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RE: Confession of a girl who called off her arranged marriage

in #wupvote8 years ago

I teach in China. Several of my female former students yielded to pressure from their families to marry around 27, and are now desperately unhappy in those marriages. One marriage ended in divorce, and another would-be divorce is complicated by the couple's parents being neighbors.

On the other hand, more Chinese women (and men) are resisting family pressure to marry before 30. It is difficult, though, because tradition is very strong here. Even if parents are OK with delaying marriage, aunts, uncles and neighbors will pester a single man or woman endlessly about getting married. Some singles even hire pretend lovers for Spring Festival time, to avoid the constant carping.

Anyway, good luck to you. I hope you find the right person at the right time.

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Thanks, but its not my story anyway, its one of a Indian gal story

Oh, sorry. I misunderstood.