A reunion party turns into a day of parting.
Son-in-law took his wife to a hotel on the second day of Tet because of something she said during dinner.
According to 163 , the incident is causing a stir on Chinese social networks, posted by the son-in-law himself on Douyin (similar to TikTok in Vietnam). Accordingly, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, he took his wife to her parents' house in Jinan, Shandong to celebrate Tet. After that, everyone helped cook and put food on the table, mats and sat down to eat together.
However, this son-in-law was placed at the children's table. The table was for the children in the house, with similar dishes but soft drinks were used instead of wine or beer. Tieu Truong said he still sat down to eat normally, although he was not happy but did not take it too seriously because he did not like drinking alcohol, and he was driving so this was also a natural thing.
Although Tieu Truong is the son-in-law, he was assigned to sit at the children's table.
Xiao Zhang added: “In our place, the children's table is not a good place to sit. Only outsiders who don't know how to drink or strangers with whom we have not a close relationship are arranged to sit there. To be honest, I felt a little uncomfortable at that time, but I thought it was the Lunar New Year so I endured it."
Everything was going smoothly until an uncle from his wife's family came around to each table with a glass of wine. When he reached the children's table, Xiao Zhang, out of habit and common courtesy, raised his glass, intending to toast this uncle. "At that time, I was very happy, thinking that finally there was an elder who cared about me," Xiao Zhang recalled.
However, the attitude and words of this uncle attracted the most attention. Tieu Truong said he was extremely shocked and indignant to the point of being unable to bear the attitude of his uncle - the representative of his wife's entire family.
The old man stood in front of everyone and shouted loudly: “Whoever drinks with you, I despise you”. As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding laughter and noisy drinking suddenly quieted down, as if everyone was “frozen” by the uncle’s words. Tieu Truong recalled and shared: “At that time, my mind was blank, my hand holding the glass of wine was shaking. How could an old man say that? What did I do wrong?”
At this moment, Xiao Zhang's father-in-law immediately stood up, pulled him out, and said loudly, "What are you standing here for?" He did not defend his son-in-law, and everyone continued to eat and gossip.
"At that time, I felt like a clown. I thought I was a son-in-law, and even wanted to be a good son-in-law, so I didn't mind the long distance, driving from the city to this remote suburb to visit my in-laws, but how could they treat me like that?" added Tieu Truong.
Xiao Zhang said he woke up at 5am to pack his things and left at 6am. He drove for 4 hours straight, covering 300km to reach his in-laws' house early in the morning.
Very quickly, he regained his composure and pulled his wife out, took their luggage and said they would leave. They both drove to a nearby hotel, rented a room to sleep, and did not return to the city immediately because the road was quite far.
He shared: “Lying on a strange bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. Now, on the second day of Tet, my wife’s mother’s house is right nearby, but we can only eat instant noodles in the hotel. My wife doesn’t say anything, she has no say in her own home.”
Father-in-law dragged relatives to the hotel to apologize to his son-in-law but failed.
Very quickly, the news that Tieu Truong and his wife were in discord and had to stay at a hotel on the second day of Tet spread throughout the neighborhood. A few days later, his father-in-law went to the hotel to apologize, saying that it was all a misunderstanding and hoping Tieu Truong and his wife would forgive him.
“Misunderstanding? I laughed bitterly. There were so many people at that time. Everyone clearly heard what he said: ‘I look down on you’, but now everyone says it was a misunderstanding,” said Tieu Truong. He said he would not accept an apology or explanation and was determined not to return.
Xiao Zhang said he felt disrespected.
“I would rather stay in a cold hotel eating instant noodles than be there with people who look down on me,” Xiao Zhang insisted. He said he had decided never to visit his in-laws again. The incident had left him feeling extremely disappointed.
He said he could not divorce his wife because she was not wrong, and they had a small child.
The story, after being posted on social media, quickly became the center of discussion among netizens. The majority spoke up to defend the son-in-law, saying that his wife's parents did not respect him, right down to letting him sit at the children's table.
“When I go to my father-in-law’s house, I never drink alcohol because I can’t drink and I have to drive, but I am always seated at the table with my brothers, uncles, and cousins. The important thing is not what you eat but how you behave,” commented a netizen. Many people also gave mixed opinions about the behavior of the parents and the wife, not speaking up to defend their son-in-law and husband.
However, there are also many opinions that the son-in-law should calm down and reconsider the matter to avoid discord.
“It’s really heartbreaking for a son-in-law to be treated like this. My daughter is stuck in the middle and is in a very difficult situation. On one hand, she feels sorry for her husband who was wronged and wants to say something fair to him; on the other hand, she can’t completely side with her husband because they are her biological parents after all. She has to consider her husband’s feelings and at the same time not displease her parents, which is really a dilemma. No matter what you do, there is a possibility that one of the two sides will be unhappy,” commented one netizen.
Source: https://giadinh.suckhoedoisong.vn/1-cau-noi-trong-bua-com-khien-con-re-bo-ra-khach-san-tuyen-bo-hoi-han-nhat-la-ve-que-vo-an-tet-172250208220849726.htm
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