Single Entrepreneur Sets Up Website to Find His Ideal Woman
Ladies, meet Alan, a 37-year-old computer science graduate looking for a partner to share his life with. But he doesn’t want just any lady, he’s looking for the ideal woman, and to increase his chances of finding her, he has set up a one page website as a guide for possible candidates. If you can’t […]
Japanese Company Lets You Rent Someone to Befriend Your Cheating Partner’s Lover and Convince Them to Back Off
Ginza Ladis 1, a private investigation services company in Japan, seems to think that having someone talk your cheating partner’s lover into ending the relationship is the best way to get your love life back on track. Welcome to Japan, the country where you can rent a person for virtually anything, from posing as your […]
Italian Waitress Saves Up Money for Two Years to Marry Indonesian Villager She Met Online
Indonesian media has been abuzz with the unlikely love story of Ilaria, a young waitress from Italy, and Dzufilkar, a young man from a small village in Central Java. The two reportedly met on Facebook two years ago, and Ilaria has been saving money ever since to be able to meet and marry her soulmate. […]
The Amazing Story of an Indian Man Who Cycled to Europe for Love
On January 22, 1977, 24-year-old P.K. Mahanandia set out on a four-month bicycle ride from Delhi, India, to Boras, Sweden, to be with the woman he knew was his soulmate. Their amazing love story became the subject of a best-selling book by Swedish author Per J. Andersson. Mahanandia met Charlotte Von Schedvin in 1975, completely by chance. He was […]
82-Year-Old Grandmother Accidentally Calls 28-Year-Old Man, Ends Up Marrying Him
They say love knows no boundaries, and the touching story of how a 28-year-old man in Indonesia fell in love with a woman 54 years his senior over the phone and ended up marrying her despite objections from both their families seems to confirm the old saying. About a year ago, Sofian Loho Dandel, a 28-year-old […]
Woman Falls in Love with 3D-Printed Robot, Wants to Marry It
Leading artificial intelligence expert David Levy recently said that he expects human-robot marriages to become commonplace by 2050, and the recently revealed romantic relationship between a French woman and a robot she 3D-printed herself seems to confirm the beginning of this trend. The first time I saw this story circulating online, I was almost convinced it […]
Man Allegedly Lives with Snake He Thinks Is His Dead Girlfriend Reincarnated
According to a Facebook post that recently went viral, a man devastated by the death of his girlfriend grew very attached to a 10-foot cobra which he believes is his lost partner reincarnated. For the last couple of years, the two have been inseparable, doing everything together, from watching TV to going to the gym. […]
Japanese Magic Shop Sells Love-Granting Apples at a Premium Price
If your special wish this Halloween is to have someone fall madly in love with you, making it a reality may be as easy as eating an apple. Not just any apple, mind you, but a special kind of love-granting apple sold by a magic shop in Japan. The Poison Apples of Love’s Desire may […]
Trucker Finds Love after Texting Phone Number Scrawled on Public Toilet Wall
It may not be the classic fairy-tale romance, but the story of how a British 51-year-old trucker met the love of his live is definitely one for the books. Believe it or not, he just found her number scrawled on the wall of a public toilet. They say love happens when you least expect it, […]
Dutchman Flies to China to Meet Online Girlfriend, Spends 10 Days in Airport Waiting for Her
41-year-old Peter Cirk, from Holland, was recently hospitalized after spending 10 days at Changsha Airport, China, hoping to meet a Chinese girl he had met online. Cirk had met his 26-year-old love interest known only as Zhang on a social network, 2 months ago. The two apparently hit it off, and sick of having 4,500 […]
Woman Divorces Paralyzed Husband, Marries His Best Friend So They Can Take Care of Him Together
In what is one of the strangest stories of spousal devotion I’ve ever come across, a woman in China divorced her paralyzed husband, married his best friend, and together they are now taking care of her ex. Xu Xihan and Xie Xiping, from the Chinese city of Ankang, in China’s Shanxi Province, got married in 1996, and […]
Guy Builds Giant Portrait of His Crush with 840 Rubik’s Cubes, Gets Rejected
In a bid to get the attention of his crush, a young man from China spent three nights arranging 846 Rubik’s cubes to create a giant 2.6m x 1.3m pixelated portrait of her. Sadly, the grand gesture got him nowhere – the gift was eventually rejected by the girl of his dreams and he now has […]
India’s Love Commandos – The Vigilantes Protecting Young Couples Against Prejudice
Marrying for love is still taboo in many parts of India, especially outside the boundaries of caste or religion. But there are people who do sympathize with young couples, like the Love Commandos, a four-man activist organisation based in the nation’s capital, New Delhi. Their mission is to help couples elope and start a new […]
Man Fattens Up Girlfriend for Two Years to Deter Love Rivals
In a bid to deter rivals from stealing the affections of his pretty girlfriend, a Chinese man actually spent two years fattening her up! You Pan, from southern China’s Guangdong Province, started dating Yan Tai a couple of years ago. She weighed only 98 pounds at the time and was quite attractive, a fact that made You Pan afraid […]
Guy’s Girlfriend and Ex-Girlfriend Jump into a River to See Which One He Would Save
A Chinese man was recently presented with the ultimate test of love – he was forced to choose between saving his current and ex girlfriends! The two love-struck women jumped into a river to see which one he would save. The poor man in question is 21-year-old Wu Hsia, who recently broke up with his […]