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I'm going back to my wife

2019-05-30 · 13 min

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  1. It's been a few months since

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  2. me and my wife separated, and we've

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  3. actually been talking recently, and I

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  4. might be going back to her. We might be

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  5. getting back together. She messaged me out

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  6. of the blue asking me if I was coming back

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  7. to Japan, so she must have heard me

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  8. talking about going back to Japan. And

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  9. then I replied with yes, and then she

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  10. asked me if I was going back to her, and I

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  11. said I'm not sure. Would we be able to get

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  12. back together if we wanted to? And then

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  13. she said, yes, that could be a

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  14. possibility. And then we were talking

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  15. about things. I asked her what she was up

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  16. to, and it was a bit strange because she

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  17. didn't seem angry at all, and she was

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  18. using the, the Japanese version of LOL at

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  19. the end of sentences, so she was laughing.

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  20. And she said that thanks to me, she's kind

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  21. of become a little bit famous. And I asked

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  22. her what she was talking about and she

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  23. said 2 guys recognized her.

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  24. 2 people recognized her. One guy at a bar

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  25. and then another guy at her English class.

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  26. They approached her and said that they

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  27. recognized her as my wife. And then she

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  28. said that they were talking about things

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  29. like the German girl and me getting

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  30. ditched in Germany. And she was— she said

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  31. that they were laughing about it, which

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  32. was a bit strange. If it was the other way

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  33. around, I don't think I would be laughing

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  34. about her sleeping with another guy or

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  35. trying to sleep with another guy. So I

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  36. asked her how come she's laughing about

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  37. it, how come she's not angry about it

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  38. anymore, and she said, well, it's been a

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  39. few months since we separated and time has

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  40. passed and she's not really feeling angry

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  41. about the situation anymore, which is a

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  42. bit strange because she was really angry

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  43. when I went to London to meet that

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  44. girl, and then she started going on about

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  45. suing me. So she was obviously very angry

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  46. then, but now she's not angry at all,

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  47. which is a bit suspicious. And then I

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  48. asked her, didn't you promise your mum

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  49. that you wouldn't see me again? She said

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  50. yes, and then she said that if we did get

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  51. back together, then she wouldn't tell her

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  52. mum or her family, and it would be a

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  53. secret, which would be a bit weird. But I

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  54. guess that's a good thing because if we

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  55. got back together, then at least I don't

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  56. have to worry about meeting her family

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  57. anymore. I would have went to Japan

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  58. sooner, but I've been waiting for my new

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  59. passport to come and it finally came. My

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  60. old one expired. Got my old one about 10

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  61. years ago with my dad. He, um, he took me

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  62. to the photo shop, helped me get it all

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  63. sorted out. This is the first time I ever

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  64. had to get my own passport sorted out, so

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  65. that was quite Quite exciting. Well, it

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  66. wasn't really exciting, but it wasn't as

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  67. difficult as I thought it would be. But

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  68. look, I have a nice new pass— passport.

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  69. It's all shiny and golden. So I have my

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  70. passport. I booked my plane ticket

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  71. already. I've booked my Airbnb. I won't be

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  72. going straight back to her. I guess we

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  73. should live separately and then maybe meet

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  74. up and then see how things are between us.

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  75. She said to me she doesn't know how she

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  76. feels about me anymore and that we'll have

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  77. to meet up. Again for her to be able to

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  78. tell if she still feels the same way for

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  79. me as she used to. And she said that

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  80. something feels different between us now.

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  81. I don't know if that's a good thing or

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  82. not. Um, we haven't really been messaging,

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  83. messaging each other every day. We

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  84. messaged last time. Last time we messaged

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  85. was about a week ago, so it's not like

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  86. we've been messaging every day. She seems

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  87. a bit Um, what's the word?

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  88. Distant? Withdrawn from me?

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  89. I don't really know how serious she is

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  90. about us getting back together. Well, I

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  91. think the fact that she hasn't handed in

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  92. the divorce papers yet is kind of a good

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  93. sign that she's willing to get back

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  94. together with me. If she was over,

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  95. finished, finished with me for good, then

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  96. she would have handed in the divorce

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  97. papers by now, wouldn't she? I want to

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  98. talk about the reasons why I decided to

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  99. leave her because it's not quite as simple

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  100. as some people might think. There were

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  101. several reasons and factors that led to

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  102. me making the decision that I wanted to

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  103. leave her, and now that a few months have

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  104. passed, I'm not sure if those decisions

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  105. were the right decisions. I don't, I don't

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  106. think that the reasons why I left her were

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  107. very good reasons anymore. So number one

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  108. reason was obviously my dad passing away.

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  109. My dad passing away was obviously a big

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  110. shock to me. And it was very hard for me

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  111. to accept. And I didn't want to leave my

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  112. family home, didn't want to leave here.

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  113. And the idea of going back to Japan and

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  114. being so far away from my family and far

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  115. away from here was something I wasn't

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  116. really ready for. I wanted to stay here

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  117. because I just felt more spiritually

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  118. connected to my dad. This is like the last

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  119. remnants, the last physical remnants of my

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  120. dad's existence. You know, he did

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  121. everything. Everything you see in this

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  122. room was all done by my dad. The carpet,

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  123. he laid it. The wall, the paint on the

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  124. wall, he painted it. The skirting board,

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  125. he put it up there. The curtains, the

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  126. windows, the heating, the doors,

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  127. every single thing. Even those mirrors,

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  128. he put them there for me. This closet,

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  129. everything you see right here was built or

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  130. done by my dad. And I just wanted to stay

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  131. here, you know, so I could feel closer to

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  132. him now that he's gone. This is the only

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  133. place that I could be where I can feel

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  134. close to him now he's gone. Even looking

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  135. outside, all those plants, he planted

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  136. them. These gardens, he maintained them.

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  137. Those hedges, he used to trim them. And I

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  138. just wanted to be here, you know, it just

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  139. made me feel better inside. But now it's

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  140. been a few months and I'm starting to

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  141. accept the fact that he's gone,

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  142. and I feel like I'm, I'm nearly ready to

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  143. move on. And I feel like I'm in a stage

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  144. right now where I can move away from this

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  145. place and I feel comfortable moving away

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  146. from this place. I've taken baby steps to

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  147. Germany and London. I think I'm ready to

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  148. go back to Japan. Okay, so the number 2

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  149. reason why I thought it would be a good

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  150. idea to leave my wife was fangirls,

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  151. basically. So for most of my adult life,

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  152. I've always struggled to get the attention

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  153. of girls. And then last year, early last

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  154. year, I kind of became YouTube famous. I

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  155. know that sounds stupid, but I came— I

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  156. became kind of YouTube famous and I was

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  157. getting loads of attention from girls,

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  158. getting loads of nudes from very

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  159. attractive girls. Not, not these old

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  160. fatties that I'm used to getting in Japan,

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  161. but actual young cute girls in

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  162. their 20s, slim. Pretty girls,

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  163. and it was great. For the first time ever

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  164. in my life, I was getting attention from

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  165. attractive girls, and I just kind of felt

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  166. frustrated that I couldn't do anything

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  167. about it because I was married. And I kept

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  168. thinking to myself, wouldn't it be great

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  169. if I was single again? I could just meet

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  170. up with these fangirls anytime I wanted to

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  171. without upsetting my wife, and it would be

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  172. so much fun, and we'd have all this

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  173. cereal, and I'd finally be able to have

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  174. cereal with these young cute girls. And

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  175. then I tried it out. I went to London, I

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  176. met a couple of people, I went to Germany.

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  177. You know the story, the Turkish girl, the

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  178. German girl. And well, to be honest,

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  179. let's just say that it wasn't so great.

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  180. It turns out that meeting up girls just

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  181. for some casual cereal isn't as fantastic

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  182. as you might imagine it. Sure, it's fun

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  183. for about 20 minutes and then it's over.

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  184. And then you're back to feeling empty

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  185. inside and it's not really fulfilling.

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  186. And if I had to choose between all of the

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  187. random encounters that I've had recently

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  188. in London and Germany, if I had to choose

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  189. between those and my marriage, my wife, I

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  190. would choose my wife every time over those

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  191. one-time serial encounters. I guess it

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  192. made me think my wife is actually a pretty

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  193. good wife and she's actually a pretty good

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  194. match for me. And I actually prefer her

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  195. over these encounters that I encountered.

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  196. These random encounters that I had

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  197. recently were just all so disappointing,

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  198. not very good, kind of annoying.

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  199. And to be honest, right now I don't really

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  200. get that much attention in the DMs. I

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  201. think a lot of girls are scared that if

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  202. they do meet up with me, I'm gonna say bad

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  203. things about them on YouTube, which is

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  204. understandable since I have a history of

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  205. doing that now. I guess I guess I deserve

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  206. that reputation. And quite frankly, I

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  207. don't really care anymore because it's

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  208. such a pain having to go all the way up to

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  209. London and then booking a hotel and

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  210. spending all that money when I have my

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  211. love doll. And honestly speaking, in a

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  212. lot of ways, the love doll is actually

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  213. better than all of those random

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  214. encounters that I had in London and

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  215. Germany. It's almost as good as the real

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  216. thing, and I feel like my— I just feel

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  217. like my primal man urges go away now that

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  218. I have this love doll that is a pretty

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  219. good substitute for the real thing, and I

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  220. wish I got it earlier. And when you have a

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  221. love doll, there's no problems, there's no

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  222. drama, there's no fighting or complaining.

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  223. I'm not going to lose any subs because I

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  224. said bad things about my love doll, am I?

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  225. And the third reason is actually quite

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  226. simple. Being single isn't really that

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  227. great. Being alone isn't as great as I

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  228. thought it would be, and I feel pretty

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  229. lonely and hollow and empty compared

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  230. to last year when I was married. I didn't

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  231. really feel empty or hollow or lonely, so

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  232. I've had to compare now to when I was

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  233. married. I, I think I was a lot happier

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  234. when I was married. So in conclusion,

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  235. I'm going to Japan very soon. And we

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  236. might be getting back together. There's a

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  237. good possibility of that happening. It's

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  238. not 100% decided. It's hard to tell until

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  239. we actually meet up and see how things are

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  240. between us. I know I've done a lot of

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  241. damage to the relationship, and if she

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  242. doesn't feel the same way about me like

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  243. she used to, then I guess,

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  244. I guess then we will get divorced and

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  245. we'll have to move on. I was a bit worried

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  246. about my visa situation since obviously my

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  247. spouse visa has now expired. I was a bit

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  248. worried that I might not be able to get

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  249. back into Japan, so I phoned up the

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  250. Japanese embassy in London and I asked

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  251. them, I explained my situation, and they

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  252. actually said that if I wanted to renew my

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  253. spouse visa, I would have to ask my wife

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  254. to send me a certificate of eligibility

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  255. send it to me here, and then I take that

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  256. to the embassy in London, and then they

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  257. can renew my spouse visa there. But I'm

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  258. not sure if, if we're going to get back

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  259. together again. I'm not sure if I'll be

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  260. needing the spouse visa to be renewed. I

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  261. think that before I get my spouse visa

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  262. renewed or applied for again, I think that

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  263. we should decide if we're going to stay

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  264. together or not, because if we're not

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  265. going to stay together, then it would be a

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  266. waste of time reapplying for the spouse

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  267. visa. So I asked him if I could just

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  268. re-enter Japan as a tourist again, as a

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  269. visitor, and he said yes, there shouldn't

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  270. be any problems. He said just because I'm

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  271. married and I have an expired spouse visa

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  272. doesn't mean that I can't enter Japan as a

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  273. visitor anymore. So that's reassuring.

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  274. I was a bit worried that I might turn up

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  275. at the airport in Japan and they'll say,

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  276. um, your spouse visa has expired, you

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  277. can't enter. Sorry. Also, there's no time

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  278. for her to get the certificate and then

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  279. send it to me and then for me to book an

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  280. appointment at the embassy and then go up

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  281. to London. There's no time before— there

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  282. wouldn't be enough time before my plane

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  283. leaves, which will be quite soon.

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  284. I'm not going to tell you the exact date

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  285. because I don't want to get, you know, I

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  286. don't want to get attacked at the airport.

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  287. So I guess I'll be seeing you all in Japan

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  288. quite soon. It'll be a bit strange going

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  289. back after everything that's happened,

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  290. but And I guess it was expected that I

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  291. would eventually go back since,

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  292. let's face it, England's pretty boring. I

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  293. don't really feel attracted to any of the

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  294. women here, and I don't really feel

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  295. independent. I just prefer being in Japan

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  296. more in general. And if me and my wife do

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  297. get back together, hopefully, hopefully

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  298. I'll be able to get the spouse visa again

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  299. as a tourist without any problems.

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  300. Hopefully I won't have to come all the way

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  301. back to England to apply for it in the

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  302. Japanese Embassy at London. And then have

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  303. to go all the way back to Japan again.

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  304. That would be a bit annoying, but I think

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  305. everything will be fine. Hopefully I'll be

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  306. able to change from being a tourist to a

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  307. spouse again, just like we did the first

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