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"Here&amp;#039;s something new and interesting \u2013 a post office in Beijing, China has set up a new program for Newlyweds. On their wedding day, they are encouraged to write a love letter to their spouse. The letter will then be sealed and delivered exactly seven years from that day. This is all in response to the rapidly rising divorce rate in China. Since the market reforms of the late 1970s, the number of people getting a divorce in China has quadrupled. In 2003, marital law was changed, allowing couples to divorce in a day (previously, couples needed permission from either their employers or community committees to divorce, and this was rarely granted). Economic reforms have brought rapid social change, making divorce more common. And new marriage laws regarding the distribution of assets and the solidfying of child support have aided those who never would have been able to seek divorce before. Couples have the option of cancelling the delivery of their letters, should they choose to divorce before the seven-year mark, but the post office is hoping it&amp;#039;s scheme will pay off for those who choose to stay together. They&amp;#039;re even producing special stamps, postcards and even a Love Passport which can be stamped on every anniversary. I&amp;#039;m not sure a seven-year letter would have helped in my case. At seven years, we were knee-deep in an infertility nightmare and Peter was withdrawn, uncommunicative and I was frustrated and heartsick because he just wouldn&amp;#039;t talk to me about any of what he was feeling. And knowing Peter&amp;#039;s dislike of that kind of forced sentimentality, I probably would have received a letter with a simple, perfunctory &amp;quot;I love you&amp;quot; and not much more. It would have been nice to get at that point, though. I remember thinking that if he didn&amp;#039;t talk to me, how would we ever make it through this rough time in our lives? Or any other rough time? Maybe I should have written a letter to myself, post-dated. I guess I knew what was probably coming, but thought sure I&amp;#039;d find a way to fix it before then. Always the optimist. Do you think a love letter at the seven-year mark could have stopped or postponed your divorce? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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