Oyome-san

My blogs

Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Location	Sapporo, Japan
Introduction	I'm a British woman living in Japan with a Japanese guy...and then... in December 2008 his mother came to live with us. She is a physically active woman - but with early/mid stage dementia. This is a blog about that experience. It's a sharing of the problems and issues. It's a place for me to vent. Japan has lots of oldies - so many families are having to care for them. Our twist on this is that daughter-in-law is non-Japanese and has enjoyed years of non-sacrificing Western-life selfishness. I am NOT the typical Japanese daughter-in-law - beloved by TV dramas - apron-wearing, houseproud and endlessly caring. I'm a spiky, selfish foreigner. Away from home I am an English teacher, travel writer and chocaholic. I have the permanent resident visa and my own small business. 自己紹介お嫁さん・・日本で１０年以上英語教師をしている。永住ビザを持ち、小さな事事業を営んでいる。 Posts with (J) in the name have English AND Japanese. Many thanks to Tokiko and Yukie for translating work.