I was thinking the same thing, just make sure there is a good looking man over 30 or 40 and I’m sure a mom will enjoy. We are older not dead😁.

UPDATE:
Thank you all so so much for the many amazing suggestions, I enjoyed looking through your suggestions and the discourse was very interesting and offered tons of insight. But… *drumroll* WE HAVE A WINNER (er, sort of.) We have decided that we’ll watch Healer, because she liked the synopsis/trailers, and I’m fine with it because I love that show to DEATH. On the off chance that she isn’t feeling it, (which, I mean, I don’t think would happen cuz it’s Healer, but it’s up to her) we have a small runner up list of shows, which include When The Camellia Blooms (she liked the trailer and is apparently in a crime mood, so) or Signal. If she doesn’t like any of those, I’ll move out. (Just kidding, i’ll keep going down the list.) But wish me luck, keep giving me those wonderful recommendations, and enjoy the weekend/mother’s day!! I hope you all are safe and healthy :))
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Oh I enjoy reading the stories on this page! So timely since Mother’s Day is coming up. To those missing your moms, I hope the memories are comforting and those who have their moms, may you enjoy drama time (or any type of time) with them!

While I don’t watch dramas (or much TV with my mom) since I got married and moved out (also she’s not a TV watching person), I did bond with my mother in law over Kdramas. In fact that’s how I was actually introduced to Kdramas – In the first year of marriage I lived with my in laws and would watch dramas with my mother in law, and we would chat about the storylines. They were the 100 episode family drama types with dubbed in Chinese as they were screened on Chinese TV channels. It was quite funny to watch all the rich guy poor girl amnesia and truck of doom tropes! Also when I missed some episodes I would go online to find them and was shocked to realised they were actually speaking Korean 😂😂

As for recommendations I would include Misaeng (workplace drama, you could talk about work life!) and maybe My Ajusshi purely because I love that show and it has mature but ultimately hopeful themes and the male lead’s voice is woahhh. Though you may want to consider the fact that it has adultery in it. I would second the recommendations of Prison Playbook and My Brilliant Life (movie) – My Brilliant Life will make you both sob and you can talk about how it’s like to be a parent and growing up. May you have wonderful watch times with your mom and Happy Mother’s day!

Thank you all so much for leaving me such good suggestions!! I’ve watched a lot of these dramas and so can see where you all are coming from on why’d the be great to watch with my mom!! We do have a development though. I asked her about it, and she’s informed me that she is fine with a ~little~ steaminess. So with that being said, you can alter your reccomendations as you’d like!! I’m currently trying to find a drama with a lead actor that’s her style (aka older and sexy, which is kinda the complete opposite of me lolol) so if you have any reccomendations based on that that’d be great too! Also, looking through these comments has me tearing up, sending love and hugs to you all!!

I didn’t catch the significance of Amethyst’s question until I began to read the comments made so far and they are so touching and beautiful about moms that then it clicked that Mothers day is upcoming soon.😢😊🤗💔💕😍

This post is so long that kfangurl might just put me out this time!
Okay, you guys, I have short-term memory issues so if any of these do have steamy kisses, please let me and amethystwaves know.

@amethystwaves in cases you don’t already know and you’re interested in any of these titles, you can click on Asianwiki.com to see the synopses and who’s starring in them:

1988 (touching family life and retro neighborhood life)

The Good Doctor (no romantic scenes) Guy with autism fights for respect from other doctors at his hospital.

Sunkyunwan Scandal makes you 😊 and every one of the leads went on to become huge stars.

Mystery Queen – middle-aged housewife Sherlock Holmes type. First season is great but I would not recommend the second season.

My Beautiful Bride is awesome but does have quite a bit of violence.

Personal Taste is fun with only one kiss which takes place in public so not really hot. Girl mistakes guy for gay and invites him to be her roommate. (Why this isn’t hot, I’m not sure but I still liked it.)

Psychopath Diary – (very funny to me) Guy loses memory after witnessing a serial killer committing murder. He finds the killers sick diary and thinks its his own so believes himself to be the serial killer!

Remember aka Son’s War – frustrating situation but his acting (non-satisfying ending. imo)

Rooftop Prince – zany time travel fish-out-of-water comedy. If your mom is old enough to remember the 1970’s show The Monkees, then she’ll like this.

Autumn in My Heart aka Autumn Faery Tale (old school classic melo but all mature women love Song Seung heon (and Won bin); and once you catch mom squeeing over her own bias, then you won’t have to feel inhibited when you watch other shows with your bias. 😆)
If mom does fall for Song Seung-heon, then try East of Eden next and then When a Man Loves

Chuno (this also may get mom to pick a few biases of her own) WARNING! Abs of thunder and manes of glory on most of the men throughout the series.😊

Six Flying Dragons – historical adventures and wuxia swordfighting

Nokdu Flower is like a history lesson but it’s not boring

Defendant (serious; no romance; ML falsely accused)

Mr. Sunshine is “romantic” but not in the way we think of boy-girl touchy-feely romance today. I can’t even remember if there was a kiss at all. It’s more romantic in that epic way of cinematography, heroic, artistic, old-fashioned storytelling. Loads of serious drama with bits of comic relief moments here and there.

I know kfangurl already listed Five Enough aka Five Children but I feel it has everything for all ages – up-in-age parents; mature middle aged couple stumbling upon love and getting together for their second marriage; just starting marriage couple in their 30’s; and two couples in their 20’s. Mostly it’s a fun (but lengthy) watch.

Baek hee has Returned aka Becky’s Back – a fun and quirky look at local islanders instead of the big city folk who live in Seoul. And it’s only 4 to episodes. One of my absolute favorites.

If mom likes an array of genres, you can find it all in Chicago Typewriter. Great acting, time travel, ghosts, freedom fighting, rom-com. Show has it all, although be warned there is one very smokin’ hawt kiss. Kdrama style – the couple is standing up. 😉 It’s the danger, the urgency, the built up frustration that gives it it’s hotness (plus Yoo Ah-in’s acting like it’s hawt, makes it hawt! But it’s only one 7 seconds or so scene)

Greatest Love – witty dialogue that Kdrama writers do so well

A Love to Kill – Ultra melo. It only had one kiss scene (that I recall) but depending on whether you love Kpop star Rain is whether you’ll tolerate the kiss scene or try to keep from throwing up). For the record, I love Rain to pieces.

King 2Hearts -rom-com but I don’t remember any kiss scenes. But show has character growth and lessons in loyalty.

If you can get mom to watch a movie or two
– A Werewolf Boy is so touching and the romance is very sweet but hands off and it has Song Joong ki.
– Always (Actor So Ji sub. Need I say more?)

I hope mom gets addicted and you guys can enjoy many K dramas together. I’m so jealous!

My mom loves scripted reality shows and thinks they are real -_-°. There is no other person in my life I have so little in common except my niece. Probably that is the reason why I’m the black sheep even though I’m the dutiful daughter who always helps out. Sometimes I think an alien dropped me in this family. *rotfl*

Hi Fangurl. These are really good drama suggestions in yet another stellar post. I cried reading the subsequent responses remembering my Mom. Peony you are so lucky!

Family watches are best so I have been on a mission for years trying to get mine to watch NIF (yes, I am starting from the top lest I lose them) with me for a good while now. I regularly review NIF and Longest Day in Chang’an with my son-in-law who has shown some interest. I use the time when he and I practice Chinese calligraphy together to make my best ‘pitchs’.

Also, I put together a plan with what else – food! I added a lot of Korean, Taiwanese and Chinese meals to the menu and then would discuss drama references. Now everyone is proficient using chopsticks and we each have our own set. I then got everyone to regularly go with me to our area’s best Korean restaurant where I share what knowledge I have gained on Korean food from watching dramas (Soju references are most appreciated). My son-in-law now makes a mean Pa Jun and my daughter and I make our own wontons together and shop together at our HMart down the street (yes, I am so very lucky!).

I envy those who can watch with their friends and family because you have someone to talk with, cry with, swoon with and get mad at the bad guys with (looking at you Jeon Kwang-Leol/Lee In-Jwa). I have faith that one day I will make a breakthrough because KDramas and CDramas are so worth it.

Happiness to all of those who post on this blog who have the good fortune of being able to sit with their Mom and enjoy these shows. I also salute anyone who has managed to get their familial/friends non-believers to believe. Enjoy these special times together.

So many great suggestions. I vote for My secret Terrius or Terrius behind me of these. Those kids are just too fun! Plus I love the neighborhood network! I would also add something like Healer. Who wouldn’t love it? So much depends on your mom’s taste though. Being a mom of a teenager, I can say that you might be surprised at how much your mom will enjoy watching kdramas with you. I’m in the middle of re-watching (for me) Healer with my daughter now. So much fun! It’s a nice bonding experience.

I have watched a few shows with my mom and my family as a whole. Mainly, my Love from the Stars, You’re all surrounded, W, and While you were sleeping.

I lost my mom long before I discovered the world of dramas. I have often thought about dramas she would have liked. She liked history, and swoony romances, and tragic anti-heroes looking for redemption. She also liked suspenseful mysteries, sarcastic humor, and satisfying endings. She cried when the hero died and when the villain changed his ways. In my childhood and teen years, I loved watching movies and TV shows with mom. Back then I thought that crying during movies was too embarrassing, so I did not do it. Now that I am an adult, I cry too, and imagine my mom crying with me.

I realize that so much of my taste was shaped by my parents and my mom in particular. I think she would have liked the tragic hero’s path to redemption in Chuno, the nostalgic humor in the Reply series, the passionate love story in Secret Love Affair, the dark suspence in Heartless City, the male bonding in Prison Playbook, the history lesson in Mr. Sunshine and Nokdu Flower…in short, my mom would have been a total fangirl.

Ohh I love this. I find this highly relatable, because I watch everything with mom. Yes, everything. When I was a kid and didnt know about this wonderful thing called “you can download dramas from internet”, I watched whatever foreign dramas that were subbed/dubbed on our TV channels. Sometimes mom joined, sometimes she had to cook, for TV won’t wait till she finishes cooking and settles down for the day.
The 1st drama I downloaded was Moon Embracing the Son. You know, those silly Youtube episodes where the drama is only 1/4 of the screen and the rest is the wallpaper😂. I simply had to find whatever Eng subbed ep available because my country did a crappy job with dubbing that drama to the point I couldn’t bear it. From then onwards…it’s the bunny hole we all know, which I willingly fell into..dragging my mom with me.
Now I have the ability of pausing and replaying and most importantly, watching whatever the time I choose, I could share this joy with mom whenever she’s free! I couldn’t leave her behind. Plus, she’s always been the biggest influencer of my book/drama tastes, she taught me how to pick the best things, and she’s my biggest critic-buddy. I wanted to repay.
I watched Two Weeks, Arang, Rebel, all 3 Answer Me series, Age of Youth, Dear My Friends, Goblin, Chief Kim, SKY Castle, Weightlifting Fairy, Red Moon Blue Sun, Life is Beautiful……and I enjoyed each second far more than enjoying by myself. Even though I had to live-translate the Eng subs, meaning I had to nonstop speak for 1 hr daily, I found something indescribably lovely in sharing what I enjoy with someone who had very similar tastes. It simply doesn’t feel right anymore if I watch something alone lol. We cried together, we gasped and had dainty-ladies-over-delicate-teacups style appreciation over poetic and elegant elements of sageuks, hated villains together.
She also rolls her eyes whenever I squee at swoony male leads and we don’t look at each other and pretend we’re not watching together when a steamy scene happens, or she suddenly goes to the “bathroom” or “check out that noise outside” or “check out that pan on stove”🤣🤣🤣, leaving my younger self to enjoy it in peace lmao.
I also used Life is Beautiful to slowly and painlessly pry open her mind towards LGBTQ world, for she’d been a passive homophobe due to the culture. At the end of those 60 episodes, I found her subtly smiling and Tae sub-Kyung soo scenes. It truly felt like a victory, even though it was just a meager start.
Having finished The Untamed together 2 months ago, now I’m starting to fall down the Cdrama hole, and I definitely intend to drag my mom with me. Can’t wait!!!
Amethystwaves, I wish you ALL the best. Have a blast! I know you will.
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Hello again kfangurl!👋 I hope you don’t mind too much me hijacking your answer-post. I couldn’t resist. (Sheepish smile)