The Father and Her Fiance.

i believe he married her cos she offered him something new that had previously ben missing from his life.

i think that if he went with the mother, then he would be repeating the repitition or mundanity of his life.

i think she agreed to marry him for similar reasons, they found something in each other that they felt they had been missing. he was kind, charming, and delightful to her daughter, so it doesnt seem like a stretch for her to like him.

cheers

It's rather obvious from watching the film that Jin Rong's mother is obnoxious and uncaring, and also very obvious that Mr. Chu finds her to be as annoying as his daughters do. Why would you expect him to marry such a woman? Just because they are of a similar age?

It's a shame that people put so many restrictions on love today.

Jin-Rong and Mr. Chu fell in love. They are both mature, caring and lonely people with love to give and looking for that right somone to help give them what they need to get their life back on track. They have alot in common: they both feel isolated from their families, they both have raised children on their own, and they both wish to love and be happy again. They are a near perfect match regardless of their ages. They fell in love. It's really that simple. I thought it was very sweet and worked very well and if anything, for me, the age difference showed how much they must have really loved each other.

In the first scene of the movie the father is actually talking to Jin-Rong on the phone about breaking the news of their relationship to his family. He later tries to bring it up by saying, "For the last two days.." but is continuously interrupted. This is why Jin-Rong stops at his house later that evening, but unfortunately he is helping at the restaurant.