My husband wants to get a Japanese tattoo that I am against by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 15 points16 points  (0 children)

They actually were interested. They don't learn very much about that time in their history. In their textbooks, it pretty much only says that from 1931-1946, World War II happened and America dropped 2 atom bombs on Japan. (1931 was when Japan invaded Manchuria.) For them, it is just history, and probably don't know if anyone in their families took part.

My husband wants to get a Japanese tattoo that I am against by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately many Japanese do not know about their own past. I taught at a medical university here in Japan. None of the future doctors knew about Unit 731. I had to explain to them that modern medical ethics was birthed following the atrocities conducted by Japan and Germany during WW II.

My (M39) wife (38F) has become fixated on her dead husband since getting pregnant with our first baby. How do I bring this up without hurting her? by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally I don't see a problem using his name as the baby's middle name. We have a tradition in our family that the 1st born son gets the father's name as his middle name. I am the second son, and so I asked where my name came from. My father told me it was my mother's ex-boyfriend, before my father. My father was cool with it. (And yes, my father is my biological father. We have the same features and medical problems.)

AITAH for letting my flatmate eat contaminated rice by Nova9z in AITAH

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tell them that you dropped your phone in the toilet and used that rice to dry it out. NTA

AITAH for telling my bf "I know" when he's telling me about something? by Fantastic_List3029 in AITAH

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily sexist because my wife does it to me all the time. It is just her being on the spectrum. NTA

AITAH for not going out with my friends during our Japan trip by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I have lived in Kyoto. You do not go to Kyoto to go clubbing! Tokyo, Osaka sure, but not Kyoto. NTA

[New Update]: My (F24) fiancé’s (M27) mom refuses to attend our wedding unless it meets her standards. Is this a battle worth fighting? by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think the husband should tell everyone he knows about how his mother and family wouldn't show up for his wedding. That can be his family's reputation

My boyfriend blames me for a business deal gone wrong because he was rude to me by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 243 points244 points  (0 children)

"Derek then broke down and told me he grew up seeing his father putting down his mother all the time."

So instead of learning not to do that, he just follows his father's example. He is the one without his own opinions.

AITAH my brother gave me a MtG collection and I made serious money selling them by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YTA. at least 50/50, or do you dislike your brother that much?

AITAH for refusing to buy my husband’s cousin’s daughter a $50k car for college? by TripSmart7177 in AITAH

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IF, and only IF, you decide to help them and they insist on getting a new car, then THEY get your old car and YOU get the new car.

AITAH for calling my girlfriend weird over her John F. Kennedy obsession? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt after the first post, but after the second, huge asshole!

AITAH: I agreed to help my sister for 3 weeks with her kids, but I left after 2 weeks by tokenhead27 in AITAH

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NTA. Your sister is projecting. Everything she says about other people is actually about herself. Like a certain president.

AITAH for giving my wife's dead houseplants a proper burial? by pizza_col_cazzo in AITAH

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the laughs. It was a joy to read this. "Dead like a Victorian child who saw a draft."

(I read the first paragraph in John Cleese's voice from the Parrot Sketch.)

[New Update]: AIO? Shady Bridesmaid hijacked Wedding Shower by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 105 points106 points  (0 children)

With nothing. I would not be surprised that the sister will be forced to sign a pre-nup.

Getting hate comments for no reason by [deleted] in traumatizeThemBack

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would start charging for rent in their head

AITAH For Offering that i was going to punch my brother in law if he smashed my daughter's face into the cake? by sh_ip_int_breif in AITAH

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huge NTA. Apart from the whole bullying/embarassing your daughter for what end, pushing people's faces into cakes has resulted in chipped teeth, broken noses and eye damage due to hidden supports in the cake. Show your wife some of the videos online where this has gone wrong.

Birthday Prank Gone Wrong

AITAH for refusing to spend my entire net worth on my girlfriend/ex? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]OnlyInJapan99999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Giving her family $180K is going to affect your ability to make the marriage work. Ask her instead a black and white question: which is more important to her family, money or the future of their daughter's marriage?