How to survive in shanghai - Shanghai girlfriend

If you are coming to shanghai being a non china chinese, you are bound to get a shanghai girlfriend sooner or later. You will. trust me.

Many people loves to have a shanghai girlfriend, many advises against it. The following are some of the pros and cons that you might need to know.

PROS:

1)Most of them speaks a little english (they will because many of them wants a non China boyfriend, preferably white)

2)They are smart

3)They will definitely chat with you a few sentences (as long as you are white) no matter how lousy her english and your chinese is.

4)they dress better compared to chinese girls from other provinces.

5)They know how to make a guy happy. *wink*

CONS:

1)Most of them treat guys, especially boyfriends, as a walking ATM

2)materialistic (very)

3)looks down on chinese from other provinces, sometimes even chinese from other countries.

4)some of them do not feel speaking shanghainese in a group outing where there are people do not understanding it as rude.

5)they like to lie

6)many of them likes to keep a few boyfriends, one for marriage consideration, one for money, one for "love" etc etc.

I will add on to this list when I think of more. whether to get a shanghai galfren, its all up to you.