
A recent survey has highlighted the overwhelming importance Japanese women place on the income of their prospective husbands, with 50% ruling out the prospect of marriage to a man with a lower income than themselves entirely as “unthinkable”, and a further 30% qualifying this to “if it looks as if he’ll earn more in future, it’s OK.”
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A Saudi Arabian judge recently ruled for the second time that an arranged marriage between a 47-year-old man and an 8-year-old girl was legal and binding.
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A lady who attempted to forcibly impregnate her wife with a syringe containing semen from her brother has been charged with domestic violence, though her wife declined to press charges for attempted rape.
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A recent survey confirms the already well understood importance of wealthy spouses to Japanese women, suggesting that perhaps falling marriage and birth rates may have some connection to the possibly unrealistic expectations of such women with respect to income:
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A man preparing for the happy occasion of his marriage was shocked when local officials told him that he would not be allowed to marry, as government records had him registered as the family’s eldest daughter.
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This engagement ring set, below, was spotted for sale on the streets of Akihabara, and includes a ring advertised as being appropriately sized for 1/6 scale figures.
Perhaps it is aimed at the novice otaku who will not go as far as marrying a 2D character, but will settle for a girl that is at least partially 3D?
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Popular yuri seiyuu couple 伊藤静 / Shizuka Ito and 生天目仁美 / Hitomi Nabatame have a CD scheduled for release which includes a recording of their “marriage ceremony”.
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If you happen to be fan of Saber, of Fate/stay night, or simply an appreciator of great craftsmanship, you might be interested to see these rather high quality life-sized doll renditions of her (154cm in height, but her three sizes are classified), with just about every detail intact (possibly excluding certain crucial anatomical aspects we need not dwell upon).
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A lady who married a man virtually in the popular massively multiplayer game MapleStory was so furious at him unilaterally divorcing her that she logged in using his details and deleted him. Police then arrested her for unauthorised access to his account.
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