A while ago a male friend told me: “Girls are Christmas cakes, so you should hurry up.” At first I wondered what he was talking about, later after the conversation I realized he was making fun of my age.
In Japan, if a woman is single after 30 years old, she feels quite ashamed. The word “Dokujo”(single lonely women) appeared on the Internet. Recently there are some men who like older women, but most of Japanese men prefer younger girls. In that case, for women who are over 30, the chance of getting married slips away.
My male friend explained: “Christmas is on the 25th, right? So that’s when the cake tastes the best. For girls, 25 years old is when they are the most beautiful. After Christmas the price of the cake collapses, you can buy it for cheap, after that it rots. It’s the same for girls.”
もちろんこれを
I was of course so furious when I heard this. Even though it was a joke, I was irritated. “I want to continue my career! Besides getting married at 25 is too early.” I insisted.
Recently there are more and more women who work hard, and there are a lot of single women who work even though they are over 30 years old and also many women get higher promotion than men. Now the time has come for Japanese men who stupidly believe younger girls are better to face the reality.
Average age of marriage in Japan:
Man: 30.5 years old
Woman: 28.8 years old
Even if boys are late to get married, they can be popular among younger girls. Damn!