Hey guys, I know it was quite tricky to talk about these subjects here but I wanted to see different views of people who've lived in Japan or know the Japanese culture much more than I do.
We've all achieved that and there's too much information here for me to assimilate in just a matter of...
My obligations to my family are that they all are happy, with or without me. There are cases when it doesn't make sense to keep on doing something that's counter-productive as that would make no good to anyone.
I'm trying that this doesn't happen, hence that I was exploring the possibility of...
Thanks again, same there!
Yes, that's another possibility, which might be the right one as long as at the end we all live a happy life. Trickier because of the distance and the stories about parents not seeing their kids after divorcing a Japanese partner, but it might well happen.
As well as...
The Japanese way is a way of talking to express that total strangers know about how my relationship with a Japanese woman and my life is, with details!, since we were boyfriends, to when we got married, to when we had kids, to when they changed their character, to how that charater changed, etc...
I forgot to say about this, that we both (wife and myself) were fine until we had our daughter, after, she changed and became like a different person. Like day and night to be fair. My western female friends who have had kids, are basically the same woman with a kid, my wife became like a mother...
"The Japanese way" is what I am seeing from my wife, in-laws and other foreigners living in Japan. Good to see that you are able to do things different to how native Japanese people will do them and everything is fine.
I don't know how you calculate your percentages. but if a day as 24h (my...
The education system is part of how one is raised, a big part of it in fact, as she'd be in school a lot more hours that she'd be with working parents on a daily basis.
And the country where one lives in is part of how one is raised. So if my wife is the way she is it's due to the country...
Hi guys,
First of all, sorry about catching up a little bit late. A couple of meetings with clients, accountants and the weather in London created a big chaos due to the bad weather, hence not much physical time left. Anyway, as for the comments (sorry about the mega post in advance):
There are...
Spain. Ideally, living in any of our countries would be easier due to family support and closer friends, etc. But I'm usually looking at the bigger picture of where it'd be better to live from a practical point of view for all of us.
So, I'd like to go back as well, but I'm happy and thankful...
Any comment is really helpful, as it's really helpful to read other people's points of view, even with the limited information we've got here. But it does help, thanks :)
As for my wife, her character was the same before (regarding avoiding questions or thinking), but the laziness was not. We...
I've not made up my mind just yet, but it's good to read you guys not seeing such a big difference between both education systems.
I was getting my worries from reading other articles, forums and documentaries about the subject, and comparing my wife with other people I know. Most of them...
Me, as in? ie, which part specifically? I was trying to point out that my Japanese wife is a perfect example of what I don't want my daughter to become...
I don't want my daughter to behave in life in a similar way to my wife when she grows up, which will not contribute to her happiness. And...
Actually, yes, she does. Big way!, which is what really worries me. As I have a 1st hand experience. She barely asks a single questions, even when she doesn't understand things to me or to other. And regarding the thinking, she usually has a single idea learnt somehow in the past, and there's no...
Hi all,
I'm currently living in the UK with my Japanese wife and my 4.5y old daughter. At the moment we are in a situation where my wife is not getting to life in the UK and she wants to go back and live in Japan.
Apart from the problems we'd have to get a job (as I don't speak any Japanese and...
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