I can't pick a date after the company dinner.
I have news to share with my family. Even after the company dinner, I can't bring myself to say a date out loud. My hand stops over the almanac.
Seojin can't choose a day to share the news with her family. After the company dinner, she sits in the counseling room, staring at one date in the almanac.
At the company dinner, a colleague asks when she'll tell her family the news, but Seojin puts off answering because she can't pick a date. On her way home, she opens the calendar, then closes it when a dinner invitation pops up in the family group chat. In the counseling room, Jirisan Mansin looks over the almanac dates with her and gently asks if she's trying to work out both the date and how to bring it up all at once. Seojin traces a date on the calendar with her fingertip, then pauses, still unable to choose.
Choosing a day to tell your family
If thoughts of what to say come up while choosing a date, you can look at those two things separately.
When you have something to tell your family, do you spend a long time looking at dates first?
The moment her hand stopped over the calendar as she thought about what to tell her family stayed with me. Maybe she was thinking about when to say it while trying to choose a date. If you're facing a similar moment, tell us about it.
Scenes
- 01 · A question after the dinner A question after the dinner — As the company dinner winds down, Mina asks Seojin when she'll tell her family the news. Mina: When are you thinking of telling your family? Seojin: I haven't picked a date yet.
- 02 · Calendar open Calendar open — As Seojin scrolls through dates on the subway, a dinner invitation from the family group chat pops up on her phone.
- 03 · Looking over the dates Looking over the dates — At the counseling room table, Jirisan Mansin points to a date in the almanac and talks about separating the choice of a date from finding the words. Jirisan Mansin: Seojin, could choosing a date and finding the words to say be getting tangled together? Seojin: Maybe. Even picking one date feels hard.
- 04 · Her fingertip pauses Her fingertip pauses — Seojin traces one date in the almanac with her fingertip, then stops. Jirisan Mansin: Seojin, which date on the calendar caught your eye first?
Stories by Jirisan Mansin
- Jirisan Mansin
- When a friend comes to mind while doing the dishes
- A dream of getting out of the water comes back, even on an autumn walk
- Even dressed, I ask my fortune whether I should rest today.
- You pause over the contract while choosing a signing date.
- Even after a celebration, my body takes a while to settle.
- I changed again in front of the mirror.
- While doing the dishes, I hesitate over deleting my friend’s number.
- Even after we pick a day to move in together, I check the calendar again while getting ready for work.