Pushy parents turn matchmaking events into ‘marriage fairs’ (18)

（People's Daily Online）  08:18, July 10, 2013  

A mother discloses the unspoken rules in Shanghai’s blind date corner that only men who meet the following conditions can find girl friends in the park. Firstly, a man has a downtown flat with at least two bedrooms and a living room under his name. Secondly, the man will not live with his parents after marriage. Thirdly, his monthly wages is above 8,000 yuan.

Many people say that the skyrocketing homes prices are driven by mothers-in-law, since almost all of them ask the bridegroom's family to buy a new apartment, the bigger the better.

Matchmaking is not necessarily a bad thing if the individual wants to be matched. However, Love should not be based on money and educational levels. Do not turn the spontaneous matchmaking events and blind date corners into a market of marriage.