‘Forced marriage is painful’: bride in China admits she doesn’t love groom in viral wedding breakdown and is marrying for her parents
- In a viral video of her wedding, a bride bursts into tears and, in a post online, admits she is not in love and only marrying for her parents
- In China, pressuring young people into marriage, and in some cases forcing them to, remains an ongoing cultural norm
A 20-year-old woman in China went viral on mainland social media after having a dramatic breakdown at her wedding, admitting she was not in love and only got married to satisfy her parents.
The bride, surnamed Yan, from Guizhou province in southwestern China, said in an online post that she was not looking forward to married life after she tied the knot with a man she had met on a blind date, a news story on Ning Video reported.
In the video of her wedding attached to the post, Yan is wearing a white dress and unsmiling before turning her head away from the camera and bursting into tears.
Yan said she was not looking forward to getting married but felt she had to meet her parents’ expectations and cultural norms as soon as possible.
“My parents are getting older, and so am I,” Yan said.
“My relatives are pushing me, and neighbours gossip about me.”
