The "Devoted Husband" Organisation

thisnamecantbetaken

3-14-2008 4:32 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0c78ded6-5a13-4bda-a11f-9e16461c9cfe/F33BFDEB-F4D8-469C-8067-2E7318F5C562/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/862/22/02/2008/Japanese_Man_Creates_Devoted_Husband_Organization" href="http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/862/22/02/2008/Japanese_Man_Creates_Devoted_Husband_Organization" style="font-size: 11px;">www.gimundo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/862/22/02/2008/Japanese_Man_Creates_Devoted_Husband_Organization"><SPAN class="storyTitleLink" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_litTitle">Japanese Man Creates "Devoted Husband" Organization</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/862/22/02/2008/Japanese_Man_Creates_Devoted_Husband_Organization"><DIV>If you happened to be passing through Tsumagoi, Japan, on a particular day last year, you might have spotted a very strange sight: In the middle of a large cabbage patch, dozens of well-dressed Japanese men stood in a line. One at a time, they each yelled out, "I love you!" and "Thank you!" </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/862/22/02/2008/Japanese_Man_Creates_Devoted_Husband_Organization"><DIV>Their wives, who were standing nearby, wept with joy.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/862/22/02/2008/Japanese_Man_Creates_Devoted_Husband_Organization"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.gimundo.com/img/D50F3D92-1AAE-4723-84A9-815F75F91312" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/862/22/02/2008/Japanese_Man_Creates_Devoted_Husband_Organization">This was the aptly named "Shout Your Love From the Middle of a Cabbage Patch" Day </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/862/22/02/2008/Japanese_Man_Creates_Devoted_Husband_Organization">The original Devoted Husband</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/862/22/02/2008/Japanese_Man_Creates_Devoted_Husband_Organization">marriage ended in divorce because he spent more time at work than with his family.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/862/22/02/2008/Japanese_Man_Creates_Devoted_Husband_Organization">realized that if he shifted his priorities by making sure to spend time with his wife and to tell her how much he loved and appreciated her on a regular basis, he would lead a much happier life.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/862/22/02/2008/Japanese_Man_Creates_Devoted_Husband_Organization">Yamana hopes to share his enlightened philosophy with fellow husbands, helping them to improve their marriages by being nicer to their wives.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/862/22/02/2008/Japanese_Man_Creates_Devoted_Husband_Organization">Along with the cabbage patch event,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/862/22/02/2008/Japanese_Man_Creates_Devoted_Husband_Organization">an annual "Beloved Wives Day"</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F33BFDEB-F4D8-469C-8067-2E7318F5C562/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

thisnamecantbetaken says:

Be nice to your wife and save the world.

It still doesn't sound like the height of romance to us, but Yamana's doing his best to make sure all Japanese men find the time to give their wives a little extra TLC. And if his ideas spread far enough, he's got a feeling that they might just save the world.

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