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Old 06-10-2014, 03:32 PM   #24162
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl View Post
You're doing better than most Japanese men! In the average Japanese family, the wife handles ALL of the financial decisions, makes unilateral decisions about anything affecting living arrangements, family, children, schooling, buying a new car, new washing machine, travel, vacations, etc., etc. His job is just to work six and a half days a week, leaving the house at 7am and getting back around 10pm, his salary gets direct-deposited in the bank, and his wife doles out a daily allowance to him.

Divorce rate in Japan is aprox. 27%
Divorce rate in the US?


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It matches what I've seen. Also the main reason for divorce, around me in Tokyo, was lost of income from the husband.
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