为什么你还是走上了相亲之路?The journey of blind dates moves on | Chitchat
One day when entering your home, your mother says your family is having dinner with the family of one of her old friends. After arriving at the restaurant, you find seated at the table a person about your own age but of the opposite gender, which makes you feel uneasy.
During dinner, both of your parents will create an opportunity to leave you alone for a while. Undoubtedly, it's a preplanned blind date for you.
With the proliferation of dating shows, matchmaking sites on the internet and informal dating boards on the corner of many parks, parents helping their daughters and sons get married through setting up blind dates now is very common in China.
The post-90s generation accounted for the major force in blind dates and two key reasons pressed single adults to get married — their age and pressure from parents.
If you're over the age deemed suitable for marriage and you still remain single while your cousins, friends and colleagues all have forged a family, probably leaving you with a pang of envy and a little confusion, you will catch your parents' attention. Later, they and other relatives will urge you to get married as quickly as possible.
The conversation between you and your parents no longer concerns study or work, like in the past, but marriage. They will inform you your younger cousin got married last month and a new member was added to the family next door. With envy and anxiety, parents eagerly attempt to arrange blind dates for you, one after another.
You have little experience in relationships and your introversion prevents you from attending social parties. Moreover, you feel your color rise when talking to people of the opposite gender.
Here is this week's Chitchat topic:
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How did you begin your journey with blind dates and move on?
Share your stories and we'll publish some of the best next Monday.
Editor: Zhang Xi
Intern: Chen Xianglan
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