0001@Old Man Friendship Club ★ Security Guard [lv.13] [Sprout]Jul. 21, 2024 (Sun) 12:53:14.84ID:eUUAhlwu9
The author (Yoshizawa Sarii), a low-class gravure idol and writer, gave birth at the end of July 2023 while unmarried and became a single mother.
Do you know about “maternity marks” (hereinafter referred to as “pregnant woman keychains”)? Perhaps unmarried men don’t even know they exist.
These are meant to encourage people around pregnant women to be considerate when using public transportation, but as a writer living in Tokyo, I felt that they had almost no effect.
Probably, pregnant woman keychains are “not visible unless you pay attention.” This time, I would like to write about this harsh reality so that more people will know about this.
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I was carrying a small shoulder bag with a keychain on it, so I thought to myself, “If it’s this obvious, everyone will have no choice but to give up their seat (lol).”
But almost no one gave up their seat to me on the train. It wasn’t zero, but it was so rare that I wanted to write “none.”
[Omitted] The Yamanote Line from Shinjuku to Shinagawa was moderately crowded, but I thought, “It doesn’t matter to me because I’m the epitome of a pregnant woman.” I was fully prepared to have someone give me a seat, so I stood nearby. However… No one seemed to get up from their seats, and I arrived at Yoyogi. “Maybe they didn’t see me?” I thought, and moved the keychain attached to my shoulder bag so that it could be seen. But all my efforts were in vain and I arrived at Harajuku. [Omitted] ●I thought, “I’m going to stop expecting things from others.” Another day, I took the Yamanote Line from Ebisu to Shinjuku. It was around 6:30 p.m., and it was crowded, overlapping with the time when office workers were returning home. I was already in my last month of pregnancy, but I was working without overdoing it. I already knew that people wouldn’t give up their seats even if I had a pregnant woman’s keychain, but I was really tired that day and thought, “I really want to sit!”, and somehow managed to stand in front of the priority seat in the crowded train. Two ladies who looked to be in their 50s. “Oh, good, these two will surely give up their seats.” I was excited, thinking, “I’ll sit anytime!” but the discussion between the ladies continued uninterrupted until we arrived in Harajuku. I made eye contact with the ladies several times and must have seen the pregnant woman keychain, but they didn’t give up their seats. I was shocked when they said, “In the end, compassion is important for humans.” Is it sane to talk about compassion when there is a pregnant woman in the late stages of pregnancy right in front of you? I called them ladies in my mind, but by the time we arrived at Yoyogi, I had named them “unconsiderate old ladies” and, feeling so tired, thought, “Japan is finished.” After meeting the unconsiderate old ladies, I thought, “I’ll stop expecting things from others,” and although I wear a pregnant woman keychain, I came to think that basically, people won’t give up their seats for me. ●People who give up their seats are saviors
On yet another day, I was half-giving up when I got on the slightly crowded Yamanote Line again.
I was holding onto the handrail in front of the regular seat and had my eyes closed because I was so sleepy, but a man who looked like a university student who was sitting a little distance away
stood up and said, “Sorry I didn’t notice you! Please sit down!”
I was impressed by how courageous it takes to call out “Please!” from a distance in a fairly crowded train.
The man who gave up his seat was also handsome, and I thought, “People with good looks also have good personalities…”
At the same time, I knew that my child would be a boy, so I sincerely thought, “I hope he’ll be just like him (including his face).”
After that, I rode the train several times, but the only people who gave up their seats were good-looking Japanese or foreigners.
There was even an old man who whispered, “Pregnant women shouldn’t go out!” and I thought again, “Japan is finished…”
Read more on Yahoo! News Nikkan Spa 2024/07/20 15:53 *Previous thread The reality of “pregnant woman key holders” that I noticed while pregnant on the Yamanote Line: “Almost no one will give up their seat for me” ★3 [Old Man Friends Association★]
Pregnancy keychains are effective in preventing people from unreasonably blaming you when you’re sitting in a priority seat. However, that doesn’t mean you’ll be given one. You’re riding the train under that assumption.
I have a blocked right femoral artery and a fractured left femur, so it’s honestly difficult for me to stand, but I try to stand on the train as much as possible because I look normal and no one will let me stand.
>>16 That’s it Whenever a blind person with a cane comes, I ask them directly if they want to sit down They said that if they’re close, it’s easier to hold onto the handle of the guardian lion space next to the door They said that if they can’t see, it’s scary to turn 180 degrees to sit down because it’s easy to lose your balance.
Soon, not only will she not be pregnant, but she’ll start hanging out as a transgender person and start saying it’s natural to give up your seat to a woman.
Is that the case on the Yamanote Line?! I’m not pregnant or anything, but sometimes there are salarymen who offer their seats to me. I thought that was typical of the city. By the way, I’ve never had anyone offer their seat to me in my hometown of Yokohama lol
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