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Unbearable loneliness, international students are shocked by the phenomenon of “temporary couples”

2010-11-22 13:35:01 Source: Author: [Large, Medium, Small] Views: 1494 times Comments: 0

“, think less about beautiful longings and more unknown difficulties, think twice and act with caution. The case of “temporary couples” of foreign students Mr. Xu, who lives in Tianjin, went to the United States alone five years ago in the name of visiting relatives. His wife and five-year-old son stayed in mainland China. Due to financial and emotional reasons, after staying in New York for half a year, he began to go public with Ms. Wu, who is also from mainland China. Living together in New York. Ms. Wu, an MBA student, also has a family in mainland China, so the two reached an agreement that the cohabitation relationship would be terminated immediately if any of the family members applied to the United States. Mr. Xu from Beijing also had the same experience, but the outcome was very different. Living with a Taiwanese lady, They refused to divorce, but the wife in Beijing took the initiative to break up due to the distance caused by the distance. The two parties married their cohabitants in the United States and China. Ms. Wu, who works in South Carolina, also had dual spiritual and financial needs. with people from Guangzhou Mr. Cheng, a visiting scholar, lived together. The two parties made it clear before they moved in together that they would go their separate ways when their significant other came to the United States to reunite. However, because the meddler exposed it to their respective partners, the two eventually parted ways with the other partner. In the end, they did not become lovers.

Mainland Chinese experts say that the biggest enemy of marriage is displacement. In the past, wars and famines caused couples to separate, and the tragedy of separation was rare. In modern society, population mobility has caused social problems such as rising divorce rates, such as the rise of “temporary couples” among Chinese people living in the United States. Although it is not high, the impact it has caused is not small. It can be said that it is subverting the traditional concepts of love and marriage in mainland China.