‘Repay her in my next life’: delivery woman in Taiwan stumbles upon daughter she gave up 20 years ago then rides off without a word
- Mother who abandoned her daughter 20 years ago delivers food to home of woman who turns out to be her long-lost child
- After woman buying food recognises the person at her door and calls out ‘mum’, the delivery worker turns her back and rides off
A food delivery worker in Taiwan who posted on social media about an encounter she had with a “special” customer has faced an online barrage of criticism.
The backlash developed because the client the woman delivery worker came face to face with was the daughter she abandoned 20 years ago.
Posting on an anonymous Facebook group on the island earlier this month, the woman said that she had recently made a delivery containing so much McDonald’s food that someone from the buyer’s family had to come to the door to pick it up.
The delivery worker said that she saw a family of four – mother, father and two children – inside the house.
There was something familiar about the woman in front of her collecting the food, the delivery worker wrote in her post.
But it was only when the woman before her started crying and called out “mum” that she realised who she was, the daughter she had left all those years ago.
“I never thought I would see her again in this life. What I owe her can only be repaid in my next life,” the delivery worker said, adding that all she could do at that moment was “not say a word and ride away”.
The mother said she could see by her daughter’s house that she was “rich, with a handsome husband and well-behaved children”.
Then she reflected: “When I was young, I just wanted to live the life I wanted, but in the end, I was alone with no one to turn to. This is all my own fault.”
The woman added that her daughter had grown up well and she had “no regrets”.
The encounter has sparked widespread criticism on social media in Taiwan, with many accusing the mother of being selfish.
One person said: “How selfish! You are not qualified to be a mother.”
Another chimed in: “You are still afraid to face the reality that you just ran off.”
While one online observer asked the poster: “Your daughter was willing to call you ‘mum’, why were you afraid to respond?”
