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A Video Of A Saudi Family Bidding Goodbye To Their Nanny And Her Husband Put People To Tears
Prepare your waterworks.
An emotional video featuring a Saudi family bidding adieu to their domestic worker and her husband has gone viral, and residents couldn’t control their tears. The photos and videos of a nanny and her husband departing after 28 years were compiled in a tweet that has now garnered 8,000 plus in retweets alone (at the time of this post).
Twitter user, Joud, uploaded the content as a homage to the couple who had been a part of his family for almost two decades.
In his tweet, he wrote…
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شغالتنا وزوجها اكثر من ٢٨ سنة عندنا واليوم سافروا نهائي???? كانت منا و فينا ربتني انا واخواني تعرف كل شيء ايش نحب ايش نكره واليوم راحت اقسم بالله تقول كأنوا فقدنا احد من اهلنا العيله كلها انهارت بكا ???????? pic.twitter.com/zGZ5N9MNeu
— Joud. (@jud9N) April 12, 2018
A video of the farewell was also added within the same tweet
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— Joud. (@jud9N) April 12, 2018
Saudi Twitter was emotionally-stirred…
“The hardest thing is saying goodbye”
يالله أصعب أنواع الوفاء والفراق ????
— ريما ❥ •• (@reemaawy) April 15, 2018
“Nooooo, my heart can’t handle this”
لاااااه قلبي مايتحمل ????????????
— سكره (@__remii1) April 15, 2018
Others shared their personal stories with workers who have become a part of their families
So sweet.
والله حاس بلشعور ذَا. سواقنا كان معانه من اول ما انا ولدت إلا الان، كان يشيلني وانا صغير أعاملُه زي أبوي وكان يعاملني زي ولده. بعد كم سنة راح يرجع الا بلده، ومو عارفين ايش نسوي بدونه. لو راح، قطعه من قلبي بيروح، الله يحفظه يارب ❤️ pic.twitter.com/SLfAvn20kd
— Welly Mukhtar (@Free_Wellly) April 14, 2018
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