'Nana Solo' Season 28's Hyunsook speaks on marriage a month after split from Youngsik

A year of long-distance, then a quiet goodbye

About a month after the split, Nana Solo Season 28 cast member Hyunsook went public with her views on marriage. She isn't holding back.

She and Youngsik met on the divorced-singles special of ENA·SBS Plus's Nana Solo, which aired from September to November of the previous year. They went public as a couple after filming wrapped. A long-distance relationship between Incheon and Gwangju lasted roughly a year before they ended things. Hyunsook is raising three children alone. Youngsik is a single father with a daughter.

Hyunsook confirmed the split herself: "He was a good person and I was happy. So before it's too late, before the children get more attached, we decided to go back to our own places."

What Youngsik said in July — and what changed

As recently as July, Youngsik had addressed remarriage speculation on his channel Daensigi. Three other couples from Season 28 had already married, drawing comments pushing him and Hyunsook to do the same. His response was measured: "We are thinking about it too, but we want to take it slow." He also said that melting into Hyunsook's younger children's hearts was the priority. "We shouldn't be the main focus."

That context makes the eventual breakup land differently. Hyunsook acknowledged the emotional weight that comes after divorce: "After divorce, people's emotions are like that. It feels like a failure."

"Choose from above"

Now Hyunsook is channeling that experience into blunt advice for anyone weighing marriage. Her threshold test: "If a spouse lying in the ICU would be okay, then get married." Harsh. But she's been through it.

She went further, telling people to raise their own standards before committing: "Raise yourself up. Choose from above. I really want this, or maybe I want to get married because I'm afraid of regret."

Fear of regret is not the same as genuine desire. Even people who aren't fully ready end up marrying anyway. The distinction, she suggests, is worth sitting with.