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Chinese man regrets marriage after 5-minute video call, blames matchmaking service

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A 32-year-old man from Zhejiang, China, married a woman he met through a matchmaking service after only a five-minute video call. He regretted the decision within nine days, attributing his haste to parental pressure. The matchmaking service had suggested women from other provinces, and he ended up in a divorce battle after spending a significant amount of money. AI

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Chinese man regrets marriage after 5-minute video call, blames matchmaking service

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Fran Lu ·

    Chinese man marries woman 3 days after blind date video call, regrets 9 days later

    A Chinese man whose dating of a woman consisted of a five-minute video call before marrying her within three days regretted what he had done just nine days later. The 32-year-old man, surnamed Gu, who is from the eastern province of Zhejiang and is a single child, blamed parental…

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