History instructor Choi Tae-seong reveals financial hardship following his father’s business failure: “Having a single bathroom was my wish” [Namgyeoseo][★Night TView]

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History instructor Choi Tae-seong confessed about the difficult childhood he endured due to his father’s business failure.

On the 9th, history instructor Choi Tae-seong appeared as a guest on the tvN STORY variety program "What to Do with What's Left," sharing details of his family life.

That day, Park Se-ri asked Choi Tae-seong, “What kind of person were you when you were young?” In response, Choi Tae-seong recalled his school days, saying, “My nickname was 'Shadow.' I had no presence.”

Choi Tae-seong stated, “In high school, I slept a lot. I was always a student who seemed dazed from sleep,” and added, “One day, when I woke up, there was no one in the classroom. I thought we had just finished the morning assembly, but it turned out the end-of-day dismissal had already concluded. No one woke me up, so I slept all day.”

He then shared his family struggles caused by his father’s business failure. Choi Tae-seong said, “My father ran a suit shop, but it went completely bankrupt as ready-to-wear clothing entered the market during the industrialization process,” and noted, “From that point on, my father started drinking and going out to play huap (a Korean card game).”

He continued, “When my mother told me to go find my father, I would go. My father would get angry, saying I had come looking for him again,” and confessed, “I remember standing there in the middle, crying. It was incredibly hard.”

In particular, Choi Tae-seong recalled his poor living conditions, which lacked even a bathroom. He revealed, “When I was a teenager, my luxury was having a single bathroom. My family of four slept together in a small room behind a stationery store, and there was no bathroom at home.”

He further explained, “Ten commercial establishments shared one public restroom. It was a squat toilet with a door made of wooden planks, so everyone could hear the sounds coming from inside,” and added, “In the morning, people would line up, and I had to stand in that line too.”

Choi Tae-seong confessed, “I was going through puberty in middle and high school at the time, and it was so difficult that I wanted to die right there,” and added, “Even until university, I struggled a lot with questions about my own existence.”

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