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Possessiveness masked as kindness a passion killer

(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-03 14:30

Lin Li recently sought advice about separating from her husband, Wang Yong at a judicial consulting center in Wuhan, Hubei province. Her reasons: that her spouse has been "showing too much consideration" for her.

Lin wants to divorce Wang because since they married in 2006 he has constantly eavesdropped on her telephone conversations and read her cell phone text messages without her permission.

Lin says she feels smothered by her husband's close monitoring of her social life, and that she feels entitled to her privacy.

The reason why Wang keeps such close tabs on Lin is because she is an attractive woman with a good job as mid-ranking official. As such she is popular with her male colleagues, which makes Wang feel threatened.

(Wuhan Evening News)