Chinese man dying of cancer marries sex doll
The 28-year-old man wanted to experience marriage before he died but did not want to leave behind a widow
The 28-year-old man wanted to experience marriage before he died but did not want to leave behind a widow . PHOTO: MAIL ONLINE
A Chinese man suffering from cancer has married a sex doll for fear of leaving behind a human widow.
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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The 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.
As 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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While 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.
If 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.
While 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:
This article originally appeared on 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.
4 things to discuss with your partner before you get married
The 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.
As 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'.
5 short-lived celebrity marriages that made headlines
While 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.
If 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.
The question of marriage
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.
While 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:
This article originally appeared on Mail Online