Kim Song Faces Backlash After Celebrating Meeting Kang Won-rae at a Club While She Was in 9th Grade

Singer Kim Song has brought out special memories to celebrate her wedding anniversary with her husband, Kang Won-rae. A husband waiting for his wife with a bouquet, a wife receiving it with a bright smile, and their son delivering the bouquet between them. The anniversary of the couple, who have been together for a long time, was filled with simple sincerity rather than a grand event. The story of the couple, who have passed through turbulent times from their first meeting when they were in 9th grade and 12th grade to marriage and childbirth, is drawing attention again.

On the 12th, Kim Song posted a video on her Instagram saying, "23rd wedding anniversary? 24th anniversary?" along with the text, "Sun-i's dad and Sun-i's surprise." The video captures Kang Won-rae preparing a bouquet for their wedding anniversary. Holding the flowers, Kang Won-rae said, "Today is our wedding anniversary. I don't know if she will feel good about it," before handing the bouquet to their son. The son completed his father's surprise event by delivering the bouquet to Kim Song upon her return home.

Surprised by the unexpected gift, Kim Song rejoiced, saying, "Thank you. What's gotten into you? It's my first time receiving flowers from Dad." The reason a single bouquet became a special gift for the long-married couple lay not in its price or scale, but in the husband's expression, which differed from his usual self. Kang Won-rae's appearance, remembering an anniversary that could easily be overlooked in familiarity and attempting to surprise his wife with their son, showed that a small flutter still remains in their daily lives.

Along with the video, Kim Song also released photos from the days she was dating Kang Won-rae up to their wedding. In doing so, she specifically recalled their first meeting. She stated, "The place where my husband, who was in 12th grade, and I, who was in 9th grade, first met in 1988, was Unicorn Night in Seocho-dong." It draws attention that a connection started in a place that might feel somewhat unfamiliar by today's standards has developed into a marital relationship lasting decades.

The two began dating in 1991. Later, in 2000, Kang Won-rae faced a major turning point in his life due to a car accident, and they held their wedding in 2003. Although the process from dating to marriage was not smooth, the two formed a marital bond by enduring the changes that hit their respective lives together. In particular, Kang Won-rae's car accident was an event that greatly changed their lives, and their subsequent married life inevitably carried a different weight than an ordinary romance.

Kim Song also looked back calmly on the time after marriage. On their 10th wedding anniversary in 2013, they successfully underwent IVF and welcomed a son. The child, who came after a long wait, became another meaning of life for the couple. In this wedding anniversary video, the son also took on the role of delivering the bouquet, celebrating his parents' anniversary together. It is a scene showing that their love has not remained only as the couple's memory but has continued into the family's daily life.

Kim Song wrote, "Years with many times to laugh and many times to cry. Now we know each other so well that there is no reason to fight much," and "By chance, it's a 36-year connection. Let's all three live healthily in the future." Although they have spent so much time together that she was confused about which anniversary to celebrate, what Kim Song emphasized was the process of knowing each other rather than the number. It is read as a confession that as the years spent together grow longer, the way they understand each other changes, and they come to cherish the peace of daily life over major conflicts.

From their first meeting in 1988, to starting their relationship in 1991, holding their wedding in 2003, and welcoming their son in 2013, joy and trials have intersected in their relationship. Nevertheless, Kim Song expressed the passing years as times of laughing and crying rather than packaging them as something special. While the bouquet given on their wedding anniversary cannot explain those long years, it shows that the effort to express feelings toward each other still remains. The connection that started at a nightclub in Seocho-dong is now leading to a simple promise for the health and peaceful daily life of the three family members.

While Kim Song is reminiscing about her memories with Kang Won-rae in an honest, calm, and very beautiful way, many public reactions are very cold and even unpleasant. Some content states that it is already unpleasant to see a 12th grader frequenting a nightclub, so it is shocking that Kim Song was in 9th grade.

Furthermore, there are criticisms questioning what her standards are regarding youth-related ethics and morality, as she is a mother with a child yet reveals it so casually, as if she were even boasting about it.

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