It's so weirdly interesting this sounded like talking exactly about my relationship. Being married to my American wife as Japanese for about two and half years now, I feel like we are finally getting to the point starting to understand each other instead of developing every single thing into an argument. As some other people comments, I also would have probably thought the problems discussed in this video was not because of the cultural difference but personal problems if I wasn't in the same place. I thought I was open minded and familiar with the cultural difference until I was actually in my international marriage realizing how confused I am, not being able to tell if the problems I was facing to were because of the culture or our personality. Thank you for sharing the great stories.
When your husband speak English, it would be better to say "thank you" or "please". Because in Japanese, we don't say it clearly, but speaking English is not Japanese and we have to follow their manners. I think these words are very important for westerns. However, if you speak Japanese, it is better to speak polite way with your parents-in-law. 😁 It is the hardest to argue with minimalist. My husband is also minimalist so he won't buy anything. His point is quite right and he won't understand why women loves shopping. I reached my solution that if I buy an item, I will try to throw away an old item.
@SquishyTalk2 жыл бұрын
I also throw one thing out when I buy something new. It's a great idea! Thank you for your comment ☺️✨
@今野直哉-r9y2 ай бұрын
🇯🇵JAPAN&🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM
@1qazxcvbnmlp09oknxsw2 Жыл бұрын
太郎さんの言い分聴いてみたい
@929Shoot2 жыл бұрын
これって、ある意味の惚気ですかね?
@seiichikirikami21842 жыл бұрын
I was born in western area of Japan. My wife in eastern area. I said to my wife ' Even we are both Japanese, Our marriage is an international one'. She agreed. Don't mind.
@ryok182 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video! My partner is Spanish and extrovert. I'm Japanese and introvert. So we are different in both culturally and characteristically. When we argue I sometime don't get where this disagreement came from. However, knowing different perspective from the partner enriches myself, so I like our relationship.
Thank you for your useful video.I recently listen to your video for my listing practice. Your English is so clear and understandable for me. Anyway, when I argue with my wife,I tend to say sorry soon. But It makes her more upset. So just having a dialog is important,I think.
@user-tj2nd3rz9k2 жыл бұрын
I am lonely single man! So,I ofeten argue about myself.But, it is obviously nonsense because argument like that fell into depression. So, I effort to find a improvement plan when I stuck in ridiculous argument.
shopping argument is universal lol. It is same here with us, my husband being a minimalist. i love shopping!
@SquishyTalk2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has this problem 😃 Thank you for your comment ☺️✨
@Funica112 жыл бұрын
The best comment I heard today. My wife loves shopping and I'm minimalist too. Yes, it's a universal phenomenon.
@hidekinumata74302 жыл бұрын
TAROさんが悪い。 Princessの意見に従おう。
@武井希-x5y2 жыл бұрын
A private evacuation room for fighting is indispensable for couples lol
@user-bl4wb3cq8p2 жыл бұрын
Do you two have any future family plan? Namely having 👦🧒. If you were then I would suggest to start researching on the Japanese education system. We had a huge argument about it. My wife(from the UK) did not like at all about Japanese “O-JU-KEN” that young children age of 4 or 5 has to have passed a test to get in to a decent kindergarten!!!. I lost the argument and that is why we ended up living in Canada.
@jimtakahashi4638 Жыл бұрын
_ Sorry but I laughed at this ending punch line. But, seriously, it was a good decision. Your wife is always right!
@taka52522 жыл бұрын
はい、ごちそうさまでした。末永くお幸せに♡
@Yuna77_2 жыл бұрын
I'd love to hear about how you and Taro met
@chigitakazuhiro78352 жыл бұрын
During summer I cannot tolerate the heat, I want to keep the room temperature below 27 degree centigrate and my wife doesn't mind, so I turn on the air conditioner and she wants to turn it off. Finally we figured out that I turn on air condition in my room, and I leave my door to the living room/her room next to it. So the cool air, which is not too cool, goes to my wife's room and that is enough for her.
@SquishyTalk2 жыл бұрын
That's a great compromise 🥰 Thank you for your comment ☺️✨
@tuburimaimai6738 Жыл бұрын
夫婦喧嘩にプラスワン!相方を自分の物と錯覚すること!
@keisukeyl24632 жыл бұрын
what about leaving wet towel on the bed.... my wife, British obviously!!!, almost routinely leave the "fresh" wet towel on our bed after taking a shower in the morning and I inevitably have to happen to find the fabrique there in lunch time break (I'm working at home a lot lately, I live in the uk as a japanese married to British lady btw) We don't particularly have a solution to solve the problem "yet" but we are superb at forgetting things, which I guess helping our relationship fundamentally :). Thank you for the videos, I enjoy watching them!
@chigitakazuhiro78352 жыл бұрын
My goodness, I saw BBC news that England had a major heat wave reaching up to 40 C! Now they know how hot Tokyo can get during summer!
@堀内錦治2 жыл бұрын
文化の違いかい? 犬も食わない。
@MsSharonSpencer2 жыл бұрын
Btw, finally UK has recorded a temperature of over 40℃ for the first time today.. 😲
@SquishyTalk2 жыл бұрын
It's so crazy! The UK can't handle hot weather very well since most people don't have air conditioners. I hope people stay safe. Thank you for your comment ☺️✨