[PJ-Comix]

She says Japanese men sometimes propose to women with lines like: ''I want you to cook miso soup for me the rest of my life.''

That would never happen here. Most American guys would ask women to heat up their chili for the rest of their lives.

[summer]

Most American guys would ask women to heat up their chili for the rest of their lives.

Miso soup, chil, whatever -- the point is certain just want a woman to take care of them, and that's it. Sort of destroys the entire kinight in shining armor fantasy many women cling to, when women realize this knight is merely looking for a mate to take care of this horse, clean his armor, and, more -- and oh, do it all for free. Sometimes a woman may be better off just keeping her current employment, and saying so long to that knight. I think many women do want a man to sweep them off their feet, but some men just want to hand women a broom.

[summer]

I meant to add "men" here: ...the point is certain men....