Topic: Chauvinistic Husbands Association
Lynann's photo
Sat 09/06/08 10:45 AM
Does mingle2 have a site in Japan too? If so I predict an upswing in members.

Here is part of an amusing article. The full text can be found at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/25/AR2007112501720.html?nav=rss_world&p=1&ac=1&cmp=22&wpsrc=AG0000431&KEYWORD=tokyo%20japan&cre=1803334326&st=c&g=1&s_kwcid=ContentNetwork|1803334326

FUKUOKA, Japan -- Salarymen -- the black-suited corporate warriors who work long hours, spend long evenings drinking with cronies and stumble home late to long-suffering wives -- have danger waiting for them as they near retirement.
Divorce. A change in Japanese law this year allows a wife who is filing for divorce to claim as much as half her husband's company pension. When the new law went into effect in April, divorce filings across Japan spiked 6.1 percent. Many more split-ups are in the pipeline, marriage counselors predict. They say wives -- hearts gone cold after decades of marital neglect -- are using calculators to ponder pension tables, the new law and the big D.
Skittishly aware of the trouble they're in, 18 salarymen, many of them nearing retirement, gathered at a restaurant here recently for beer, boiled pork and marital triage.
The evening began with a defiantly defeatist toast. Husbands reminded themselves of what their organization -- the improbably named National Chauvinistic Husbands Association -- preaches as a sound strategy for arguing with one's wife.

MirrorMirror's photo
Sat 09/06/08 10:55 AM

Does mingle2 have a site in Japan too? If so I predict an upswing in members.

Here is part of an amusing article. The full text can be found at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/25/AR2007112501720.html?nav=rss_world&p=1&ac=1&cmp=22&wpsrc=AG0000431&KEYWORD=tokyo%20japan&cre=1803334326&st=c&g=1&s_kwcid=ContentNetwork|1803334326

FUKUOKA, Japan -- Salarymen -- the black-suited corporate warriors who work long hours, spend long evenings drinking with cronies and stumble home late to long-suffering wives -- have danger waiting for them as they near retirement.
Divorce. A change in Japanese law this year allows a wife who is filing for divorce to claim as much as half her husband's company pension. When the new law went into effect in April, divorce filings across Japan spiked 6.1 percent. Many more split-ups are in the pipeline, marriage counselors predict. They say wives -- hearts gone cold after decades of marital neglect -- are using calculators to ponder pension tables, the new law and the big D.
Skittishly aware of the trouble they're in, 18 salarymen, many of them nearing retirement, gathered at a restaurant here recently for beer, boiled pork and marital triage.
The evening began with a defiantly defeatist toast. Husbands reminded themselves of what their organization -- the improbably named National Chauvinistic Husbands Association -- preaches as a sound strategy for arguing with one's wife.

:laughing: lol:laughing:

Moondark's photo
Sat 09/06/08 10:58 AM
The provided link is screwing up the viewing of the thread.
But I went and read the article.
It is a very good article on a very important topic.
And it helps provide more insight into this culture.
Thanks for posting the link. I enjoyed it.

usernamefayou's photo
Sat 09/06/08 11:01 AM
Many cultures are similar and have been so for a very long time.

briancarr's photo
Sat 09/06/08 11:02 AM

Does mingle2 have a site in Japan too? If so I predict an upswing in members.

Here is part of an amusing article. The full text can be found at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/25/AR2007112501720.html?nav=rss_world&p=1&ac=1&cmp=22&wpsrc=AG0000431&KEYWORD=tokyo%20japan&cre=1803334326&st=c&g=1&s_kwcid=ContentNetwork|1803334326

FUKUOKA, Japan -- Salarymen -- the black-suited corporate warriors who work long hours, spend long evenings drinking with cronies and stumble home late to long-suffering wives -- have danger waiting for them as they near retirement.
Divorce. A change in Japanese law this year allows a wife who is filing for divorce to claim as much as half her husband's company pension. When the new law went into effect in April, divorce filings across Japan spiked 6.1 percent. Many more split-ups are in the pipeline, marriage counselors predict. They say wives -- hearts gone cold after decades of marital neglect -- are using calculators to ponder pension tables, the new law and the big D.
Skittishly aware of the trouble they're in, 18 salarymen, many of them nearing retirement, gathered at a restaurant here recently for beer, boiled pork and marital triage.
The evening began with a defiantly defeatist toast. Husbands reminded themselves of what their organization -- the improbably named National Chauvinistic Husbands Association -- preaches as a sound strategy for arguing with one's wife.

Hopefully this law will get the younger, or unmarried men too realize that there is little benifit too getting married. :heart: :heart:

luckycharm89's photo
Sat 09/06/08 12:20 PM
lol woww