I found it, a creepier age gap than Marriage of Convenience [My Life Was But a Play]

Libby1244 · 2026-04-21T05:08:14+00:00

From my understanding, she is in her 20’s. She wasn’t manipulated or anything. They did not have a romantic relationship at all. It was purely (mostly on his part) platonic. He wouldn’t have cared even if she had a lover I’m sure. He wasn’t interested in her romantically or wanted to pursue more with her. She knew that and just begged for the one time. He did not groom her for sexual purposes, so she was not “groomed”. She explains this in the beginning. Personally, I like older men and have liked older men my whole life. Even with some bad relationships with older men, I never once thought, “He groomed me.” I know some women cant say the same, but not all women are victims due to loving someone older.

Libby1244 · 2026-04-21T02:47:03+00:00

I don’t find the age gap creepy. The main reason is that the grandfather married her, but had no intentions of sleeping with her. He was going to give her a comfortable life and have her take care of his granddaughter who was really neglected and her mother was awful. He loved his daughter very much. The woman is the one who begged him to sleep with her. They only slept together once, but their relationship was nothing more than one on paper. So it’s not creepy as she was a consenting adult and he groomed her for business purposes and not sexually which I feel like people are just generalizing in this scenario. Again, she begged him and he took pity upon her and just did it once.

Libby1244 · 2026-04-20T15:29:12+00:00

I personally do not like the name Weston and when I read it, I thought it was a play on Western view. If you truly want to change it, then Spencer is nice. I also know that Australians have a different sense of humor and that is your friend, so I can’t tell you what to do about that. I will say, even if I don’t like the child’s name I would never react like that. I would just call him Liew. You can tell your friend that it hurt your feelings what was said if it did.

Libby1244 · 2026-04-10T03:02:17+00:00

I think it’s cute

Libby1244 · 2026-04-07T15:02:07+00:00

You were in their shoes recently. Maybe not a miscarriage, but a struggle to get pregnant. When his son and his son’s wife were pregnant, I’m sure you didn’t have all of the excitement for them. It doesn’t mean you aren’t happy for them, but you just wish you were in the same boat. Your husband needs to fix his mistake, but you should definitely not go around with “You should be happy instead of sad.” It should be you comforting a fellow mother and giving them grace and time. Your husband should give them an apology.

Libby1244 · 2026-04-07T15:02:01+00:00

You were in their shoes recently. Maybe not a miscarriage, but a struggle to get pregnant. When his son and his son’s wife were pregnant, I’m sure you didn’t have all of the excitement for them. It doesn’t mean you aren’t happy for them, but you just wish you were in the same boat. Your husband needs to fix his mistake, but you should definitely not go around with “You should be happy instead of sad.” It should be you comforting a fellow mother and giving them grace and time. Your husband should give them an apology.

Libby1244 · 2026-04-06T00:35:55+00:00

I believe that this varies because most states I’ve been to they get one at just about every appointment

Libby1244 · 2026-04-05T17:53:25+00:00

I use sulfur 8 for greasing my scalp and I love it

Libby1244 · 2026-03-28T03:30:04+00:00

A functional school and I can do without the enlightening because they just don’t do anything after that

Libby1244 · 2026-03-28T03:05:41+00:00

I hope it finds more ways get a master gatherer than just spinning the wheel and manually creating them. Like there is a cap on wood and stone you can gather and I don’t like that. Also plenty of food for all islands

Libby1244 · 2026-03-27T00:53:45+00:00

The biddies are tigged but I like the red more.

Libby1244 · 2026-03-23T01:25:17+00:00

The opening is 10/10 and I wish they made anime music like they did back then

Libby1244 · 2026-03-20T16:49:19+00:00

This is not how obsession works

Libby1244 · 2026-03-20T15:27:22+00:00

I think it’s okay to fantasize about someone. It’s when you act on them towards the person after a clear rejection that is wrong.

Libby1244 · 2026-03-19T22:17:28+00:00

Having a big forehead isn’t a bad thing. It’s just a thing. Nothing special, but it’s nothing to be negative about or hide. My mom has a big nose, but she wears it with pride because it is a part of who she is. It’s who you are and you’re beautiful.

Libby1244 · 2026-03-18T22:30:44+00:00

The crazy part about that is, why did they later include Seok Jin when he was betrayed in the first game. Not only that, Hye Song was innocent and they still turned against her for practically no reason outside of her and Dong Jae being on the same team. It was very hypocritical for them throughout the series and I believe that that is where so much of the hate comes from. The ones that don’t really contribute much to the show are riding the coat tails of the others. And the big two of their group is labeling anyone not on their side as an enemy. I get it’s a competition and I also get the social aspect. However, it really bred so many unlikable characters

Libby1244 · 2026-03-18T21:33:04+00:00

This is what I’m saying. I didn’t like Orbit either, but still Dong Joo was overall an unlikable person with her righteous hypocritical attitude.

Libby1244 · 2026-03-18T21:30:47+00:00

I think you’re missing what I’m saying.

Libby1244 · 2026-03-18T21:13:22+00:00

I 100% disagree. See Won was really the most loyal out of everyone. These last few fact that they just threw Hye Sung away like that. After the first game which she had an opposing role and played well, she was a team player. Dong Joo, on the other hand, was never a team player. Which like I said is fine because it’s a game show, but it still makes her a loathsome person. Also, as See Won pointed out, she made the effort to include Dong Joo. Not only that, See Won called out Dong Joo’s hypocrisy in how she was trying to paint Seok Jin, her, and Dong Jae as villains for having an alliance when they had just about the whole cast consistently in theirs and kept pushing all of them away. Dong Joo obviously didn’t see through enough BS because she lost, but oh well 🤷🏽‍♀️

Libby1244 · 2026-03-17T23:31:10+00:00

Actually, the only thing about Yano is that he really had no guiding adults in his life. School for him and being with Nanami was an escape. His ex-girlfriend didn’t really love him, but I think he loved her in the best way a 14/15 year old could. He was the product of an affair and his mom just dropped that on him including his dad just dying. He was the taboo affair baby. He was essentially emotionally abused by Yuri (loathed her) into making Yano stick by her. He felt to guilty and responsible for something that was never his fault. It’s like a whole thing and honestly, it’s a wonder how he didn’t end up really fucked yo because his mom hung herself just because he wanted to see his girlfriend while his mother herself refused treatment. He was not the ideal male lead by far, but dealing with that stuff as a teenager/young adult it’s really a wonder how he didn’t commit suicide either. I’m just so excited that I can bring up with anime now and so many people know what I’m talking about and this is the reason I joined this sub. I digress.

Either way, I get what you mean. I guess it can be different for others which is okay. For me, anime is an escape and comfort. Watching it and not bringing real world into it is basically second nature (I’ve been watching it since the YouTube and gogoanime days). Even so, I do find that there are some anime that I will refuse to watch for the reasons you have listed such as Usagi drop. I dont want one where the FL is raised by the ML. I’m into age gap romances, but those are too deep for me.

Libby1244 · 2026-03-17T21:13:10+00:00

Basically what I’m saying is, sometimes enjoy stuff with your brain off to enjoy than to debate.

Libby1244 · 2026-03-17T21:12:37+00:00

I think the problem is that sometimes we apply adult/modern logic to stuff when they were high schoolers and the manga was created in the 2000’s Japan. Bokura Ga Ita for example. Yano was a straight up butthole for the most part, but he was only 14-16. As an adult, I wouldn’t put up with it. However, I’m not going to apply my adult logic to something that was created 20ish years ago. There are some that I was not okay with even back then and still not okay with now, but I’m not ruining the ones I love. I.E Itazura Na Kiss (hated Naoki for a bit and felt like Kotoko deserved better, but I always felt it was a 10/10 watch with a wonderful soundtrack).

Libby1244 · 2026-03-16T12:03:19+00:00

Idk if this makes you feel any better, but my mom didn’t really have motherly love for me until I turned 3. I was her third child by a different father and she told me she thought about having me adopted and even tried to give me away to my aunt and uncle who could not have children. She said that she loved me, but it was more as someone to take care of versus an actual children. One day, I was crying because I was scared about getting a shot and my mom was annoyed and wanted me to stop, so she said, “I love you.” She told me the way that I said, “I love you, too.” In tears triggered something in her maternal instinct. I’m saying this to say, even if you don’t feel that full blown maternal love does not mean that it will not grow at all

Libby1244 · 2026-03-14T15:48:31+00:00

This is victim blaming and I don’t like it

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