Years ago, when I was still in college, my parents and I were strolling through the blind date corner aka "marriage market" at Shanghai's People's Park, where they pointed at someone's profile and said to me jokingly, "If you don't lose weight, you will have to go to People's Park one day. It was a Saturday morning and I decided to browse the blind dating corner to see if I could find some potential mates for myself, not because I am desperate but just to appease my mother, who reminds me daily that 24 is no longer young according to Chinese standards and, thus, I am on the verge of being "left over. This corner has in fact expanded over the years from a literal corner of the park into a vast area that is crowded shoulder-to-shoulder on weekends with concerned parents and single adults of all ages. They can be divided into the following groups: Shanghai born, new residents, overseas returnees and those living out in the suburbs. Veteran parents know a good spot at the park means more exposure for their kids, so they arrive early to compete with each other. Most of the profiles, however, seem to be for females in their 30s who "missed their chance" finding a husband.