Jackie Chan has been married to the love of his life for more than four decades now. He met the Taiwanese actress Joan Lin in 1981, and after a year of knowing each other, the couple soon decided to tie the knot. A companionship this long certainly had some obstacles to go through. And Chan’s was no exception to that. But as a strong couple, they faced the hurdles together and broke through them.

In his autobiography, Never Grow Up, Chan reveals that Joan used to think that his career took him away from her. Though she never complained about anything, once the former actress expressed what kept bothering her.?

Jackie Chan and Joan worked hard to make their marriage work

Chan’s wife handled the household and took care of Jaycee when the actor was not around. She had been managing everything silently until her son revealed that he wanted to pursue the same career as his father. This devastated Joan, and she couldn’t hold it any longer and started crying.

Later she burst into tears and shared,?“The movie business has already taken away my husband. I don?t want to lose my son, too.??This revelation startled the actor. Chan, who was busy making movies, then understood that he had been failing to make a good husband. And to change that, they came up with an idea. As he wrote,?“We?d made a rule for our marriage early on that we would never sulk privately about little things, but just say outright whatever was bothering us. When I wasn?t away filming, we had a once-a-week standing date to do just that.”

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They would sit and talk about each other’s shortcomings on a weekly basis. And as per Chan, that helped the couple learn about their own flaws and to work on them. Later the actor revealed how he was grateful to Joan for being supportive and making life easier for him.

Chan once thought Joan was too good for him

For those who are unversed, Joan was a popular Taiwanese actress. But she turned down the career ahead to be a full-time mother and a caring wife to Chan. But Chan always speculated whether she wanted to act again, but Joan revealed that she took retirement long ago. Her patience and dedication always startled the martial artist.

In fact, while on the once-a-week standing date, Chan found no flaws in Joan. And?that eventually made him think he didn’t deserve her.

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However, the couple successfully stayed together after accepting each other’s shortcomings and kept working on themselves. What are your thoughts on Chan’s idea of a once-a-week date?