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Thread: Shocking! Paying 8.88 million yuan as bride price?
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[quote=WANHU,510855]Last month a young friend wants to marry a Chinese girl from mainland China. Her parents ask RMB100k as bride price because according to her mom that amount is small for a foreigner. Her mother thought foreigners are rich. He is a Malaysian Chinese and does not have that amount because to our standard is a lot of money. My friend has a car and a house to pay, and definitely will not be able to prepare that amount of money. Even the bank won't give that amount of money for a personal loan. Both parents died three years ago in a car accident. In the end her parents agree with 25000 Yuan of bride money and their marriage will be registered in Guangzhou, next month. This cultural requirement makes a man thinks twice of marriage in China because many people won't be able able to fork out such a large sum of money, and like me, won't burden my parents with their money as they already have spent a lot to bring me up, provide me education, etc. No wonder I see many young men at 30 still single, and when I asked them, many if them cited lack of bride price or bride money and their monthly income not enough for proper life saving, especially for marriage. With higher cost of living, it is worth to ponder about this cultural requirement because I understand that post marriage needs a lot of money than during marriage. If I were a mainland Chinese parent and have a daughter, I would really consider of not imposing a bride price. What is more important to me is, my daughter has a good husband who will be responsible for her life until eternity. How do I cope with talks by neighbours and community? Well when I have no food they wont provide, and they also do not pay my hospital bills. Wan[/quote]
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