What was supposed to be that final time out as a married couple, as divorce was what's forecasted for their future, turned out to save their marriage in the, end…translated…
My eldest brother was a good-looking man when he was young, but he had an, AWFUL temper, and gotten himself into trouble a lot. And yet, "bad boys attracted all the girls", my gentle, mild-tempered eldest sister-in-law fell for him. After she got married, my mother fell ill, became bed-ridden, and relied solely on my eldest sister-in-law's looking after her, and the rest of us, siblings, couldn't, even MATCH up to how well my eldest sister-in-law looked after our, mother, and she'd, gained all of our, respects.
Having a fitting wife, everybody said that my eldest brother had been, more than, blessed, but he'd, begun taken her for, granted, although he'd not behaved too waywardly, but he'd, distanced himself from my eldest sister-in-law, to the point of commenting on how she wasn't, good-looking enough to us, and we'd, scolded him, said that he didn't know what a good woman he already has.
And my eldest sister-in-law had always been tolerant, forgiving toward my eldest brother's ways, and only complained occasionally to us about how cold he'd, treated her, and just like that, they'd, maintained their, marriage.
giving "us" another, SHOT!!! Photo from online
As the kids were grown, my eldest brother's heart started, awaking too. He'd met up with his first love from middle school, the woman was divorced, and, circled around, and, they'd, met back up, again, she was, too attractive for my eldest brother to, keep himself in check. The man in love in the midlife years, was way more, persistent than the love of youth, my eldest brother, on the one hand, continued getting, taken care of by my eldest sister-in-law, and, on the other, he'd, continued, being in an extramarital affair with his first love from middle school, to the point of, not coming home at night. And we can't stand it anymore, we'd, given him hell over it, but we kept, my eldest brother's affair a secret from my eldest sister-in-law.
And eventually, everything burst out, and, as my eldest sister-in-law learned about my eldest brother's affair, without a word, she'd, asked for that, divorce: "the children are grown, and I want a life of my, own". Now, my eldest brother began to, panic.
None of us wanted this amazing eldest sister-in-law to leave us, and felt, that we should, support her, decision. And all of us, siblings discussed it a bit, and planned a family trip, as a farewell present to my eldest sister-in-law, to take her away, from everything that's happened in her marriage to our, eldest brother.
We went to Xiamen, we took her to visit the campus of the University of Xiamen, the beaches of White City, the Gulang Islet. And maybe, it's how the oceans being so vast, it'd, comforted our eldest sister-in-law a lot, she seemed, more peaceful then.
It always takes us losing what we cared about the most, to learn to cherish it, maybe, it's, the islet that's a small garden that's, reignited the original heart that my eldest brother had for my eldest sister-in-law, he was, very, careful, attempted to reestablish her trust in him in the trip.
Strolling down the streets, my eldest brother took my eldest sister-in-law's hand; when her feet grew weary, he'd carried her bag; as they came back from the beach walking barefoot, he'd bent down, patted the sand off of the pants she was wearing………..and at that very moment of time, I saw tears, glistening from my eldest sister-in-law's eyes. And the rest of the trip, my eldest sister-in-law smiled a lot more, and, we'd, made ourselves, scarce, so they can have more time to be alone together.
And, this trip to celebrate my eldest sister-in-law's divorce, eventually, turned the end around, and now, my eldest brother and sister-in-law, are enjoying the loving moments, playing with their, grandchildren.
So, that would be, how this TRIP, SAVED a marriage, and normally, it wouldn't, and should NEVER happen like this, but because this man who'd screwed around worked really hard, to earn BACK the trust of his wife, and his wife finally felt, that he'd turned over a new leaf, she'd, forgiven him, and that's what made their, "happily ever after" possible.
Although, normally, once this sort of a betrayal happens, nothing will change, but the woman was willing to give her bad husband, one more, last, chance…
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