She’s Filipino by birth and culture, dad was Japanese. She won’t say a single word against the Japanese unless you really drill into her opinions, simply won’t talk about it. But JFC does she hate them, deep down. It’s funny that her sisters live in Japan ATM. :) They don’t seem to care.
But I get it, deep down. Japan raped her country in WWII, literally and figuratively, and while she’s ignorant of modern Western politics, she know plenty about the Japanese using babies for bayonet practice. Have to admit, I wondered if her dad raped her mom.
My father died of mesothelioma sucking down asbestos while fighting in the Pacific Theatre. Watched him suffer to death for two years as a child. You might think I would hold a grudge. I do not, history to me.
All that to say, I don’t blame her and I’m fine with her prejudice. OTOH, she refuses to do cute shit like wear a kimono or chops sticks in her hair. Fuck me, I signed up for an Asian chick! (That is an attempt at humor for the autistic among you.)
Thoughts?
EDIT: Y’all really missing the premise of this comm.
Vote the opposite of the norm.
You’re doing the right thing: stick to your wife and do not try to change her.
That’s the first, and the most important.
I guess that’s typical for several Asian cultures, not to be very open about opinions.
Good to keep your humor!
Maybe she doesn’t even find that “cute”. Have you learned already about the traditional clothing style of her own region?
She doesn’t find anything culturally Japanese cute. Took me a bit to clue in! She has a nice kimono back home, can’t get her to have her kids send it over. 🤷🏻
No idea about traditional Filipino clothing. That’s a damned fine idea! As of now, women over there are stuck in the 80s, which is cute in itself. I thought it was just her that wore designer clothes with giant branding. Nope. She had me watch some videos to see what people were like over there. ALL the girls sporting giant GUESS logos.