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Chen Wei-yih has posed for a set of photos in a flowing white dress, enlisted a wedding planner and rented a banque娛樂城體驗金,t hall for a marriage celebration with 30 friends.
But there is no groom. Chen will marry herself.
Uninspired by the men she's met but facing social pressure to get married, the 30-year-old Taipei office worker will hold the reception next month in honor of just one person.
"Age thirty is a prime period for me. My work and experience are in good shape, but I haven't found a partner, so what can I do?" Chen said.
"It's not that I'm anti-marriage. I just hope that I can express a different idea within the bounds of a tradition."
Her T$50,000 ($5,675) wedding comes after online publicity that has netted 1,800 largely sympathetic co妹妹ents.
"I think there will be more and more girls like this," said "divagirl," who did not elaborate.
Women in Taiwan are marrying later and less often as their economic status advances, fuelling government concerns about a drop in the birth rate and its impact on productivity.
Only 40 percent of women surveyed earlier this year by the education ministry said they imagined married people could live better lives than singles, local media said.
"I was just hoping that more people would love themselves," said Chen, who will go on a solo honeymoon to Australia.
Chen said her mother had insisted on a groom at first but later jumped aboard the solo marriage plan.
But as Chen ca租車,nnot officially register a marriage to herself, if she finds a man later she will wed again.
"If I had a steady boyfriend, I wouldn't do this," Chen said. "it would be offensive to him, anyway."
(Read by Renee Haines. Renee Haines is a journalist at the China Daily Web site.)
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陈薇伊已拍过了婚纱照,礼聘了婚礼策动职员,还租了一个宴会厅来举办婚礼,将有30个朋侪来加入婚礼。
不外婚礼上却没有新郎。陈薇伊将和本身成婚。
没有碰到中意的汉子,可是又面对成婚的社会压力,这位30岁的台北人员将鄙人个月举办一小我的婚礼。
陈薇伊说:“30岁对我来讲是一个黄金时代。我的事情和履历都不错,可是我却还没找到本身的另外一半,那我能有甚么法子呢?”
“我并不是不婚族。我只是但愿用传统的方法表达一种分歧的概念。”
她的婚礼规划在网上暴光后吸引了1800条评论,大可能是表达怜悯和支撑的。婚礼耗费了5万新台币(合5675美元)。
婚礼女主角说:“我认为像如许的女孩今后会愈来愈多。”不外她没有就这一话题深谈。
跟着台湾女性经济职位地方的上升,台湾女性晚婚和不婚的也愈来愈多,这激发了当局的担心,由于这可能致使诞生率的降低,并对出产力造成影响。
据本地媒体称,本年早些时辰台湾教诲部举行的一项查询拜访表白,只有40%的被查询拜访女性称她们认为已婚人士会比独身人士糊口得更好。
陈薇伊说:“我只是但愿更多的人可以或许爱他们本身。”她将单身前去澳大利亚度蜜月。
陈薇伊说她的母亲本来对峙要有一个新郎,但厥后也接管了这一单人成婚规划。
可是因为陈薇伊和本身成婚没法举行官方注册,若是她今后找到符合的汉子还会再成婚。
陈薇伊消脂茶,说:“若是我有固定的男友,我是不会这么做的。那样会让他反感。”
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