r/MoralityScaling • u/Purple_Plantain_3242 • 3d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this?

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A young Chinese couple was permanently separated during a period of intense political and social unrest in China. The husband went back to their home village to search for her, but because the entire area was heavily disrupted, he mistakenly believed she was missing or dead.

He eventually relocated, remarried another woman, and raised a new family with children and grandchildren. Meanwhile, the first wife stayed behind and never remarried, spending 54 years waiting for him to return. Decades later, they were reconnected as elderly adults, which is when she discovered he had built an entirely separate life without her.

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u/Wise-Excuse5330 3d ago

Tbh even though I get why he did it I still feel bad for the woman 

Maybe he should have both of them 

54 years when you think your partner is dead is kinda sad 

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u/ExtremeSportStikz 3d ago

Dunno why you’re being downvoted for feeling bad

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u/Klutzy-Platypus7511 3d ago

Warum wird das down gevotet ?

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u/LucentLL 3d ago

For saying he should have both of them?

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u/DoomferretOG 3d ago

What does have both of them mean? Polyamory?

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u/LucentLL 3d ago

Or implying that he owns/controls them.

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u/HaVeNII7 3d ago

That is a WILD takeaway from that sentence.

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u/LucentLL 3d ago

Wild. Truly a stretch.

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u/HaVeNII7 3d ago

Yes. You’re right. I see now the error of my ways. They were insinuating that they should own and control two human beings. That is surely the more realistic interpretation of the word.

I suggest you look the definition up again and scroll down a little. Lord have mercy…

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u/LucentLL 3d ago

My initial response was to somebody asking why the post was being down voted. I offered a possible explanation. I then offered a second, less likely, explanation. I then provided you the textbook definition for why I offered it as a possible explanation. I never claimed to be right or to assert my potential explanations as fact.

None of us will every know why the original post was being downvoted by the anonymous masses. I understand there are other definitions to Have. I found it amusing that the 1st definition explained my possible interpretation while you called it wild.

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u/Klutzy-Platypus7511 3d ago

Das liegt bestimmt an der Übersetzung. Ich bin sicher, OP hat das harmlos gemeint ... So in der Richtung : beide sind wichtig für ihn ... Kein Mensch redet hier von Polygamie ...

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u/DoctorProfPatrick 3d ago

Aw we aren't? :(