As a person who's been surrounded by computers for more than 15 years, I'm not sure using PC was such a weird thing 10 years ago. At least it was usual to see a few PCs in offices. Networking was much less common, however. I rememeber when we saw NCSA Mosaic first time---it was 1993 or 1994, I think---we talked feverishly that it would change the world.

House wives? Most female friends in my high-school days didn't thought to be house wives, so I think it's longer trend than 10 years. (They might have felt friction between their thought and older generation's, though).

Social view to the video games has been changed drastically. 10 years ago, Playstation and Sega Saturn were launched. At that time, it was not very common that somebody with PhD worked at video game developer. I remember the faculty administration staff were surprised when I told them I'd work for one.

I don't know if it's a global trend, but I'd be surprised back then if I was told that quite a few friends of mine (and myself) would live outside Japan in 10 years. The Internet did make foreign countries much closer.

Thanks for your comment!

10years ago, I was quite young and not socially active, so my point-of-view was not wide. So, my ideas about house wives or computers are perhaps created by media (TV drama, etc..).

ていうか、私の女友達（妙齢）は主婦願望強いですよ！！！めっちゃめちゃ。ただ、気に入る男にゃ、妻子を養っていく能力が無いんだそうで。だから子も産めんし嫁にも行けん！とこぼしております。

一方私は、現在28で主婦になりたいと思ったことはかつて一度も無いのですが、それでも結婚したいなぁとは思ってます。実際今の彼とはそういう方向になってるのですが、彼は「俺一人じゃ食わしていけないけどいい？」と言います。もちろん良いです。というか、私程度の女には「食べさせて下さる旦那さん」なんて手に入らないと諦めてるんですけど。

・・・一番の負け犬なのってきっと、結婚した相手の稼ぎが悪く独身時代よりあくせく働かなきゃならない目にあう女かなーとか。

いや、私の未来のハズがそうだって言ってるんじゃないですけど・・・旦那の稼ぎあてにしてないけど・・・

marriage needs to be added something more than love these days, she would obviously refuse to become someone else's if that marriage take something away from her status quo, same as you guys!!

i guess the attitude of parents towards their children (or child - most of couples have only one kid). people used to tame their children well (in a very strict manner), but nowadays i see parents who let their children do whatever they like (even if it annoy neighbors, rude, or incorrect wrt morale standard) in many occasions.