"マザコン" in Japan!!

There are boys who are "マザコン" in Japan.
A "マザコン" is a boy who loves their mother so much than their girlfriend or wife.I never had a boyfriend who is one, but hear that they are a headache.It isn't that much trouble when your not married with him. In Japan, some married couples live with one of their parents. When you marry a husband who is a "マザコン", and live with his mother, it will be a disaster. Many couples get divorced by this problem. Most of it is from "嫁姑問題". When a problem happens between the wife and mother, the husband protects the mother, so the wife gets very lonley.
Then why do this problem happen? It's because the mother now a days protect their children so much, that they can't be independent when they grow up. The mothers can't are also worry about their children too much.
But did you realise? Their are more "マザコン" girls than boys in Japan. But because they are girls, it is not said to be unpleasant. In my group, we talked about these question. In America is it a problem?
I heard that in Italy the divorce rate is very low. This is because most the boys are "マザコン". I think this is a very serious topic. If it increases, declining birth rate won't recover.

Marriage and divorce in Japan!!

In Japan, the marriage rate is going down these years. This is because women are working just like man do now a days. People are loving their job more than having their own family. And there is no good law to support young couples to get married. Like the maternity leave, child care center, and also there are lots of transfer in Japan. This makes it difficult for people who both have jobs to get married.
The answer to why the divorce rate is rising is also because women is having a job now. And have a way to earn money. Years ago, when women were thougt to administer their husband and stay home, they couldn't divore. It was too risky. They didn't have a job, so couldn't live alone. It was very interesting when I saw the low divorce rate in Italy. I first thought that it was a very passion country. But the truth was that the marriage rate is very low because most men is oedipus complex in Italy. This was very funny, but the high prices are making this phenomenon. If the goverment wants more high birth rates, they should think again about why these problems are happening.
For my own opinion, I would rather have a family than having none. My plan is to get married in the middle of my 20's. And have two children. Still, I won't give up working. I don't think I could work as before getting married. But I could compromise a little. Half of my friends think they want to get married. Half doesn't. I asked them why. Most of them answered, getting married is troublesome to your carrier. From this I think there is two types of women now. Those who want to have a family and those who want a carrier. I don't think either is wrong. It depends on what kind of person you are and want to be. For plus information, when I asked my boy friends when they want to get married, most answered when they could afford it.

日本のデート

日本のデートは色々な面でアメリカのデートと違います。

私にも今つき合っている彼氏がいます。同じ大学で、サークルで知り合った同い年です。
だいたいデートは週２で行い、サークルで週１〜２くらい会っています。日本の大学生の多くの出会いはサークル、授業、ゼミ、バイトですがアメリカの学生場合はどこですか？

最近思うことなんですが、高校での付き合いと大学での付き合いには重さの違いがあります。
私の友達には将来の事を話ているカップルもいます。しかし、正直私はまだ何も考えられません。多分日本人の多くの女子大生は付き合いと結婚は別だと考えてると思われます。だからと言って、卒業したら別れるというわけではなく、お互いが社会人になっても時間を共有できれば結婚するケースも沢山あります。

また、大学生の方がお金があるからか遊びに行くところも高校の頃より派手になります。
一般的に駐車場一つ探すのに大変な日本では電車に乗っての移動が７〜８割くらいだと思います。
私個人としてはぶらぶらします。計画とかなく、本当に二人のその時の気分で行動しますね。特に私も彼も人ごみが嫌いなので、水族館などが大好きです。

あと一つ大きな違いを挙げるなら、日本人は人前でベタベタしにくいです。大学の校内でチューなんてほとんど見たことありません。デートの時は手を繋ぐのが主流でしょう。

Groups in Japanese schools!!

There are not so much groups in Japan than in America.
I went to a private girls school for 6 years (junior high & high school). My school was strict in rules! Like skirts should be no shorter than 5 cm above your knee, tie your hair up if it touchs your shoulder with hairband(black or navy), etc.....We dressed the same, had the same bags, so the groups weren't made by our appearances. Still, there were groups. For example, the noisy ones and the silent ones.

Last week, my group was really discussing about coolness. I really want to hear the voice form Colorado students, what kind of people is cool to them.
By the way, in our group we discussed by picking up a drama. You can see the opening from
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=VPSDGXFB4xs
The boys thought the first guy that apears is cool, but the girls thought the second guy wearing a white suit is cool.
What do you think?

Nice to meet you all!!<こんにちは>

Hello, my name is Mayumi Hayashi. Call me Mayu!!

I'm a sophomore student at Waseda University.

My department is Human Sciences, and my major is infomation and technology.

However, I'm not really good at computers. So I'm having trouble with my programming classes. But is trying.

I like to ski, play tennis and watch movies. My latest movie is ｢Ms. Potter｣.

I'm in one of Waseda's tennis circle and is enjoying my school life a lot.

I've lived in Connecticut, U.S.A from 3 to 9 years old. I'm thinking of studying abroad if I have a chance.

Hope we'll enjoy this class together.

こんにちは、早稲田大学２年の林真由美です。まゆと呼んで下さい！！

人間科学部人間情報科学科です。

それにも関わらず、コンピューターは苦手なのでプログラミングのクラスに苦労しています。けど頑張ってはいます(笑)！

スキーやテニス、映画を観る事が好きです。最近観た映画は｢ミスポッター」です。

私は今早稲田のテニスサークルの一つに属していて、大学生活を楽しんでいます。

３歳から９歳までアメリカのコネティカット州に住んでいました。機会があったら海外に留学してみたいです。

皆でこのクラスを楽しめたらと思います。