Nowadays, increasing
number of married couples end up in divorce
to the point that many people do not bother
to marry so as to save the pain of a future
split. But do you know in China even that may
not necessarily spare you a divorce paper.
A few days ago in
Chongqing, a brand new mommy and a brand new
daddy decided to get their brand new daughter’s
only-child certificate (独身子女证) done so they could
reap some financial benefits it brings. But
once they arrived at the office, they were
told that they had already divorced, and the
staff there had the divorce numbers on their
marriage registration papers to prove it.
Forget the one-child benefits – the baby
was actually born out of wedlock.
Of course, it didn’t take
much time for a reasonably intelligent adult
to establish the factor that when the couple
registered for their marriage a year ago, a
wrong kind of series number was issued that
practically turned their marriage papers into
divorce papers. The staff on duty at the day
fortunately did possess a reasonable
intelligence, so the only-child benefits were
granted and an earnest advice was also
delivered, urging the couple to get their
marriage registered ASAP. So after one year
living a divorced life together, the couple
finally get married.
Anyone in the West who is fed
up with a marry-divorce route may like to
give a reversed path a try: get divorced
first then get married. When you get married
first you end up alone; when you get divorced
first you end up paired – quite a desirable
alternative it is. Will you say it is not?
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