[Wasabista]

Sangetsu, excellent post.

Yes, unless your father is the CEO of Merrill Lynch or something like that, your gaijin self is not likely to meet with okaasan's approval. Just accept that you are the local equivalent of the guy with the noisy motorcycle back home: the bad boy that the girls date before they "get serious" and settle down and marry a Japanese boy with good prospects.

It's actually a lot more fun that way.