Back in 2017, 57-year-old Gui Junmin decided to have his deceased wife cryogenically frozen. His hope was that, sometime in the future, she could be revived and cured of the lung cancer that killed her.

And so, he had her frozen — and then he found a new girlfriend.

While his wife remains preserved at -320°F, Junmin has been living with a new girlfriend, whom he has apparently been with since 2020. When Chinese media discovered this, they confronted him, leading to an awkward response in which he tried to make it clear that he still loves his wife while also not causing an argument back at home.

“She hasn’t entered my mind yet,” he said, referring to his current girlfriend. “I have a responsibility for her, but it’s a complicated matter. She can never replace my wife. I can’t just forget the past, but I still have to live my life.”

Quick question: at what point during the thawing process do you break up? Or do you take your wife’s first moments back in reality to ask if she’d be open to being poly?