Nene, at first, could not believe that Nnaemeka’s father would want nothing to do with their marriage; then, when she finds out she is hated by her husband’s father, still wants her family to have a relationship with him, even if it doesn’t include her. Nnaemeka refuses to think that her husband’s family would be upset with his marriage and says to her husband: “ I do not believe anybody will be so unlike other people that they will be unhappy when their sons are engaged to marry.” She then sees that Nnaemeka’s father truly does not approve of their marriage, and realizes that she doesn’t understand her husband’s family. Later in the story, though, she comes to accept Okeke’s actions and even tries to reunite her husband with his father, saying
