Golden Week ( A Week Filled with Holidays)

We have two more days of a long holiday. 長い休みはあと２日だ。 My husband is enyoing an eight-day holiday this year. 今年は夫は８日間休みを楽しんでいる。 In general, one day before the end of the holiday, people come back home from their hometown or abroad, because they want to relax on the last day of the holidays. 一般的に、長い休みの一日前に、みんな故郷や海外から戻る。休みの最後の日はリラックスしたいから。 A news program always shows a scene where grandparents have a heart-wrenching farewell to their grandchildren at a train platform. ニュースではいつも祖父母が孫と駅のプラットフォームで辛い別れをする光景を流す。 I think that the featuring the scene looks stereotypical and old-fashioned. その光景を流すのはありふれていて古臭いと思う。 It seems that we are encouraged to get married at certain age, have children, and go to see their grandparents regularly. それはある年齢になったら結婚して子供を持って祖父母のところへ定期的に行くことを促しているようだ。 Nowadays we are allowed to have diverse lifestyle, such as we don't need to marry, wives who have jobs don't need to go to in-laws house on a long holiday. 今や、多様な生活スタイルが認められている。例えば結婚する必要はない、仕事をもつ妻は長い休みに義理の両親の所へ行く必要はない。