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Sour Grape
Joined: 10 May 2005
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| Venti wrote: |
fool who knows so little about Japanese that he says "gaijins" instead of gaijin.
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Looks like Gareth Keenan has started posting.
Keep scoring those points, Venti. |
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Venti
Joined: 19 Oct 2006
Posts: 171
Location: Kanto, Japan
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| Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:57 am Post subject: |
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| MyTy wrote: |
I'm a clueless fool because I have a habit of adding an 's' to gajin? |
Actually, you're a clueless fool because you make statements like these.
| MyTy wrote: |
I'm dating a girl who comes from a wealthy family complete with lineage. The Prince recently presented her father with the most prestigious yellow ribbon award for engineering. His company is the oldest environmental engineering corporation in Japan.
She's well known too. She was a former sports TV journalist from Tokyo of all things. She doesn't like going to clubs and bars because the Japanese people recognize her and talk about her.
There are millions of easy hot J girls. All the nampas can have them. I don't want my jimmy to break and be chewing my fingernails for days after.
Infact the best girls have never even been with more than maybe 2 guys let alone a gaijin |
What "quality" girl would date some guy who judges women according to the standards you do? If the girl you're dating doesn't like being talked about, and has a father that also seems to be well-known, she'd be pretty disappointed you were sharing information about the guy she's currently dating on any kind of open forum. Of course, we know this hasn't really been your experience.
What do you know about quality Japanese girls? You obviously know nothing of the language. How would you get to know many of them? If the girls you're familiar with are ones who speak English well enough to communicate with your sorry ass, there's a chance they've already been with another "gaijin." Do you think that they were shunning foreigners the whole time just waiting for you to come along?
Anyway, keep posting your fantasies. If you get good at it, it may become fun to read them. |
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canuck
Joined: 11 May 2003
Posts: 1921
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:03 am Post subject: |
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| Sour Grape wrote: |
| Keep scoring those points, Venti. |
Pretty much. MyTy is a troll. |
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Venti
Joined: 19 Oct 2006
Posts: 171
Location: Kanto, Japan
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| Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| canuck wrote: |
| Sour Grape wrote: |
| Keep scoring those points, Venti. |
Pretty much. MyTy is a troll. |
Yeah, yeah. I know.  |
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the big dog
Joined: 13 Oct 2005
Posts: 47
Location: United States of America
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| Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:02 am Post subject: |
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kdynamic wrote:
I find the problem in Japan is it's far TOO easy to pick up.... That comes with its own set of problems  [/quote]
True- I have the same problems.
I'll tell you what, I like your style, so how about I show you a few tricks and make an honest girl out of you. |
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kdynamic
Joined: 05 Nov 2005
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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Hahaha I am so not even sure what that means  |
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gaijinalways
Joined: 29 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I don't get it either!
I heard another view last week. One of the Korean Americans I work with said the Japanese guys look too girlish and too skinny. I could only think of some of the Japanese weightlifters at my gym who could probably benchpress more than I can, certainly in relation to their weight  .
Funnily enough, some one after that mentioned another teacher who looks pretty masculine, but the same KA was complaining about when he was shopping for aloe vera cream for his skin and how picky he was about it (she said if she wanted to date a woman, there are better choices around)! So I guess everyone wants something different, so to each his own.  |
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Jon22
Joined: 11 Jan 2007
Posts: 11
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| furiousmilksheikali wrote: |
Jon22: "gaijins"?
"coloured"? |
heh - I was looking to see if he wrote "noble savage" anywhere in that, but sadly did not. |
something i wrote?
if i offended anyone with the way i worded my post...i apologise...but please dont dwell on it too much.
and yes i know gaijins means non japanese ..so excuse my once in a life time racial error
so put away the swords some of you, im sure you got my general picture...right? |
Not a problem and I wasn't having a go at you. Usually the plural of "gaijin" is simply "gaijin" though.
As for "coloured", well... I'm sure it was part of everyday speech circa 1953 but it's a bit worn these days and not usually the preferred nomenclature.
Just a friendly tip, the swords are still in their scabbards. |
phew nice to know.
and noted on that gaijin plural think. i just realised how crazy it sounds
like saying "a group of peoples".
and nomenclature is a word i have never heard of, hehe
but back on topic....
heres a question to all. gaijin makes up 1% of the japanese population(i think), so does that means a mixed race japanese-other race are technically native japanese if they are born in japan...right? |
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kdynamic
Joined: 05 Nov 2005
Posts: 562
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| gaijin makes up 1% of the japanese population(i think), so does that means a mixed race japanese-other race are technically native japanese if they are born in japan...right? [/b] |
No. Just being born in Japan doesn't give you citizenship. There are people who were born here, and their parents were born here, but still have to carry alien cards.
But if one parent is Japanese by blood and the child is born here, it's likely the child will have Japanese citizenship, yes. |
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Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:18 am Post subject: |
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| kdynamic wrote: |
| Jon22 wrote: |
| gaijin makes up 1% of the japanese population(i think), so does that means a mixed race japanese-other race are technically native japanese if they are born in japan...right? [/b] |
No. Just being born in Japan doesn't give you citizenship. There are people who were born here, and their parents were born here, but still have to carry alien cards.
But if one parent is Japanese by blood and the child is born here, it's likely the child will have Japanese citizenship, yes. |
This is true. My boys were born in Japan, yet are still aliens. No big loss IMO for us at least. |
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Maitoshi
Joined: 04 May 2014
Posts: 718
Location: 何処でも
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Gordon wrote: |
| kdynamic wrote: |
| Jon22 wrote: |
| gaijin makes up 1% of the japanese population(i think), so does that means a mixed race japanese-other race are technically native japanese if they are born in japan...right? [/b] |
No. Just being born in Japan doesn't give you citizenship. There are people who were born here, and their parents were born here, but still have to carry alien cards.
But if one parent is Japanese by blood and the child is born here, it's likely the child will have Japanese citizenship, yes. |
This is true. My boys were born in Japan, yet are still aliens. No big loss IMO for us at least. |
Sorry...about seven years late to the party, reading up on old threads.
My girls were born in the U.S. but have Japanese citizenship through their mother.
Oddly enough, we met in the U.S., where we lived for 10+ years. Moved to Japan for work and to be close to family. |
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timothypfox
Joined: 20 Feb 2008
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Since this thread has suddenly opened again, I thought I would share my own personal story to show that things sometimes don't work out with a Japanese girl you are serious about, and to also show an alternative way to meet a girl to date in Japan other than the bar scene.
In my case, I met my x-wife in the states where we lived together for 5 years happily. Then we moved to Japan, so she could be near her family etc. etc... I found a nice permanent job as a teacher at a private high school / junior high. She suddenly decided she wanted different things from the marriage, not to mention falling out of love. Now I'm divorced and was determined to make the best of a crummy situation. I started playing ukulele and now regularly play at amateur live music events at local cafes. I've met a bunch of friends who I've since friended on Facebook. I decided to try and date again, but wasn't getting beyond the just friends level with people I met, so ended up popping e-mails to friends of friends on Facebook. I took this approach because I live in a pretty small town, and I only have a day and a half off this week. I struck gold with one girl who it turns out I had several things in common with - many years ago she was a former student at the high school where I work, she did a working holiday in Vancouver which is my college town, likes the same kind of food as me, dresses nicely but not to crazy about fashion, likes a variety of cultural activities as well as a bit of exercise, lives in the same town as me, and same blood type as me (Japanese girls find this important). After a few message exchanges she agreed to go watch me play live a local coffee place if I would sit with her and have a coffee and cake and chat. Now we are a couple.
This by the way was after looking to meet someone through language exchanges, language friends, trolling dating sites (these well ALL god-awful!!!), going to parties (often events posted over Facebook restaurant, coffee, shop or bar pages - or using the events NEAR YOU function on mobile Facebook), letting people know in my group of friends I wanted a girlfriend, talking to complete strangers at events or coffee shops etc... One handicap was my age of 43. Most single women my own age have baggage. Most women in their 30s here are already married. Girls in their 20s enjoy talking to me more as a friend and are not mature enough for me anymore to date. |
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Maitoshi
Joined: 04 May 2014
Posts: 718
Location: 何処でも
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 1:52 am Post subject: |
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Congratulations on the new girl!
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| She suddenly decided she wanted different things from the marriage, not to mention falling out of love. |
Do you mind me asking what different things she wanted? The only reason I'm asking is that my situation sounds very similar to yours, except for the falling out of love and divorce parts.
When you write that girls your age have baggage, do you mean kids, or the emotional kind? |
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timothypfox
Joined: 20 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 3:44 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Maitoshi!
I know I put myself out here with a lot of personal information, but if it's ok with you I'll PM answers to your questions to you. |
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Maitoshi
Joined: 04 May 2014
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Location: 何処でも
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 6:17 am Post subject: |
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| timothypfox wrote: |
Thanks Maitoshi!
I know I put myself out here with a lot of personal information, but if it's ok with you I'll PM answers to your questions to you. |
Thank you so very much for your advice and the time you took to give it. I will certainly try to ensure that it wasn't given in vain. |
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