5 Best K-Dramas About Married Couples if You Are Tired of Love Triangles
They seem like perfect couples, but in reality they are not.
Twisted and passionate series about love triangles are good, but sometimes you want to watch something calmer. And k-dramas about the difficulties of family life are the perfect option – spouses argue about everyday life, omissions and thoughts about how wonderful life could be without marriage.
We have chosen the best series about family life that can give hope to those who are feeling down.
1. Love Reset, 2023
Na-ra and Jeong-yeol were madly in love with each other two years ago, before they got married. Back then, they didn't care that they came from different backgrounds: Na-ra came from a wealthy family, while Jeong-yeol came from an ordinary one. They just wanted to be together no matter what.
Now, the couple can't be together in peace; they have accumulated enough grievances over the two years of their marriage. So they filed for divorce and were given thirty days to think about it. After returning from court, Na-ra and Jeong-yeol fight again.
They get into an accident and lose their memories – they don't remember each other at all. The two have to get to know each other again and maybe get a chance to save their marriage.
2. Familiar Wife, 2018
Joo-hyuk is an ordinary bank clerk who is fed up with his life. At work, he is humiliated by his boss, and at home, he has a wife who is always dissatisfied with everything and restless children. His friends tell him that it is hard for a woman too: she works, takes care of the house and the children. But Joo-hyuk refuses to listen and starts thinking about divorce.
One day, he meets a woman he was in love with in college and finds out that the feelings were mutual. After another quarrel with his wife, he thinks that if he could go back in time, he would choose a completely different woman. And unexpectedly, his wish comes true – he ends up in the past.
3. Queen of Tears, 2024-...
Hae-in and Hyun-woo are married. She is the heiress of a large conglomerate, he is the son of a simple farmer. They met when Hae-in got a job as an ordinary intern in the family company and ended up in the same department as Hyun-woo. They fell in love and got married.
But three years later, the couple is facing a crisis: the spouses have grown apart, sleeping in different rooms and barely speaking to each other. Hyun-woo increasingly thinks about divorce, but changes his mind at the last moment when it turns out that Hae-in is terminally ill.
4. Go Back Couple, 2017
Jin-joo and Ban-do met as students, fell in love, married, and lived together for fourteen years. But their marriage was unhappy. At least, that's what the young people think: they have one child, but almost no money. There is no sign of a warm family atmosphere – the couple quarrels constantly.
Both Jin-joo and Ban-do think more and more about how their lives could have been different if they had not decided to get married. And then they get their chance – both wake up in the bodies of their twenty-year-old selves.
Neither of them wants the future to repeat their fates, so they do everything they can to avoid it. And only occasionally do they wonder: was their marriage really that bad?
5. Flower of Evil, 2020
Ji-won is a police detective. She is a stubborn, smart and strong woman. Her husband Hee-sung, on the other hand, is a gentle, smiling guy who only makes a positive impression on others. While his wife is catching criminals, he is raising their daughter, taking care of the house and always waiting for her with dinner.
At first glance, they seem like the ideal couple – happy and madly in love. That is, until another crime and a series of events lead Ji-won to a sudden realization: she doesn't know her husband at all.