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Usually when two people are in love, they put their time, emotions, efforts and money—everything at stake—to make their relationship strong and beautiful. But sometimes with time relationships become sour and both decide to separate after mutual consent or dispute. When there is a breakup all over the world, people often go their separate ways by crying, feeling sad or fighting with each other.
But just imagine, what if you have to pay a huge amount to your ex-partner in exchange for ending your relationship? It may sound like the story of a movie, but these days a unique and surprising trend is being discussed in our neighboring country China, which is ‘Breakup fee’ or in local language ‘Fenshou Fei’ It is being said. This unique trend has given rise to a new debate on social media.
What is China’s ‘breakup fee’ tradition?
Let us tell you that this ‘breakup fee’ which has become a topic of discussion in China is not a government law or legal rule there. This is completely a social and practical trend. Under this, when two people separate after being in a relationship for a long time, the person who took the initiative to end the relationship gives a certain financial compensation to his partner.
The idea behind this practice is that during a long relationship, both parties have spent their precious time, career opportunities, youth and a lot of resources on each other. In such a situation, this amount is considered a compensation for the deep emotional and financial loss that the other partner has to suffer due to the sudden break of the relationship. However, this entire arrangement depends only on the mutual consent of both the partners.
How is the amount of this compensation decided?
Since there is no government rule for this, there is no fixed amount of breakup fee. It entirely depends on:
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For how many years did their affair or relationship last?
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What was the level of financial transactions and cooperation between the two during the relationship?
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Under what circumstances is the breakup taking place (e.g. cheating or personal discord)?
In small and common cases, this amount is limited to a few thousand yuan (China’s currency). But many such cases have come to light among the influential and rich families or celebrities of China, where breakup fees amounting to lakhs and crores of yuan have been paid for the breakup of the relationship. This is the reason why whenever such a case comes on the internet, it immediately goes viral.
Complete Mathematics of Breakup Fee: Arguments for and against
Two clear factions have formed among the youth and thinkers regarding this modern and strange practice, which can be better understood through the table given below:
| Aspects (Parameters) | Pros | Cons |
| relationship evaluation | In any relationship, along with emotions, time and personal resources are also spent, which should be valued. | Love, loyalty and emotions can never be measured in monetary terms. This is completely wrong. |
| emotional impact | Partners suffering from sudden betrayal or breakup get a dignified farewell and financial security. | This practice is commercializing love and sacred relationships in the society. |
| nature of relationship | After separation, there is less bitterness between the two and one party does not feel cheated. | This thinking turns relationships into a pure business transaction, which destroys trust. |
Do Chinese courts also allow this?
According to international media reports, under China’s immigration and family laws, no person is obliged to pay money just because he has broken up with his partner. It cannot be made mandatory by law.
An interesting twist of law:
However, there is also a legal aspect to this practice in the Chinese justice system. If a couple has made a written agreement (Pre-breakup Agreement) with mutual consent while being in a relationship or at the time of separation and it has included the condition of making payment at the time of breakup by duly signing it, then in case of any dispute, the courts there can take cognizance of that agreement. For this reason, many times this social issue takes the form of big legal cases in Chinese courts.
In the present era, where the thinking and priorities of the youth regarding relationships are changing rapidly all over the world, this ‘Fenshou Fei’ trend of China not only surprises people but also forces them to think whether the way of farewell to relationships in the future is going to be completely commercial? Some are calling it a tax on love, while others are considering it as a fair compensation for heartbreak.
