Its official: I'm in love with Goto Maki. ^^
(and everything else Japanese of course.)
Had a long talk with Grandma today. She is so wise when it comes to relationships. I have always wondered, why women of my mom's era (and the eras after that) have this immense hubris when it comes to their relationships with their families. Is it because they are working? They are making their own money? Because of female rights groups that tell them they should be strong and adamant and headstrong (like a guy)?
The new woman hates the idea of feminity it seems. Or at least, the feminine that is seen as "weak". Quarrels become more common when two headstrong people live together, with neither willing to back down. Ego, it seems, has gotten into the head of the modern female. Alas, woe to man-kind.
I'm banking my hopes on the last bastion of "soft" feminism: Japan, land of
kawaii-ness. haha ^^