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Park Si-eun, Jin Tae-hyun, small wedding cost 'surprise'
On the 3rd, on Park Si-eun and Jin Tae-hyun's YouTube channel 'Park Si-eun and Jin Tae-hyun's Small TV', a video titled 'The first real adoption story told by Park Si-eun and Jin Tae-hyun: But the wedding cost!!' was uploaded.
Jin Tae-hyun said, “Why did you marry me?” and made skinship. Park Si-eun said, “Because you love me so much.” Park Si-eun was taken aback by Jin Tae-hyun's expression of affection and nagged her, saying, "Do that when you two are together."
Jin Tae-hyun asked, "Si-eun, when you were dating, if we get married... aren't you really strangers? Have you ever thought about making people who are not blood related your family?" Park Si-eun said, "I never thought about it like that. I did volunteer work, but I never thought about getting married and adopting someone who had nothing to do with me, even though I don't know when I would get married." He continued, “From the beginning of our relationship, Taehyun said he wanted to adopt. But it sounded like something that had nothing to do with me.” He continued, “I think he talked to me consistently for the past five years. Adoption is not something you can do on your own, and it’s better for your mother to do it.” "I told him that I had to be prepared. So I told him that I couldn't do it if I wasn't ready. I told him that I wasn't confident in adopting the child unless I gave birth to him first and raised him to see if he was someone I could love." Also, "We adopted children and were very interested in multicultural children. Friends who were mixed race. One day, Taehyun ran into such a friend at a broadcasting station and said, 'That's the kind of kid who calls 'mom'.' Actually, it didn't really hit me at the time. “I wasn’t ready,” he said.
Jin Tae-hyun said, "You might be wondering why Jin Tae-hyun asked to be adopted. If you go to church from a young age, don't the adults in the church just say 'God'? They sing praises like crazy. But they don't do any good things. That's what Christianity is like even now. "It's being criticized. I wanted to go over that line. I had the mindset that 'I need to know how to share love,'" he explained.
The couple then continued talking about marriage. Park Si-eun said, "We dated for 5 years and got married in the chapel of the church we attend. Actually, I had no intention of having it in a chapel at all. We were just a couple who liked early morning services. After worshiping together for nearly 2 years, we began to pray. “I wanted to get married in this place where I had built up my wealth. It took five years like that,” he said. He continued, “When we got married, we were worried about where we would go on a trip.” Jin Tae-hyun added, “The honeymoon is all well and good, but I told you to go for it. You said it only happens once.”
The couple chose Jeju Island as their honeymoon destination. Regarding the reason, Park Si-eun said, "It's only once, so I don't know how to go. I wanted it to be just the two of us and it wouldn't end. I thought it wouldn't be good if we became one to help someone. There is also overseas volunteer work, and due to the nature of our jobs, we do volunteer work." "I had the opportunity to go. Rather than that, I thought I would go to places that were a little neglected in our country, to meet children in the mountains. I was looking for places far away from the metropolitan area, and ended up going to Jeju Island," he said. Jin Tae-hyeon said, “I (went) to an orphanage in Jeju Island.” Park Si-eun said, “Tae-hyun called me directly and said, ‘This is why I want to go on a honeymoon,’ and we went.” Jin Tae-hyun said, "I'm talking really briefly. There were a lot of things that happened between marriage and getting here.
The two reminisced about their small wedding. Jin Tae-hyun said, “I still think that wedding is beautiful.” Park Si-eun said, "These days, we don't have a lot of small weddings. Until then, there weren't many. That day, we had an early morning service at church and then went and had breakfast together. Don't you know that we often eat meat and large intestines for breakfast?" “I went there and ate grilled daechang. I went there and ate, and the person working there said he was so congratulated and didn’t take the money as a congratulatory gift,” he said, expressing his gratitude.
Park Si-eun said, "After receiving the congratulations in the morning, I came back to the church and set up the chairs. I took the picture frame from my car and came back to set up the first floor." When Jin Tae-hyun said, “He’s such a celebrity that he even got a bodyguard,” Park Si-eun added, “Thankfully, the company sent me one.”
Jin Tae-hyeon said, “Women may dislike it if you get married once and for all in a small church.” Park Si-eun said, "No, it was very meaningful because I prepared every single thing myself," and added, "The wedding cost was really low." He continued, “You can make it as small and pretty as you want. Rather than spending money on a wedding, I would like to say that you should spend money on the life you two live together. The wedding is not important, but how you live is important. Will you have a wedding for the guests today? “It would be a good idea to decide if we want to have a wedding for the two of us and have a wedding,” he advised as a ‘marriage senior.’
After the wedding, the two headed to an orphanage in Jeju Island. Park Si-eun said, "Actually, we were embarrassed when we went, because it was our first time doing something like this. They made a lot of preparations to welcome us. They were also embarrassed when they saw us and their daughter come." Jin Tae-hyun said, "I guess you thought it would come along with the broadcast. That wasn't the case," and added, "This is part 1 of our adoption story."
Jin Tae-hyun once again emphasized, "Don't spend money on a wedding. Spend money on life. That's the only business left." When Park Si-eun said, “You might be surprised, but we would like to reveal the amount,” Jin Tae-hyun laughed and said, “No. If you do that, you will be buried.” It was announced that the story would be told later through another video.
Park Si-eun and Jin Tae-hyun got married in 2015, and publicly adopted a college student daughter in 2019.
Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr
