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rorisricha @rorisricha (732) • India 28 Oct 09

As we grow up the life style of ours changes and we become busy with our lives......Does parents feel that we are neglecting them and not showing much interest towards them as before.....does any silly quarrels come in between? If...

age

love

parents

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dreamjapan It's true that most quarrels I had with my Mom came of misunderstanding because of generational differences. For example I would never let my babies cry themselves to sleep but my Mom thought that by going to them I was spoiling them!! Still I could resolve...

29 Oct 09

clorissa123 @clorissa123 (4926) • United States 17 Oct 09

Ok, if you are student, you might pay your visit to your school or local library more often? Do you ever find library is a fun place to visit? I doubt that many people would say so. Actually, sometimes, I quite enjoy spending time...

books

library

reading

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dreamjapan I'm in the same situation, a forienger who can't read the lanuage of the country she's living in. But our local library is great for my kids who are bilingual. My oldest son goes at least 3 times a week, sometimes more and I take my youngest once a week. I gat...

18 Oct 09

stacyv81 @stacyv81 (5903) • United States 16 Oct 09

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091016/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff A Justice of the peace, or a judge said he would not marry an interracial couple, They are thinking of filing a discrimination suit..do you think he has the...

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dreamjapan Ha, you haven't seen my husband....he is very dark. When we visiting my home afew years back a lot of my parents Indian friends started to speak to him in Indian, he really looks more Indian than Japanese!!! I think interracila marriages are beautiful and the...

17 Oct 09

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 15 Oct 09

I do not ask for much in life. I am used to cooking for hoards of my children's friends or coming home to find a stranger cooking a meal in my home. That is o.k. That is how we have always lived. It is not a problem either to...

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dreamjapan No you are being nosey! My hubby is Japanese, we came here to help his family business, with plans of returning to the great brown sauce country but we had kids, business went downhill and we got stuck in the country of raw fish and wasabi! When my mom was...

16 Oct 09

dreamjapan @dreamjapan (409) • Japan 14 Oct 09

My second son is in the last year of junior high school. He has had an awful time, was bullied ALL through...

junior high school

tests

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dreamjapan Thanks for your remarks. The bullying has stopped, the kids in the last year of JHS are too tired from studying to bully much. But the emotional turmoil from years of being bullied have left deep scars. I think I am just fed up of having two different...

14 Oct 09

xfahctor @xfahctor (14118) • Lancaster, New Hampshire 31 Aug 09

Well, today was the day, my baby girl went back to school today. No, I wasn't there to watch her get on the bus, I won't be there when she gets home and I won't be filling out endless forms and paper work. This year, she does all...

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dreamjapan Schools run from April to the following March. April to July is the first term then summer holidays, which are usually 6 weeks long, but this year they had an extra 5 days! September 1st is back to school. But the kids only go for a couple of hours, hand in...

31 Aug 09

grace118224 @grace118224 (1038) • China 29 Aug 09

Today i got up early in the morning at about 6 PM and went to buy the food in the market . I cooked breakfast for my baby and for ourselves. I washed , cut and cooked a lot later on for the dinner. It's a really hot day and i...

cooking

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dreamjapan Yeah, I don't mind if they eat everything but a bit of sympathy would be nice. I have four kids and my husband to cook for so it is a lot. Maybe if they had "Never mind Mom, have a rest we will clean up!" but no such luck!

29 Aug 09

dreamjapan @dreamjapan (409) • Japan 28 Aug 09

Hi, I have a year old lab mix puppy. She is such a lovely, over friendly dog but she has gotten into the habit of yapping at night. This is not the "I smell cat get out of here" bark, this is very annoying high pitch yap that is...

noisy dog

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dreamjapan We don't have insurance for the vets, and it so expensive (I'm in Japan where pets are still a novel idea and owners are being asked to pay a fortune for everything!). Would you believe that last night, except for one bark at a cat she was quiet, but the dog...

29 Aug 09

dreamjapan @dreamjapan (409) • Japan 28 Aug 09

Hi, I have a year old lab mix puppy. She is such a lovely, over friendly dog but she has gotten into the habit of yapping at night. This is not the "I smell cat get out of here" bark, this is very annoying high pitch yap that is...

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dreamjapan She has a special playtime/walk at about 5pm when my son comes home. I didn't think the dog understood what time it was until the first week of the summer holidays. At the same time everyday she would start to get excited, I then realised that in term time...

29 Aug 09

dreamjapan @dreamjapan (409) • Japan 28 Aug 09

Hi, I have a year old lab mix puppy. She is such a lovely, over friendly dog but she has gotten into the habit of yapping at night. This is not the "I smell cat get out of here" bark, this is very annoying high pitch yap that is...

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dreamjapan Huskys are lovely dogs. Good thinking about turning off the light but the dogs are right outside the living/dinning room, which has large sliding doors onto the yard, kind of difficult to turn off the lights early!! Thanks for the cayenne pepper paste idea,...

29 Aug 09

dreamjapan @dreamjapan (409) • Japan 28 Aug 09

Hi, I have a year old lab mix puppy. She is such a lovely, over friendly dog but she has gotten into the habit of yapping at night. This is not the "I smell cat get out of here" bark, this is very annoying high pitch yap that is...

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dreamjapan I tried the blanket thing but she chewed it pieces after an hour!! We got her very young, just 2 months old but then we lived in the countryside where the nearest neighbours were deaf and the other were to far away to hear anything. I will just have to be...

29 Aug 09

preethaanju @preethaanju (3000) • India 22 Aug 09

Personally i have my own judgment with regards to showing sympathy to women,kids and aged men. I live in India, which has a huge population. In fact far too many than we can feed. Ours is a male dominated society, where females...

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dreamjapan I don't know in other cultures but I have noticed here in Japan that women are the ones who rule the nest. It looks like the husband is in charge but all of the major decisions are up to the wife, especially concerning the education of the kids. Maybe in India...

23 Aug 09

raineyes @raineyes (554) • United States 22 Aug 09

Today I moved to another state to attend college, and as my family and I were packing my things into our vehicle, my dog climbed into our vehicle, propped herself in a seat, and refused to budge. The night before she slept with me...

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dreamjapan Somehow I got talked into getting not one but two dogs!!! Unfortually we live in Japan, in a rented house which doesn't allow us to have the dogs in the house. So the dogs are in the yard but that is where the kids spend most of their time anyway. My 2nd son...

23 Aug 09

Linda4ualways @Linda4ualways (2282) • United States 4 Apr 09

went to the eye doctor last Thursday because I notice my eyes getting a little blurry when I read or if I try to see something at a far distance. You are probably saying that I am complaining about both near-sightedness and...

new pair of eyes

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dreamjapan Yes I cringe at exercise but with 4 kids and 2 dogs (soon to be 3) I don't need a gym. Just getting housework done, meals on the table and the dogs walked gives me a load of exercise. My problem is food, I love to cook and bake and of course I sample. Also my...

5 Apr 09

bekosfc @bekosfc (235) • India 6 Feb 09

What do you do when you get frustrated? How do you deal with it?

frustration

life

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dreamjapan Sometimes it hurts, but it is a lot better than kicking my MIL who is the one that usually upsets me!!! LOL

8 Feb 09

heavenschild @heavenschild (4777) • Canada 7 Dec 08

Do you ever feel this way? I do! Deadlines for different Christmas gatherings are driving me insane and I still have a big portion of my baking to do as I have just not had time with work and my boy and everything else that has...

holiday preparations

not much time

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dreamjapan Hi, One problem I have is that we live in Japan and here it is all about the getting. I think this generation of Japanese children are being really spoiled, the younger parents, those in their 30s, have imported this idea of giving presents and having a Toys...

7 Dec 08

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dreamjapan @dreamjapan (409) • Japan 5 Dec 08

I need some advice. We are living with my MIL, we are in a tight situation with money and my husbands health is very bad. Unfortually MIL is a very selfish inconsiderate old woman. In a way I can understand, she is 71 and still...

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dreamjapan I have tried that. When the children were born we went to the temple because that is her belief, as a Christian I cringed at it but felt that for the sake of family harmony it would be good. I have sat through all the Buddist memorials for great great...

6 Dec 08

dreamjapan @dreamjapan (409) • Japan 5 Dec 08

I need some advice. We are living with my MIL, we are in a tight situation with money and my husbands health is very bad. Unfortually MIL is a very selfish inconsiderate old woman. In a way I can understand, she is 71 and still...

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dreamjapan I really don't know if she likes any of my kids. The oldest boy she likes because he takes time to talk to her but then she twists things to her advantage and also interupts his study (and since he is a year behind in high school he really needs to study and...

6 Dec 08

dreamjapan @dreamjapan (409) • Japan 5 Dec 08

I need some advice. We are living with my MIL, we are in a tight situation with money and my husbands health is very bad. Unfortually MIL is a very selfish inconsiderate old woman. In a way I can understand, she is 71 and still...

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dreamjapan You haven't met my MIL. The other day she was on at me and I had a really bad headache so I just nodded by head and said "Hai, hai" (Japanese for yes) but this wasn't enough she stood next to me screaming down my ear. I had tears running down my face from the...

6 Dec 08

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