I've been thinking about it ever since I heard a month ago from a friend who is in an international relationship that her Japanese partner doesn't say "I love you" very often.🤔 1ヶ月前に、国際恋愛をしている友人から「日本人のパートナーがあまり愛してると言ってくれない」と聞いてから、ずっとその事を考えていました。 I finally got my thoughts together, so please read on. 🧐It's very long, so I'm going to split it into several parts. やっと考えがまとまったので、読んでください。とても長いので何回かに分けるつもりです。 Don't Japanese people really say "愛(あい)してる I love you"? 本当に日本人は「愛してる」と言わないの? I asked three of my colleagues who are married. "Have you ever said '愛(あい)してるI love you' to someone you're dating or to your husband?" After two seconds of thought🤔, they replied, "Never..." 結婚している同僚3人に聞いてみました。「付き合っている人や夫に愛してる、と言ったことある?」 2秒考えて彼女達は答えました。 「ないなぁ」 I changed the question. "If you had to say it three times in your life, when would you say it? Would you say it at your wedding or when you die?" The women th...
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