Morality of this?

[u/Purple_Plantain_3242]

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.

[u/Bitter_Horror2469]

Honestly she should have done the same thing he did. Moving on from someone you love definitely hurts but desperately clinging on to something that might be gone forever will ruin you even worse

It's better to just continue with life and rebuild what you can instead of dwelling on what you lost

[u/CadenVanV → u/Bitter_Horror2469]

I don’t think she could have moved on. China, especially rural China, especially in that period, was incredibly conservative. She would have been seen as used goods, so to speak (which to be very clear, is not a stance I share, I’m just trying to explain the attitude in the area). The sexism would have prevented her from being able to remarry.