Couple seeks blessings from netizens
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Apr 8, 2011 - Straits Times
By Low Yi Qian, Multimedia Journalist
MARK and Audrey are getting married within the next few months and have yet to get their parents' blessings.
Both Mark and Audrey's parents disapprove of the marriage due to the 24-year age gap between the two. Mark is 23 years old, while Audrey is 47.
Their parents not only object violently to the relationship, they have also said they will not attend the wedding.
In despair, the couple started a Facebook page to share their love story as well as to garner support from the community at large. Their story has garnered over 18,000 views online so far, and more than 250 comments on citizen journalism website STOMP.
We discuss this modern way of generating support for a cause, albeit a personal one, on this week's Ground Zero.
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Honestly, if I were their folks, I'll go WTF too.
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Are they for real?
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they have my blessings....its already so hard to find the soul partner....it maybe a crush, head over heels over one that is beyond acceptable taboo....even though it may be a mistake, but love is strange, for all we know...and we knew it all this while...we are fools of passion
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in sinkapo
many many say ......age got no barriers ..... love is blind .....wat sort n wat nots
F**K 'em all dead all tis kind.
2 persons if they in love .......... go ahead ....... THEY GOING 2 START A NEW LIFE, NEW FAMILY......... not U!!
i wish 'em both all good blessing!!
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They will have my blessing......
The Tiger parent never know when to let go....ha ha ha.....
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well provided Mark still find Audrey still attractive when Mark is 38 and Audrey is 62
30 to 40 is men top period and 50-65 is woman multi train line period
maybe then mark will start to eat outside, sleep outside and FU_K outside and dont even bother to come home
i use the word "MAYBE"
well, wont stop them for anything and wont wish them all the best as well
just kudos for their action loh
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Originally posted by Hwaimeng:
well provided Mark still find Audrey still attractive when Mark is 38 and Audrey is 62
30 to 40 is men top period and 50-65 is woman multi train line period
maybe then mark will start to eat outside, sleep outside and FU_K outside and dont even bother to come home
i use the word "MAYBE"
well, wont stop them for anything and wont wish them all the best as well
just kudos for their action loh
You only live once....u want to worry about 50 vs 80?
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Originally posted by Arapahoe:
You only live once....u want to worry about 50 vs 80?
ya that the reason . i only live onces , there no turning back ............... -
Originally posted by Hwaimeng:
well provided Mark still find Audrey still attractive when Mark is 38 and Audrey is 62
30 to 40 is men top period and 50-65 is woman multi train line period
maybe then mark will start to eat outside, sleep outside and FU_K outside and dont even bother to come home
i use the word "MAYBE"
well, wont stop them for anything and wont wish them all the best as well
just kudos for their action loh
I agree with your rationale. It's just being able to see what's ahead. Some people can't do that, they have short term thinking. That's why for example parents asks the kids to keep their money instead of spending them away on useless trinklets because the parents have better experience in handling money but the kids insists on short term thinking.It might be true love now, as what all married couples wanted, but where is the love when couples divorce?
Anyway, I give my blessings to the couple but I seriously think the problem is going to come when the girl turns 60 granny and the guy is at 40s, most likely will go find prostitues to have sex than doing it with the 60 years old wife.
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Wow... Unconventional no doubt but congratulations & all the best for the future !!! =)
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If I am a parent, my answer is a no.
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Originally posted by TIB1167D:
If I am a parent, my answer is a no.
because when your child married, suddenly he/she have to take care of 5 parents... the spouse's parents, child's dad & mum, plus the spouse. buy 2 get 1 free. -
I think most of you are missing the point.....if you think married is a business transaction than your life will always be traded as a commodity.
Sometime a couple walked into a relationship because of spiritual growth. The bond are much deeper.
Living in small Singapore run the risk of listening to the publics it take courage to listen to one inner voice.
Many "standard couple" married and seperated too. So why even worried about age differences?
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ok its fate.
adv from a insurance company
we all been fooled
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http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/606572/hes_23_shes_47.html
hahahaha, you guys have been punked.
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Worst publicity stunt ever. Now the sponsor dont even dare to admit its theirs!
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1st rule of marketing:
Never, ever do anything to make your customers p*ssed off or distrust whatever you say. 'Bad publicity is still publicity' does not work when you damage your own brand equity.
SingPost and Philips learnt that the hard way. Though it's hard to see why, when any bloody idiot who has ever taken a marketing module in university would know this.
I guess whichever insurance company that led this idiotic campaign finally woke up their bloody ideas and doesn't want to claim ownership for fear of pwning themselves.
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Oh yeah..... now it gets better.
Woman in 'forbidden love' hoax fears for her safety
The unusual love story of 23-year-old "Mark" and his 47-year-old fiancee, "Audrey", had captured the attention of the public and media here and across the causeway.
Encouraging notes left on their Facebook page - where they declared their love and intention to marry - took an angry turn, when it was revealed that their 'forbidden love story', was actually a hoax.
In a Facebook update last week, netizens were informed that the elaborate story was in fact, a viral marketing campaign for an insurance company.
And at least one of the actors is now facing tremendous backlash from the public.
In an interview with Wanbao, Audrey", who declined to give her real name, says she is now afraid of leaving her house, for fear of being recognised.
Since the latest Facebook update, she said she has received unkind comments and threats from anonymous netizens, one of whom threatened: "don't let me find out where you live".
"Audrey" says she now worries for her safety and the safety of her children.
She is also uncertain if she can find work to support her family, after this debacle.
In the interview, "Audrey" said she has been working as a freelance actress, and took up the assignment just like any other job.
She signed a contract, which forbid her to reveal which company hired her, and the amount she was paid for the campaign.
Asked if she regrets taking the job in the face of such backlash, "Audrey" gave a resounding "Yes!", but adds that she cannot control what others will say of her.
She said she hopes people will realise that it is just a job, and she did not intend to lie to them.
Which company is responsible?
To date, no company nor PR agency has claimed responsibiliy for creating this viral campaign.
According to Wanbao, angry netizens say the company may fear reprisal after the public outcry.
Some say the company has lost the public's trust, and they may believe that the policies they buy from the company, could be fake, too.
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Seriously, the insurance company and PR company in charge of this should do the right thing and just come forward.
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"Some say the company has lost the public's trust, and they may believe that the policies they buy from the company, could be fake, too."
Haha... self-pwned. Somebody getting the axe soon... -
This insurance ad campaign - Bad.
This shampoo ad - Good. (Even though it never references any hair care product )
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