"When Sunwoo and Hana met on Twitter, they were in their 40s and committed bachelorettes. Both raised by the sea in Busan, they studied in Seoul before entering the city's famously brutal rat race, Sunwoo as a fashion journalist, Hana as a copywriter. They shared the same taste in music and books, and importantly, both had rejected marriage. No wonder. In South Korea's stubbornly patriarchal culture, women in dual-income families spend nearly three hours more a day on household chores than men."
"Two Women Living Together, a 2019 South Korean bestseller that spawned a popular podcast, charts Sunwoo and Hana's decision to buy a sunlit house together and live not as a romantic couple but as friends. Across 49 warm, chatty essays, they invite us into the life they share with four cats, reflecting on everything from the food they love to their retirement fantasies."
Sunwoo and Hana met on Twitter in their 40s, both from Busan and working in Seoul as a fashion journalist and a copywriter. Both rejected marriage and initially lived alone before deciding to buy a sunlit house together to live as friends with four cats. Their shared household balances companionship and frequent irritations, including clashes over minimalism, clothing accumulation, laundry protocols, and tidiness. Loneliness and middle-age anxieties drive them toward mutual dependency, leading one to become the primary caregiver when the other is hospitalized, reframing partnership as family.
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