This drama shows how devastating and hurtful it can ben for a woman to live with a boyfriend before marriage and not end up tying a knot with him. Korea has the second highest divorce rate in the world as more and more families become ruined—mainly because one of the spouses’ cheats. To make things worse, the mass media continues to champion premarital cohabitation as a choice that unmarried couples are free to make. Terms of Endearment depict today’s harsh reality and once again remind us of the sacred meaning of marriage and the importance of family.