A 65-year-old divorcee, Auntie Shen, recently married the 70-year-old man she has been living with for five years.

The delay in tying the knot revolved around issues of family inheritance. The partner’s two sons objected to their father’s remarriage over fears they would lose the rights to the two apartments on his death.

In 2014, Shanghai had about 4 million residents who were 60 years and older, and that figure is expected to reach 6 million by 2025. An estimated 1 million of them were single last year. Loneliness is a constant companion of many the widowed and divorced. Why not seek love in the autumn years?