The 28-year-old man wanted to experience marriage before he died but did not want to leave behind a widow . PHOTO: MAIL ONLINE
The 28-year-old man from Beijing, claimed that he wished to experience the beauty of marriage before he died but feared he would leave behind a human struggling to deal with the loss.
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PHOTO: MAIL ONLINEThe event was as close as it could be to a real wedding ceremony as the 'bride' wore a traditional wedding gown while a make-up artist dressed his to-be wife for the perfect photo-shoot that followed.
PHOTO: MAIL ONLINEAs the photographs went viral on the internet, one picture showed the bride wearing an extravagant white gown as the man knelt before his new 'wife'.
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PHOTO: MAIL ONLINEWhile in another photograph the doll wore a lilac dress laden with sequins and precious stones as the young groom holds his bride from behind to capture the moment.
PHOTO: MAIL ONLINEIf it wasn't for the bride's apparent plastic features, the 'newly weds' could have been mistaken for any couple, ready to spend their lives together.
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As the photographs made rounds on social media, people could not help coming up with possible explanations for such a bizarre decision the young man took.
PHOTO: MAIL ONLINE
PHOTO: MAIL ONLINEWhile some believed that the photographs could possibly be an unusual marketing campaign, it was reported that "Some citizens recently revealed that the man is actually suffering from a deadly cancer."
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"In order not to hurt other people’s feelings, he chose to marry an artificial doll instead of a real person."
Many took to Twitter to share the bizarre news:
https://twitter.com/lostom1/status/663492601149046784
A 28 year old Chinese man with terminal cancer has married a s*x doll because Continue Reading>>> https://t.co/9vdC4XJET0
— Vansy Adam's (@Vansywest) November 9, 2015
Unbelievable!! Handsome Chinese Man Marries S3x Doll, The Reason Will Shock You! https://t.co/8ozlu9w9nI
— Qwesi Dagaati Billy (@SM_Ba_Billy_Jr) November 9, 2015
Man 'marries sex doll'... - Man 'marries sex doll'... (Second column, 23rd story, link) https://t.co/gCxgy4dWkn
— IrritatedWoman (@irritatedwoman) November 9, 2015
Dying man marries sex doll to prevent heartbreak: A Chinese man with terminal cancer has marrie... https://t.co/RxVVzWtjFH #srilanka #lka
— Lanka Wire (@lankawire) November 10, 2015
Chinese Man Dying of Cancer Marries a Sxxx Doll: https://t.co/jTocS2slmf via @YouTube
— SplashNG.com (@splashnaija) November 10, 2015
This article originally appeared on Mail Online
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