Complaints Japanese Want to Mention to Their Partners, but Can’t

What complaints do you want to mention to your partner, but cannot? (Sample size=556, male)

Rank		Score
1	I wish you’d economise more	100
2	I want to have some time by myself occasionally	98.8
3	I wish you’d tidy up the house a bit more	87.1
4	I just don’t like your parents	80.0
5	Your cooking is so-so	77.6
6	I wish you’d spoil me a bit more	67.1
7	Have you put on weight recently?	62.4
8	I want to have a rest on days off	60.0
9	I wish you’d say “I love you” occasionally	56.5
10	I wish you’d save more money	47.1
11	Have you feelings cooled off recently?	43.5
12	I want you to spoil me more	43.5
13	I want you to pay a bit more attention to your clothes	40.0
14	Are you being unfaithful?	38.8
15	I want to occasionally have dates with just the two of us	35.3
16	I want to be able to do my own thing	30.6
17	I want you to pay a bit more attention to your hairstyle	27.1
18	I want you to make a decision once in a while	24.7
19	I wish you’d be more moderate in pursuing your hobbies	23.5
20	I wish you’d buy me some more sensible presents	21.2

What complaints do you want to mention to your partner, but cannot? (Sample size=526, female)

Rank		Score
1	I just don’t like your parents	100
2=	I wish you’d get more promotion	74.2
2=	I wish you’d economise more	74.2
4	I want to be able to do my own thing	68.9
5=	I want to have some time by myself occasionally	62.1
5=	I want you to pay a bit more attention to your clothes	62.1
7	I wish you’d say “I love you” occasionally	52.3
8	I wish you’d save more money	51.5
9	I wish you’d buy me some more sensible presents	43.9
10	I want you to make a decision once in a while	40.9
11	I want you to spoil me more	67.1
12	I want to have a rest on days off	35.6
13=	I want you to pay a bit more attention to your hairstyle	34.8
13=	I wish you’d tidy up the house a bit more	34.8
15	Are you being unfaithful?	34.1
16	I wish you’d be more moderate in pursuing your hobbies	31.1
17=	Have you feelings cooled off recently?	28.0
17=	I wish you’d think seriously about marriage	28.0
19	I want to occasionally have dates with just the two of us	22.0
20	I want to occasionally have dates somewhere different	18.9

Source: What Japan Thinks?

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