The heartbreaking story of MBC’s “PUBG Couple” continues as the husband finally holds a proper memorial service for his late wife 35 days after her passing, having initially been unable to afford a traditional funeral due to financial hardship.
The emotional update will air on the July 20 episode of MBC’s Oh Eun-young Report – Love Again: The Aftermath, revisiting the family whose story deeply moved viewers earlier this year.
In the couple’s previous appearance, the husband took on the role of primary caregiver while his wife battled terminal stomach cancer. After her condition rapidly worsened, she passed away, leaving behind her husband and their two young children—a five-year-old and a one-year-old. Since then, the father has been raising both children on his own.
The new episode follows the family’s first visit to their mother’s columbarium after her death. Believing they were simply going to the hospital, the eldest child innocently asked: “Are we at the hospital? Let’s hurry to the hospital. This isn’t Mom’s hospital.”
When the child finally stood before their mother’s memorial photo, the father gently explained: “Mom was very sick. She went to heaven so she wouldn’t hurt anymore.” Unable to fully understand the loss, the child broke down in tears, asking: “Why did Mom go to heaven? What am I supposed to do without Mom? I miss her.”
Watching his child grieve, the father admitted that the moment felt unbearable. “It felt like my heart was being torn apart. I felt like I had given my child another kind of pain.”
The episode also reveals that the family was forced to hold a simple funeral without a memorial hall immediately after the wife’s passing because they could not afford the expenses.
The husband shared that he had struggled to accept her death. “It never truly felt like I’d sent her off. I thought I’d cried enough, but the sadness never went away.” The inability to give his wife a proper farewell remained one of his greatest regrets.
Thirty-five days after her death—and on what would have been her 31st birthday—the husband finally stood as the chief mourner once again to hold a proper memorial service.
As friends and relatives gathered to pay their respects, he found comfort in their presence. “It was the first time so many people held my hands and comforted me face to face. That’s when I realized grief can slowly heal through other people.”
Following the ceremony, he ate his first proper meal since losing his wife. Overcome with emotion while eating the funeral meal, he tearfully remarked: “Why does this taste so good? I feel ashamed for saying that.”
The latest episode captures both a father’s struggle to help his young children understand the loss of their mother and his own journey toward finding closure after an overwhelming period of grief and financial hardship.
By finally holding the memorial service he had long wished to give his wife, he takes an important step toward honoring her memory while beginning the difficult process of moving forward.
Sources: xportsnews
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