"Husband is the 'big son,' son is the 'boyfriend'?" Online uproar over claims it looks immature [What do you think?]
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- 2026-01-20 08:52:12
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- 2026-01-20 08:52:12

[Financial News] A story has been shared online from a woman who says she cannot understand other women who call their husbands their "big son."
According to an online community on the 20th, a post was recently uploaded under the title, "Women who call their husbands their big son seem a bit lacking."
Writer A said, "Not long ago, during a company lunch, a female manager started talking, saying, 'My big son...' So I asked, 'Don’t you only have a daughter?' It turned out that by 'big son' she meant her husband," expressing disbelief.
A continued, "Women who call a fully grown adult man, their own spouse at that, their 'big son' really look ridiculous to me," adding, "Is it right to treat your spouse not as an equal adult but as someone you have to take care of? Is your husband a little kid whose clothes, food, and even washing you have to take care of?"
A went on, mocking, "It’s laughable how they shoulder all the housework and emotional labor by themselves and then comfort themselves by saying, 'My husband is like a big son, so I have to take care of him.'"
A added, "One side takes care of everything, thinks for them, decides for them, and even cleans up after them, while the other side doesn’t do things on their own, puts things off, leans on them, and takes on less responsibility," and argued, "When you look at these husbands, if their wives get sick later, they can’t even properly prepare a single meal and end up just making instant noodles or ordering delivery food."
A further criticized, "Women like this inevitably end up overprotecting their children as well," adding, "Later on, you see they turn their sons into manchildren and send them out into society. Then those sons go on to be treated as 'big sons' by their own wives. It’s a vicious cycle that never ends."
"Manchild" refers to an adult whose emotions and behavior are immature.
In closing, A said, "How can you live with a husband who is like a big son? If the spouse with whom you’re supposed to make important life decisions together feels like a son, I don’t know if that can really be called a proper married relationship."
Netizens who read the story commented with differing views, such as, "It just means he requires as much attention as a child, not that she literally wants to raise him like a son," and, "It sounds like she was just venting that he behaves like an immature kid." Others criticized, saying, "It’s pathetic," "If you raise your husband like that, he won’t be able to do anything for himself and you’ll have to do everything for him until he dies," "It’s obvious what will happen when the son who watched that grows up and gets married," and, "Calling your son your 'boyfriend' and your husband your 'ex-boyfriend' is also off-putting."
moon@fnnews.com Moon Young-jin Reporter