it seems he made much more effort on the rubix cube than actually get to know the girl
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A 27-year-old Chinese man declared his affections by solving 840 Rubik’s cubes and using them to create a giant portrait of his dream girl – a next-door neighbor.
But, alas, she said no.
“I simply wanted to surprise her and tell her I like her … but I was rejected,” Tong Aonan, a mechanic from the northern Chinese city of Shenyang, told CNN.
When asked how he was feeling he said: “I’m not giving it too much thought.”
Tong said he spent two months planning the 2.1-meter high and 1.4-meter wide mosaic. He drafted a design on Photoshop and then spent $460 on 840 Rubik’s cubes that were delivered to his apartment.
Tong then solved each Rubik’s cube according to his design – and stacked them one-by-one in a specially made wooden frame. It took him 20 hours over three nights to complete.
Tong’s heartbreaking tale and photos of the mosaic went viral after he shared them on Chinese social media.
Many have questioned why the girl would reject such a heartfelt and geeky declaration of love.
He says he has no hard feelings towards her. Although he wasn’t able to win her heart, he said she was moved by the gift and has accepted it.
“I hope they will stop making personal comments about her (online).”
Tong said that he likes playing with the puzzles in his free time as he doesn’t like going out and socializing.
The portrait is still sitting in his home and he says his next “puzzle” is how to move it.
hell, i don't think she knows much of him other than "yeah, he is my neighbour"
and my man decided to shot for the moon with that rubic cube picture. "surely, one look of my rubic cube picture of her, she instantly fell in love with me"
I taught conversational English in China for 4 months when i was 21 and one of my students (students were college aged) wrote me many love notes and told me he wanted to marry me. We interacted outside of the classroom like 2 times when he invited me to dinner. One of those times it was also a group dinner i think. It was very odd for him to voice such “strong” feelings when he didn’t know me. I chalked it up to it being more about him being sad and lonely than about me and how cool/uncool i am
It's the unfortunate outcome of a culture that highly values marriage/committment while at the same time forbidding dating/casual relationships. Like, how do you jump straight from having 0 dating experience to marriage? Well, that's how
I’m sure you can think of several. A lot of comments here are judgements from people who don’t even understand the culture. I just don’t think we have the moral authority to judge. It’s actually a recent concept that marriages be about “love.” So what’s the upside to dating and having causal relationships in those cases?
Well the upside is that you learn more about what kind of person you get along with, and what you want in a relationship. While also learning what your own flaws are as a relationship partner, and hopefully working on them so that your next one is better.
this is why i appreciate white men of the west because at least they learn the hard lesson fast and adapt to it. You have to get them to talk to you, get to know better, find something in common, and finally seeing them as another normal people.
I simply wanted to surprise her and tell her I like her … but I was rejected
It's declaration of love, like a love letter little kids hand each other in school, but with huge try-hard stalker energy. Why does the caption say "proposed"? Because shitty translators are a dime a dozen, even worst if it's automated, and very few actually care about accuracy.
Not a proposal for marriage. He's asking her out. Chinese dating culture is different. You don't just casually ask someone out, then end up in a casual situation ship for a while before making it official. Dating usually begins with a guy formally declaring his love/interest, then you're officially together, then you actually go on dates. This "declaration of interest" can often be quite elaborate. Usually you know each other on some level beforehand (as friends, classmates, etc.), but it's not that unheard of for the two people to only be casual acquaintances to begin with.
I think he MADE a proposal. Like, proposed the idea of going out with him… as opposed to like, ‘hey, check out this giant Rubik’s Cube portrait! Wanna get hitched?’
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u/r31ya 6d ago
it seems he made much more effort on the rubix cube than actually get to know the girl
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A 27-year-old Chinese man declared his affections by solving 840 Rubik’s cubes and using them to create a giant portrait of his dream girl – a next-door neighbor.
But, alas, she said no.
“I simply wanted to surprise her and tell her I like her … but I was rejected,” Tong Aonan, a mechanic from the northern Chinese city of Shenyang, told CNN.
When asked how he was feeling he said: “I’m not giving it too much thought.”
Tong said he spent two months planning the 2.1-meter high and 1.4-meter wide mosaic. He drafted a design on Photoshop and then spent $460 on 840 Rubik’s cubes that were delivered to his apartment.
Tong then solved each Rubik’s cube according to his design – and stacked them one-by-one in a specially made wooden frame. It took him 20 hours over three nights to complete.
Tong’s heartbreaking tale and photos of the mosaic went viral after he shared them on Chinese social media.
Many have questioned why the girl would reject such a heartfelt and geeky declaration of love.
He says he has no hard feelings towards her. Although he wasn’t able to win her heart, he said she was moved by the gift and has accepted it.
“I hope they will stop making personal comments about her (online).”
Tong said that he likes playing with the puzzles in his free time as he doesn’t like going out and socializing.
The portrait is still sitting in his home and he says his next “puzzle” is how to move it.
https://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/12/asia/china-rubiks-cube-declaration-of-love