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This is an article describing exactly what (a certain type of) private detectives do in Japan, Europe, North America, and other places, and using a word in a di
by nikol_w 6y ago
This is an article describing exactly what (a certain type of) private detectives do in Japan, Europe, North America, and other places, and using a word in a different language, 'wakaresaseya' in order to depict it as a strange and novel 'Japanese phenomenon'.
- bluedevil2k 6y agoI don't think there's anything like this in the United States. In Europe, I have no idea. There's private investigators, but nothing of the sort of forming a months-long flirtation/affair in preparation of divorce. But there article is very fair...there are LOTS of strange and novel Japanese phenomenon that fascinates people in other countries. Even in this article, they describe hiring actors to appear as family members at events. That certainly doesn't exist in the United States.
- DarkWiiPlayer 6y agoIronically, I would have found it weirder if it hadn't been Japan. There's lots of japanese constructs that seem really weird to us on the outside (Hell, there's an anime airing right now about renting a girlfriend), so it's easy to get used to it as Japanese culture just working a bit differently.
- youngNed 6y ago> There's lots of japanese constructs that seem really weird to us on the outside (Hell, there's an anime airing right now about renting a girlfriend) < stares > < Goes back to watching 'Pretty Woman' >
- lalaland1125 6y agoThere is no need for this in the US because the legal system here fully supports no fault divorces.
- sukilot 6y ago"No fault" is useless when there are children. The US has people who hire killers to murder their spouse in order to obtain custody of their children.
- lalaland1125 6y agoAdultery doesn't affect custody battles in the US (at least in the vast majority of states). There is no benefit in getting your spouse to cheat on someone.
- btilly 6y agoNot the vast majority of states. The list isWisconsin, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Nebraska, Montana, Missouri, Minnesota, Michigan, Kentucky, Kansas, Iowa, Indiana, Hawaii, Florida, Colorado and California. In other states there are no fault divorces available, but you can also file a divorce based on various faults, including adultery.
- btilly 6y agoActually the US has 50 legal systems for divorce - one for each state. That said the last state to support no fault divorces was New York in 2010, so you're right. (Though a no fault divorce option wasn't there for me when I was considering one in 2002.)