Feeling single with weekend marriage: husband and wife live in separate houses, meet in a week

Feeling single with weekend marriage: husband and wife live in separate houses, meet in a week, say – there is freedom without compromise

Sat, 04 Feb 2023 08:55 AM (IST)
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Feeling single with weekend marriage: husband and wife live in separate houses, meet in a week

People's thinking and society are changing. Also the custom of weddings. These days 'weekend marriages' are becoming popular in Japan. People are living in their respective homes even after marriage. They see each other only on weekends. Share feelings. Make plans for the future. They also share family responsibilities but don't always live together.
Gym trainer Hiromi Takeda says- I love my husband very much. But we both have different lifestyles. I wake up at 4 in the morning, they keep sleeping till 8. I manage the house in my own way, they live their own life in their house. We are still getting the comfort of marriage without compromising our freedom. Why do we need to compromise with our hobbies?
Women are liking the increasing trend of weekend marriage in Japan. They believe that women have to make more compromises in the arrangement of marriage. A report says that women in Japan do 5 times more domestic work than men. Hidekazu Takeda is a business consultant. They say – it is not necessary to live together for marriage. I'm better off alone. It suits me.
In the name of taking care of the house, I wash my clothes in the washing machine. I eat readymade food. Don't like to waste time cleaning the house every day. While the wife wakes up in the morning and gets involved in a lot of household chores. Whereas his wife Hiromi says- If we had lived together, I might not have been able to do many things of my choice.
I don't have to live in any kind of regret because of being single. We live 1 hour away from each other. Meet 2 to 3 times a week. She says- Actually there is a feeling of being single even after being married in 'Weekend or Separation Marriage'.
Emotional attachment remains. Also, you have a partner whom you can trust blindly. The pain of many other women is that housework is considered the responsibility of only women, even if they are working.
Hiromi says- There are some disadvantages of living separately like I do not get the help of my husband in raising the child. Homework has to be done alone. She says- It is necessary for both to be financially self-sufficient in a weekend marriage. Weekend marriage cannot work if both are not self-sufficient. On weekend marriage, some men in Japan believe that if they have to do the work from cooking to washing clothes themselves, then what is the use of such a marriage?

Muskan Kumawat Journalist & Writer