I got the edit in time, thanks!

Actually he calls me dad in English, and daddy in Japanese. But I didn't want to have to explain that so I used ぱぱ in my post :) But you forced my hand!

My boy is five years old now, twice as old as my last post. For the first four years of his life I used almost zero Japanese with him, even when he'd speak to me in Japanese I'd reply in English....

There are a many ways to be rude to someone, and calling names is only one of them. KansaiBen was one of the rudest posters this site ever saw. So what if he didn't call people names, that doesn't...

So did I.
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I'm wondering if Costco maybe has some good chocolate chips. I haven't been there in a few months though.

Well, it's definitely arguable.

They don't. I tried making chocolate chip cookies with my kid last month using those small bags of shatty chips, and the cookies pretty much sucked.

I had to do the same thing to register an alias. They wanted a letter with my alias on it. So I called up a friend, he sent me a letter with the alias on it, and I brought it to the ward office,...

Much, much more so than back home. This country is all about connections.

There are definitely some good things about the Japanese school system. Many, many things are better than my home country. I like how they make the kids clean the schools here - it teaches personal...

That's not exactly correct. Of course some women will not compare about their husband's happiness, but that can be said of marriages in any country. The reality is that most Japanese women will not...

I don't actually know what a professional services contract is, but it sounds like it's a contract to provide services, not an employee contract. Combined with the fact that the company is not a...

Not necessarily. Companies that are sloppy with their security are the ones who get hacked. If Amazon is not sloppy with their security - and I believe they are not - you should be fine. In all...

Out of curiosity, what do they charge you for each mail?

Can we not exchange [email addresses] after we have met?



If we don't exchange [email addresses] ahead of time, does that mean that we can't meet on the 15th or 16th?

Then you're just being a d!ck, as cyclists are allowed to ride on the sidewalks here (and even encouraged in some areas).

That said, I never ride on the sidewalk unless there is no one on it....

Thanks, I don't know the terms in English, so now I know what you are talking about. If you are working for a company (ie have a full time job), you cannot register as a freelancer/independent (kojin...

That's essentially what my friends who have returned to raise their kids have said.


The Japanese system is great (and maybe even necessary) for kids who will be in Japan for their whole lives,...

What's the Japanese for this term 'enterprise tax'?

Ever see sliced turkey (for sandwiches) at either of these shops? That's one thing I've never found in Japan (not through lack of searching).

I can understand how you would think that with your western view of things. Most people in the world don't have the ability to comprehend that which may be different from what they were told while...

Exactly. It is what it is. Just as it's not my fault I get home from work before she is finished up with anything. You seem to be making my point for me.


You would, would you? Based on what?...

Napping in the evenings means I can't sleep at night.

I didn't say that. You must have been reading someone else's post.


How so? By making that judgement, without knowing how our marriage works, you are doing exactly what I said in my long post -...

Apparently, you're too stupid to recognize irony when you see it. Of course there are no winners on the Internet. It's the Internet. You have to have a definition of win before you can determine...