My biggest regret is going back to my wife's hometown for Tet (Lunar New Year).

A reunion party turned into a day of farewell.

The son-in-law took his wife to a hotel on the second day of Tet (Lunar New Year) because of a single comment made during a meal.

According to 163.com , the incident is causing a stir on Chinese social media, posted by the son-in-law himself on Douyin (similar to TikTok in Vietnam). According to the post, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, he drove his wife to her parents' home in Jinan, Shandong to celebrate the holiday. Afterwards, everyone helped with cooking and setting out food on the table and mats before sitting down to eat together.

However, this son-in-law was seated at the children's table. The table was for the children of the family, with similar dishes but using soft drinks instead of wine or beer. Xiao Zhang said he still sat down and ate normally, although he wasn't happy, but he didn't take it too seriously because he didn't like drinking alcohol, and since he was driving, this was understandable.

Although Xiao Zhang was the son-in-law, he was seated at a table reserved for children.

Xiao Zhang added, "In our place, the children's table isn't a good place to sit. Only outsiders who don't know how to drink alcohol or strangers with whom we're not very close are seated there. To be honest, I felt a little uncomfortable at the time, but I thought it was Lunar New Year, so I tried to put up with it."

Everything was going normally until an uncle from his wife's side went around toasting at each table. When he reached the children's table, Xiao Zhang, as a matter of habit and common courtesy, raised his glass, intending to toast the uncle. "At that moment, I was so happy, thinking that finally there was an elder who cared about me," Xiao Zhang recalled.

However, the attitude and words of this uncle attracted the most attention. Xiao Zhang said he was utterly shocked and outraged, to the point of being unable to tolerate the attitude of his uncle – who represented his wife's entire family.

The elderly man stood before everyone and shouted, "Whoever drinks with you, I despise you!" As soon as he finished speaking, the boisterous laughter and drinking suddenly subsided; everyone seemed stunned by his words. Xiao Zhang recalled and shared, "At that moment, my mind went blank, and my hand holding the glass of wine trembled. How could an elderly person say such a thing? What had I done wrong?"

At that moment, Xiao Zhang's father-in-law immediately stood up, pulled him outside, and shouted, "What are you doing standing here?" He didn't defend his son-in-law at all, and everyone continued eating and whispering.

"At that time, I felt like a clown. I thought of myself as a son-in-law, even wanting to be a good son-in-law, so I didn't mind the long distance, driving from the city to this remote suburb to visit my wife's parents, and yet they treated me like that," Xiao Zhang added.

Xiao Zhang said that he woke up at 5 a.m. to pack his things and set off at 6 a.m. He drove continuously for 4 hours, covering a distance of 300km to arrive at his wife's parents' house early in the morning.

He quickly regained his composure, pulled his wife outside, grabbed their luggage, and said they were leaving. They drove to a nearby hotel, rented a room to sleep in, instead of returning to the city immediately as the journey was quite long.

He shared: “Lying in a strange bed, I tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Now, on the second day of Tet, my mother-in-law's house is nearby, yet all we can eat is instant noodles in the hotel. My wife doesn't say anything; she has no say in her own home.”

The father-in-law brought relatives to the hotel to apologize to his son-in-law, but to no avail.

News of the argument between Xiao Zhang and his wife, and their need to stay in a hotel on the second day of the Lunar New Year, spread quickly throughout the neighborhood. A few days later, his father-in-law went to the hotel to apologize, saying it was all a misunderstanding and hoping Xiao Zhang and his wife would forgive him.

“A misunderstanding? I laughed bitterly. There were so many people there. Everyone clearly heard what he said: ‘I look down on you,’ and now everyone says it’s a misunderstanding,” Xiao Zhang said. He stated that he would not accept any apology or explanation and was determined not to return.

Xiao Zhang said he felt disrespected.

"I'd rather stay in a cold hotel room eating instant noodles than be there with people who look down on me," Xiao Zhang said resolutely. He stated that he had decided never to visit his wife's parents' house again. The incident had left him deeply disappointed.

He said he couldn't divorce his wife either, because she wasn't at fault, and besides, they have a young child together.

The story, after being posted on social media, quickly became the focus of discussion among netizens. The majority spoke out in defense of the son-in-law, arguing that his wife's parents had shown him disrespect, starting with the fact that they made him sit at a children's table.

"When I go to my father-in-law's house, I never drink alcohol because I can't handle it and I have to drive, but I'm always seated at the table with the uncles and cousins. What matters isn't what you eat, but your attitude," one netizen commented. Many others also expressed conflicting opinions about the behavior of the parents and the wife, refraining from defending the son-in-law and husband.

However, many also believe that the son-in-law should remain calm and reconsider the situation to avoid conflict.

"It's heartbreaking that my son-in-law is being treated like this. My daughter is caught in the middle and in a very difficult situation. On one hand, she feels sorry for her husband being wrongly accused and wants to say something fair to him; on the other hand, she can't completely side with her husband because they are her biological parents. She has to consider her husband's feelings while also not offending her parents, which is truly a dilemma. No matter what you do, there's a chance that one of the two sides will be unhappy," one netizen commented.

Source: https://giadinh.suckhoedoisong.vn/1-cau-noi-trong-bua-com-khien-con-re-bo-ra-khach-san-tuyen-bo-hoi-han-nhat-la-ve-que-vo-an-tet-172250208220849726.htm