Ever since my sisters and I were born, my father has always been teased by everyone around him as “the most handsome man in the family”. Living in a family full of women and girls, my father sometimes clicked his tongue and wished he had another son. But my mother was determined not to have any more children and the number of members stopped at 4.
Everyone thought my sisters and I were pampered like princesses, but the truth was that my mother was the most powerful "princess" in the house.
My father indulged his wife unconditionally. Whatever my mother wanted, my father would immediately satisfy her. If it was something too big like buying gold or a car, he would remember it so that when he had enough money, he could buy it for my mother.
Every year, Dad remembers all the holidays, anniversaries, and birthdays related to Mom. He buys gifts for his wife on every occasion, making his two daughters extremely jealous. Every year, Dad even asks me about my birthday over and over again, because he only remembers the month, not the day!
My parents always called each other "anh" and "em" sweetly. When I saw an old couple on the street calling each other "ong" and "toi", my father "criticized" them for lacking affection. He said that the longer we lived together, the more we should be attached and loving to set an example for our children and grandchildren.
My sisters and I always teased that out of 100 couples who have been married for 40 years, only 1 couple is like our parents, and the rest have broken up in less than 4 years, and there is no love anymore, let alone brother or sister. So my father took the opportunity to teach my sisters and me, telling us to love and cherish our husbands, and to learn from the way our parents live together.
I must admit that I am also jealous of my grandparents' happiness. Although my husband and I rarely argue, we sometimes hate each other like cats and dogs. As for my sister, after having a conflict with her husband, she does not dare to confide in her parents, afraid that her grandparents will scold her more and "open a class" on marital behavior.
But no matter how harmonious they are, there are times when things go wrong. My father is gentle and my mother is mild-mannered. When they have a disagreement, they sulk and stay silent, then send their children a message to act as a “liaison” between them. Every time they reconcile, my sisters and I wonder how they can still sleep in the same bed for so many years, never sleeping separately or going somewhere else. My father winks and says that is their secret to maintaining their marriage.
But then no one knew what would happen. Suddenly, at noon today, my sisters and I received a text message from my mother, announcing that tomorrow she would file for divorce. Just yesterday, our extended family was having a happy meal together, but after one night, there was a tense change.
Before, my mother had only joked about the divorce, but now she was talking seriously, which scared my sisters and I. I quickly left all my work to run home to see what was going on. When I got home, I saw my sister and brother-in-law sitting in the living room, laughing so hard that I didn't understand what was going on.
My sister laughed until her face turned red, and it took her a few minutes to stop. My brother-in-law told me the origin of my mother's startling letter, and it turned out it was all because of the toilet!
The thing is, my parents' house was built a long time ago, and after decades, the toilets on both floors are old. The toilet in my parents' bathroom has been stuck for 2 months now. My grandparents didn't think it was serious, so they didn't replace or fix it. They just reminded each other to wait after using the toilet to check if there was any water leakage.
Because of this incident, my parents' water bill increased a little last May. It was only a few tens of thousands, but for an elderly person, it was too much. My mother felt sorry for the money so she printed a piece of paper and stuck it on the toilet door to remind my father to pay attention to water leaks after using the toilet.
Unfortunately, my father is 60 years old, his eyesight is poor and he is very forgetful. So last night he got up to go to the toilet and forgot to look at the reminder note, as a result the water from the toilet tank kept flowing into the sink. When my mother woke up in the morning and found out, she was very angry, looked at the clock and saw that 2 cubic meters of water had been wasted, so she scolded him from morning until noon.
My father got a headache from talking too much, so he reacted. After a few arguments, my mother didn't say anything more. She texted my sister and me to say that she would take her to court tomorrow.
After listening to the whole story, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Just because of that little incident, my mother was so angry with my father that she wanted a divorce at the age of 60. After just a few words of advice, my mother shook her head. She said she had tolerated him for decades, it was just the small bad habits that kept repeating themselves that made her uncomfortable. If I reminded him, my father would say he talked too much, but if I didn't, my mother would get angry. My mother added that this was the second time in a week that my father had leaked water, and criticized him for being too careless and not listening to his wife, wasting money on "environmental resources".
Now my mother is still struggling to handwrite the divorce papers, forcing my sister to download the form online for her to copy! I understand my parents' temperaments so I don't interfere any further, telling my brother and sister to just let them do as they please. No matter what, my mother will return to my father after half-way through the divorce papers!
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