I’ve been watching a taiwanese drama called In Time With You. I steered around it a few times before when I was searching for stuff to watch because I didn’t like the main actress since she was from another drama I saw a long time ago when she was new and still looked awkward but now she’s pro and became really pretty. The plot is actually so unique. It’s not the typical sappy boy meets girl and fall in love kind of thing but it tells of an unbreakable friendship of 14 years between the guy DaRen and girl YouQing. The main storyline is that he’s been in love with her since high school, but because of a misunderstanding they never got to develop any romance. Afraid of rejection and not wanting to admit his feelings, he basically told her he “couldn’t ever fall in love” with her and she took it very VERY seriously so although they became best friends, they never crossed the line. The drama starts out with YouQing a day away from turning 30, with a nonexistent love life. Even though he tries to confess his feelings to her he fails every time because something always comes in between or there is always a misunderstanding of some sort. Also because he doesn’t really do a good job of it because he’s totally beating around the bush and not being aggressive enough. They decide to make a bet to see who would get married first and so he gets into a relationship with his young coworker who has a crush on him because he thinks he has no chance with YouQing, but she starts getting upset with him and on the surface it seems like she’s just envious that he has someone and she doesn’t, but deep down it’s because she likes him! So a bunch of things happen in between, and they have a falling out and stop speaking to each other. YouQing runs into her ex-bf who was supposed to be “the one”, they broke up because she found out he was unfaithful. When DaRen hears that she gets back with her ex, he tries to stop her and she thinks it’s because he doesn’t want her to be happy with someone like he is with his gf but it really is because he is madly in love with her and hates her ex’s guts. He realizes that he can’t be in a relationship with his gf anymore because he’s lying to both himself and her so he breaks up with her and immerses himself into his job. While YouQing is back with her ex, everything seems to go smoothly. He’s like the “perfect” guy that every girl wants- tall, handsome, rich, romantic, sexy etc. He sweeps her off her feet with his charm and she thinks that it’ll work this time. They get engaged and DaRen is heartbroken so he takes a job transfer to Singapore. Only after he leaves does YouQing find out how he feels about her. She becomes confused because she realizes she does have feelings for DaRen too, but she never let it go any further because of his “I couldn’t ever fall in love with you”. However, she still decides to marry her ex because she thinks he’s what she needs, since he is perfect on paper and she doesn’t want to ruin her friendship with DaRen. But the problem is he doesn’t understand her like DaRen does, he doesn’t do things for her like DaRen does, he’s not there for her like DaRen has been. Seriously the guy is always her knight in shining armor but his actions go unnoticed because he never actively pursued her. Anyway, on the night that YouQing goes to call off the wedding with her ex, she catches him cheating on her with his assistant hoho. This is where I expected her to fly to Singapore and run into DaRen’s arms but instead she flies around the world to travel for 8 months. I hate how it took them so long to be together but they finally do and it’s the sweetest, cutest thing ever how much he cares for her and she realizes that it’s the type of love she needs. They do get married and their first time consummating was so funny yet cute at the same time. DaRen really is a good guy and I couldn’t help thinking the whole time how lucky YouQing is. Moral of the story is the one you crave for and think is right for you might be a big mistake, and the one who’s been around you and knows you more than you know yourself is possibly the one you could spend the rest of your life with. I love when best friends end up together! It was pretty sad towards the middle of the drama because that’s when they stop talking to each other but it gets good again right away. I think the saddest parts were when DaRen was standing out in the rain waiting for her and when was drinking by himself and said that he doesn’t want to tell her how he really feels because he fears he will lose her so he would rather stand aside and watch her be happy. <33333333333333333 selfless love
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