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Tamara Goldenberg's avatar

Shawn I love your stories ! This was great . Thanks for sharing .

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Shawn Brooks's avatar

Thank you!

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Tales Gubes's avatar

Oh, dating in Japan... The amounts of "I loved our time together, let's meet again" followed by ghost silence either speak of a cultural trace or I am severely lacking in dating skills haha! For obvious reasons, I am hoping it is cultural and I will grapple your article as proof :)

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Shawn Brooks's avatar

Well I've been ghosted hundreds of times....so it's obviously the culture right? lol

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Tales Gubes's avatar

I may die before I change that narrative myself 😛

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Daniel Catena's avatar

Is there a strong dialect difference between people in Tokyo and the rural town you mentioned? Just curious. This was an entertaining read. Thanks for sharing!

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Shawn Brooks's avatar

There is! My Tokyo boss came up to Aomori to assist me with a legal matter and couldn't understand a word the local police were saying.

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Gianni Simone's avatar

Great story!

I hear foreign ladies have it even worse with Japanese guys.

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Shawn Brooks's avatar

Yeah even with friendship! I had a few guy friends who, after a while, I came to realize liked me because I was "foreign" and not because of me as a person.

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