‘Our love is not worth RM246,000?’: Man in China breaks up with girlfriend of eight years after parents seek high bride price for ‘pretty’ daughter

A video of the girlfriend having a public breakdown after receiving the news starts fresh debate on bride prices in China. The man’s family had already put a deposit on a home for the couple and could not afford the price of almost double the average. — SCMP

A man in eastern China who broke up with his girlfriend after her parents demanded a bride price of 380,000 yuan (RM246,025 or US$53,000) is the latest case of resistance against this increasingly expensive traditional practice.

The unidentified couple from Zhejiang province were planning to marry before the eight-year relationship ended when the man could not pay the bride price the woman’s parents demanded, which was double the local rate, China News reported.