Woman decides she is now ready for marriage.. at 107 years old!!

United States
January 13, 2009 1:44am CST
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE50B56S20090112?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews [i]BEIJING (Reuters) - A 107-year-old Chinese woman who was afraid to marry when she was young has decided to look for her first husband and hopes to find a fellow centenarian so they will have something to talk about, a Chinese paper reported. Wang Guiying is worried she is becoming a burden to her aging nieces and nephews since breaking her leg when she was 102 and had to stop doing chores like washing her clothes. "I'm already 107 and I still haven't got married," the Chongqing Commercial Times quoted her saying. "What will happen if I don't hurry up and find a husband?" Born in southern Guizhou province the child of a salt merchant, Wang grew up watching her uncles and other men scold and beat their wives and often found her aunt crying in the woodshed after an attack, the paper said. "All the married people around there lived like that. Getting married was too frightening," she said of an era when Chinese women had few rights and low social standing. Many also had their feet bound in an excruciating process aimed at making them look more dainty and marriageable. After Wang's father, mother and older sister died, she still shied away from marriage. Instead she moved to the countryside and survived as a farmer until she was 74 years old and no longer strong enough to work in the fields, the report said. Her nephew in the booming city of Chongqing then took Wang in, but she is worried he and her other nephews and nieces are too old to take care of her now even the youngest is 60. "My nephews and nieces are getting older and their children are already tied up with their own families and I am becoming more and more of a burden," she said. Local officials have said they are happy to help Wang search for a 100-year old groom, and suggested her family get in touch with old people's homes to find candidates, the paper said.[/i] what are your opinions on this? is she just too old now? is she only wanting to marry to keep herself from being a burden to others and not for love?
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@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
13 Jan 09
I think it's great that she is finally ready to marry. I can understand her not wanting to marry if she saw spousal abuse all around her. Better to be alone than to get beat and yelled at. She must be a very strong person to march to her own drummer all those years.
• United States
14 Jan 09
i wouldnt have wanted to get married around all of that either
• Israel
14 Jan 09
She must be a strong woman to buck the norm and not marry a jerk when she was young.
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@kennyj43 (187)
• India
14 Jan 09
Whats wrong with that. There is no age limit for getting married. If she wants to get married so be it. Her life, her decision. I wonder how she is gonna get a suitable husband. Most of the people around would be old enough to be her son. Would be weired. Her sons friend marrying his mother. Wonder how active would she be sexually at this tender age. May be she will get her true love now. may god bless her. Wishing her all the best
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• United States
14 Jan 09
i have no problem with it but she keeps talking about needing to find some one to marry so she isnt a burden to her family anymore.. its like if it wasnt for being a burden she would still not wanna marry so that is the only reason she wants to now
@EliteUser (3964)
• Australia
14 Jan 09
Hey, I honestly could NOT believe this post at first. How can you decide to get married at age 107? I mean you can barely even walk and talk at that age, let alone live in a house by yourself. Oh well, if she thinks it is the right time then that is alright. Happy Lotting!
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• United States
14 Jan 09
it seems pointless because she seems to be doing it to lift the burden off her family members but she will just be a burden to some one else that is already taking care of her new hubby
• China
14 Jan 09
What I can not understand is that the grandma just determine to look for a spouse at the age of 107.Is it a little late?But i still admire her courage.However,every body have his own right and pursue at each age stage.
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• United States
14 Jan 09
doesnt make much sense eh?
@ntmingyu (65)
• China
14 Jan 09
I have ever heard of such news, it should be true in actural life. 107 years old is really old enough in physiology,we need to congratulation of his good health and other way, bit sorrow for she though she became a burden for family. I think anyone can have the right to get love, even she is 107 years old,but if she only want to find love to avoid to be burden of her family, it's not right. If she can not do anything to take care of her own family, if she marry another man 100 years old, how can she take care of him? it's just transfer the burden from her own family to others, it's irresponsible action! My opinion is as she is too old 107, it's not right to marry other again,if she think she is burden to others, goverment should have special place to take care of her. It's very important to let older person have a happy life. It's a bit sad that so old person want to marry others to avoid burden but not for love. Government should take measure to handle the matter.
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• United States
14 Jan 09
exactly.. if she is marrying out of fear of burden only then its wrong in my book
• Canada
14 Jan 09
Lol, She's using marriage as a last resort to survive. I would too if I was that old and my neices and nephews were 60 years old too. I'd go for someone younger with a few siblings. But whats the point of getting married if you don't love the person. I understand how she would be frightened and she has lost her mother, father and her sister. Hopefully she can find someone to marry and soon.
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• United States
14 Jan 09
i know it seems like she isnt wanting to marry for love but to just insure she has some one to take care of her.. and if she thinks her 60 year old nieces and nephews are old what does she think about her own age?? lol
@rsa101 (37968)
• Philippines
13 Jan 09
I guess its never too late to make things right even at the last moment in her life she is still wanting to be with someone she thinks would support her in her life. My answer to that is why not... Marriage is not only for young ones but for old alike too. Hope she can find her husband soon!
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• United States
14 Jan 09
well hopefully if she finds some one she lives a lot longer to enjoy them
@dio123 (1788)
• India
14 Jan 09
this is really an amazing news, now she is feel the need of getting a partner for her life, may be she feel lonely now, but it really very amazing lets see whether she find a partner for her now
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
14 Jan 09
Wow! Truly it traumatized her seeing her aunt going such an ordeal. But I don't know about her getting married at 107. It is indeed a little bit too late, I guess. Perhaps instead of finding a mate, she should look for friends or people like her, right? I'm just wondering though how she deviated the suitors when she was younger.
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@tessah (6617)
• United States
13 Jan 09
i dont think age ought be even part of the scenerio as to whether a peson should or shouldnt get married. as long as theyre both adults at any rate. but her veiwpoints of seeking a husband for the sole matter of never being married, isnt a very good one. and her idea that a husband is going to make her "less of a burden" is quite wrong.. since shes looking for a husband thats over 100 as well.. all she will really be doing is adding ANOTHER that needs tending to her families "burden"
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• United States
14 Jan 09
thats what im thinking.. when she keeps talking about not wanting to be a burden therefore she wants to get married it doesnt sound like she wants love for love.. and yeah if she wants some one around the same age the burden shes afraid of may just double instead of being taken away
@baileycows (3665)
• United States
13 Jan 09
OMG! You have got to be kidding. That is just crazy. I like the line she was afraid to get married when she was young. Does she realize how many years she has been old?
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• United States
14 Jan 09
the whole logic of the whole thing i dont get at all.. she doesnt wanna be a burden but she will be a burden on some one just changing who
• China
14 Jan 09
I think it is a good thing. Everyone only has their life once, trying to find a one who loves you and you love him is really a wonderful thing. I feel glad about that grandmother who has her courage to find a husband finally, before her life is over, enjoying her marriage after more than 100 years, very interesting. Hope she will find a good man, they just enjoy their life happy day and day.
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• United States
13 Jan 09
LOL Oh wow. Like the saying goes, better late than never. ...very, very late. Seriously though, life expectancy for this generation's youth is supposed to be around 112 I believe. I read that in a newspaper article like 2 weeks ago.
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• United States
14 Jan 09
is that article based upon a certain country because i keep hearing like 70 for americans
• Australia
14 Jan 09
she must really love life :P and her job if she hasnt got a husband lol
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• Philippines
13 Jan 09
A 107-year old woman has decided to look for her first husband - not bad! Remember a line in Desiderata? Here goes: "Never be cynical about love for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, love is as perennial as the grass". So there you are, age is just a state of mind; just a number. Being skeptical about the woman being in love because she might be only looking for someone to take care of her, smacks of AGEISM. Ageism puts a divide between young and old and most of the time discriminates against older people. A non-ageist would view the 107-year old woman's decision as something normal. No big deal about it. Every human being wants to be loved. You want to be cuddled at 107. You want to huddle by a warm place and listen to sweet nothings. What's wrong about that? People don't stop desiring to be loved or desiring to love when they grow old. It's just how society brainwashes us every day. It's good that there's a brave and daring 107-year old who is not scared to announce to the world that she is looking for a husband at 107. Talk of asserting your human right, this 107-year old lady has a solid sense of self-worth. The age divide is the result of a social construction of reality where youth reigns supreme - Love is for the young.I dare say: No, love is for the young and the old. It is for everybody. It is for the healthy and the crippled; For those with perfect sight and for the blind; For you and me!
• United States
14 Jan 09
but she mentions like just as often about love about how she feels like she is a burden which just seems to me she is wanting to find some one to take her off her families hands
• Canada
14 Jan 09
At 107 yrs that is a spirit.
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@robert19ph (4577)
• Philippines
14 Jan 09
hello moonlitmagikchild, Yes, I think she decided to get married now that she is already old for she was thinking that she is a burden to her family. And for this very reason she is looking for a husband so he can takes care of her. She decided in getting married too late already. She miss a lot of wonderful things that might happen to her when she do it when she was still young. Getting married is a lifetime commitment to someone we dearly love. She should have done this a long time ago so she enjoys a lot and her life will have more meaning. If she will have it now that she is old, she will not enjoy that much anyway.
@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
14 Jan 09
Moonlit..are you talking about me again?..lol..
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@lisa0502 (1724)
• Canada
14 Jan 09
I say that if this lasy is finally ready to get married then she should go for it. There is no age restriction to getting married. If she feels the need then it is up to her and it does not matter why she would marry only if she is happy. I would hope that she would be happy.
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• China
14 Jan 09
good news,i can understand her mind,if she meet the man who was her true love,that's right she should married with him.the age is not the main problem,marriage is everybody' right.happy mylotting and have a nice day.
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