[martin_fierro]

When all else fails, there are always these.

[To Hell With Poverty]

Well I'll be...I never realized it, but my 6'4" blonde, blue-eyed husband *must* be Japanese! He's at the office right now...

[wizecrakker]

men will have to abandon their home-away-from-home the all-consuming office and spend more time with their wives

Why is a man's work always portrayed as some fun-filled refuge?

[Condor 63]

As someone who worked close to many Japanese for three years at a Honda supplier here in Alabama I can pretty much tell you a many of them treat their wives like garbage.

Those are mostly the ones that bother to speak to them.

I noticed several exceptions but they were in the vast minority.

[leda]

Now with retirement looming, the 56-year-old wants to
get to know his wife better. He calls her by her name,
Setsuko, instead of just grunting. And he says he
recently learned a new phrase: ``I love you.''

that's not even passing in the halls ... sad. :(

[Dianna]

``My wife took care of me so well. She made me breakfast every day, and did all the housework. But I never did anything in return,'' he said.

Yeah, working to buy food, clothing and shelter is nothing at all, I guess.

I certainly agree that men should be kind and loving with their wives. They should surely spend time with their families. But let's stop acting like going to work every day is nothing. It accomplishes a BIG something.

I try very hard to remember to thank my husband for working so hard and taking such excellent care of his family.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

"He calls her by her name, Setsuko, instead of just grunting."

If he's the grunter does that make her the gruntee?

[kcbc2001]

Beloved Wives Day....I like that.

[snowsislander]

For what it is worth, the author of the article is Ms. Hiroko Tabuchi -- when I saw the sentence "As a busy stationmaster in central Japan, he has usually come home only to eat, bathe and sleep" I guessed that the article was likely by a Japanese lady since the ending is literally a play on the famous three words "furo, meshi, neru".