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Dad taking a bath with two young daughters...


Is this normal in Japan?
Why is he sitting in such an exposed position too? It sat very strangely with me.

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I figured it must be normal in Japan. Or at least in the past perhaps.

They don't have plumping and I don't know how they heated that house so perhaps it was easier to have a bath together.

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Yes, when you have no plumping, you have to make do...

I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic.

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DUH, HE'S JUST A PEDO, OF KOURSK !

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Different countries have different norms. He didn't do anything inappropriate with them.

Seize the moment, 'cause tomorrow you might be dead.

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It's just a bath and it's not uncommon for family members to bathe together today although typically it's only when the children are very young as the tubs are deep.

I bathed with my kids when they were younger as did my wife. It was just something we did. There was nothing sexual about it unless it was just my wife and myself but that's another story.

Different cultures have different views on nudity and what it entails. For example Nordic countries have their saunas and typically families spend time in there and rarely does anybody wear a towel. It's just how things go.

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As an anime fan, I've seen this a lot in various series. Bathing together is viewed as a bonding experience because you're being completely open and honest with each other, basically "baring yourself" to the others in the bath.

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