A few days ago, the “starting price” for relationships around the world, as shown in the “2012 to 2013 China Male and Female Marriage Outlook Research Report” published by a marriage website, became a hot topic of discussion. The report shows that ideally, single women in the 70s, 80s and 90s have a minimum monthly income of 5,000 yuan for their future boyfriends, with women in the three major cities of North, Shanghai and Shenzhen demanding more than 8,000 yuan. The data on the “starting price” of this relationship immediately triggered a lot of discussion among netizens around the world. The new website, Life Channel, randomly interviewed several people born in the 80s, 90s and 50s to compare the change in the amount of “bread” needed to fall in love in each generation.
Grandfather marries grandmother: a packet of brown sugar a few pounds of wheat a red dress
When asked how much his grandfather spent to marry his grandmother, Cui, a 90-year-old, said, “I heard my grandfather say in the past that he spent about 30 yuan to invite relatives to dinner when he got married in the 60s, and the bride price was a packet of brown sugar and a few pounds of wheat. The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.
Father marries mother: a quilt two kettles a black-and-white wedding photo = marriage license
The China News Life Channel interviewed Auntie Qin from a community in Beijing, and when asked how much it cost to get married back then, Auntie Qin took out her only black-and-white wedding photo and said with a smile: “I was I came to Beijing from my hometown in the previous year to take care of my grandson for my daughter and son-in-law. In ’81, when my partner and I got our license, both families only gave us a quilt and two iron water heaters. Wooden beds, bicycles, sewing machines, black and white televisions and other household appliances were only slowly added a few years after my daughter was born.” For the parents of the wedding “bread” in the end for the issue of how much, after 80 Mr. Zhang also said that I heard that his own father when he fell in love with his mother, only gave her a sweater, the wedding also only spent less than a thousand dollars.
Netizens hotly debated the “starting price” of love:
For the recently released “starting price” of love, netizens around the world have expressed their own views, there are spiteful, there is sad, there are flirtatious, there are also the “starting price” of love.
The first time I saw a woman, I was a little bit of a jerk.
Grief and indignation: A netizen argued with indignation, “In 2011, this so-called starting price was an average of 4,000 yuan, but I did not expect it to rise to a minimum of 5,000 yuan in just one or two years, the year-on-year rate of increase compared to the price of housing has never been better, and is definitely the first killer of many single men.”
Flirtation: A netizen named “abablecupl” flirted with the idea that the “starting price” of love in the three cities of North and Shenzhen, above 8,000 yuan, is really a veritable “life is precious, love is ‘more expensive'”. The ‘price is higher'”. The company’s main goal is to provide a more efficient and effective way to meet the needs of its customers.
Self-parody: A netizen helplessly self-deprecatingly said, “Combined with the ‘new standard for losers’ a few days ago, I am really a male loser, with a monthly salary of 3,500 yuan, which is really shameful.”
Understanding: For many netizens who think the “starting price” of love is too high, a 90-year-old thinks: “Love is not ‘bread’ can be measured, but in the high prices, high prices, high prices of housing, raising children and low wages, savings. The company’s main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers.