Leaving for her mother's house, the wife asked her husband to bring 22 young men carrying trays of gifts to pick her up.

I met my wife at a bar with a group of friends. She was active, confident, proactive and a good dancer. We danced together even though it was our first time meeting. Afterwards, I took her home and asked for her phone number to get to know her.

Through interaction, I found that she has a strong personality. Because she is the head of the event organization department, she is very decisive. She says one is one, two is two, without thinking twice or taking it slow like most other girls. This attracted me even more.

We got married after dating for over a year. My mother didn’t like her at first, so we had a hard time getting together. My mother said someone like her wasn’t suitable for the family. I used to think my mother was too old-fashioned and too strict.

On the wedding day, my parents had to run around to do what my wife asked. (illustrative photo)

On the wedding day, my family had to run around to meet all my wife's demands. She said that a girl's wedding only happens once in her life, so she wanted everything to be perfect. She asked for 22 people to carry the trays of gifts, men and women of the same height, wearing uniforms to look nice. My parents had to find all the relatives and friends to have enough people.

Then she asked to light the wedding lanterns solemnly. In my hometown, the custom of lighting wedding lanterns was only practiced by a few people because there were many requests. My parents loved me so they agreed. When standing in front of the family altar to light the lanterns, for some reason one of the two lanterns kept on burning. No matter how my mother prayed, it wouldn't light up. We had no choice but to take down the two lanterns. The guests gathered around to watch, making the wedding chaotic.

When we lived together, my wife started to show her big ego. She never knew how to give in to my parents. Every morning after work, she got up early to go to the gym or have coffee with friends, but she never bought breakfast for the family. I gently reminded her, she said: "Parents are not children, so they don't need anyone to take care of them."

Even though she was married, my wife still went on business trips to attend company events. Then at night she still went to bars and danced with friends until late at night. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got worse and worse.

When I came to pick her up, my wife said that she would only leave if all 22 people who had come to pick her up came. (Illustration photo)

The climax was when my mother asked her to stay home to take care of my grandfather's death anniversary. In my house, this was the biggest death anniversary of the year so there were a lot of guests. But my wife still went on a business trip and didn't come back for a whole week. Afterwards, I heard her say to the neighbors that why should she worry about her husband's death anniversary?

After that, my mother had an argument with my wife. She was fierce and scolded my mother for being backward, old and not knowing how to love her daughter-in-law, and that if my mother got sick in the future, she should not be expected to be taken care of by her. Because I was so angry, I scolded her and chased her away.

She really left. After a week, I forgave her and went to her mother's house to pick her up. Unexpectedly, she demanded that my family bring exactly 22 people to pick her up. After hearing that, I became even more dissatisfied.

Now my parents have disowned me and told me that if I want to live with my wife, they will consider me as no longer a son. If I choose them, I will have to leave my wife. I feel very tired of being stuck between my parents and my wife. My feelings for my wife are not the same as before. Should I stop now?