'Devil wives' getting a bad rap--many husbands think they are the cat's meow

asahi.com ^ | 01/14/2006 | haruko ishii, The Asahi Shimbun

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I'd like to see the blog but I'm guessing it's in Japanese, so I'm out of luck there.

[angkor]

There goes the myth of "the Japanese wife".

[gaijin]

Everybody in the US wants to believe that all these Japanese women are --boo hoo!-- so oppressed....

Uhhhh....NO.

[snarks_when_bored]

These guys sound like founders of Plenty-O-Wimps.com...

[Tom Bombadil]

Devil wives who can spontaneously be selfish and ask for whatever they want are talented, in a way.

We have a magic hamper at my house. I toss in dirty clothes, and three days later they magically re-appear as clean clothes in my closet. Am I a devil husband? I don't feel real talented.

[muir_redwoods]

My Brother-in-law is married to a Japanese woman who is absolutely nuts. She is known by her own 35 year-old daughter as Ms Thundercloud.

The woman is demanding, shrill and actively unfriendly. She once explained to my (and her) father-in-law, a Pearl Harbor vet from the USS Arizona, how the US started the war. To his credit, there were no physical injuries.

[Capriole]

There was a successful book published a few years ago called Why Men Love Bitches. I read it and agreed that everything it said was true, but was completely unable to make myself do anything it recommended.

[Vision]

This "mean wife, happy marriage" scenario has become a fad

Those wacky Japanese

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I had a college buddy that lived next to a Japanese couple. His wife treated him like crap. On a Saturday afternoon he was doing some basic car maintenance in the driveway while a few of us buddies were standing around outside having a beer like on King of the Hill.

While we were out on the driveway, the Japanese guy comes out of the house to get in his car. His wife started berating him in broken English (Engrish?) right there in the driveway, telling him he's a loser, if he had a good job like decent people do then they wouldn't be living like pigs and driving crappy cars. What a beautiful relationship.

[rattrap]

It's not a fad, it's called being P***** Whipped and it's been going on since there were men and women.

[Popman]

(Pro 21:9) It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, in a wide house.

My take on the subject

[JOHANNES801]

Yep they are pw.I a man stays just for sex,forget it,youcan get that some place else.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

She once explained to my (and her) father-in-law, a Pearl Harbor vet from the USS Arizona, how the US started the war.

Book her for a speech at the local VFW or Foreign Legion hall. Call it sensitivity training.

[neodad]

My ex is half Japanese and mean as a snake. Her mother has been here for 35 years and she's crazy.

[Allegra]

They're just now starting to show up...

[mewzilla]

She's not a wife. She's a mommy.

[LFOD]

Heard this once & don't know the author. It doesn't relate to this story very well though......

Best of Worlds
A. A Japanese wife
B. A Chinese cook
C. An English house
D. An American salary

Worst of Worlds
A. A Japanese house
B. A Chinese salary
C. An English cook
D. An American wife

Gotta go get my flame retardant suit on.

[gaijin]

I'm going to say something that's going to provoke a lot of incredulity here:

I believe that for all the way they're spoken of in the US as being oppressive overlords, Japanese men have considerably LESS authority under their home roofs than American men do.

That means that Japanese men ride trains to workplaces where they have to bow and scrape and get shi**ed on alll day, and then they ride back home, where they get shi**ed on all over again by their wives. AND, then when they get alone with their MOTHER, she proceeds to sh* on him for allowing himself to permit himself to be shi**ed on by his wife.

So basically it's 24 hours of getting shi**ed on. So you smoke and drink to escape, and then maybe you go to soapland a bit to get some relief.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Proverbs, Chapter 21


19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I got married last June. I've got co-workers that promise me that within 5 years I'll be living just like them. That is, my wife will get everything she wants and I will not have any say in anything because it's easier to put up with zero say on anything in the household or relationsip than it is to have a wife who is constantly bitchy and finding new ways to take it out on you. No way, I'll get out before that no matter what it costs me in dollars.

It just amazes me how many people are in a marriage where one spouse treats the other like total garbage, and they take it and like it! What a worthless existence.