Man slammed for saving mother instead of wife

Floods in China have displaced millions of people and a Chinese man, Gao Fengshou has been condemned online after choosing to save his mother from deadly floodwaters instead of his wife.

Fengshou's wife and mother of his children has now left him after he put his parent first, The Times reported.

The decorator acted as flooding spread towards his village of Xingtai in the north China province of Hebei on July 20, telling his family to climb on to the roof.

He then left to see his mother and, when he returned, his wife and family had vanished along with a bundle of cash.

According to The Times, Mr Gao said afterwards there was not time to make a choice between the two women.

He said: "I can’t imagine what went through her mind when I went straight for my mother. 

"Abandoning my mother would be reprehensible, but leaving my wife behind would be unacceptable as well. I know she must be so disappointed in me.”

Though many people have slammed him for leaving his wife under such dangerous situation, one outstanding tweet is  by Afeez Adeyemo who tweeted: "Better to be single/divorced than to be orphaned, I can get another wife but not another mother."

Source: Standard