One obvious spoiler, but how can I talk about a series without giving anything away?

The acting was good but the story was horrible. The story starts out with a sweet girl falling in love with her first love who happens to be a playboy. Over the course of the show he has to be a different person if he wants to be with her, because she seems to be a person who shockingly wants faithfulness (sarcasm, in case you don’t know it).

He cheats and lies and is controlling and bordering on abusive (both emotionally and physically). He encompasses pretty much every bad relationship trope available. He is basically the perfect example of a man that no woman should want.

You would think he might become a better man, but he didn’t. He lost the woman he wanted and he wasn’t used to being denied anything,. So he “changed” to get her back but that does not mean that he will stay changed. He lies and cheats because he wants to. People like that don’t just change. When she gets older or their relationship becomes boring over time and he has kids and diapers and work to think about, he will go right back to what he was — a cheating, abusive scumbag. I’m not saying no one can change, but he had no moment where he really looked at who he was and thought, “I’m a disgusting person and need to change” and then had to work toward that goal. He just watched her moving on and felt bad that he wasn’t in her life, so he forced his way back into her life and she let him.

There was plenty of him realizing that he hurt her by cheating and that his previous relationships weren’t as fulfilling. But they barely even scratched the surface of dealing with his controlling and abusive anger.

It’s so offensive to always see the male lead behave that way and not only does the stupid girl forgive him and take him back, but everyone says it was so awesome how “possessive and manly” he was. If controlling and abusive is being portrayed as possessive and manly now, I don’t want to meet a manly man. Give me the sweet second male lead any day of the week. He was 100 times better.

This entire ridiculous plot is so typical of Thai TV series. I don’t know if it’s because Thai culture is full of egotistical, abusive men (they are certainly found around the globe), but I find their treatment of woman in general to be degrading and contemptuous.

(I didn’t really pay attention to the music, other than to think some of the music was good and none of it detracted from the show. Normally, I wouldn’t rate soundtracks if I don’t pay attention, but this website forces you to rate each aspect.)