. . . The man who told me one reason his beloved wife was "too good for him" was because she never complained when he slapped her -- "even when she didn't deserve it."
Amen to that! but then again some gaijin (I won't name names and I don't include myslef on this list, although my in-laws may beg to differ ) are pretty strange, too --people you wouldn't associate with ANYWHERE regardless of race,creed, how desperate you are for some company, etc
There's gonna be weirdos wherever you go....besides, who are we to say what's normal and what's not. It's my conviction that being normal means behind true to yourself, so long as it doesn't harm others (like the guy who admitedly hit his wife for no reason).