Re: Im a little apalled...
So wife and mother used to fight and did not want to see each other face! Need more details here.
Maybe he got tired of so much animosity at home.
Even though she loved him very much but he could not decide in his wife's favor. Mother took priority for him.
When women go to 'these kind of homes' after marriage, just loving the husband is not enough for 'survival' of marriage.
She probably thought oh, I love my husband, I will do a lot for him, and the mother, yeah she can live with us but it is our lives now!
Who knows what kind of daily routines did they have or what had been happening behind husband when he would not be home.