Stigmatized Daughters: The Struggles of Married Women Returning to Their Natal Homes in China

2023-08-30 12:46:58

A woman in Shaanxi, China, was treated like a stranger when she returned to her parents’ home following a few years of marriage. (Picture / flip from Douyin)

The traditional idea is that a married daughter is “splashed water”, which represents a change in the relationship between a woman and her mother’s family following marriage. Although it has gradually declined with the changes of the times, some people still have this stereotype. A woman in Shaanxi, China, returned to her natal home for more than 20 days, but was treated as an outsider by her family, which made her cry on the way back.

According to Netease News, the woman had been married for several years and had no time to return to her natal home, so she discussed with her husband and decided to go back to her natal home for a while to see her elderly parents and newly married younger brother. After returning to her natal home, the parents gave a symbolic welcome, and the younger brother and sister-in-law were also very enthusiastic. They were very moved at first, but following staying for a few days, the attitude of the family members was very strange, like a familiar stranger.

When it’s time to eat, the whole family pretends to be stupid, and the sister-in-law doesn’t take the initiative to cook, or even buy food. In desperation, the woman can only come in person and assume the responsibility of supporting the family. On the one hand, she has to take care of the lives of the elders. In daily life, on the one hand, I have to help prepare three meals. For more than 20 days, I don’t feel a trace of family affection at all, and I don’t feel like a daughter.

Every meal time, women are responsible for cooking. (Picture / flip from Douyin)

On the way home, the woman recalled the bitter days during this period and mightn’t help but break down and cry bitterly. Only then did she realize that once a woman gets married, even if she returns to her natal home, she is no longer the daughter of her parents. come out”.

After the experience was exposed, netizens lamented: “When you have money, you often go back to your natal home, which tastes like home. When you don’t have money, you should go back to your natal home less, a home that is tasteless!”, “It’s hard to explain family matters in one word. Everyone’s situation is different. Economics , There are thousands of different things in dealing with people, so try to be yourself, and let the rest come naturally”, “I feel the same, one word is tired”, “It’s the same, so following a girl gets married, she really has no home.”

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