Hello! I'm currently reading a book of Amelie Nothomb "Fear and Trembling" and in her book she says that according to a japanese tradition it's better for a marriage when a wife is 2 years older than her husband (anesan niobo). Is it true?

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Hello. The term "姉さん女房" is found in Japanese. In fact, there is a saying, "A bride who's older than you is certainly worth looking for because she has much to offer if you marry her." However, I've never heard the theory that the best choice for a bride is a girl who's two years older. On a side note, in Japan, those couples make up a quarter of all couples and are not as rare as in the past. Come to think of it, there are many baseball players in Japan who have wives older than them. Ichiro, who played in the Major League Baseball, also married a Japanese woman who's older than him.

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@kasumi-09 wow interesting, thanks a lot!

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