68-year-old Shanghainese matchmaker Lao Jiu has helped over 25,000 elderly find spouses through 100+ WeChat groups, with marriage as the only goal—some couples marry within hours. No casual dating, no facing old age alone.
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Meet "Lao Jiu" – a 68‑year‑old Shanghainese uncle who has turned digital matchmaker for the elderly. With over a dozen phones and hundreds of WeChat groups, he's helped more than 20,000 lonely seniors find a partner.
His only rule? Marriage is the goal – no casual dating. He firmly believes that tying the knot is the best defence against loneliness in old age, and that no one should have to walk into a nursing home alone.
His ultimate dream? A grand silver‑haired wedding ceremony for all the couples he's helped bring together. He's even collected over a dozen boxes of wedding dresses, which he takes out to air on sunny days.
Some matches happen fast. Really fast.
Among the couples he's brought together, some couples met in the morning and got their marriage certificates that very afternoon. Others have been legally married for a month but haven't even held hands yet.
For many of his members, finding a partner late in life isn't about romance — it's about not facing old age alone.
"Most people don't die from poverty," Lao Jiu often says. "They die from loneliness."
His own love life? Complicated.
Lao Jiu has helped tens of thousands of seniors find their other half. But behind this heartwarming mission, Lao Jiu's own love life is a mess. Divorced 30 years ago, remarried and now separated from his current wife for eight years – he's once again facing the end of a marriage.
Some netizens call him the "ultimate resource integration master." Others ask: "How can he fix other people's relationships when he can't fix his own?"
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Why he does it
Lao Jiu says he wants to help elderly people avoid the loneliness of growing old alone — and the fear of ending up in a nursing home without anyone by their side.
Source: 新闻晨报
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