Chinese woman ‘marries’ her ailing grandad so he doesn’t have to miss her big day
Photographs shared online show 25-year-old ‘bride’ posing with dapper 87-year-old
A Chinese woman who feared her elderly grandfather might not live to see her get married decided to take matters into her own hands by having mock wedding photographs taken, with her dressed all in white and him in a smart three-piece suit.
Fu Xuewei, 25, said in an interview with Chengdu Economic Daily on Sunday that she arranged the photo shoot after her beloved 87-year-old grandfather, Fu Qiquan, suffered his second stroke in two years in September. His doctors apparently warned her to prepare for the worst.
“He’s the most important person in my life,” she said. “I don’t have any plans to get married now, but I want my future children and loved ones to remember his face.”
Fu, from Chengdu, capital of southwestern China’s Sichuan province, said her grandparents played a big role in her upbringing as her mother and father were always busy with work and divorced while she was still in primary school.
As well as the two strokes, Fu Snr had a long history of heart disease for which he had required a lot of medical treatment, the report said.
