<story><title>Marriage Costs in China Are Out of Control</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-09-29/why-marriage-costs-in-china-are-out-of-control</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>puranjay</author><text>I would like to see an equivalent study on Indian weddings. All the people I know who got married recently spent between $50-$100k on their wedding. My own wedding was about $50k. Food alone was nearly $20k (over 1200 guests were invited - which was on the low end)</text></comment>
<story><title>Marriage Costs in China Are Out of Control</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-09-29/why-marriage-costs-in-china-are-out-of-control</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>chaostheory</author><text>Things have already changed. It&amp;#x27;s becoming more and more common in rural China to marry South East Asian women from places like Vietnam and Cambodia... which of course potentially spreads the problem&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;graphics&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;too-many-men&amp;#x2F;?utm_term=.855ea8d420a4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;graphics&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;too-many-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>