Dating shows and sites, criticized or not have always been around. China has found a way to take dating services to the next level..Let me rephrase that, MARRIAGE SERVICES. That's right, Shanghai has it's very own "Marriage Market" located in the lovely and peaceful (except for on the weekends) People's Square Park on the #2 Green Subway Line.
Marriage Market
Definition: A weekly weekend event where parents gather with resumes of their unmarried children in hopes of finding them a wife or a husband. Dating services are also on location there, with BOOKLETS of resumes and pictures of unmarried people.
Example: Having trouble finding a husband or wife? Just have your parents take your resume and picture to the marriage market! You're bound to find someone there! (sarcasm)
Actually, according to CNN, the success rate of the Marriage Market is lower than the success rate of finding a job at a career fair....rarely do marriages actually come out of the Marriage Market. But hey, it was fun to just stroll around, watch parents argue over their children and see flyers on flyers of resumes either being handed out or just lined against the walls. To give you an idea, here are some visuals:
What People's Square Park would look like without the Marriage Market...
...the weekend Marriage Market...
Parents waiting around for potential suitor's to come around and snag up their children for a date...(as creepy as that sounds)
...the sides of a tunnel in the park hung with resumes of people ranging from their early 20's to their late 50's.
...more resumes...
What can I say, China really is something! No Shame, No Game (don't know if that's actually a saying, or if I just made that up...)
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