Japanese asked what remarks they think most likely to instigate an immediate quarrel between husband and wife provide some classic and most probably universal lines.
The ranking for a wife’s utterances to her husband:
1. ***’s husband’s earnings seem really high
2. Why haven’t you had a single pay rise?
3. ***’s husband always does it properly
4. I’m more tired!
5. You’re so insensitive
6. It’s easy being a guy and not having to do the housework, isn’t it?
7. I’m working as well!
8. Are you doing your job properly?
9. You’re going drinking, again!?
10. Bringing up the kids is a husband’s responsibility
Unsurprisingly, a list dominated by remarks accusing a husband of not providing materially for his family (or more accurately, wife) – a very traditional cause of matrimonial conflict indeed.
The ranking for a husband’s utterances to his wife:
1. Being a housewife is real easy, isn’t it?
2. Remember who puts the food on your table!
3. I’m working
4. Bringing up the kids is a wife’s responsibility
5. I’m more tired!
6. My mother always cooked this properly for me
7. If you’re at home then at least do the chores properly
8. You’re so insensitive
9. I’m busy with work
10. Is that all you cooked to go with this?
For women it appears a man denigrating her housekeeping is just as galling.
What ended my marriage was, “Daddy, momma’s boyfriend stayed here while you were gone and they sleep in your bed.” My daughter was only ten.
Yeesh. At least you got an awesome daughter out of the deal.
…I mean insofar as she’s honest, not as a replacement for a marriage.
im gratefully im still young ^^
though college life is killing me 🙁
The problem is japanese as a culture instead of a man/women thing.
They call it marriage, but what it really means is a job contract. The man looks for a maid / babysitter, and in exchange the woman looks for the money.
Also, this is what happens when you insist in maintaining the tradicional gender roles…
So basically being a whiny bastard makes people angry? What’s new in that?
I hate being judgmental of other cultures, so I’m going to shut my gob.
in that case, you shouldn’t have posted at all