experiment #37: is it possible to date a japanese guy?

[ladyjemanny]

so... since coming to japan, i have come to terms with the fact that sometimes japanese people and americans just view things in very, very different ways... and one of those things is dating. japan is notorious for being patriarchal and chauvinistic to the point of allowing blatant sexism and even sexual harassment in the work place (yeah... the

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[mirado]

Maybe you could make trades?
like "I will keep mayonnaise, that most vile of condiments, in my apartment, if you will throw out all your shiny boots"

::shudder:: mayonnaise

[ladyjemanny]

haha, it might come down to that... but i'm going to wait until things get serious to try to interfere with all the ingrained japaneseness!

[aevrayen]

HAHAHA!!! I LOVE MAYONNAISE

[mokusei]

so...i should definitely have read this before i wrote you back (haven't been on lj in eons)! #1 i think has the capacity to work itself out, but oh man on #2, depending on what the "..." entails.

happy february and optimistic posts!