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Husband gets married online, has children, wife angrily accuses him of bigamy
Time:2025-08-28 Views:605
In this era where the internet is ubiquitous, there has been a revolutionary change in the way many people express their emotions. Many netizens are either fickle or sing fake dramas, which have developed into online relationships and even into online marriages.
The reporter learned that a middle-aged wife felt neglected after her husband got married and had children online. In a fit of anger, she sued her husband for "bigamy" and demanded emotional compensation. What the hell is going on? The reporter conducted interviews with Ms. Lin and Mr. Zhang yesterday.
Origin: Husband obsessed with the internet, getting married and having children
Four years ago, Ms. Lin, who lived in Harbin, caught up with the trend and installed a computer. She was also the first to apply for broadband internet access in the community. As soon as they finished work, the couple chatted together on QQ, feeling uncomfortable. Later, due to the passage of time, she lost interest in chatting. However, her husband Mr. Zhang became obsessed with online chatting from then on. To her surprise, he spent more and more time online every day. The first thing he did when he got home was to turn on his computer, which was very mysterious. He didn't talk to Ms. Lin and sometimes even chatted until midnight.
As a teacher, Ms. Lin initially thought her husband was simply addicted to the internet. She joked at the time that she wanted to "pull" her husband back from the internet. She said, "At first, I thought my husband was also obsessed with online games of fighting and killing. I thought it was okay to relax by playing games after work, so I didn't take it seriously." But later, she vaguely felt that her husband no longer cared about this family as before.
By chance, she discovered that her husband had a wife online and was raising a child together. That time he went out and forgot to close QQ. I saw a sentence displayed on the screen: 'Dear' and I felt something was wrong at that moment. ”
Then she curiously looked through her husband's chat records and found that he had been married to this woman online for two years and had children. Later, when Ms. Lin asked her husband, the answer she received was that this was a virtual marriage on the internet, and everyone couldn't meet in person. It was like chatting to relieve boredom, and she asked her not to take it seriously.
Result: Husband sued for bigamy
Ms. Lin revealed, "Maybe I was too careless. In fact, over the past year, he seemed to have changed and didn't care about this family at all. He just lived in a virtual 'home' every day." After the incident was exposed, Ms. Lin felt that this was her husband's infidelity, and she had been neglected for a period of time. Since then, they have been arguing constantly. She considered for over a month and filed for divorce with Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang disagreed and ultimately sued her husband for "bigamy" and demanded compensation for his mental distress.
She believes that this virtual marriage has caused harm to the real-life marital life, causing her husband to lose affection for the real home. Marriage is also an act online, regardless of whether the two parties meet in person or not. "She claimed in the lawsuit that her husband got married and had children online, and this" bigamy "behavior caused great mental harm to herself, demanding that her husband compensate 100000 yuan for mental damages. However, Mr. Zhang insists that he is just a boring pastime online and has never done anything to betray his wife. [page]
After the court's trial, it was found that according to the relevant provisions of Chinese law, the registration principle is implemented for the establishment of civil marriages. Both "online dating" and the currently popular "online marriage" clearly do not meet this statutory formal requirement, so there is no suspicion of bigamy. Based on this, the court agreed to Ms. Lin's request for divorce, but rejected her request for her husband to pay "fault compensation".
Netizens: Different opinions on online marriage, mixed praise and criticism
It is reported that more than 100000 Chinese netizens have joined the ranks of "online marriage", but it is still rare for couples to divorce in real life due to such "online marriage". As a result, many netizens have joined in and expressed great concern about this matter.
A netizen with the username "Jinghong Yijian" believes that online marriage is just a form of entertainment in the virtual world, and it is not worth making such a fuss about. In fact, the process of online marriage is somewhat similar to real-life marriage - as long as both parties have common topics and try to "live" together for a long time, they can apply for virtual marriage on the website with just a click of the mouse, and first "register marriage" with each other. After marriage, one can have their own "home" in the community, and both parties can even apply to raise "children". Besides not being able to meet in person, online marriage can also be achieved in real life. If both parties feel that they can't talk together anymore, they can also virtual divorce or remarry, which she said is very interesting.
Netizen "Xiaobei" believes that online marriage is a complete "spiritual affair" and claims to have an impact on the real marriage of married people. Although there is no substantive relationship between the two parties in online marriage, they are very invested in the spiritual aspect. The two get married, have children, and live their lives online, just like replicating real life. If this continues, it will definitely be detrimental to family life.
Expert: Online marriage is not illegal, but it is related to morality
A marriage law expert stated in an interview with reporters that although online marriage is contrary to social morality, there are no relevant provisions in current laws that declare online marriage illegal. He stated that according to the Marriage Law, both men and women can only establish their marriage relationship by personally registering at the marriage registration office in accordance with the law. Online marriage does not meet the requirements of the Marriage Law, has no legal effect, and has no significance to society. Therefore, it does not have the social harm recognized by law, and only belongs to a moral self-evaluation issue.
In this regard, Zhou Xiaozheng, a sociologist at Renmin University of China, said: "In real life, many people have been pursuing a perfect state all their lives, but they soon found that real life is gradually becoming dull. At this time, virtual marriage provides space for these people to achieve a perfect life, allowing them to find a place to escape temporarily." He believed that if they reached the stage of virtual and real life, it would have a bad impact on their behavior and way of thinking, and he advocated that they should be treated carefully.
Professor Yang from the Institute of Sociology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said that the current popularity of online virtual marriage games can greatly cause instability in real marriages. In this sense, online virtual marriages have more disadvantages than advantages. She believes that online marriage can be seen as a form of entertainment, but it should not be overly indulged. Cherishing the family is the source of a happy life. [page]
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