A woman has posted a dating message on Facebook, announcing that she is offering herself as a partner in a three-month trial courtship with no strings attached, with many online suitors signing up.
On the dating post she wrote, “Young woman, reaching the advanced age of 33, working as a veterinarian assistant with meager earnings but quite capable of supporting herself, with a pet cat and sugar glider possum. If anyone is interested in going on a blind date and likes pets, we can meet up and have a chat and see how things go between us, no strings attached, for the next three months, and if all goes well we can tie the knot. Those not interested in marriage need not apply.” When this was shared on Facebook it received a lot of responses.
Many online posters said they thought the part about the three-month trial courtship with marriage if everything went well was very brave and intriguing, but they were also concerned about what would happen if the trial courtship proved unsatisfactory: It’s not like they could just return the goods. Would it really be that easy to get out of it?
Photo: Ko Yu-hao, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者葛祐豪
(Liberty Times, translated by Paul Cooper
一名女子在臉書貼出徵婚啟示，宣稱可免費試用三個月，引來許多網友報名。
這名女子的徵婚啟示上寫著「小妹今年三十三歲高齡，工作只是個動物醫院醫療助理，薪水微薄但養得起自己，家理有養一隻貓和蜜袋鼯，誰想和我相親又接受寵物的，約個面出來聊聊，可以的話直接試用我免費三個月，OK好用馬上結婚。無結婚意願的請別來打擾。」臉書經過分享，許多網友紛紛回覆。
多數網友認為「直接試用我免費三個月，OK好用馬上結婚」這句話很大膽又有吸引力，但也擔心如果試用不滿意，能退貨嗎？有這麼容易脫身嗎？（自由時報記者葛祐豪）
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