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Originally Posted by loveskyliemole

（Here are some examples,

Rina(Lina),Risa(Lisa),Kento(Kent),Reito(Rate),Rizu(Liz),
Kanon,Sara(Sarah)...

They also have their names in Kanji.
I guess their parents must LOVE to use unusual kanjis,
sometimes it's so hard to figure out how they are supposed to read,
so ふりがな is necessary for their names.
I have no idea if it's a good thing or not very good thing...

Maybe it's to lend an air of mystery to the person. If you can't quickly understand the name of the person, you would have to talk with them more, and as a result know the person as more than just a name.

Some parents told me the reason why they didn't want any Japanesy name. The mom said cos they wanted people to think their son wasn't a Japanese. They don't like Japan.She feels even ashame of Japan.I don't know what made her and her husband (Japanese) think like that.
I know the only reason why they don't look down on me because I speak English better than they do. She could be very cold and unfriendly to other Japanese. There ARE people just like her.

This disturbs me greatly. Personal choice is one thing, but making decisions because they dislike their own country? Seems to be a wrong way to think...

I remember a Japanese guy who was working for a big company,
making a lot of money, used to come to the restaurant where I worked.

He was not very nice, could be rude when he talked to us(the restaurant staffs),but once he saw me talking with some customers from the USA, he changed!
He tried to get my name and number, and tried very hard to talk with me. He wanted a girlfriend who can speak English because he can show off!
He once asked me why I didn't put more make-up and wear something more girly like mini-skirt and high-heels and all.

Should have told him, "You first."

I knew he didn't want to know me at all, but he wanted to make me look like what he wanted, so that he can show off to his friends.

I never get attracted by this type of boys, very "shallow".

Good. People like that usually get exactly what they're looking for...much to their regret.

I usually don't put any make-up on, cos I don't have to get any attention from boys (haha), so I know that my husband liked me just the way I am.

Excellent. I commend the sensibility of your husband.

You know, many Japanese girls are very good at "making-up"?
Without their powder and lipstick and false eyelashes and all,
they could look like a totally different person.

This isn't a joke!

My friend (boy), used to date with a girl who never show him her "real face"(without putting make-up).

A few months later at a gym (swimming pool),
SHE found him, so she called his name loudly,
but HE didn't notice and almost walked away,
so SHE ran and came up to him and said
"hey, you didn't hear me?"
but HE didn't smile or anything, cos

HE COULDN'T RECOGNIZE HER FACE!

She suddenly realized that her face wasn't the "making-up" one,
so she said
"Sorry, it was a mistake, I don't know you and you don't know me, bye!"
and running away.


They broke up in a few months later.

This story just has me in disbelief. I suppose it was better to find out then rather than the morning after the wedding.

He told me that
while the girl was calling his name he was trying to remember who she was,
but he couldn't think of anyone with " no eyebrow".
When she came up to him, he saw them closely and realized that there WERE eyebrow but they were totally shaved.
When he saw the girl very close, but still didn't know who she was.

It wasn't her shaved "eyebrow",
the reason he broke up with her.
He said he felt like she was "lying".

*nods* It's for the best, but to have the big moment in the relationship being so public...

After the day he saw her real-face, he said
SHE changed.
She kept asking him
"Don't you love me anymore?" too many times.
She lost her confident and sounded+looked like a different person to him.

One can hope both people learned something from knowing each other, and work to make sure something like that doesn't happen again.

Recently, some young boys put on make-up,
did you know that?

Now I do o_O