‘Oh Eun-young Report - Marriage Hell’ features a wife who wants her husband to prove his love for her and a husband who feels that his demands are controlling, a ‘Shackled Couple’.

The two, who had a lot in common as ‘hairdressers’, quickly fell for each other and started living together at lightning speed after dating for a month. Furthermore, the wife was surprised to learn that when she and her husband were living together, they were so passionately in love that she would return to him even after being caught by her father and taken home. However, the wife is currently constantly demanding a divorce from her husband, saying, “Please just divorce me”, “I feel like I‘m going to die, so please leave me alone”. The wife decided to get a divorce because she feels like her husband doesn’t care about his family. The husband also said that his wife was having a hard time with her married life and that‘s why he filed a report. The husband broke his promise to his wife and kept repeating the same mistakes, and the wife lost all hope that her husband would change. The husband has made it a habit to say “I’m sorry” to avoid fighting with his wife, and the wife, who is tired of her husband repeating the same mistakes and apologies, has built up resentment and is even acting aggressively. She even uses harsh language and acts aggressively in front of her child, which makes us curious. What kind of healing report will Dr. Oh Eun-young give the two of them?



A couple where the wife is a housewife and the husband is a father, working hard to raise their 5-year-old child. The wife used to be a hairdresser, but she is currently a full-time housewife responsible for childcare and housework, and the husband is a hair designer and beauty salon owner. The husband, who runs a large beauty salon, is busy doing various things such as customer consultations, reservations, communication with designers, and store management.

However, after about 3 hours of work, the husband becomes anxious and focuses all his attention on his cell phone. The reason is the rule that he must contact his wife every 3 hours, no matter what the situation is. If the husband contacts her at the same time, the wife suspects that he is not sincere, saying, “Did you set an alarm?” and if he contacts her only through text or phone, she thinks he is insincere, which surprises everyone. These ‘contact rules’ were naturally created to avoid fights with his wife. If he does not follow these rules, the husband has to get on his knees, or he is told to divorce and verbally abused. It is even more shocking that there are times when he uses violence and verbal abuse in front of the children. Here, MC Moon Se-yoon stuck out his tongue and said, “I don’t think being late to the point of being verbally abused”, and Dr. Oh Eun-young also gave firm advice, saying, “I need to draw a clear line and step on the brakes”, drawing attention to the future course of events.



The ‘contact rule’ is not the only rule that husbands must follow. Another rule to avoid irritating their wives is the ‘lateness rule’. When her husband gets home late due to traffic, the wife nags him, saying, “You drove slowly on purpose” and “You came home late because you didn‘t want to see the kids”. The husband confesses that his driving home from work is more intense than usual because he gets scolded less if he gets home even a minute early. In fact, the production crew filming the husband’s daily life missed his car because of his fast driving. The husband, who had no choice but to get off work 15 minutes later than usual due to a hair salon accounting error, went to his wife‘s room as soon as he got home and apologized like a sinner. However, the wife yelled, “Is it okay to be late when it’s work?” and eventually demanded a divorce. The husband confessed that it seemed like his wife was having a hard time because her life had disappeared, but he couldn‘t solve it practically, so he felt frustrated even though he knew the problem. Dr. Oh Eun-young, who watched the couple, said, “The wife’s demands are realistically impossible to keep.” However, Dr. Oh Eun-young makes a surprising analysis that the wife knows that she is making unreasonable demands, which makes everyone wonder. Next, the wife, who was a hairdresser, goes into deeper counseling, saying that it is important to find out why her husband keeps making unreasonable demands, even though she knows the nature of his job well and that her demands are excessive.

A couple and their 5-year-old child went on a trip for the husband‘s holiday. They have a busy schedule, going to a horseback riding course and an air bounce playground in the morning, an amusement park in the afternoon, and eating out in the evening. The wife, who tries to fill her day without any gaps despite being tired, says that it is important for the child to build emotional bonds with the parents when they are young. However, the wife does not participate in any of the horseback riding, playground, or rides, and only the husband takes care of the child. Accordingly, the wife believes that since she raises the child exclusively on weekdays, the child should build bonds with her husband on weekends. However, the husband expresses regret, saying that he wants to raise the child together with his wife. In addition, the husband confesses that the rule that he must play with the child for 2 hours unconditionally after work at the hair salon on weekdays is difficult. The MCs expressed their concerns, saying, “There must be times when the child wants to sleep,” because of the rule that “you must play with the child for 2 hours at all costs.” On the other hand, Dr. Oh Eun-young said, “My wife is doing childcare based on the concept of baton passing,” and strongly pointed out that it was like divorced parents negotiating an interview. She then strongly warned the couple, saying, “It’s hard to see weekday childcare as the wife‘s sole childcare. I can’t just ignore the way the two of you are raising your children, so I‘m telling you this strongly,” drawing even more attention.

The next day, the wife does housework after her husband and child leave. She goes to throw out the trash and finds the mattress her husband threw away. The wife is furious when she sees that the mattress that she had reported to the management office a few days ago was torn to pieces and thrown away in the clothing collection bin. She calls her husband and raises her voice, saying that this is not common sense. Then, the wife bursts into tears, saying, “Why do I have to suffer because of you?” However, in the midst of everyone watching her seriously, the husband watches with a smile. Then, the husband brings up an unexpected story in the heavy atmosphere, which flustered all the MCs. What on earth was the husband’s story that flustered everyone?



The wife tries to confirm her love with excessive demands, saying that her husband doesn‘t seem to care about his family, and the husband is having a hard time with his unreasonable demands. Is it love or control? Dr. Oh Eun-young’s healing report for ‘Shackled Couples’ can be seen tonight (the 2nd) at 10:45 PM on the 101st episode of ‘Oh Eun-young Report - Marriage Hell’.​

Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com Reporter yyynnn@donga.com