tmarie said...

tmarie at 11:24 PM JST - 24th August

And how many couples with kids ARE married in comparison? Your comment is irrelevant when you look at the numbers of unmarried couples with kids in Japan. It is not common and I hope it doesn't become so. I don't get the couples "back home" who claim they aren't ready…

Posted in Aso advises poor young people not to marry at 11:24 PM JST - 24th August
tmarie at 11:15 PM JST - 24th August

Hmm, a lot of people are having kids without getting married... Not in Japan and I would prefer that Japan doesn't turn into the unwed teenage mom land like so many of our home countries. Japan isn't set up to help support single moms. Heck, it isn't set up to…

Posted in Aso advises poor young people not to marry at 11:15 PM JST - 24th August
tmarie at 10:46 PM JST - 24th August

Sorry but with marriage and kids you do need to give up certain things - clubbing, drugs and threesomes in the house where kids are... all are pretty much on the give up list I think. She's got no excuse for what she has done. She has her own money,…

Posted in Noriko Sakai’s love triangle with best friend and husband at 10:46 PM JST - 24th August
tmarie at 10:43 PM JST - 24th August

Well to be fair, in Japan nearly 50% of marriages now are dekichatta if I recall correctly and I'm willing to be that those 50% who aren't probably 30% have kids within the first two years. I got asked on my wedding day when we were having kids! Out of…

Posted in Aso advises poor young people not to marry at 10:43 PM JST - 24th August
tmarie at 10:13 PM JST - 24th August

What is interesting is that no where in the Koran does it say that beer is not okay - nor does it mention more than one wife. All how you want to interpret it. I feel sorry for moderate Muslims who are getting tarred with this nasty brush. I agree,…

Posted in Malaysia delays caning of Muslim woman who drank beer at 10:13 PM JST - 24th August
tmarie at 07:29 PM JST - 24th August

They don't sign the agreement. What part of that can you not understand??

Posted in U.N. urges Japan to do more to eradicate discrimination against women at 07:29 PM JST - 24th August
tmarie at 07:28 PM JST - 24th August

The Japanese should have been angry a long time before this. Better late than never I guess.

Posted in Voters angry and looking for change at 07:28 PM JST - 24th August
tmarie at 07:24 PM JST - 24th August

There is a youtube video of him glad handing the crowd at a local festival. Ainori kid comes up to shakes his hand in a "let's have a good, clean race" kind of way and Jr. just completely ignores him. Doesn't even make eye contact. Just continues schmoozing.

I saw…

Posted in Koizumi case intensifies criticism of hereditary legislators at 07:24 PM JST - 24th August
tmarie at 07:21 PM JST - 24th August

Sorry but she wanted to be in the public eye and this crap (which I agree is nasty) goes along with it. How she was able to keep a lid on her family being yaks for so long surprises me.

As for her, give me a break. She did drugs…

Posted in Noriko Sakai’s love triangle with best friend and husband at 07:21 PM JST - 24th August
tmarie at 07:16 PM JST - 24th August

but she drank beer knowing that it is against the law in the country. Not exactly. It is against the Islamic (Sharif?) law - you can legally drink beer in Malaysia as long as you are not Muslim.

Posted in Malaysia delays caning of Muslim woman who drank beer at 07:16 PM JST - 24th August