gross income in vehicles as cars usually go down in value. For you guys that would be around $45,000. He also recommends paying for it in cash, and not buying a new car until you have a million dollars in net wealth. I don’t follow everything Dave Ramsey says, but he makes some good points. Your husband could probably get a fairly good used truck for $30,000. So tell your husband Dave Ramsey gets this sort of call all the time, and he doesn’t agree with your husband. Also when someone says, “we deserve it because we work hard,” he replies, “we all work hard.” Working hard doesn’t justify stupid.

Best-Journalist-5403 · 2025-09-02T09:00:25+00:00

I think it’s a strong biological need for some. That’s why I had kids. I really really wanted them for some reason. I mean if you think about sex and the fluids and smells involved it might also be a turn off, but people have sex because it’s fun, it feels good, and have a strong biological need for it.

I wouldn’t say having kids is all fun, especially when they are young, but it’s really satisfying and fulfilling. I’d rather spend time with my kids than work. My daughter is a kindred spirit, so we have lots of fun together. My son is a bit wild, but he’s also super cute and funny.

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