Some marriages, or divorces in worst cases, end up as a result problems between mothers-in-law and sons-in-law. Doting mothers can’t stand by as their precious daughters all but endure marriages to men way under-qualified in their opinion.
The Gwangju Family Court finalized the divorce of a couple saying that it was unlikely for the couple to sustain their marriage. The man said he wouldn’t be able to stay married with her because of his mother-in-law.
Whenever the couple had a fight, his mother-in-law always took the wife’s side, and ignored him for being financially unsuccessful, according to him.
He also argued that the wife wasn’t as much caring for his family as she was for her own family. Holidays were the only time she visited his family, but she met her own family every chance she had.
Si world (meaning in-laws on the groom’s side) is known for causing troubles between a wife and the rest of the family on her husband’s side.
Now Chuh world (meaning in-laws on the bride’s side) is arising as a counterpart, producing many husbands suffering from the entangled relationship between him and the rest of his wife’s family.
Some men have confessed that they have been on their knees while mother-in-law slapped him on the cheek, according to some marriage consultants.
An official from manholine, Lee Ok-yi, said, “These are the days of gender equality. Wife’s family doesn’t feel the need to be subservient anymore. Men without power or money are likely to be ignored.”
He added, ”Men think that they have changed enough, but women want more. That causes problems.”