An article in today’s Wall Street Journal discussed how a Japanese man, under the pen name “Kazuma,” is profiting from blogging about his mean wife. The article gives all sorts of examples of his domineering wife.

Kazuma has gotten a “Blook” deal out of it – a book based on a compilation of his blog entries.

Kazuma says that actually spends more time with his wife now because he needs more mean things to write about.

Funny? Yes, but. . .
While that may make you laugh – as it did me – there’s something sad about the whole thing. No, it’s not that he is making a bit of money (apparently his mean wife manages everything he makes). It’s that Kazuma is making no efforts to change the situation. (At least based on what we get from the article).

If you’re married, you will be wronged at some point
If you are married, you will, almost positively, at some time feel your spouse is wronging you. However, if you take no action to work through that, you will only feel more wronged and probably end up either seeking companionship elsewhere or simply filing for divorce (which – last I checked – is not the reason you get married).

By doing nothing you are actually being just as mean. Maybe even meaner. The opposite of love isn’t hate – it’s indifference.

Got a mean spouse? Make an effort to deal with the situation head on.

PS. The WSJ article title is How Demon Wife Bacame a Media Star And Other Tales of the ‘Blook’ in Japan by Yukari Iwatani Kane.

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