Daye Kim, Saya, ‘young wife’ who endured prejudice

There is a prejudice against couples with a large age difference. A young woman marries a man because of his wealth. Following Park Soo-hong and Kim Da-ye, who are 23 years apart in age, these misunderstandings are being followed by prospective couple Shim Hyeong-tak and Saya, who are 18 years apart. They are honest about their husband's financial situation and show their sincerity in choosing love over money.

In TV Chosun's 'Joseon's Lover', which aired on the 24th, a double date was depicted between Park Soo-hong and Kim Da-ye, and Shim Hyeong-tak and Saya.

Shim Hyung-tak revealed that he revealed his bank account balance to his bride-to-be, Saya. He also confessed, "I thought I wouldn't be able to get married," and "It hasn't been that long. About 4 to 5 months. I showed him my bank account in December of last year, and he said it was less than the money he had saved."

Kim Da-ye laughed, saying, "I was like that when I got married. (Park Soo-hong's bank account balance) was 33.8 million won. I had more than that." Park Soo-hong said, "We also opened everything. We decided to reveal everything but not touch it. We set a goal and decided to do it together." Park Soo-hong also said on a broadcast in December last year, "I said to my wife, 'Don't you have a purpose too? Are you planning to marry me for my money?' and she said, 'What kind of money does your brother have?' and said she loves me. I had nothing to say. Money. “Because there wasn’t any,” he said.

Former baseball player Yang Jun-hyuk and his wife Park Hyun-seon also suffered from malicious comments when they got married due to their 19-year age difference. In an entertainment show, the two people confessed that they had suffered a lot due to malicious comments.

Park Hyun-seon said, “I was hurt by the stares of people around me because of the large age difference, but I was able to overcome it thanks to my dependable husband.” It is said that Park Hyun-seon even took medication for insomnia before marriage. He said, "It's not that I didn't care about the malicious comments from the beginning. They talked about athletes meeting young women. I thought there must be a reason why young women marry famous people," and "I thought they were marrying purely out of love." “There were a lot of people who didn’t do it,” he said. In another entertainment show, Park Hyun-seon also expressed her resentment, saying, "When I said I was marrying Yang Jun-hyuk, who is 19 years older than me and is known to be worth 10 billion won, people misunderstood that I was going to get married, but that's not true at all."

‘Young wives’ were the target of malicious comments for marrying husbands who were significantly older than them. Since economic power is an important part of married life, such 'speculations' also arise. But economic power is not everything about marriage. Couples who overcome their age gap through love should not be criticized for marrying for money because it is not an ‘ordinary age gap.’

Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr