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Originally Posted by steven
Wow... I guess I'm cheap because I usually split most of our meals out. As far as dates go, I've paid before, but so has my girlfriend. She does most of the cooking, but I'll cook sometimes too, so I guess we have a different kind of balance than most people. We usually split groceries, too.
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Its the same for me and my better half, but I always pay for groceries too.
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Originally Posted by steven
I understand what MMM said, and I think that's a pretty good policy... but if the girl never intends to cook for you then, to me at least, there's a bit of that weirdness there.
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Haha I agree. Along with other kitchen things such as this "washing machine" and the like that I've heard so much about. What's this "iron" do anyways? I'd ask but she's busy doing the dishes.
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Originally Posted by steven
I may be straying into the "S or M" topic a little bit here though.
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Off topic but FYI, the S and M have the opposite meanings in Japan.
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Originally Posted by berrypie
I guess this rarely happens among white couples. I indeed did see guys carrying their girlfriends' purses on the street, and they were almost asians. My brother did the same thing too so I gave him a serious lesson.
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We call this being "pussy whipped".
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Originally Posted by GoNative
It's just a pain in the butt that you can't get joint bank accounts in this country!
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In Japan? Didn't know that.