‘Covid saved our marriage’: Chinese couple cancels divorce after husband nurses ill wife and both fall in love again
- A couple were almost officially divorced when the wife got sick, and as her husband cared for her, they fell in love again
- The wife who was confined to bed says she was touched by the level of care her husband showed her
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The unnamed couple from Jiangxi province in eastern China submitted their registration for divorce on December 14 and were in the one-month cooling-off period for divorce in China, Star Video reported.
They were expecting the paperwork finalising their separation and their official divorce certificates to arrive sometime between mid-January and February next year.
While they waited for the divorce to be completed, they remained living together in the same house.
It was during this time that the wife discovered she had contracted coronavirus. She felt very weak and was forced to rest in bed. Over the following days, she said she was touched by the level of care her husband showed her as he looked after her.
In a video of the couple posted online, the husband was shown taking care of his wife and bringing her water and paper towels as he tended to her in bed.
At meal times, the husband would gently push open the bedroom door with a rice bowl in his hands. On other days he would prepare porridge for her to eat, which he would stir to cool down if it was too hot to eat right away.
Despite the fever and her weakened state, the wife said she was very aware of how much love her husband had shown towards her. As a result, she reviewed their relationship of 12 years, eight of them as husband and wife, with a different perspective, she said.
“My husband has been a very quiet man, but he worked very hard,” she told Star Video.
A lack of communication had been the trigger for her seeking a divorce, the wife said. However, during her illness, she saw her husband’s quiet endurance and care and it changed her attitude.
Afterwards, the couple talked things over and withdrew the divorce application.
“He told me, ‘let’s look ahead together’,” the wife said, believing Covid had saved their marriage.
The couple’s story has melted the hearts of millions online.
One said: “Wow, God gave another chance for their love.”
Another said: “I was close to tears reading about such an ordinary yet true love.”
Touching stories during the pandemic have been popular lately on mainland social media. Last Tuesday, a man in central China who wore protective clothing to look after his sick girlfriend delighted millions of internet users.
The week before, a woman with coronavirus in southern China shared that her husband, who had lived apart from her for two years, came to her to take care of her while she recovered.
