She brought up their plans again while getting ready that morning.
Husband had checked his fortune in the Tojeong Bigyeol and suggested changing their plans.
On a busy morning as they got ready for work, Husband checked his Tojeong Bigyeol and suggested putting off their plans. Instead of answering, his wife looked at the book spread open on the table.
One morning as they got ready for work, Husband had the Tojeong Bigyeol laid open and suggested moving their plan to see a show near home that evening to the following week. He named a new date first, and his wife lined up the two tickets on the table. In the counseling room, Jirisan Mansin returned to the reading, laying the words in the book alongside the promise the couple had already made. Husband kept talking, while his wife held the tickets and still couldn’t answer.
When it’s hard to bring up a promise again
When a fortune reading is given as the reason for changing plans, you can look at what the two of you said separately from the reading.
When you heard the suggestion to put off your plans, what was the first thing that came to mind?
I keep thinking of the moment when, faced with the suggestion to put off that evening’s plans, all she did was straighten the two tickets. That morning, the Tojeong Bigyeol reading and the promise they’d already made were both laid out on the table. If you’ve been through something similar, I’d love to hear your story too.
Scenes
- 01 · The suggestion to put off their plans The morning table — One morning as they get ready for work, Husband opens the Tojeong Bigyeol and says, “Let’s move tonight’s show to next week.” Husband: The Tojeong Bigyeol says it’d be better to put off our plans today. Let’s move the show to next week.
- 02 · Hands straightening the tickets Still no answer — Seoyun lines up the two show tickets by their edges. They’d planned to see the show together that evening.
- 03 · Between the reading and the promise Opening the book again — In the counseling room, Jirisan Mansin points again to the reading in the Tojeong Bigyeol book. “It may help to look at this reading separately from what’s happening today. What had the two of you already agreed on?” Jirisan Mansin: It may help to look at this reading separately from what’s happening today. What had the two of you already agreed on? Seoyun: We’d agreed to go together. Then this morning, out of nowhere, he said we should put it off. Jirisan Mansin: Some mornings, a single line in a book can feel as big as the kitchen light. You’ve been carefully lining up those tickets, Seoyun.
- 04 · The promise still in her words The words she hasn’t said yet — Even in the counseling room, Seoyun holds one show ticket. The answer she hasn’t yet given Husband is still there with it. Jirisan Mansin: As you hold that ticket, what’s the first thing you find yourself wanting to say?
Stories by Jirisan Mansin
- Jirisan Mansin
- As I flip through the year-end calendar, my health is the first thing on my mind.
- After saying yes to a favor, it comes back to me when I catch my breath during a workout.
- I came back from celebrating, but I still have no idea where to go with my work.
- I couldn’t bring myself to say I’d dreamed we’d argued.
- When I rush my child, I think of our different zodiac signs
- I can't pick a date after the company dinner.
- 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