No Point In Rushing In To It I Suppose

I found this Reuters report highly amusing. A 107 years old Chinese woman is apparently looking for a fellow centenarian to become her first husband. Wang Guiying was born in southern Guizhou province watching her uncles and other men scold and beat their wives and often found her aunt crying in the woodshed. At that time Chinese women had few rights and low social standing. This left Wang too frightened to contemplate marriage. After the death of her parents and sister Wang moved to the countryside and became a farmer until the age of 74. No longer able to cope Wang went to live with her nephew in the booming city of Chongqing. Incredible though it may sound Wang now feels her nephew and other members of her family are too old to look after her. Wang said she hopes to find a husband so they will have something to talk about (well what else would they do?), adding "what will happen if I don't hurry up and find a husband". The report ended by saying that local officials have said they will help Wang to search for 100 year old groom and suggested her family contact old peoples homes to find a candidate.