Former AOA member Chanmi, now promoting as Im Do Hwa, has shared the sweet and slightly awkward story of how she started dating her husband, revealing they first met at church and did not exactly impress each other at first sight. The idol-turned-actress opened up in a YouTube video uploaded on October 23, titled around revealing all about dating and marriage.
Chanmi (Credits: Koreaboo)
Chanmi recalled that her husband turned up in casual clothes, slippers and shorts, and that their first impressions of each other were not great. It is a refreshingly ordinary beginning for a celebrity love story, and one that immediately sets her account apart from the usual fairy-tale version.
Chanmi’s Husband Mistook Her for a Luxury Lover
The misunderstanding went both ways. Her husband had initially assumed Chanmi was someone who liked luxury brands, an impression that turned out to be completely wrong. Once they actually started talking, Chanmi said, she realised he was a very simple and good person.
That discovery was the turning point. The conversation that followed their unpromising first meeting is what led them to start dating, and eventually to marriage.
A Love Story Built on Talking, Not First Impressions
Chanmi’s story is a reminder that first impressions are not always the full story. What looked like a mismatch at church turned into a relationship once both of them got past the surface details and actually got to know each other.
For fans who have followed Chanmi from her AOA days through to her acting career as Im Do Hwa, the candid video offers a rare glimpse into her personal life on her own terms. She chose to tell it herself, in her own words, with humour about just how unimpressive that first meeting really was.
And in the end, the slippers, shorts and mistaken luxury-brand assumption did not matter. What mattered was the conversation that came after, and the simple, good person Chanmi found on the other side of it.
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Source: Koreaboo — read the full story there.
