From Japan Trends:HOLY FUCKING SHIT. Yeah, there's nothing that ensures a bright, happy future together than tricking a man into marrying you. That always works out well, all the time, forever. Japanese women -- has it dawned on you that if you have to buy a "Proposal Pressure Kit" to ensnare your man, he might not be marriage material? Or has it dawned on you that if you feel you need to buy a "Proposal Pressure Kit" to ensnare your man, you might not be marriage material? Seriously, these ladies would do better to hand these guys a note saying" I AM FUCKING CRAZY. MARRY ME BEFORE I STAB YOU IN YOUR SLEEP." It might be slightly less effective than the "Proposal Pressure Kits" but at least it would be honest.The Best Surprise, a Japan based "proposal support" company, has come up with their own product aimed at twisting the arm of a reluctant boyfriend into marriage. The "Proposal Pressure Kit" inverts the traditional idea of men proposing to women and is taking a new turn as women in Japan are becoming impatient of simply waiting and decide to take the initiative themselves. ...
The kit combines a clever range of marriage support goods including a temporary engagement ring, a marriage promise form, and a cute piggy bank that stores up to a hundred 500 yen coins (equivalent to US $5 each), symbolizing the patience that the girlfriend has gone through and the money being saved for their wedding. Aimed on making the reluctant boyfriend more aware of the idea of marriage and bringing the proposal to the front of his conscience, this set is delivered to his house and is disguised as a special gift that he has "won" through a random prize selection system.
any one who resorts to using that kit man or lady either is tired of waiting for the propsal to normaly come then guess they have no passion and are going after wedded bliss because its the normal next thing to do in a relationship. for odds are if that kit is used on someone the person who uses the kit could insted of a ring see the other party running like hell and ending the relationship instead
Maybe if Misery had bought this kit she wouldn´t have been so fucking mad at James Caan. Right?
I think the point of this kit is more to utterly shame the boyfriend so much they have no choice but to agree to marriage. "I saved up $500, NOW PUT A FUCKING RING ON IT". As I see it, Japan needs to dispell the whole stigma about women over 30 being unmarriagable, as well as the way they are content to let an entire portion of their male population be written off as social autistics.
Both of these objectives could be achieved if they stopped portraying teenage girls as the pinnacle of sexual desireability, because EEWWWW, seriously. What the fuck is up with that Japan?!
Holy crap this thing is horrific. Getting married is the last thing any sane man should do and now people are making products designed to help trick them in to it?
A shotgun aimed to the nuts is also equally effective. I don't see any company coming up with "Wedding Shotguns" do they? Damn, Japan, WTF?!
Wedding Shotguns are sold in the south Ricky. In the sporting goods isle of your local Wa***rt.
If anyone else knew half the stuff that I know about what goes on in the stockroom,they'd think so too.
Im confused... by postung this is Rob subtly saying he wants me to ask him to marry him? Rob? I dont really roll that way, but hey, unlimited t-shirts!
i'm sorry to inform you, kegs, but Rob's heart (and cock and balls and maybe liver) belong to the ass of a pony. just follow the sounds of the creaking neighs
Who the hell opens packages addressed to them from a random prize selection system that they apparently won with out knowing they had entered at all?!?! Hasn't this company ever heard of mail-bombs, because that's a lot like how they are shipped...
On a side note, if my girlfriend sent this to me the only way I could possibly respond would be "I am sure this will be perfect for your next boyfriend..." She'd hit me, but it'd be worth it.
This is the first STJT that strikes me less as the product of the completely confused Japanese sociological zeitgeist and more as just a snide attempt at making a buck by someone who has no actually qualified skills.
In that way, it's honestly more American than Japanese, as I see it. Not that the Japanese are incapable, you understand. Just that there's more shameless profiteering in our own culture.
I saw the picture and thought, "STJT" is a cute stationary package? Then I read the description and laughed. It's as though whoever designed this imagines men as frightened, dumb animals who need to be gently led by the nose into marriage. And if the dude doesn't wanna put a ring on it, a plastic piggy bank and a piece of paper will change his mind? Nothing says "desperation and a stubborn unwillingness to communicate" like a heart shaped candle, people :P
"It's as though whoever designed this imagines men as frightened, dumb animals who need to be gently led by the nose into marriage."
This isn't true?
Obviously I am slow today and need more coffee, but how is this any different than just proposing to your boyfriend? It seems like it's just a contrived way for women to pop the question. If that's the case, then I can kind of get behind it. Yes, women, if you love your man (or woman, but I don't think that's legal in Japan) and you want to spend the rest of your life with them, take the initiative yourself. If Quieteyes hadn't proposed when he did, I probably would have asked him. And I would have beaten him with my lightsaber until he said yes. (Honey, if you're reading this, I love you dearly and I wouldn't have left any permanent marks. Honest.)
I want to order one and send it to my boyfriend's office... Too bad he reads this site too, it kinda loses its shock value.
Yuuuuck :( I think your reaction is right on target, Rob.
lol "Bathtime makes you shiny girl." That's not as bad as some stationery I got that said, "Make a Low, Be Naughty!"
Wow, did someone in japan read a western women's magazine and decide that harping and guilt was a way into matrimony?
wow, maybe i was wrong and just seeing a picture of the kit made you feel like you needed to get married?
The problem, of course, is finding a girl. But I have a FOOLPROOF PLAN!
Step 1: Find girl.
Step 2: Convince girl that I am the last man on earth.Step 3: Make her lower her standards.
Sorry what was that? I was too busy loudly oohing and aahing at an engagement ring display within the vicinity of my boyfriend to listen. /s
Ouch, double standards hurt man. That was a dumb generalization I just made, and I'm wrong. Although I'm glad I'm wrong in this case, it's silly for people to make comments like that about anyone's relationship. I hope you and The Girl can work things out!
In my case The Girl™ is the reluctant one. It's kind of funny though, as people who see us together assume we're married, and when the inevitable "how long" question comes up, we awkwardly explain that we're not. Then we get the double-standard response of "Man up" to me, and when it's explained that I'm not the problem, she gets a "Good for you." This happens all the time.
I think it's kinda funny that the guys who say they want to get married are usually single. You don't hear the guys with girlfriends all impatient to tie the knot :P
her standards will be plenty low once you shoot her in the face with the Rhea Perlman blunderbuss.
i have a much, much better idea -
the fetish proposal kit!
send your beloved a special care package that contains - a couple of fanfic 'manuals' detailing your super secret no no fetish. a picture of you trying to do the fetish. some sort of object the partner needs to wear in order to do the fetish. and a piggy bank filled with your collected sexual dripping to symbolize your obessession with the fetish and your desire to do the fetish with your partner. plus a consent and no-liability waver
This is the first time I have found an Abraxas suggestion to be less creepy than the actual thing.
Seriously, that waiver could save lives.
Dude, you gotta love Japan. They amaze us (read: amuse and terrify us at the same time) every goddamn week! This week's installment: a STJT that reeks of desperation.But of course: for me, nothing Japan ever does will ever be on par with the Breast Milk Baby.
I sense a disturbance in the Force. It's as if thousands of Japanese accented game show hosts were speaking at once....
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