Seo Young-joo was abandoned by her parents as a child and betrayed by the man she loved. But despite all that, she stays positive as she raises her five-year-old daughter on her own while working part-time jobs. Yeong-ju, a single mother who is not a single mother. Joo-ri, who became a divorcee to escape the shackles of marriage. Mi-ri, who became a single mother because she had no choice. Bong-sook, a divorcee who wants to get married again even if she has to say she is a widow. This drama depicts the lives of four women with their own pasts, who face the prejudices of the world, sometimes hurt, sometimes fight, sometimes grit their teeth, and ultimately overcome their own traumas and live each day.
It had all the ingredients to put together a serviceable story but the finished product was rather disappointing. The biggest issue was its terrible pacing. Most of the runtime, the first 10 episodes, were agonizingly slow. Everything about these 10 episodes could've been summarized in 3 episodes with zero compromises. Then, they introduced the main conflict with episode 11 just to solve it nonchalantly within a singular episode. While there were a few love lines but the drama didn't do anything with these at all until the very last episode. Even then, it was rushed, half-arsed and distasteful.