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Post by Auroranorth on Mar 8, 2010 13:14:51 GMT -4
I'm guessing it's because she is a princess and her current status is- ambiguous, with nobody sure what's going to happen down the line. OTOH, I remember reading that the Duke of Windsor was bullied in school by boys who wanted to say that they'd kicked the king, or something to that effect.
Poor kid.
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Post by talkbox on Feb 9, 2011 0:02:06 GMT -4
I'm going to get flamed for this, but I think that there has been a lot of dysfunction that Aiko might have been seeing since her mother's mental health is so fragile. I personally think that she might be confused as to why her mother isn't acting normally, why it is that there might be some sort of Palace intrigue we don't know about, and I wonder if Aiko has been messed up as a result. Bullies pick up on this and often target kids who are messed up as a result. Masako shouldn't be in the schoolroom, she should be in a therapist's office getting help and doing engagements. All of these students are the children of prominent IHA families and I am sure that these kids hear stuff said by their parents about the Crown Princess and I don't think it's flattering. They might bully Aiko, blaming her by proxy for what is wrong with her mother. So basically Aiko is a target for a lot of illogical rage that the kids of the Court Officials feel towards Masako.
I think the Japanese RF is so controlled since birth that they aren't taught to be self sufficient. Not sheltering, but control.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2011 8:32:15 GMT -4
Was their marriage a love one or arranged? Was it a little of both? Was she forced into it? Is her husband nice? Do they care for each other?
I'm perplexed as to how she married into this family given her education and background. (Not that it can't happen -- I just am curious to know how, and Wikipedia isn't helping.)
I also can't get a read on the husband. I can't even tell if they remotely like each other or don't. I just know that they met before they married, but I can't actually tell from any of the articles on them what their feelings towards each other actually are. True, only the duo in the relationship would actually know, but usually articles will try to speculate. In the case of this couple, there's nothing.
Given her Harvard education and her fluency in many languages, she sounds like a fascinating princess....that nobody ever hears about.
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Post by americanchai on Jul 23, 2011 14:01:33 GMT -4
He seemed very protective of her when she was going through her breakdown or depression or whatever and I've always gotten the impression that they really love each other. The problem is that her job, as his wife, was to give him an heir, and he really didn't do that. Now that his brother's wife had a little boy, everybody's a little more relaxed, which isn't saying a lot for the Japanese royal family.
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Post by boxofrocks on Jul 23, 2011 14:29:47 GMT -4
What gives the IHA so much power?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2011 15:21:18 GMT -4
I actually worked with her once when she was in Washington with the Foreign Ministry -- very nice, very smart, unpretentious normal girl. I really do wonder what kind of psychological torture she has had to endure being part of that institution - the blatant sexism alone would have me swimming the moat.. (Yes, there are moats. )
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Post by Mutagen on Jul 23, 2011 17:11:57 GMT -4
Was their marriage a love one or arranged? Was it a little of both? Was she forced into it? Is her husband nice? Do they care for each other? I'm perplexed as to how she married into this family given her education and background. (Not that it can't happen -- I just am curious to know how, and Wikipedia isn't helping.) I also can't get a read on the husband. I can't even tell if they remotely like each other or don't. I just know that they met before they married, but I can't actually tell from any of the articles on them what their feelings towards each other actually are. True, only the duo in the relationship would actually know, but usually articles will try to speculate. In the case of this couple, there's nothing. Given her Harvard education and her fluency in many languages, she sounds like a fascinating princess....that nobody ever hears about. Someone please correct me if I have this wrong, but the story I've read is that the prince went unmarried for a long time because a lot of women didn't want to get trapped by the IHA/royal family. Like, to the point where his singlehood was becoming a minor crisis. In a lot of ways I feel sorry for Naruhito as well because of that. With regards to Masako, I think they had a genuine connection at one point (although I forget exactly how they met) and because of the marriage/heir situation, a lot of pressure was brought to bear on Masako and her family to agree to the marriage.
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Post by Ninja Bunny on Jul 24, 2011 16:00:38 GMT -4
I actually worked with her once when she was in Washington with the Foreign Ministry -- very nice, very smart, unpretentious normal girl. I really do wonder what kind of psychological torture she has had to endure being part of that institution - the blatant sexism alone would have me swimming the moat.. (Yes, there are moats. ) Thanks for that! I've always believed that of Masako. Poor thing. She really was the victim of a bait-and-switch, although her husband wasn't entirely to blame. He convinced her that she could continue to use her diplomatic skills as a princess and I think he was sincere, but it was part hope on his part because he really did want to moderize the royal family and let Masako be herself, and it was part delusion because he doesn't have a chance in hell to actually do it. That said, she underestimated how rigid and conservative the imperial family is and her only role is smile, look pretty, keep quiet and produce a male heir. My offer to Masako, Naruhito and Aiko still stands: if they want to escape their prison they're welome to hide out at my place. My apartment is small but my heart is big.
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Post by divasahm on Nov 1, 2014 12:32:03 GMT -4
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Post by Brookie on Nov 1, 2014 13:51:27 GMT -4
Neither one of your links work.
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