For the past 3 years, I have devoted all my attention to taking care of my husband and children. I have never done anything wrong to my husband outside.
I thought I would have a happy life when I married the person I loved and was pampered by my husband and respected by my in-laws. But unexpectedly, 3 years ago my husband had a serious car accident.
He was fortunate to be able to keep his life, but in return, he was paralyzed on half his body, and if he wanted to go anywhere, he had to have someone help him sit in a wheelchair to push him. Since then, my husband stayed at home and I became the breadwinner for the whole family.
Working to earn money to feed a family of three, taking care of my husband and teaching my children, and doing housework makes me so exhausted that I cry alone at night. However, I never intended to leave my husband. Many times when my friends advised me to leave my husband to ease the burden, I answered seriously:
– Husband and wife should be loyal one day. In times of difficulty, husband and wife must stay together and help each other. I love my husband, and I don’t want my children to live far away from their parents, so there will never be a possibility of me leaving my husband to find new happiness.
Just like that, for the past 3 years I have devoted myself wholeheartedly to taking care of my husband and children. I have never done anything wrong to my husband outside.
I thought that my sacrifices would be recognized and appreciated by my husband and make me love my wife even more, but the truth is completely opposite. Over the past 3 years, I have been under all kinds of pressure, not only that when I come home, I also have to endure my husband’s erratic temper.
He often scolds his wife for miscellaneous jealousy. Every day he complains, nags, and even blames me for being so lucky that he’s causing such trouble to him.
Having enough pressure on my shoulders and being mentally tortured by my husband made me extremely tired. But my physical condition is quite special, the more stressed I am, the less sleep I have, the easier it is to gain weight, so since my husband became bedridden, I have gained weight rapidly.
That’s why many people mock me with extremely damaging sentences such as: “Good hens hurt cocks, the husband stays in one place and gets thinner and thinner, the wife gets fatter and better”, “Since the husband After having an accident, my wife must have gained nearly ten pounds, right?”,…
But who knows, maybe it’s because I’m fat and gaining weight that I get all kinds of diseases on my body. Even so, I have never thought about divorce because if I leave my husband, how will he live and who will he rely on because his parents are very old and weak. Until that evening, my original will was shaken.
That day, I worked overtime and didn’t get home until 8pm. It was pouring rain, so even though I was wearing a raincoat, I was still wet. But when I got home, my husband not only didn’t ask questions but also yelled at me:
– Where are you going now? Who are you going with? Are you leaving my father and I at home to eat cold food like this?
Scolding at his wife, he was bored and sent me to get a glass of water. But as soon as my husband picked up the glass of water, he immediately shouted and threw the glass of water straight in my face.
– It’s cold, my husband is coughing. You gave me this cold, cold water to drink to make me sicker, right?
Coming home from work wet and not having time to change clothes, hungry stomach and now my husband splashing water in my face pushed my frustration and helplessness to the peak. What do I owe my husband that he treats me like that? You should have loved your wife more, why did you do that? Do I have to live like this forever?
Frustrated, I packed my things and left for my mother’s house that night. Before leaving, I also asked my daughter, who is 12 years old, if she wanted to go with her mother or stay with her father. The child followed me, so the mother and child left together in the dark of night.
The next day, news that I had abandoned my paralyzed husband quickly spread. No matter who spread this news, there is no one else besides her husband and in-laws. Everyone criticized me for being heartless and meaningless, but what did I do wrong? I really don’t have enough strength to return to my husband and take care of that house anymore.
