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"Respect" is a word that means cultural relativism more than anything else.
Example.
Guy in train: "Hey you have to be respectful for others so don't talk. I need to work."
We: "Hey you, you have to be respectful for others, so if they wish to talk, don't do so difficult about it."
Turk hits his sister: "She was looking at guys. She was not having respect for the family."
Street crook beating up some guy on the sidewalk: "Yeah man, this is our street. This guy wasn't paying respect!"
My brother: "Hey, let me play on my gameboy. You have to respect me and let me play with the gameboy."
Me: "Hey you brother, you have to respect that other people wish to play too, so you have to let me play with the gameboy."
So stop hiding behind "respect" out of spite that your Japanese moms are cockblocking you. By the way the reason I didn't post for 5 days was because my GF was sleeping over here in my parents house and we were obviously busy with other things 24/7.
your parents are probably fine with it