The husband of the "accusing couple" voiced his dissatisfaction with his wife, who has been devoted to a network sales business for 10 years.
On the episode of MBC's variety show 'Oh Eun-young Report-Marriage Hell' aired on the 12th, the story of the "accusing couple," who are in conflict over their wife's network sales activities, was revealed.
In that day's broadcast, the wife disclosed that she had been running a network sales business, commonly referred to as "multi-level marketing," for 10 years while raising two children and handling childcare duties.
However, the husband confessed, "To be honest, the reason we decided to appear on the show is because of the multi-level marketing," adding, "We applied just to survive."
The husband expressed his frustration that his wife had continued a network sales business that yielded no proper income for 10 years, despite the family's difficult financial situation.
He stated, "In a situation where we have to repay various loans and could end up on the street if we fail to pay off our debts, my wife is investing all of her earnings into network sales."
He continued, "To be honest, I don't know the exact amount, but I think the investment might be around 20 million to 30 million won." Upon hearing this, Jang Dong-min remarked, "She has to fill up her commission quota, so she is (buying the products herself)."
The husband confessed, "(At the taekwondo dojang we used to run), my wife displayed products from her network business, making it look like a religious group."
He added, "She says that although things are tough now, she will definitely succeed in the future. It's like saying, 'There is no problem right now; you just need to endure a little hardship.'"
On the other hand, the wife, who runs a network sales business in the education sector, said, "The reason I have been able to do this for so long is that I feel I have found healing and recharged through this work. While doing networking, I listen to good lectures and receive training, which recharges my energy and gives me the strength to stand up and endure."
The husband claimed that because his wife was more absorbed in her network sales business than in their children, her relationship with their eldest son had also deteriorated.
The husband revealed, to the surprise of the audience, that his wife had made their eldest son listen to network sales lectures since he was in the fourth grade and that he was required to exercise using an indoor bicycle, which was a product from the network sales business.
He shared, "When my eldest son was alone with his mom, she would be listening to a lecture while watching her phone, and she told him not to use his phone. He probably thought that if he disturbed Mom, he would get in trouble, so he wrote, 'Does Mom like multi-level marketing more than family?' I came home from work, saw it, and my heart ached."
He continued, "She made the child listen to one lecture a day on topics such as health. Although the lectures were supposedly for the child's benefit, if he skipped them because they were boring, she would make him watch them again; otherwise, she would make him watch two or three. The child developed a sense of resistance."
Furthermore, when asked about the profits from her 10-year network sales business, the wife could not answer immediately. While the wife said, "It can decrease or increase depending on sales," the husband countered, "Looking at just July, it was in the negative."
In response, the wife stated that she was making a profit of several million won per year, but added that this income was not used for food expenses or her children's tutoring fees, drawing sighs from the cast.
The wife argued that showing the children what it is like to work while listening to lectures seemed to have been a good stimulus for them, but psychiatrist Oh Eun-yeong (Dr.) sharply called it an "illusion." He continued, "If this concept is not corrected, problems will arise," pointing out, "It is not that doing network sales is bad; rather, the aspect of self-realization is much larger. If you become too focused on that, in a mother's life, she thinks she herself is more important than me (the child)."
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