Quirky love: China husband’s morning sickness signals love for pregnant wife, father urges children to beat him, dad of bride sobs at wedding
- Doctors tell nauseous expectant husband vomiting a sign of devotion
- Children told to beat dad, father-of-bride breaks down at wedding
Doctors in China say a man who began regularly vomiting as soon as his wife became pregnant was displaying signs of affection and empathy.
The husband, surnamed Zhu, from the eastern province of Shandong, said his expectant wife was seldom sick, unlike many other women during the first three months of her pregnancy.
Instead, he was the one who became nauseous – and worse – from the start, according to Pear Video.
When he told doctors, they said they had seen similar cases in which wives felt fine but their husbands suffered what is traditionally referred to as morning sickness regardless of the time of day it happens.
The reaction is called a conditioned reflex and may be caused by stress, empathy, or hormonal changes. It is almost always temporary and not serious, doctors say.
Zhu had a medical check-up, just to make sure there were no underlying health reasons for his reaction, and the results came back negative.
“Doctors said my sickness was probably due to the fact that my wife and I have a deep bond,” Zhu said.
Beat me, says father
A father in southwestern China does not want to hit his four young children who constantly fight with each other, so he allows them to beat him instead, reported sohu.com.
“We have many kids. Sometimes we feel we cannot treat each of them fairly. So they have a lot of complaints,” his wife said.
Although the children frequently quarrel, their father cannot bring himself to dish out physical punishment, which is a common form of child discipline in China.
Instead, he tells them to use clothes hangers to hit his bare back to take out their frustrations.
The mother said the children know it is wrong to hit their father’s back, so they do it lightly.
Some internet users praised the father, with one person saying: “He’s doing a great job, his parenting is awesome.”
Others took a different view: “I find the father’s idea confusing,” one person said.
Wedding tears
Video of a father sobbing on his daughter’s wedding day has touched many people on mainland social media.
The clip was filmed at a house in Yunnan province, southwestern China, on January 20, according to Chongqing TV
When the newlywed couple kneel down in front of the bride’s parents to express their gratitude, the father cannot stop weeping.
He stands up and tries to leave and, despite his wife grabbing his arm, runs into another room.
“The bride’s father was very emotional. He was crying like a child and he felt so sad he just had to escape for a while,” a relative said.
The father and the bride were later seen wiping away each other’s tears.
As the married couple prepared to head to the groom’s home, the father, still with tears in his eyes, told the groom to treat his daughter well.
