Do you know why you like watching TV dramas?
TV dramas are rooted in life. When we watch them, we are often watching ourselves, because we frequently experience emotional ups and downs with the characters. We cheer for them, feel their frustrations, and shed tears for their heartbreaks. We also celebrate their happy endings.
Without realizing it, we often put ourselves in the shoes of the protagonists, empathizing with their emotions.
Due to the pandemic, more people now have extended periods of time to indulge in TV dramas, openly starting a “drama-watching lifestyle.” TV shows are endless, one after another. After all, there’s no need to go to work, staying up late doesn’t matter, and there’s enough time to catch up on sleep.
So, what TV show have you been watching recently? Are you one of the viewers of the popular drama Next Stop, Happiness?
Did you notice that scene where the protagonist’s friend, Yang Xiaoyu, finds out her husband cheated on her while she’s pregnant with their second child?
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Cheating during pregnancy, especially when Yang Xiaoyu is carrying their second child, and her husband is caught cheating.
The reason? He didn’t want to lose his own life, feeling pressured by everyone to grow up.
This irresponsible man—honestly, there are many like him in real life.
What can she do in the face of this? She doesn’t have a job, and she has two children to support. Apart from compromising, she doesn’t know what else to do. She can only endure for the sake of the children. This marriage has become one that exists solely for the kids.
But such a life is truly painful. In the quiet of the night, she secretly tends to her wounds and cries alone.
This is something that happens in a TV drama, but during the pandemic, such situations are happening in real life as well.
One netizen, during this very pandemic, realized the person beside her wasn’t the one she thought they were, and decided that once the pandemic was over, she would divorce.
How Many People, Due to the Pandemic and Staying at Home, Have Become Closer, and Even When Arguments Occur, Use This Rare Opportunity to Communicate Well and Identify the Issues Between Them?
However, there are also those who, through this period, have clearly seen the person beside them and realized they can’t continue. They choose to let go.
After all, life is long, and one can’t keep living like this, can they?
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For many, their marriage is already a mere formality, and after going through the baptism of the pandemic, they may no longer even want the formalities, because they are too exhausted.
In the past, we could deceive ourselves—distance makes the heart grow fonder. But when that distance is reduced to almost nothing, the old thoughts of “enduring,” “making do,” and “let’s just stay together for the children” lose their power.
All that’s left is the desire to live a better life for ourselves.
We have tried our best to save and protect this family, but when this family is nothing but an illusion, and it only brings pain, letting go of ourselves might be the best choice.