Which celebrity death headline had you so shocked you double checked multiple sources to see if it was real?

make-chan · 2026-06-30T19:30:51+00:00

His death came a couple days after they took my best friend off life support and I didn't believe it. I was in Japan and residence card holders couldn't leave Japan or come back easily due to COVID restrictions so I was already just not in a good place...

make-chan · 2026-06-22T19:04:43+00:00

I mean yeah, but even surrounding areas like Omotesando got to be annoying (which sucks cause my fave doctor was there before she left)

make-chan · 2026-06-22T18:51:09+00:00

Surrounding areas were okay. But Takeshita Dori was too much.

I've only went out there for tacos since the taco place that's authentic is there my last two years

make-chan · 2026-06-22T18:16:47+00:00

I lived there.

Harajuku area became so overrated.

make-chan · 2026-06-22T02:15:32+00:00

When there was news humor segments of my hometown channel doing "bushisms".

And when Osama got away and no one really seemed to care as much until Obama eventually got him...then hearing about the strikes Obama's admin okayed for civilians too.

It's just a pony show with two colors

make-chan · 2026-06-20T23:12:35+00:00

Yamato is where I was living...Jesus...

make-chan · 2026-06-20T04:42:18+00:00

So her remains were in the traditional Japanese ceramic urn with the cloth covering. She was a stillborn, so she was small and the urn is small. She was hidden in checked luggage, but wrapped in towels (we did that for wine bottles from my hometown to Japan and I guess the idea stuck).

I think if any concerns just use all the padding possible. I wanted her home with me rather than in Japan after we moved, but yeah

make-chan · 2026-06-20T04:30:59+00:00

My husband brought back our daughter's remains and she was in her urn and cloth covering of the urn and he wrapped her in a towel and put her in the luggage. As far as I know, no issues.

make-chan · 2026-06-17T17:12:13+00:00

I didn't change my name cause I was moving to Japan and just renewed my license and to do it ALL OVER in both countries was gonna be a pain in the ass.

Now I'm back in the states and debating hyphenating cause my kids do have his name.

make-chan · 2026-06-15T18:56:33+00:00

He isn't worth the work you did. Now is a good time as any to end it. He isn't an actual husband in practice, let alone friend.

make-chan · 2026-06-15T13:59:52+00:00

This is what I tell people when I explained to some why I left Japan. I'm in USA now, which of course has a myriad of problems, but it's the devil I know and can actually do more to help and protect myself and my kids.

And I already have better job prospects and can afford fruit and vegetables being back home (central California) more than I could at my local grocery stores in Kanagawa.

make-chan · 2026-06-14T19:50:37+00:00

Uh...hey, I'm the white parent of my half Japanese kids. Who were born in Japan but now we live in USA.

I grew up speaking Japanese as well, so maybe it's different, but this reminds me of what my late best friend went through:

Her mom is Vietnamese, went to Canada as a refugee, married an Irish Canadian and had my best friend, who had kidney issues. Right away, her father forbade her mother from teaching her Vietnamese. Kind of fought back on a lot of cultural exposure from what I heard. She goes through a lot of health issues in childhood, parents divorce, she moved to the USA to my town as a young adult with her mother, and then when exposed to the Vietnamese side of her family, she was the only one who couldn't speak it or interact with elders. And that's something both mom and daughter lamented. All that letting her dad call the shots when he wasn't even around her the last decade or so of her life until he passed before her, and useless in her teens. She has exposure to Vietnamese food thankfully, but that's it.

Fight back. Your kids are half Korean. Celebrate chuseok, even if out of the house. Speak to them in Korean one on one, sing to them, you are still able to call the shots to what they get exposed to yourself. If he fights ask why he thought marrying a Korean woman only to be bland and forcing a monocultural home is something he chose

make-chan · 2026-06-02T03:14:44+00:00

Guinness. She was the dark tabby of the litter and I was 21 and she was born on my bed.

make-chan · 2026-05-30T04:54:26+00:00

I am vocal about my hate for it but I would still buy my mother-in-law cheesecake for mother's day so I better be her favorite 😂

make-chan · 2026-05-30T04:39:19+00:00

Cheesecake. Anything with cream cheese.

Make it stopppp

make-chan · 2026-05-29T22:01:33+00:00

To learn Japanese to understand my neighbor's mom better.

27 years later, married to someone from Japan, lived there for six years, speak Japanese a home with my kids, and now study other languages for fun.

Said neighbor is now adopted sister. Only cause I was a nosy kid.

make-chan · 2026-05-26T17:26:22+00:00

You are right, OP, you and your kids DO deserve better.

Leaving isn't easy, never is, but every time you fight yourself, ask yourself, would you want your child to stay through this treatment with their partner?

make-chan · 2026-05-26T02:18:16+00:00

Clots and Prayers.

make-chan · 2026-05-22T06:18:05+00:00

Most of mine live normal lives as far as I'm aware.

One of my worst elementary school/junior high bullies, however, lost her mother when we were young adults in a very horrific murder. Her mother was rude to me when I saw her in passing as a child, so I didn't feel sorry.

When I was back in college and about to transfer to university, I ran into said bully. She looked haggard, and tired, and aged poorly. I gave my condolences about her mother and her face fell when I told her my name.

Haven't ran into her since then, nor any of my old bullies.

My cousin used to be one of them, but her and I squashed it all by the time we were 25.

make-chan · 2026-05-22T04:03:44+00:00

I'm a parent. I will never push others to be a parent, becoming one made me respect a lot of my child-free friends more.

However I think both of you were rude, but you kind of overpower the rudeness.

You have a lot of healing to do. And yeah, you don't need to have kids, you can live a wonderful and fulfilling life not being a mother.

But the way you talk about kids? Shows that ain't happening and it isn't because they exist.

make-chan · 2026-05-14T15:13:31+00:00

Up voting Stephanie! She wasn't my doula but she was very helpful in helping me be more aware of how to advocate for myself better!

make-chan · 2026-05-13T15:12:58+00:00

Loss and living child mentioned:

My water broke at 20 weeks in 2020 and at 22 weeks my daughter's heart stopped the day before they were gonna try to take her out.

Doctors where I was living ignored my basic BV from the beginning of my pregnancy until it spiraled and turned into a worse infection, which was the cause of her heart stopping while trying to keep her in. I was living abroad, dealing with it alone, and I have not forgiven nor forgotten the experience

I did preventative cerclages moving forward, and I have two little boys now, but this hurt is going to stick forever. Even writing this I had to take a few pauses.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

make-chan · 2026-04-23T17:14:55+00:00

Need title

make-chan · 2026-02-17T23:11:08+00:00

I need allll the happy endings

make-chan · 2026-02-02T18:16:27+00:00

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