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shaayecanaan

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25. My wife's (Japanese) parents are a bit like that...

Reply to Art_from_Ark (Reply #11)

Mon Jul 8, 2013, 08:38 PM

Jul 2013

they have separate rooms, and largely separate lives. I don't think that there have been any conjugal relations for some considerable time.

On the other hand, my Westernised mother is on her second "eat pray love" divorce, whereby she has once again decided that she does not need a man to be happy, and is instead embarking on another journey of "self-discovery" fueled by vacuous, vapid self-help books and similarly minded, embittered 50-something female "friends" who are along for the ride. I think that the Japanese system has its advantages, to be honest.

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Hikikomori: Why are so many Japanese men refusing to leave their rooms? [View all] HiPointDem Jul 2013 OP

so if they hid and withdrew, who fed them? h mmm nt msongs Jul 2013 #1

The article says that most of the men are LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #2

More often she leaves it at the door, I hear. nt Bonobo Jul 2013 #4

I think in the West, many sociopathic feelings can find external expression Bonobo Jul 2013 #3

That's orientalistic codswallop... shaayecanaan Jul 2013 #6

I have never heard of that degree or amount of hikkikomori behavior in other places Bonobo Jul 2013 #14

maybe some of these stay-at-home dudes just need a car snooper2 Jul 2013 #21

I think that they are called "twixters" here... shaayecanaan Jul 2013 #23

A few years ago, one of the local hikikomori Art_from_Ark Jul 2013 #10

Yeah, that certainly happens. nt Bonobo Jul 2013 #15

Japanese leaders have failed the nation LittleBlue Jul 2013 #5

There are numerous reasons why young Japanese don't want to start families Art_from_Ark Jul 2013 #11

Looks to me like Japanese society is going to make LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #12

It's not going to die out. But every culture changes. n/t backscatter712 Jul 2013 #18

I'd say its mixed fairly well... shaayecanaan Jul 2013 #24

My wife's (Japanese) parents are a bit like that... shaayecanaan Jul 2013 #25

It's a tough call Art_from_Ark Jul 2013 #26

You'd probably do what Japanese men do... shaayecanaan Jul 2013 #27

People tell me that I have become "japanified" Art_from_Ark Jul 2013 #28

You should be alright with the Playstation (nt) shaayecanaan Jul 2013 #29

Opting out of society. Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #7

Yes we do have them. LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #8

yep, same here, Joe Shlabotnik Jul 2013 #19

A Japanese friend says this is a failure to socialize mixed with mediocrity and sadistic parenting Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2013 #9

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OMG, this closely describes my daughter LiberalEsto Jul 2013 #16

Depression, despair... devils chaplain Jul 2013 #17

As I read the description of pipi_k Jul 2013 #20

There are three solutions to this: Meaningful Work, War, or Revolution. hunter Jul 2013 #22