I was watching episode 56 of Running Man yesterday, in which Jihyo chose Gary as her partner. Somehow in the middle of a race they had time to rest in a pavilion (hehe), and Jihyo applied this balsam dye to Gary's fingernail. Jihyo was saying that the dye should be applied with alum, but Gary misinterpreted it as rice and got so confused, and then Jihyo was just smiling patiently. So sweet right? The scene draws to an end with the above caption, which sounded so cryptic and poetic to me, so I went to do a google search.
According to the Korean tradition, if the balsam dye remains by the first snowfall, you will marry your true love.
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This is supposed to be sweet, I guess, but because I'm watching the past episodes so I know that Jihyo is actually dating the CEO of her management company in real life, so this scene felt bittersweet to me. I know it's just a variety show (heck it's not even "We got married"!), but Gary and Jihyo look so good together, and I treasure their scenes together as I countdown towards the end of the Monday couple...
I think they will announce the relationship in episode eighty-something? And then it's the end of my beloved Monday Couple... T_T
