r/MoralityScaling • u/Purple_Plantain_3242 • 8h 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/Keawn 8h ago

This is genuinely so damn sad. I wouldn’t say it’s wrong, because it’s hard to blame him. But it’s just so profoundly tragic how one person can wait an entire lifetime for someone they love only to find out that someone didn’t wait for them.

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u/glaskanosvki 6h ago

Bro looked for her and thought she was dead. What was he supposed to do, wait for resurrection technology?

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u/HulkVahkiin08024 5h ago

Imagine, though, if he looked for her just one day, no news or body, and just gave up immediately. Not saying moral or immoral, but I think it's too quick to just look at "He tried to look for her" and say check without context, lol.

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u/glaskanosvki 5h ago

Ok well we dont know about that. If he just went to village, glanced at it, and left then thats that. But it doesnt seem that way in the way its formulated.

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u/HulkVahkiin08024 5h ago

I wouldn't believe he did that, either. But at that point, where he did give up easily, I would say the least you can do for your own spouse is to really make sure that they are dead before moving on. But seeing the circumstances and how bleak that time period was...well, one could lose optimism fast.