This year's coming New Year was originally intended to be patient with the past. However, my wife's behavior made me unbearable. So, I decided to pack my bags and leave home and file for divorce. I am Liu Xiuxiu, 58 years old this year, I have been retired for many years, and I have a pension of 4,200 yuan per month. My only son got married last year and my wife retired last year. I thought he would be a little more moderate when he retired, but it turned out he was becoming more presumptuous.
Not long ago, my wife was hospitalized for more than 10 days because she was infected with mycoplasma and turned into pneumonia. When he first came home, I chose to sleep in the same bed with him again in order to be able to take care of him at night. However, in the middle of the night, when I heard him call me to get up and pour him water, he kicked me out of bed and fell to the ground because I got up late. It made me feel so much pain that I couldn't stand up for half a day. Then my wife began to insult me hysterically, and the viciousness of the words was unbearable.
Despite the sadness in my heart, out of kindness and a sense of responsibility to the patient, I chose to endure and continue to take care of him. When I was busy pouring water for him, I was negligent enough to take hot water but forgot to add some cold water, and as a result, he splashed the water in the cup on me after being burned, causing me to be scalded again. Tears flowed uncontrollably, and I turned to pick up my quilt and go back to my cabin.
Is there still a need for such a marriage? It is often said that women may have menopause, while men may not experience similar conditions until after the age of 65. But I think my wife entered menopause early, and it continues to this day. Since we found out that my wife was having an affair with a confidante when we were 45 years old, we slept in separate beds. If it weren't for my son, I wouldn't have endured until my wife retired.
My wife knelt in front of me and begged for forgiveness and begged not to make the matter public. First of all, because his career is in the ascending stage; The second is that our son is already more successful than he is; The third is that the wife only wants to maintain the image of the so-called "five good families" and does not want to divorce.
Each of us paid the wages we received that year, and the cost of living was divided almost equally. When our son went to college, worked, and eventually got married, we each paid for it. When I retired, my wife scolded me for not being willing to give up his high pension. It is necessary to admit that there was no choice to divorce him at that time, mainly out of consideration for his son. If I had divorced my wife at that time, he would have remarried and had children, and my son would not have been able to get more property.
So in order to protect my son's interests, I chose to endure and continue to live with my wife, and we became each other's most familiar but strange roommates.
When I look back at it now, I realize that I've been so patient with this situation.
Although it seems to outsiders that we have lived a "five-good family" life model: a house and a car, children and a good job, a husband and wife living in harmony, etc.; But in reality, there are many secrets and tragedies of the past hidden behind them.
Over the years, my wife's betrayal of me has sparked trauma in my heart, and I have been playing a background role in this relationship in obscurity.
Until now, I find myself tired of the constraints and repression.
Perhaps that's why I feel more and more like I feel so much about leaving home and starting over.
Although I am about to face a single life and many unknown difficulties and challenges, at least it will be my life and my choice.
In any case, I am willing to face whatever the future throws at me and see the world with a fresh perspective.
Perhaps, then I can find the happiness and dignity that truly belong to me.