Marriage Costs in China Are Out of Control

Re:Marriage Costs in China Are Out of Control by hak8or on Sunday September 30, 2018 @12:23PM (#18106803)

What on earth is up with this mentality here on HN? I get that most of the people here are in tech and making probably at minimum 70k right out of college, with the higher end ones making 100k out of college.

But surely you can't be serous? This 10k payment idea doesn't apply just to higher incom folks like you, this applies to a decent portion of the population there most of which is making less than 30k a year. 10k for someone who makes 100k in the USA is very diffirent than to someone making 30k in China.

Surely you are well aware that you are easily in the top percentile of the world regarding income, right?

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Re:Marriage Costs in China Are Out of Control by echevil on Sunday September 30, 2018 @02:21PM (#18107488)

Even for poorest people in rural areas in China, it’s still possible that they’d pay 10k usd “bride money”. 10k is really considered to be a lot in China for such matters. A wedding could also cost a lot more than that. When they say “a small amount”, they mean it

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