‘I’m a good catch’: Chinese man seeks wife with US$1,700-a-month salary, car, house and no bank loans, claiming he is valuable ‘potential stock’
- Angry women confront the man over ‘insane’ financial requests and desire for wife with virtue, gentleness and housework skills
- He is later revealed as a faker who makes money online by visiting ‘matchmaking’ parks across China
A man who listed out his requirements for a future wife on a notice he held up in the matchmaking corner of a park in China has shocked many on mainland social media.
The wannabe husband’s demands, which he outlined in the city of Shenzhen in China’s southern province of Guangdong, have also sparked a heated debate over matchmaking conduct and gender equality.
His apparent relationship wants were stark.
The notice said he was seeking a woman who was gentle, virtuous and good at housework with a monthly salary of 12,000 yuan (US$1,700) and who also had a car and a house with no bank loans.
He said he earned 6,000 yuan a month, does not have a car or a house, but is “a good catch” like valuable “potential stock” who neither smokes nor drinks and is willing to be a live-in son-in-law who would look after his wife’s parents.
In a May 8 video the man posted on his Douyin account, @Lileixiangqinji, which translates as “Li Lei’s matchmaking stories”, and several angry middle-aged women confronted him about his “insane” requirements.
