Mom's Diary, My Ugly Duckling (My Little Old Boy / 미운 우리 새끼)

- Hello. - Welcome.

It's nice to meet you.

Gosh, it has been so long.

- Goodness. - We saw you on...

- "Soonpoong Clinic." - "Soonpoong Clinic."

- That's right. - Yes, he was so young back then.

- Hello. - You haven't changed since then.

- Not at all. - He is just the same.

Since the days he was on "Soonpoong Clinic,"

- Yes. - he hasn't changed one bit.

Gosh.

- It's one of the greats. - Seriously.

- "Soonpoong Clinic" is... - It has been...

so long since "Soonpoong Clinic" was on the air,

but it was loved...

- by so many people, - Right.

which is so rare...

- for a TV show. - I still remember it so well.

- They still do reruns on cable TV. - Yes.

Many people are curious about...

whether or not I get paid when they play reruns these days.

I don't get paid at all.

- Don't they pay you for reruns? - Right.

- Not at all. - They only pay you for a period.

- Yes, that's right. - There's a limited duration?

- Yes, there's a set duration. - Mi Dal is now a grown woman.

My goodness.

Kwon Oh Joong is...

actually the master of R-rated sayings.

I see.

"While I was dating my wife,"

"we stayed in the car for so long..."

"that we were taken in by police."

(The police came because my wife and I were in the car for too long.)

"If you lose weight,"

"you may gain libido,"

"but you lose stamina."

(If you lose weight, you gain libido but lose stamina.)

What on earth is this about?

- When people lose weight, - Yes?

- your senses become more alert, - Yes.

- and you become healthier. - Right.

- That made my libido stronger. - I see.

It's like how lots of people have babies during wartime.

So, when you go on a diet and tire your body out,

- your libido goes up. - Yes.

- But you don't have any energy. - I see. You don't have energy.

- That's what I meant. - I see.

Then what were you doing in the car for so long?

Goodness, ma'am. You're doing a great job.

Well, if you think about it,

we have two masters of R-rated sayings...

- here with us today. - That's right.

- Me? - Yes.

Goodness.

- Why are you suddenly being humble? - Gosh, no.

- What do you think about... - Gosh.

- Dong Yeob's R-rated sayings? - Right.

- Back when I was doing this a lot, - Yes?

people would always make us compete against each other.

They'd say, "Dong Yeob is better." Or, "No, Kwon Oh Joong is better."

- I think I felt competitive too. - Oh, my.

If Dong Yeob said something really strong,

- You'd go stronger. - I'd think, "What? Is that strong?"

"Is that what's considered strong?"

I would be very strong with what I'd say.

- Very. - But now that time has passed,

Dong Yeob was very wise about his R-rated sayings,

whereas I was very ignorant about my R-rated sayings.

- No. - If I set off an R-rated bomb,

the shrapnel would hit me later on as well.

- So, - No.

- Dong Yeob was very wise. - Goodness.

Since people found it funny,

I'd say them against my will. But after I was done,

I'd cry from feeling guilty.

Dong Yeob, you just drop a bomb gently like this,

- and it explodes when you leave. - Right.

I just let it explode right in front of me like this.

By the way, Oh Joong loves his wife dearly,

- but he loves his son so much. - I heard that too.

So you even got a social worker license...

- for your son. Is that right? - Yes.

- My child has a disability. - Yes.

Back then, I began doing volunteer work...

- through my son. - I see.

And while I was volunteering,

I felt that wasn't enough...

to truly help people.

If I were to study this more, I could help disabled people,

- and I thought I could raise... - Help him.

my son in a better way.

So, I studied to get the license.

- But it was only a few years ago... - The diagnosis.

- that you found out his diagnosis? - Yes.

- How did that happen? - It was about four years ago?

So, other than his legs...

My son was very normal when he was younger.

He could run around and spoke well.

But from a certain point onwards, he started showing symptoms,

so we took him to the doctor.

But no matter who we saw, they couldn't give us a diagnosis.

They'd think it was something, but the test results wouldn't match.

In 2017, my son's mobility became more compromised.

We went to an orthopedic clinic for physical rehabilitation.

And they told us to go back and get tested again.

Since medical technology has gotten much better,

they thought we could get a diagnosis now.

My wife, my son, and I...

all had DNA tests done.

We waited for a year and got our results.

And we were so grateful...

- that we had our child's diagnosis. - Just finding out.

But my son being the only patient with this condition in Korea,

- In the world... - and not many patients worldwide,

no one knows how his condition might progress.

And there aren't any medications to treat him.

There's no progress in treating him. That's where we're at.

Still, we remain hopeful.

We pray that our son...

doesn't get any worse from where he's at now.

And we hope he can be happy. That's how we're raising him.

- That's a dad's love. - That's a parent's prayer.

Your son told you that he was accepted to college.

I hear you can't forget about that moment.

- Right. - Yes.

My son wasn't able to study much.

As I said, he's normal in some ways and abnormal in others.

So I thought, even if he went to high school,

college wasn't in his future.

Because there was no way for him to go to college.

But one day, he suddenly said to his mom,

"I want to go to college and meet a girlfriend."

When he was in high school, I thought this would be it for him,

so I had a banner made for his high school graduation.

Because this was the end for him.

We thought it would be his last graduation.

I had banners made and invited a ton of people.

But when he said what he said, we felt lost.

My wife, as his mom,

started looking around for schools.

- We applied to dozens of schools. - Right.

We applied to any school that had a special admission for disabled kids.

- But every school rejected him. - Right.

And it was the day before most schools started the school year.

Then, there was one school...

that had one spot open to admit a new student.

It was the day before the new school year.

It was in a rural area, but my wife said...

she wanted to go there.

I said, "Let's stop now."

"I don't think it'll work out even if we go there."

"It's even raining right now. How can we go there?"

"Let's not go."

But she insisted that we go and see it.

So I told her to go and see the place.

And as soon as she got there, the school said,

"Why did you only come now?"

They took our application,

and my son was admitted the very next day.

It was like a miracle. And after four years,

- my son graduated. He really did. - Goodness.

- He did it. Congratulations. - We were so grateful.

- You worked so hard. - Thank you.

- Thank you. - You're such amazing parents.

- No, my son did so well. - Both mom and dad...

You're incredible.

Joon Ho went to Donghae to meet his future mother-in-law.

(Last week, Joon Ho went to Donghae to meet his future mother-in-law.)

(Winning over Mother's heart, 1. Create a neat image)

Gosh, that's refreshing.

(Winning over Mother's heart, 2. Get Ji Min's brother on his side)

(There was an episode about your dead skin cells.)

(When I touch my nose, give me a compliment.)

(I'll give you a compliment for sure.)

(I am on my way to meet you now, Mother.)

Finally.

- Will Seong Rae be there first? - Yes.

She doesn't know that we met.

- I told him to keep it a secret. - Right.

- Serious and neat. - Yes.

- Not spending money wastefully. - I can't show that to her.

- Serious... - This is a problem.

- Why? - I told you not to spend money.

But you bought the most expensive bouquet.

I'll tell her I picked them.

She won't be happy that you spent money on...

these flowers that will wilt soon.

Is that so?

This will be the last time.

Here we are.