She was a reporter before her marriage, but she gave up her beloved career under pressure from her mother-in-law. Anyway they just ended up disagreeing on everything about running a household: Her mother-in-law wouldn't let her use a washing machine for fear of wasting water, and her father-in-law would come over and turn down the flow of water while she was washing clothes.
她在婚前原是新聞記者，婚後在公婆的微詞下放棄鍾愛的工作，結果家庭生活的觀念也處處不合：婆婆不准她用洗衣機，怕浪費水，公公也會在她洗衣服時走過來把水龍頭關小…… 等生活細節的觀念歧異陸續發生。