Like I said yesterday, women in Japan still need to be less successful than men. They may not admit it, but they want to be. Or maybe they need to be.
I know I'm one of those women who say that there are so few men who are more clever or successful than the women around me. And even if I did find any, they never want to be with one of our kind. They want to be with REAL women instead.
This past week or so, something weird is happening to me.
I suddenly lost my interest in my relationship..........well, of course not all of it,but I just don't feel like I used to just a week ago.
A week ago, was the day I had a meeting with my boss, a meeting to review how I did through the past year. There, my boss gave me the most unexpected feedback. He gave me a grade 7. Which.....I found out later that compared to the grade I have now which is 10 plus, will almost double my income. Of course, my boss is not the one to decide how much my salary will be. This review will be reported to the operating committee and they will be the ones to make the final decisions.....but the fact that my boss was satisfied with my work made me feel good about my self.
My first experience ever to feel some kind of self-esteem about my work.
The past year had been so hard for me that I almost thought the company was punishing me for something I've done in the past. But now knowing that I deserve more for that, just brightened my motivation.
But what does this need to do anything with my personal feelings for my partner?
I have to admit. Just imagining myself earning more than 1,000,000 or more yen than my boyfriend made my feelings change in the most self-centered, selfish way. Now that we live in almost the same financial stage, I feel ourselves helping each other out. Like running on the same road together.
And in addition to that, I sometimes even feel that he ought to pay more. just because of the fact that Japanese men would only spend their money on attractive women. Even if I could pay, not having the men pay for you makes you feel less attractive. I know that this is way too old, but Japanese women, even the most successful women still feel that way. Why is it that if women did the same thing, spending money on attractive men, would seem so desperate?
Well anyway, me being self-centered, could not imagine us living the same way as now if I had more money than him. I could never imagine using the money for US. I want the money all for myself. I would use it for Manolos, Yves San Laurent bags, or anything I please.
So I realized that our future we were imagining was actually relying on him. It was never US, but him taking care of me. So classic Japanese.
And now that I know I can take care of myself, I may not need him.
Would I rather be on my own?
Well........ but I know that the operating committee will never give me a grade 7 anyway...
So, this is what they call a ( Toranu Tanuki no Kawazanyou)
so.....who knows what will happen next.
And If I did get my salary raised, it would be my girlfriends I would go to first but not my boyfriend . I know already that I would definitely need company for the shopping that will come next.