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Thread: Girl to rent a boyfriend to go home during the Spring Festival
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[quote=LEONARDO,356586]After reading this post, I am wondering if this is related to culture. Does it happen in the western culture? Say, would your western singles rent a temporary boyfriend or girlfriend to visit your parents for Christmas Reunion? The story is no more new in China. In recent years, such online advertisements have been seen when it comes to the Spring Festival, a big occasion for family reunion, when the anxious Chinese parents are so eager to see their children’s partners. For those have been old enough (25-30) but still haven’t found their Mr. or Mrs Right, parents would tirelessly arrange countless matchmakings at the Lunar New Year. Some parents even tell their children: “if you don’t take a boyfriend/girlfriend, don’t come back home for the coming Spring Festival.” Consequently, some filial and obedient children have to figure out some ways to please (comfort) the anxious parents. Renting a temporary girlfriend or boyfriend is all the rage during the Spring Festival. I have heard about a more heart-breaking story about a woman who is 32 year old. She was in love with a boy for 8 years, but finally they broke up. The guy fell in love with someone else. In Chinese society, for a woman who has been over 30, it is somewhat hard to find a man to marry, she seems “old” for many men. Now the lunar new year is approaching, she was planning to back home to reunite with her family members. She received a ultimatum from her father saying that don’t come home, because she is old but unmarried, and the friends and relatives will question why she is still single. She had to face enormous pressure. So she decided not to go home for the Spring Festival and she would stay alone during the festive Spring Festival, an occasion for family reunion. How bad it is for Chinese people who are still unmarried after 30!? Is it all about a cultural thing uniquely occurring in Chinese society? How about the western parents’ attitudes towards their unmarried children who have been a bit old for marriage ( at the age of 30+)?Are they more tolerant? [/quote]
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