Wei and her then husband had been fellow technology college students and both were regular salaried workers. In 2002 her husband was sent to Shanghai by his company, and she left her job in the publishing industry to follow him.
魏籤懿與前夫是工專的同學，兩人都是拿薪水的上班族；2002 年前夫被公司調往中國上海，她辭去出版社工作，一起赴任。