The wife of the nineteen couples on 'Divorce Reflection Camp' expressed her conflicts with her in-laws.
In the episode aired on the 6th, the household investigation of the nineteen couples was depicted.
On this day, the wife of the nineteen couples revealed that she had already divorced her husband once, surprising everyone. She said, "Around November 2014, I suggested we get a divorce first. There was a lot of conflict and friction with my in-laws. I lived with them after getting pregnant before marriage at the age of 20, and it was really tough."
The wife exposed her father-in-law's alcohol-related violence and her mother-in-law's coercion into a cult religion. She stated, "My father-in-law had a drinking habit that tormented the family. He hit me. He suddenly got angry and stomped on me. Later, I found a purple bruise at home," she said. She continued, "My mother-in-law tormented me with religion. While she didn't do that to others, she insisted that I go to church. It was a place known as a cult in Korea," shocking everyone.
The wedding was postponed due to opposition from her in-laws. The wife expressed her frustration, saying, "I wanted to have the wedding before the first child was born, but my in-laws said, 'How can the younger brother have a wedding when the older sister hasn't?' So I waited until my sister-in-law's wedding to hold mine."
The wife also mentioned that she received verbal abuse from her mother-in-law, such as threats to send her to a mental hospital. She said, "When I decided to get a divorce, I couldn't stand my in-laws more than my husband, and I wanted to escape from that house. Otherwise, I felt like I would die." Hearing this, the husband said, "Our family is the problem. I couldn't play the intermediary role. My parents were very stubborn."
Later, the nineteen couples agreed to a divorce, deciding that the in-laws would raise the child. However, the wife said she felt sorry for the child and reunited after a year of divorce. The husband still failed to mediate.
The wife stated, "I tried to understand my mother-in-law a hundred or a thousand times. Why wouldn't I have gone to the funeral when she passed away? My husband was talking to his cousin, and the cousin said that my mother-in-law died because of me," she said.
Meanwhile, the husband attracted attention by self-harming in front of his wife. He explained, "I was fighting with my wife, and I thought it wouldn't work out, so I hurt myself to quiet down." In response, Seo Jang-hoon expressed his anger, saying, "Why would you self-harm? If you had the courage to self-harm, you should have spoken more firmly to your family to protect your wife. You can't say a word to others and then end up self-harming out of frustration. That's nonsense."
Additionally, the husband resorted to violence during an argument with his wife, which further enraged Seo Jang-hoon. He said, "That's violence. It's just violence. Let me say it again, do you do that outside? Who kicks someone? You can't do it outside, so why do it to your wife? Is it manly to do that to the weakest and most vulnerable person? How violent is that? I cancel all the compliments I gave to the husband."
[Lee Se-bin, Star Today Guest Reporter]
