foto: TikTok/@viranikoli
Brilio.net - Inter-caste love stories may sound cliche because they have often been the subject of stories in soap operas and Korean dramas. If on the small screen, love stories between different castes always face opposition from their families, perhaps this is different from the love story shared by the owner of the TikTok account @viranikoli.
Like a fictional story, the account owner named Vira shares her father's life journey. In his post, he admitted that his father was born from an underprivileged family. Because of economic difficulties, his father couldn't afford pencils at school.
Not only that, his father also couldn't afford new clothes that were identical to those worn by Chinese people during Chinese New Year celebrations. Vira said her father was forced to use used sheets and curtains to sew new ones. This is an illustration of how financially difficult his father's family is.
This financial shortage then made it difficult for his father to continue to enter the desired university. Not being discouraged, in the 1970s, his father looked for scholarship information.
" Papa knows that education is one of the main ways out of poverty. Papa, how to get scholarship information here and there. In the 1970s, there was no internet, guys. "This means walking and asking here and there ," wrote Vira in one of her uploads, quoted by brilio.net on Monday (18/3).
photo: TikTok/@viranikoli
Thanks to this hard work, his father finally received a scholarship and left for the city. However, he was still constrained by money to even go. Even so, the word surrender is not in the dictionary, so in order to realize his dream of studying, his father worked as a coolie to transport rice from boats to traders' shops.
Finally, the father managed to graduate from college and also got a job. Because he studied health, the woman's father also worked in the health department. So, it was at work that his father first met the woman he loved who later became his wife. Who would have thought, this meeting would change his life.
" Eh, when I was hospitalized, my father met my mother who was taking my grandfather for treatment. This is the first time my father and mother met, " he said in the caption.
photo: TikTok/@viranikoli
Unlike his father, his mother was born into a well-off family. Living in a gedong house in Jakarta with marble floors shows that the mother was born into a rich family. Moreover, this happened in the 1970s.
Even though they differ in social status, in fact this is not an obstacle to their love story. The two of them still fall in love with each other. This great love finally made his father have the courage to propose to his mother in a letter. A courage that deserves appreciation.
"I intend to marry your youngest daughter. I don't have money for a party, but I'm already working and I will make her happy. The savings I have right now are only enough for a honeymoon trip. If you wish, I will come and propose to Jakarta with my mother ," this is what the letter said.
Even though the father was not from a prominent family, the proposal was still accepted by the mother's family. They then got married with a party held. Because the father's savings were only enough for the honeymoon, the wedding party was held with help from the wife's relatives.
photo: TikTok/@viranikoli
After getting married, they are faced with the reality of life. The mother's life, which was completely affluent, changed drastically. Vira revealed that at the start of her parents' marriage, they could only afford 1 pack of noodles for the two of them to eat. Even though she left behind a good life in Jakarta, her mother admitted that she never regretted it at all.
Until the child grows up, the father is still in the process of trying to make his family prosperous. According to his father, education is the best capital for a child's future, so he tries to send his child to the best place.
Until finally, his children managed to go to school abroad. Each studied in Malaysia and Denmark. Her father's struggle moved the woman.
He said that apparently this was the reason why the mother's family wanted to give up their daughter to a man who was not yet established. Because his father was a man with a warrior mentality and always tried to make his family happy.
photo: TikTok/@viranikoli
This story also attracted the attention of netizens. Many were of course also moved by the story told by the woman. Apart from that, quite a few netizens have similar stories.
"My husband from school was singing on the street, but he is trying to get out of that condition, he is studying music, he eats once a day and uses eggs every day, when he first got married he didn't have a motorbike, thank God, now he can give me comfort that he couldn't even feel before," he said "double happiness can make him and me happy at the same time," said the account @hanap.
Sis, your dad is the definition of a REAL MAN. crying so much, you are so lucky. I'm sure I can get a husband like your father, Amen ," said the account @angalikat.
" Women are never afraid of a difficult life if they live their life with a partner who really loves them and tries to make them happy. And yes, happy too ," said the account @opacraphile.
" My brother's father from the family is not well off but his mentality and mindset are good!! That's why he can produce cool kids too hihi, " said the account @picahontas.
(brl/mal)
