My boyfriend had been sending 400,000 won monthly to the wife of a friend who had passed away. He lost his mother when he was eight. His friend’s mother, whom he’d known since kindergarten, essentially raised him—even packing his lunch for school trips. When he was in his early twenties and tried to take his own life after being scammed, this friend stayed at his house for six months to keep him from falling apart. The friend died of pancreatic cancer just three months later, leaving behind a two-year-old son and a ten-year-old wife. His final words to my boyfriend were: “Please check in on my wife once in a while.” Since then, my boyfriend has been sending 400,000 won every month—and he plans to keep sending it, even if she remarries. I couldn’t understand it, so I went to their home in person.