Japanese asked what they consider to be the indispensable prerequisites for love supply a suitably soppy ranking.
The ranking, with votes cast for each:
1. Empathy (7605)
2. A first encounter (3608)
3. Money (2852)
4. Excitement [“tokimeki”] (2793)
5. An open and honest heart (2106)
6. Fidelity (1507)
7. A spirit of compromise (1449)
8. Perseverance (1280)
9. At least some attractiveness (1143)
10. Fate (789)
Those wondering about the relatively romantic (or, perhaps, deficiently pragmatic) nature of the ranking should note the wording – “love” of course does not carry quite the same implication as “relationship” or even “marriage” – previous rankings seem to bear this out.
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Dear Artefact,
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Love,
Michael <3
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Loveless :(,
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Azure, your avatar fits that post perfectly, heh...
Am I the only one surprised money wasn't number one?
LOL @ money being #3 for love.
Japan...land of the gold diggers.
~ I would have figured that - "Money" - would be #1 on the list...
True dat.
Oh what a World
but then again I don't see how Money's something to look for in someone.
Sure individually a good income is nice and helps keeps things in your life stable.
Damn It All Accept a man for his Quirks Not his wallet!
Why isn't 'abs' on that last? It fits the suitably shallow nature included in money.
remember Faye from cowboy bebop? take notes people. shes a bit more common than you think.
coz u don't need abs at all to survive but money is so important for the materialistic japanese women.
"Fate"
/facepalm
Keep in mind the survey says "Japanese" not "Japanese women."
Yet they still kept money up at #3 even with the men presumably skewing the results away from it.
the men are what kept Money at #3!!! all the women probably put money first, but the men put empathy and first encounter!!!
No matter the gender money would be high because women will say money because they want money and men will still say money because they need money to keep the women. The only difference is that when women say money they mean the other half having them, while when men say money they mean they need to have money themselves.
Hmmm...is someone of the two sexes being a little selfish and considering itself like a prize that should only demand things in this relationship or is it just my idea?
What does 'demand things' have to do with it? If you're in a relationship, you need to offer the other something. Otherwise it's a take/take relationship (even something like love) with no base. Both sides having self respect and ability to cater to eachother is what relationships are. And that naturally includes money.
Personally, if I see a guy just sit around and not contribute financially, I would normally see them as a bit useless. Sorry. Nowadays, the same probably could be said of women who can't contribute at least a bit financially.
Especially the way economy is fluctuating nowadays, I think one great way of showing love and support is.... money. Money to take care of eachother so they can have a quality life. So that their children can have a fun, fulfilling life. So that their children can go to college.
@Sylar: Hmmm...is someone of the two sexes being a little selfish and considering the other like collectible prizes?
The majority of people, of whichever gender they belong, often has selfish interests anyways. That doesn't mean there are no good people. Yet lots of people only knows how to point fingers without really contributing to a change at all (only feeding more hate).
Yet again...
Men need a reason to figure out why some chick doesn't want to be with them/dumped them.
It wasn't your fault for being a twit, it was her fault for being a gold digger.
Protip: Everyone likes money.
lol, #3 has just become NON-EXISTANT
Now in JAPAN ITS
1. WATER
2. FOOD
3. SHELTER
money > fidelity
money > honesty
what? not cool...
unfortunately it isn't, but it seems that is the reality of things regardless of what country you're in
You should be happy... money is something you have control over and can change (you can go out and get a job), your personality and attractiveness are who you are and cannot change.
Acting lessons and plastic surgery. You CAN change.
I'm just kind of laughing about money is so high, yet fidelity is so low.
Infidelity in Japan is SO HIGH you wouldn't believe.
So basically it's cool if you're cheating on your woman as long as you got money =P.
they love money almost as jews does.
well ya can't eat love
Me too, I was sure for money n°1.
They "love" money.
That list is missing "Patience", cuz I know you need lots of that if you wanna love someone!
I highly agree with you there.
Well, give it some thought. It doesn't necessarily have to mean all of women want millions of yen just for themselves.
You wouldn't want to marry a dude who relies on his parents' income all the time, right?
Besides, even if you love some poor guy, there's no future with him even if you marry, because he won't be able to support you much financially, this in turn will also hurt your future offspring, as you won't be able to provide your kids toys and nice clothing, because paying the bills and buying food will be the top priority and after such expense, you'll have no cash left for personal needs. As a result, you'll live the rest of your life as a lower-class wife, married to a good for nothing husband with kids dressed in second-hand rags.
Besides, having no money leads to loans and loans often lead to debts.
Not to mention, from my own research, people with low incomes are more prone to becoming alcoholics, because they can't fulfill their needs and desires.
I won't disagree that money for survival is necessary but why so much demands from the guy? Women wanted equality right? Then why demand that he makes her more than a poor house-wife. Why doesn't she go get money herself? Would she like it if the man thought if he could make him a rich husband before he marries her and if not ignore her? Men don't do that, so why should she do it?
If a woman still demands from the husband to be the one to save her from a life with debt and low-class house-wife life, then women should stop their equality demands in the workforce and let men take all the jobs to support them, or else having more demands from the man than the woman is completely unfair.
Well, only 'till recently the world changed a bit and women gained more rights. Can you expect mindsets that has thousands of years of origins to change in a century or so? Lots of women expects men to be the main supporter coz they have always been the only one capable of that (and guess that I don't need to explain how a woman's life depended solely on her marriage back then). Even if there are changes now, it's still not really equal for women in many places in this world. And again, you can't expect something that has been so rooted in humanity to change so easily anyways.
Yet are men so saintly themselves? Aren't many of them selfish as well? Aren't many of them only interested in sex and can even abandon them if they get pregnant?
We can spend a long time pointing fingers at each other, that it doesn't change anything to better, but only feeding more hate. The majority of the humans are selfish, regardless the gender. But it doesn't mean good people doesn't exist. But who said that the best things in the world are easy to get? Yet if you keep such mindset and hate, how can you possibly even notice the good things in life?
If people can be a bit more compassionate and understanding with each other, and focusing on changing the situation together instead of against each other, things would be better.
I'm just going to say hahahahaha.
Its not about changing a mindset.
Women want their cake and eat it too, why wouldnt they?
Unless we force them to realize its not going to work anymore, they are not going to willingly give up that advantage they have right now.
..and looks only scored #9.
Wow.
Why did I read that as 'land of the gold niggers'.
Stupid internet, you have corrupted my mind.
This survey just confirms what we already know.
Well, Money is bread for the spice called love. You can't survive on spice alone, but i doubt a human could truly be happy eating bland bread every day.
Of course, love comes in all shapes and sizes. Even your feelings for beautiful figures and dolls is a valid love, if a bit twisted.
This is what I read:
1. Money (9999)
2. Money (9999)
3. Money (9999)
4. Money (9999)
5. Money (9999)
6. Money (9999)
7. Money (9999)
8. Money (9999)
9. Money (9999)
10. Money (9999)
Well at least its over 9000 *_*
over ninethousaaaaaaaaand!!!!
Guys, does number 2 mean virgin? Because I honestly can't even tell.
By first encounter I assume a memorable or noteworthy first encounter.
money is number 3 for greedy,vain,and materialistic japanese women
Too bad the survey was 'japanese' of both genders. Most men like money to in my experience, even if they just use it to buy crap to make them look alpha (ie souped up cars).
Lol, too true. But since this is Japan it seems implausible that males would vote for 'money' as none would consider a woman "unlovable" for having no money.
I don't think money comes to mind when men choose partners.
I don't at least. I'd much rather marry a poor and nice/good woman than a wealthy greedy/vain/materialistic one.