Jin Tae-hyun gave tearful advice to a couple having a hard time because of nagging.

On the JTBC show ‘Divorce Consideration Camp’ that aired on the 9th, the story of the ‘Old Couple’, a husband who constantly nags his wife like a boss at work and a wife who does not hesitate to swear at her husband who is 12 years older than her, was revealed. MC Jin Tae-hyun in particular focused attention by shedding tears out of pity for his gloomy wife. The average viewership rating for Episode 20 of ‘Divorce Consideration Camp’ was 2.8% nationwide and 3.1% in the metropolitan area. (Nielsen Korea, based on paid households)

A survey on the couple‘s household affairs revealed that the wife was unable to control her emotions and yelled and swore at her husband and children, which was shocking. However, in the video from the wife’s side that was later revealed, the wife, who had only given birth 100 days ago, was taking care of all the childcare and housework on her own, while the husband was enjoying various hobbies such as baking, playing the piano, playing the guitar, and singing. During the will-writing experience that followed, Jin Tae-hyun shed tears of regret as he looked at his wife who said that her memorial photo looked weak, and gave his husband heartfelt advice, saying, “Couples need to constantly work hard and nurture each other so that they don‘t wither.”

Not only Jin Tae-hyun, but Seo Jang-hoon also sympathized with the wife’s position, saying, “It‘s a structure that can’t help but be annoying,” after seeing his wife taking responsibility for childcare and housework on her own. Furthermore, the husband continues to nag his wife about everything. Seo Jang-hoon couldn‘t hold back his anger as the husband constantly got angry and said, “Why do you hate something like that?” at every little thing his wife did.


The results of the personality test and couples counseling solutions that followed were also surprising. The husband of the “old fart couple” received a compassion score of 0. Counselor Lee Ho-seon advised, “Think of yourself as a person without a heart” and “From now on, you need to calculate compassion with your head from your wife’s perspective, not your own.” Also, although it was revealed through counseling that the wife was severely depressed and in need of help, she could not admit that she was not okay and ended up bursting into tears. Through counseling, the husband, who learned that his wife had lost her dreams and smile, began to gradually realize the seriousness of his situation.

In the meantime, Jin Tae-hyun‘s method acting, which reenacted the husband’s excessive drinking in the couple‘s psychological drama of ‘Shuttle Couple’, caught the eye. Through the psychological drama, the husband experienced a future where he would be abandoned by his children due to alcoholic dementia, and was so shocked that he vowed to quit drinking. In addition, Park Ha-sun comforted the wife by acting as her mother in order to heal her trauma from witnessing her parents die when she was young. The husband, who had difficulty empathizing with his wife’s pain, came to realize the depth of her pain as he watched this, and had a time of sincere repentance, shedding tears of regret.

Hong Se-young, Donga.com Reporter projecthong@donga.com