S'porean women are not ideal marriage partners

S'porean women are not ideal marriage partners

No, a Singaporean woman is not the ideal marriage partner. That was the response straitstimes.com received from its readers through a poll tagged to the article titled 'Singaporean women: the perfect partner?'.

A whopping 73.29 per cent disagreed with a report released by an unnamed international dating agency that claimed Singaporean women possessed the 'most ideal' qualities - namely beauty, loyalty, adherence to tradition, initiative and fluency in English, hence the label of 'perfect partner'.

A number of readers were quite critical of Singaporean women. Wen Wei wrote on Facebook: 'The report should be written as: Are Singaporean women the most pampered?'

Nine others decided to 'like' his statement on Facebook. Echoing Wen Wei's sentiments, Massi Rites wrote: 'Materialistic I must say. Majority of Singapore women seek men with cars. Public transport is a no-no.'

Only 25.55 per cent voted 'Yes'. Eu Jin Gabriel Tan sportingly wrote: ' I support local produce.' Kelvin Lee wrote: 'Heck, I ain't complaining. I married one!'

Ph Koh wrote: 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. There is no such thing as a perfect partner. Gotta work work work on it - takes mutual effort.'

The remaining 1.48 per cent decided to sit on the fence. Steve Boyce, who married a Singapore Eurasian, wrote: 'She certainly is not pampered. I didn't specifically seek a Singaporean wife though. It's just how things happened.'Taking a more holistic approach, Xavier Tan wrote: 'It depends on how they're brought up.' John Tang wrote: 'Perfect but many stay single.'Photos are courtesy of The Straits Times
Source: The Straits Times/ANN
Published Feb 22 2011