tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post1115522826482579470..comments2024-03-12T09:31:59.061+09:00Comments on Okaasan and Me: Winter Coat ShoppingOyome-san1http://www.blogger.com/profile/17613603965553003711noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-22559365036398993922013-10-26T07:58:13.680+09:002013-10-26T07:58:13.680+09:00I would have made the same joke, guess its because...I would have made the same joke, guess its because I'm a fellow "white devil". ;) As someone who has lost a parent, I know its necessary to joke and laugh in order to keep moving through difficult times. its not usual to live with a older parent and be a full time caregiver, and you're doing it everyday. Ignore the racist nay-sayers with nothing better to do with their time. <br /><br />xo Laura in AmericaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-9015951744065017992013-10-24T06:30:55.609+09:002013-10-24T06:30:55.609+09:00"WE" whites aren't cruel...bloody or..."WE" whites aren't cruel...bloody or otherwise...we have a sense of humor about the trials of life and write about it with irony. What you seem to think of as callousness in my blog is humor. Irony. Comedy. I think it is interesting that you don't understand that, because your English seems high level with use of the phrase "and props to that". The worst person in this old lady's life is the oldest son, a "yellow" person in your out-of-date thinking - he doesn't care for her, telephone her, come and see her, send her a New Year card,....nothing, nothing, nothing. I think in "yellow" people's culture that is a traditional thing, older sons caring for their parents. But what do I know...I'm just a "white" person.Oyome-san1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17613603965553003711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-32294322531460979682013-10-23T21:32:21.143+09:002013-10-23T21:32:21.143+09:00Shonan LOvE - it's a joke, it's a joke...i...Shonan LOvE - it's a joke, it's a joke...it's a joke. Something called black humor, irony. :-) Although you know, when people die - the family usually DO look at any of the clothes and try to see if they can continue wearing them. My father died 4 years ago and I wear his shirt, his coat and his socks, I have my step-mother's blouse, skirt, bag and sweater. That's the reality of someone dieing....you go thru their clothes and choose something, the rest you give to the second hand shop, or put in the trash box. Has nobody in your family died? My partner's mother is 83 years old. She will die. Maybe 5 year. Maybe 10 - and yes, I will get some of her clothes. A cardigan costing $1,000 dollars should NOT go into the trash bag!!! That would be an awful waste of money. The callousness and hard-heartedness you read in this blog is irony and humor. I protect and care for and worry about Okaasan on a daily basis. So don't worry. I'm offended that you think skin color has anything to do with it. Shame on YOU.Oyome-san1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17613603965553003711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-35499171758536220002013-10-23T18:20:06.707+09:002013-10-23T18:20:06.707+09:00"Can I have the cashmere cardigan when she di..."Can I have the cashmere cardigan when she dies?" <br /><br />How can you white people be so cruel? You do what is your responsibility to, and props to that, but then you destroy it with sch callousness and hard-heartedness, even abuse, of the elderly....It's little wonder white nurses are the utterly worst and treat patients so poorly. <br /><br />Why *are* you whites just so bloody cruel?uthmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279996109128871887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-38113487947680772902013-10-22T07:00:21.011+09:002013-10-22T07:00:21.011+09:00Good idea! And yes, she likes it...them. Yesterda...Good idea! And yes, she likes it...them. Yesterday she went out for a late afternoon walk and wore both of them :-) And walked too far and had to be brought home by car again. ;-(<br />Oyome-san1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17613603965553003711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-80104776381133179572013-10-21T23:36:07.178+09:002013-10-21T23:36:07.178+09:00Thanks so much for sharing. How exhausting for you...Thanks so much for sharing. How exhausting for you all but so glad that you found a coat she likes and that she had a good experiance with the clerk. Make sure you save the bag that the coat came in, in case you have to premote it to her. (so lovely, so elegant, so expensive..) Nancy in tokyoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com