Western Spouses, by Yukio Mishima
"There is nothing more pitiful than the old gentlemen who watch strip shows with mouths agape while sitting next to old wives with expressions that would crush even demons."
Western Spouses
Yukio Mishima
I have known quite a few Western spouses. I have gained from that the trite conclusion that spouses are the same all over the world, and also infinitely varied across the world.
They say that in America women are honored and men despised1, but there were also samurai who incessantly complained and scolded their wives’ driving while lying in the back seat and examining documents, so one cannot speak without qualification.