'Roommate' Kim Heung Guk bursts into tears as a 'kirogi father'

Article: 'Roommate' Kirogi dad Kim Heung Guk bursts into tears while recording video message to daughter studying abroad

Source: Newsen via Nate

"Dad loves you so much. I live for you only. When you succeed, help your brother. I don't need anything. Help your mom. I've done nothing for our son and daughter. Love you, Joohyun-ah."

1. [+338, -2] If you've lived more than half of your married life separately... that's not a marriage, that's a separation.

2. [+321, -4] I don't know why so many families are putting themselves through this. Studying abroad won't guarantee you success when you get back. A father is not a machine to make you money. This is going too far...

3. [+314, -5] Is his wife still abroad too? Being away from each other for so long is actually poisonous.

4. [+53, -1] And how will the father be paid back for the life that he's lost?

5. [+50, -1] I remember seeing his daughter on a TV show in the past and she can barely speak Korean fluently and pretty much sounded like a foreigner. Kirogi fathers sometimes seem like money making machines than actual family members.

6. [+46, -3] Who the hell studies abroad for 10 years? That's not studying abroad. I'd try to be understanding if it was the kid alone that was gone but the mother too? That's not studying abroad but a tactic to throw the husband away and start a new life.

7. [+44, -2] I don't know why the mother felt the need to be away for so long too. Probably a guise for divorce?

8. [+36, -1] I don't get why kirogi fathers get married and have kids if they're going to live like that. The point of marriage is to start your own family. Fathers are not sponsors.

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