82-year old guy marry 28-year old gal

[Ian_Lee]

The first Chinese American Nobel Physics Laureate, 82-year old Dr. Yang, is going to marry a 28-year old college girl from Chaozhou, Guangdong:

http://news.chinatimes.com/Chinatimes/Moment/newfocus-index/0,3687,931216001+0+0+085543,00.html

[badboy]

Yeah, but where's the picture of her???

[gato]

Is there some significance to the 82 and 28?

[confucius]

She is divorced. He proposed to her on the telephone, but they first met in person a few years ago at an academic conference in Shantou.

Here's what really puts the fun in their 缘分: The bride's maiden name is 翁, which means "old man" in Chinese!

[bhchao]

I also like to see the picture of her.

[szbpkst]

这叫做“华冠白发伴红装，一树梨花压海棠”

[szbpkst]

picture```

[Ian_Lee]

一树梨花压海棠

I guess unless Dr. Yang has taken ginseng, sea dragon, sea horse,.....etc daily in the last 10 years, otherwise probably he cannot make it no matter how much his new wife helps him.

[Lu]

Why would a young girl marry such an old man?? Is he very rich, or what?

[liuzhou]

Calm down!

Here she is

And one of the happy couple

from here.

[cecilia_xiao]

no matter how old he is, how young she is, it is none of our business whether they would marry or not.

anyway, wish them happy ever after!

[confucius]

I can't wait to marry a 19 year old girl in China when I'm 91. I'll just go to one of those SEZs (Special Elderly Zones) in Guangdong province and get myself a young pioneer like Miss Weng.

[Quest]

I can't wait to marry a 19 year old girl in China when I'm 91.

yeah and when she turns 20, 你已经投胎还快满两岁呢。

[Guest Roderic]

this thread is actually the typical chinese gossip about neighourhood. I know some moderators here are gossipy about users privately, but is it a common practice in the west?

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[Quest]

this thread is actually the typical chinese gossip about neighourhood. I know some moderators here are gossipy about users privately, but is it a common practice in the west?

Try dropping the words "Chinese", "moderators" and "in the west"; you will still arrive at the same conclusion.

[skylee]

A poem by Su Shi ->

"十八新娘八十郎，蒼蒼白髮對紅妝。鴛鴦被裏成雙夜，一樹梨花壓海棠。"

The timelessness of such poems is one of the reasons to learn classical Chinese.

[Ian_Lee]

鴛鴦被裏成雙夜，一樹梨花壓海棠

IMHO The couple will most likely have a sexless life. Personally I feel it is kind of perverted to have sex with a girl who can be my grand granddaughter.

[bhchao]

Personally I think she needs to get her head checked. He may die anyday given his old age. Unless there was a very good reason to marry him even though he is at the twilight of his life.

[Quest]

鴛鴦被裏成雙夜，一樹梨花壓海棠。

不得不佩服苏轼的才华，咸湿都可以咸湿得咁文雅。

[skylee]

Indeed. Very visual (white and red). And a splendid verb.