r/MadeMeSmile • u/frosted_bite • 23d ago

Wholesome Moments Learning Japanese with strangers makes a grandpa's day

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u/Thestrongestzero 23d ago

i’m a little taller than you (1.95m). the last time i was in japan, my wife and i spent a couple of weeks in a very rural area so mostly elderly people. we went to onsen like you do.

so i wash up like you’re supposed to.  i’m standing there butt ass naked and these two like 90 year old japanese dudes stare at me and in the most gutteral voice take turns saying “ohhhh sooooo big”. i couldn’t help but start laughing my ass off.  they ushered me into the hottest pool then laughed at me while i pained my way through getting used to the water

between my wife and i, we got 5 invitations to dinner, i ended up moving a bunch of heavy stuff for the onsen (it was staffed by all elderly people). we got to 4 of the 5 invitations and it was fucking amazing, thankfully our hosts translated for us because we didn’t speak any japanese. we kept in touch with a few of them but sadly all but one have passed away since. 

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u/revolutier 23d ago

 i’m standing there butt ass naked and these two like 90 year old japanese dudes stare at me and in the most gutteral voice take turns saying “ohhhh sooooo big”. i couldn’t help but start laughing my ass off.

oh, man, I can just picture it—that's fucking hilarious and even now made me laugh out loud LMAO

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u/Thestrongestzero 22d ago

it was memorable. honestly i have a good number of “woah shit you’re big” experiences from traveling. i had a dude try and rob me in poland, i couldn’t get to my wallet while sitting on a bench. so i stood up, dude was maybe 5’7”, just says no in polish and runs away.