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107-Year-Old Virgin Lookin' for Love

Elderly Chinese woman overcomes life-long fear of marriage

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 13, 2009 8:34 AM CST

(Newser) – A 107-year-old Chinese woman has decided now's the time to start looking for Mr Right, the New York Daily News reports. Wang Guiying decided early on that marriage was too scary but now, fearing she's becoming a burden on her nephews and nieces, she's decided to take the plunge. Wang has decided to limit the search to men over 100 so they will have something in common to chat about

"I'm already 107 and I still haven't got married. What will happen if I don't hurry up and find a husband?" she says.

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A 107-year-old woman in China is looking for a husband after having avoided marriage all her life. (Shutter Stock)

Wang Guiying grew up in rural China at a time when women had few rights and girls' feet were often bound to make them more "dainty and marriageable." (©otisarchives3)

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I often found my uncle's wife crying in the woodshed after an attack. Every other married couple lived the same life. Marriage was too horrifying. - Wang Guiying

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107-Year-Old Virgin Lookin' for Love