Are you a "budget wife"?

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Despite the name, being a budget wife -- or jingji shiyong nv in Chinese -- is harder than it seems. According a list published by an anonymous Web user on Sina Weibo, China's most popular micro-blogging platform, to qualify as one, you must:

• Be between 5'2" and 5'8"
• Weigh between 100 and 120 pounds
• Have long hair that trails over shoulders
• Be warm and mild in personality
• Have B- to C-cup size breasts
• Not be a "gold digger" (baijinnv)
• Not be a flirt
• Not be horny
• Earn between roughly $500-$1000 per month
• Have a BA or above
• Know how to cook and wash clothes
• Be responsible and sympathetic
• Speak appropriately
• Be educated and reasonable
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"Budget wife" is the female counterpart of "budget husband," or jingji shiyong nan, a concept introduced at least four years ago. The 2009 publication of the book Me and My Budget Husband popularized the term, and its 2012 transformation into a TV drama series fueled the term's further spread.

The word "budget husband" originates from the word "budget housing" (jingji shiyong fang), government subsidized public housing for low-income households. As the name implies, budget husbands' economic power trails that of "diamond husbands" -- intelligent, educated, rich, and well-mannered men from respectable families. Nonetheless, a budget husband is, according to Baidu, the new ideal among Chinese female white-collar workers.

One of the main characteristics of a budget husband is that he be "normal." Not ugly but not too handsome; neither poor nor rich. In short: mediocre.

But this mediocrity promises stability. Budget husbands are reliable, both financially and emotionally. They will loyally stay at home and take care of the house; they will not go out to bars or have extramarital affairs.

More: http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/03/chinas-lonely-seeking-a-spouse-at-discount-rates/274463/


Why is "not be horny" a criteria??

[Iris]

1. short and plump or tall and skinny

not much in between with that weight range.

[Warpy]

2. Skinny but with big tits. BA or above.

And all the personality traits add up to "be a doormat." The "not be horny" means no sexual demands that don't originate from the husband.

Men who want this list need to save up and buy themselves a Real Doll. They're not ready for real women.

[RC]

3. This is China. They already have an excess of people

You need to see the list from their culture, not ours.

[tabasco]

6. No, I don't

If something's fucked up, it's fucked up. Doesn't matter what culture it comes from. Like eating dogs.

[Gormy Cuss]

4. "Speak appropriately "

Fuck that.

[Kurovski]

7. LOL

Simple, but it works for me.

[Starry Messenger]

11. Shit howdy.

+1

[badtoworse]

8. Would a D-Cup break the budget? If so, I guess my taste is extragavent

Sorry, but I didn't bring up cup size..

[AnnieBW]

9. If So, I must break the bank!

Let's just say that I admired my grandma's big boobs when I was a little girl, and that act cursed me with her genetics.

[bhikkhu]

10. So are normality, reliability, and good habits to be equated with mediocrity?

I would imagine that a person must hate life in principle, and hate people in general, to think so.

[LeftyMom]

12. No, I'm an uppity bitch whose tits are too small.

Damn, there go my plans of scoring a middle manager in China to let me stay home and wash his drawers.