The hidden cost to marrying a Chinese girl
I’ll just forego the introduction and come out and just say a Westerner should not marry a Chinese girl, if the PLAN is to live in China, and not go back home. He can’t afford the expense. The endless comparisons to Chinese Man, along with the expectations placed upon her by family, add up to a lot of stress for the unexpecting laowai. Esp in this day and age. If you can convince her to not have kids, and just “live together”, all the power to you. This article is not for either the jaded or experienced. A 40 something laowai with a 30 something Chinese lady have a hell of a lot better chance at success. This is not for you. (And I realize that all cultures have this same issue. But in China they are magnified to a higher degree.) But if you are both marrying for the first time, one must prepare himself(or steel himself?) for both the financial onslaught and shenanigans of her family. I remember when I ...
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