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Romance-seeking man in China cancels date after she sends him list of future expenses should they marry, have children

  • Pair meet via dating agency, meet once, he thinks she is ‘the one’
  • She insists he learn about cost of living, accuses him of ignorance

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A man in China has cancelled a woman he met for a date after she sent him a list detailing the “family expenses” they could expect to incur should they get married. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock
Alice Yanin Shanghai

The experience of a man in China who was astounded when a woman he had just met sent him a detailed list of future family expenses, has gone viral on mainland social media.

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The 35-year-old man, surnamed Wang, lives in Hangzhou of Zhejiang province in eastern China, and works as an administrator at a state-owned enterprise, the news portal Toutiao News reported.

Wang is 1.8m tall, owns two flats in the city, and earns about 100,000 yuan (US$14,000) a year, according to the report. His profile ticks all the boxes for what is considered an eligible husband on the mainland.

At the beginning of this month, he was introduced to a woman a year younger than him via a matchmaking agency.

After one date, the man thought he had found his “true love”, but he was dismayed to receive a list of future expenses from the woman on the same day after their first meeting. Photo: Shutterstock
After one date, the man thought he had found his “true love”, but he was dismayed to receive a list of future expenses from the woman on the same day after their first meeting. Photo: Shutterstock

They met in person and chatted happily, which made Wang feel he might have found true love.

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