abcdeman comments

Well, good for you again! She'll pretend for the rest of her life with you. So no worries man! You'll be happy for the rest of your life! Let's just hope you don't run out of money of get thrown out of your job...:)

sigh... not every Japanese women are like that (plus you do not know my wife personally and the only thing you know about her is that she is Japanese), just like there are many stero-type western women and many who are not so much like stero-type.

And guess what. She's very independent, works full time and makes as much money as I do. She has never even implied that she wanted to be financially supported. She actually supported ME for a little while while I was focusing on school.

Like I said before, it annoys me and I can't stand it when western women generalize all Japanese women and say bad things about them. I was telling my wife that I think American women are bitc@# (I'm not talking about you by the way) because of my experience with my American female coworkers, and my wife told me not to generalize. She said everyone is different and she knows lots of nice American women (I agreed and felt bad that I generalized all American women and spoke ill of them).

abcdemen, Jimny1216: I wasn't complaining. I was merely telling the truth. Good for you guys that your wives could pretend till very time. That's why J women are good. Everything they do look so real. Only another woman would know the truth...LOL

She's not pretending.. if she's been pretending the past 10 years of marriage (9 years since the first child was born, plus 4 years of dating before marriage), I'd be surprised. She's fun to be with and I enjoy her company. That's all that matters and doesn't matter what other women say (by the way, our mutual friends love her so much and she's constantly helping my friends who don't speak the language.. she goes out of her way to help out even when it is inconvenient for her.. and if you call it pretending, well, so be it.. I'm happy!!

Tip #whatever, don't wear a kimono to a wedding if you're a foreigner. Just doesn't look right.

I think kimono on foreign women look good, too. Just don't try to wear it by yourself. Make sure to get help from a professional (local beauty salon, hotel, etc)

You can give less than the 30.000, but there are a rules on how to split the total amount(Number of money notes, etc). As for Gifts some things like Knifes, Scissors, etc are an absolute no-no, etc.Doing a bit of research or asking an older co-worker/friend for help goes a long way.

Totally agree.

8-year-old primary schoolgirl who appeared to have been slashed across the face several times with a bladed weapon

Unbelievable. How ANYONE can hurt a little girl's face is beyond my imagination.

J women would snatch him up anytime. They are so good at pretending in front of men....of course until the men marry them. Then they'll complain like all the partners of all those Posters above

I can't stand it when foreign women complain about Japanese women and generalize them. I've never heard Japanese women complain about western women like western women complain about Japanese women.

There are certain things I don't like about my wife (Japanese) but there isn't anything that I cannot stand. She doesn't cook very well but I cook for her. She is a wonderful mother and a wife/lover, and she is so much fun to be with. She lets me whine when I'm in a bad mood and she is a great listener.

If there is anything that I do not like, that would be the fact I look older than her even though I am younger than her!