回复汉代蜜瓜的评论:
I have said already: they should have a divorce long time ago - If you see my first response."A controlling wife like that can not be tolerated."
As far as the last two things you think this husband should have done, I have to say we do not know whether he did it or not (It did not mention in the story) I would say he tried. Just imagine the wife's attitude (Da Da Chu Shou), we can tell the result.
回复汉代蜜瓜的评论:
It is not about that.
1. You clearly stated that you despised his lacking of confidence due to his countryside background. Keep in mind, you are not superior. (Years ago, your ancestors are from countryside too.:) Do not use noble standard to judge those you do not favor, while no standard to those you favor.
As far as they went to restaurant business, the wife wants it too because of more money -- so she let go her accounting major.
2. The story stated that the wife Da Da Chu Shou (put up big fight with him) when he tries to give money to his parents living in the countryside. He was so fearful whenever he thinks about it. From this you can tell: How can you discuss his parents living needs with this wife? The wife controls everything. She has been getting her way for decades. --Zhuan Hen Ba Fu. Her biggest problem is controlling.
3.The wife's mother lived with them so long -- They are together. The husband's parents are not together with them. They are so far apart. The wife looked down upon their countryside background. So as a gesture to compensate some shall not be such a big deal. There is no need to fight a big battle over it. This is the wife's problem.
4. Mian Zi? This is a funny thing because it is engraved deeply into Chinese culture. Too many Chinese Yao Mian Zi. It is related to dignity. In your own words: You can lose feeling but can not lose dignity. So do not blame the husband for that because the wife made him lose face at first place. Do not use double standard here.
As far as the last two things you think this husband should have done, I have to say we do not know whether he did it or not (It did not mention in the story) I would say he tried. Just imagine the wife's attitude (Da Da Chu Shou), we can tell the result. If it can work out peacefully and nicely, he would not have to do those destructive things he did later.
This is not about averaging out their wealth - it should not be like that. It is about a gesture as I said before if only the wife were a little kinder, a little smarter, it would be a totally different result. You used the noble standard to judge the husband while no standard for the wife. That is your bias.
回复汉代蜜瓜的评论:
Do not forget that husband did not give his family for years due to his unreasonable wife. Only after years in America when he visited his hometown and saw his family's difficult situation, he began to gave some to his family. In the mean time, her wife's mother lived with them in America for all these years. It is not a balanced picture. You can not blame the husband -- use noble standard. What is the standard for that wife?
You do not have to despise the husband. Everyone, man or woman, has area(s) he/she is not confident in -- this including you. Life is not easy. This husband changed occupation to go to restaurant business -- this is not something to make fun of. A lot people change their fields to find a field that they can be successful in. It is just part of life. You are not superior than this husband. Probably he has plenty of reason to despise you, too.
As for later of the story for this couple, it was destructive for both of them because the line had been crossed already. That women is just a terrible wife. If she is smart and with little kindness, she should understand after all these years without doing favor to his husband's family, it is about the time to gesture something. Her own mother has been here in America living with them together. The husband had been put up a lot with her already...
Anyway, it their life. You are not superior than that husband.
回复汉代蜜瓜的评论:
理想的男人女人现实中都不多,所以才觉得可贵
Neither the wife nor the husband is noble. And, I do not know how many folks here are.
They should have a divorce long time ago. A controlling wife like that can not be tolerated. But we do not live their lives. They do.