Breaking through the age difference and entering the marriage hall should be a beautiful journey in life. However, behind this rural area, there is a thought-provoking marriage dilemma. There are forty-seven marriageable young men in the village, yet a staggering thirty-six are still single. This number is enough to raise deep concerns about the current state of marriage.
In recent years, one of the most controversial points in the topic of rural marriage has been the sky-high price of the bride price. Once a marriage was a matter of character and family prestige, now money seems to be the key factor in everything. The disabled son of a pharmacy owner, who is only 14 meters, but because of his wealthy family, he married a girl who graduated from a bachelor's degree. Such examples are not uncommon in rural areas, and the power of money is becoming more and more prominent in the marriage market.
In this rural area, in order to successfully find the other half, the boy must meet three conditions: a house in the urban area, a car at home, and a bride price of at least 180,000 yuan. Dayun, over 30 years old, due to family constraints, he went to find a matchmaker, and finally the bride price of 200,000 yuan allowed him to successfully marry a married woman. However, this was not his father's original choice. A few years ago, he had left his son single because he refused a bride price of 100,000 yuan, for which he was miserable.
This leads to a more profound problem, namely the emergence of sky-high bride prices. Marriage has become tied to money, but life after marriage is not as good as it seems. In this situation, parents are starting to think about how to provide the last line of protection for their daughters when they are facing a marital crisis. Some families choose to keep the bride price money for their daughter's future stay, and this change of concept is also to adapt to the development of the times.
However, different people have different views on the issue of bride price. Some people believe that the sky-high bride price is a harm to women and the commercialization of marriage, while some people believe that this is an inevitable result of social development and a marriage rule under a money society. At the same time, the high divorce rate has made people start to re-examine the nature of marriage.
Some netizens expressed different views on this, and some believed that women should ask for a bride price in moderation so as not to burden their parents. At the same time, there are those who accuse those who consider divorce before marriage, arguing that this concept is disrespectful to marriage. Under this viewpoint, the support or opposition to the bride price has become the focus of heated discussions in society.
Looking back over the past 20 years, the form of bride price has also changed dramatically. From the previous liquor and pastries to the current hundreds of thousands of yuan, the commercialization of marriage is becoming more and more obvious. People began to wonder if such a bride price was really for the happiness of marriage, or just a ceremony of exchange of interests
Eventually, while people were thinking about the bride price, they also began to reflect deeply on marriage itself. In the era of freedom of marriage, how to find a happiness that truly belongs to oneself has become a problem that everyone has to face. The role of money in marriage is also worth pondering, whether money should be the ultimate factor in determining marriage, which has become a worthy social issue.
Behind this complicated rural marriage, there are countless bitter stories of families. The bride price issue is only one part of the marriage, and true happiness may not lie in the amount of money, but in the sincere feelings and joint efforts of both parties. May every family find their own happiness and return marriage to its original simplicity and innocence.
However, despite the widespread concern about the issue of marriage in rural areas, the comments of netizens have formed a very different perspective in this discussion. There is support for an appropriate bride price as a traditional practice and a form of respect for women. However, there are also many people who strongly resent the sky-high price of the bride price, accusing the practice of exploiting and commercializing women.
In the comments of netizens, some people have expressed that the attitude towards women asking for bride price should be moderate. It is believed that on the issue of bride price, the economic status and education level of the families of both parties should be fully considered, and it should not be simply regarded as "selling daughters". From this point of view, the diversity of family conditions and cultural backgrounds behind the bride price is emphasized.
However, some netizens questioned those women who were too demanding of the bride price. They believe that such excessive bride price requirements may put an excessive financial burden on the female family, and may even lead to family problems after marriage. For these questions, netizens expressed their profound questions about marriage and money relations.
In this debate, different voices have come to an end, making the whole discussion more complex and deeper. Some netizens called on society to pay attention to this issue and advocate a moderate bride price to prevent marriage from becoming a monetary transaction. On the other hand, they believe that this is a pluralistic society and that each family has its own unique situation and that all situations should not be generalized.
At the same time, the shift in the bride price issue has led to a rethinking of the nature of marriage. In the past, the bride price may have been a way to express sincerity, but when the power of money became more and more prominent, whether people would get lost in the pursuit of material things and ignore the original intention of marriage became an important issue in this debate.
Behind this discussion is a microcosm of the changing times, and it is also the choice that everyone faces in the face of marriage. The concept of society may be changing, but the understanding and respect for marriage is still a topic worth pondering for everyone. Perhaps, it is in such debates that people can see the true meaning of marriage more clearly and find their own path to happiness.