My Kids Give Me a Headache

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Drama: My Kids Give Me a Headache (English title) / Childless Comfort (literal title)
Revised romanization: Moozasik Sangpalja
Hangul: 무자식 상팔자
Director: Jung Eul-Young
Writer: Kim Soo-Hyun
Network: JTBC
Episodes: 40
Release Date: October 27, 2012 - March 17, 2013
Runtime: Sat & Sun 20:50
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

"My Kids Give Me a Headache" tells the story of 3 generations of a family: parents, three sons and three daughter-in-laws and their children.

The three daughter-in-laws Ji-Ae, Yoo-Jung and Sae-Rom go to an outlet mall for shopping. Sae-Rom happens to see her niece So-Young in the restroom at the outlet mall. Sae-Rom freaks out that So-Young is pregnant. So-Young, who is still single, has never married. From the size of So-Young's stomach, Sae-Rom can tell she is due to give birth soon. So-Young asks Sae-Rom to not tell their family about her pregnancy.

Notes

"My Kids Give Me a Headache" takes over the jTBC Sat & Sun 20:50 time slot will be replaced by "Blooded Palace:The War of Flowers" March, 2013.

Cast



Lee Soon-Jae	Seo Woo-Rim	Yoo Dong-Geun	Kim Hae-Sook	Ha Seok-Jin
An Ho-Sik	Choi Geum-Sil	An Hee-Jae	Lee Ji-Ae	An Sung-Ki



Uhm Ji-Won	Baek Jong-Min	Song Seung-Hwan	Lim Ye-Jin	Kim Min-Kyung
An So-Young	An Joon-Ki	An Hee-Myung	Ji Yoo-Jung	Kang Hyo-Joo



Jung Joon	Kyeon Mi-Ri	Yun Da-Hun	Jeon Yang-Ja	Oh Yoon-Ah
An Dae-Ki	Shin Sae-Rom	An Hee-Kyu	Shin Young-Ja	Lee Young-Hyun

Son Na-Eun

Oh Soo-Mi

Additional Cast Members:

Kim Young-Jae - Chang-Ho
Yoo Yeo-Woon - Min-Gyoo
Kim Jung-Soo - taxi driver
Ha Jae-Suk - Sun-Hwa (cameo)
Lee Sang-Woo - Ha In-Cheol (cameo)
Kim Ji-Sook - In-Cheol's mother (cameo)
Park Hyun-Suk - In-Cheol's sister (cameo)
Kim Ho-Young - Professor Koo (cameo)
Kim Ha-Kyun - barista teacher (cameo)
Jung Suk-Yong - guard (cameo)
Kim In-Kwon - man on blind date (cameo)
Hwang In-Young - cafe customer (cameo)
Lim Hyung-Joon - clothing store customer (cameo)
Lee Sun-Jin - clothing store customer (cameo)
Jeong Dong-Hwan - In-Cheol's father-in-law (cameo)
Bang Eun-Hee - divorce suit client (cameo)
Jo Yeon-Woo - Hyun-Soo (cameo)
Kim Bo-Yeon - Young-Hyun's mother (cameo)
Han Jin-Hee - Young-Hyun's father (cameo)
Hong Yeo-Jin - Young-Hyun's aunt (cameo)
Yang Hee-Kyeong - Young-Hyun's aunt (cameo)
Ahn Hae-Suk - Young-Hyun's aunt (cameo)
Kim Ji-Young - So-Young's friend (cameo)
Joo A-Reum - single mother (cameo)
Kim Kwang-Kyu - gas station customer (cameo)
Lee Ja-Min

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Park Min Dec 11 2022 3:50 pm It's okay for the son to have to have a child without a mother but god forbid if the daughter had a child without a father. Classic Korea!

Park Min Dec 11 2022 3:47 pm It got a unique vibe, it's not even similar to the writer's and the director's previous projects. The editing, pacing, dialogue exchange, transitions and the type of events are all unusual, in a good way. Especially when it comes to Yeong Hyun & Sung Ki which I enjoyed the most. I wanted something more for So Yeong, since she is a main character, she should have had a bigger impact. There were a lot of shortcomings and misses but the drama is still a decent watch for a family drama.

Ciepao Aug 24 2021 7:47 am The story of this drama is really nice. They really portray the struggles and problems that most of the family go through. Their acting are amazing and you can feel the emotions especially when its the older actors are on the scene. Though it's a little bit boring because it's a drama with a 40 episodes and some scenes are just fillers. OSTs are good, and the casting of the characters are great, they really fit the character they portray.

Overall, I'll give it a 6/10. The story is nice but I got bored. I'm not sure tho if it's good enough to recommend.

Ng Apr 20 2021 5:01 pm I’ve never written a review before. But after watching a few episodes, it got on my nerve. Like wtf... in what century the writers live in. What message they r trying to send. This drama is so sexist and most annoying drama I’ve ever watched. Wouldn’t recommend if u don’t wanna kill ur brain cells out of anger and frustration.

ERL Feb 25 2019 8:51 am Nicely written drama - for the most part. The one part I would leave out or rewrite is the story between Lee Young-Hyun and An Sung-Ki. I really didn't like those two characters at all!

Kris Apr 11 2018 9:45 pm Great series. Watching it again.

Kris Jan 13 2017 5:57 pm Halfway through the series. Can someone please reassure me that the evil frugal MIL changes for the better?

Amber Lee Nov 20 2015 2:29 am Watched it just for Ha Seok-Jin. Love him.

Shortfus Sep 04 2015 11:12 am Loved it! Loved it! Loved it! The master writer Kim Soo-Hyun does not disappoint, not at all. She could straddle the fence between the funny and sad like no other writer, making the viewer laugh and cry at the same time. The actors and actresses were so well cast, always great to see the familiar faces in great roles. The writer really knows how to relate to the viewers. One of the best I have seen in recent days!

Betsy Lawford Jul 26 2013 11:50 am Lee Soon Yae must be in just about every TV drama in Korea. What? Don't they have enough older actors that they keep recycling the same ones in every drama?

Young-Jin Dec 02 2012 2:07 pm Someone know where I can see this drama??

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