Returning home for the Chinese New Year is the art of finding balance in family relationships

Mondo Parenting Updated on 2024-02-01

Husband and wife go home for the Spring Festival Going home for the New Year is the warmest expectation in the depths of many people's hearts. It represents reunion, companionship, and solace for the hard work of the past year. For others, however, going home for the New Year has become a poignant experience.

Ms. Li and her husband in Guangzhou are one such couple. They have been married for 6 years, but for 4 consecutive years, they have returned to their hometowns to spend the Spring Festival. This once strained their relationship to the point of divorce, but in the end, the husband chose to compromise.

Such cases are not uncommon. Now in the Spring Festival, a special form is gradually emerging: husband and wife go back to their own homes and find their own mothers. At first glance, this may seem a bit out of place and a bit against our traditional perception of the Spring Festival. But if you think about it, this is actually a manifestation of a deep understanding and handling of family relationships.

The views of some marriage experts are instructive. They believe that there is nothing wrong with the Spring Festival of husband and wife separation. When a wife proposes to go back to her parents' home for the Chinese New Year, the husband should first think about the reasons behind the wife's request, rather than simply refusing or compromising. Respecting the other person's choices and understanding the other person's needs is actually a deeper level of love and care.

Spending the New Year apart is not the same as separation, nor is it equal to the breakdown of feelings. On the contrary, it may be a more mature and sensible way of dealing with family relationships. Everyone is an individual, and everyone has their own emotional needs and family background. When dealing with family relationships, we need to be more understanding and tolerant, rather than simply obeying or resisting.

A lot of experiences for couples also prove it. They and their husbands go back to their respective homes every year for the New Year, but this does not affect their relationship, but makes them cherish their time together even more.

Returning home for the Chinese New Year is to reunite and accompany the family, but sometimes, the choice between husband and wife is also for better communication and understanding. We hope that everyone can find their own way to deal with family relationships and have a happy and happy Chinese New Year.

In this process, we need to learn how to balance the emotional needs of the individual with the responsibilities of the family. This requires us to have a deep understanding of others and self-awareness, as well as the courage to face and solve problems.

Family is the most important part of our lives. It gives us warmth, gives us strength, and gives us the soil to grow. Therefore, we need to manage it with our hearts and take care of it. Only in this way can we feel true reunion and happiness at the moment of the New Year.

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