T-ARA’s former member Ahreum recently made headlines for the troubles she is currently facing in her marriage.
But this went beyond petty fights and believe me, it is quite serious. It has come to the point that it looks like divorce is coming their way.
T-ARA’s Ahreum is one of the very few idols that has been open about her lovelife but now that her marriage is coming to an end pretty publicly, it must be ten times harder to deal with everything.
Ahreum announced her marriage to her non-celebrity boyfriend Kim Younggul in August of 2019.
The wedding date ended up getting postponed while the couple was making the preparations because Ahreum got pregnant.
Her then fiance made the decision to not study abroad in the Philippines and United States so he could stay in Korea and take care of her.
Ahreum had been in a bad place mentally ever since T-ARA’s scandal.
Her fellow member Hayoung threatening her caused her horrible emotional and physical trauma.
She lost a lot of weight because of it and it was also reported that she would lock herself in her room and refuse to come out.
Thankfully, she got better after she got admitted to the hospital and that is why the public was so supportive and happy for the news of her marriage, knowing how much she had suffered.
The couple officially got married in October of 2019 and Ahreum gave birth to their son in May of 2020. Everything seemed to be perfectly well with their lives and their marriage but that turned out to be far from the truth.
The couple made an appearance on TVING‘s “Between Marriage And Divorce” and basically showed the public that their marriage was on the brink of failing.
On the episode that aired on May 18 of 2022, the two are seen having a very intense argument, making the viewers uncomfortable.
The two cannot even have a conversation with each-other without arguing, leading Ahreum to ask what is the point of their marriage if they can not even talk.
It is in this conversation that the husband hints that the discussion of a divorce has not been a first for them.
He asks Ahreum what she would do if the couple ends up divorcing and then says that she would probably just lie around, watching dramas and complaining that she has been stressed out.
Then Ahreum tells him that she has decided to divorce him after all.
Yonggul replies by letting the viewers know that this is not the first time Ahreum has talked about them splitting because according to him, everytime she feels bad, she would immediately mention a divorce and make things complicated.
It was because of this argument that the couple had to visit a counsellor in the next episode.
First, the couple took a few personality tests so they could reflect on themselves.
The counsellor then concluded that they were both very aggressive but Ahreum wanted them to be equals while Yonggul was more patriarchal and conservative.
This is when Ahreum opens up and reveals she felt ignored by her husband, saying that he only sees her shortcomings and that she would not like to be in a relationship like this.
The counsellor then explained that because of their strained marriage, Ahreum’s health had become so bad that she was considered a danger to herself.
The results of the personality tests the two had taken revealed that Ahreum had thought about self-harm at some point, which was also confirmed by Ahreum.
Yonggul shared that his mental health had not been at its best either, as he suffered from employment depression and had had some dangerous thoughts himself but he stopped himself because of their son.
By the end of the episode, both of them looked more than willing to work on their marriage, even though they had been discussing divorce in the previous episode.
Yonggul expressed that the couple’s counselling really offered him a new perspective when it came to their marriage and that things could change if they were both willing to work on their relationship.
The public was glad that they were able to solve their problems maturely and hoped that Ahreum would put herself first when it comes to making a decision for their marriage but it looks like in the end, everything worked out.
On July 8, 2022, she announced that she was pregnant for a second time, shocking the public.
But Ahreum made sure to let everyone know that her and her husband were on the best of terms.
She expressed that Yonggul even cooks for her now because they are both happy.
She also reassured others that they both wanted a second child and are thinking of a third child as well.
