Can Buy Me Love or Can't Buy Me Love

We use to hear that “money can’t buy everything”. Certainly not love, is it really? I read about an article of a lonely unmarried businessman, in his 50s, marrying an 18-year old Vietnamese girl through what they call match-making tour. It’s a concept whereby a man looking for a wife would pay a sum of money for everything ranging from the tour, wedding package, dowry, etc. to the bride’s family in order to pick and choose a wife from a foreign land, usually from Vietnam (based on the article).

This man apparently interviewed 12 Vietnamese girls and selected one of them to be his wife. The whole selection and shortlisting took about 30 minutes. Talking about instant! I’m just baffled because most of us took lots of time to get to know our partners. Even those of us who are married are still finding out new things about each other every now and then. So, I really wonder what makes them think that they can shortcut everything and jump on the bandwagon of marriage right away. Desperation maybe? Or just the instant-everything mindset? Beats me.