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Rather than being disliked for lying about your age, wouldn’t it be better to offer an allowance generous enough to outbid the younger ones?
A Hitomin-style answer.
Maezawa here.
You’re absolutely right.
Women may want to shave a few years off their age too, but they’re told they can’t and have to be listed at their actual age. On top of that, the system automatically updates their age every time their birthday comes around.
So it does seem unfair that men can keep the age they entered when they registered.
That said, I can also understand why some men would want that. It would be upsetting to be turned down because of their age after paying an admission fee. They may feel that if someone would just meet them, she’d see what they have to offer.
Besides, can people really tell the difference between ages—for example, between 40 and 45? Some men in their 30s look like they’re in their 50s, while some men in their 50s can look like they’re in their 30s.
So I can’t say I don’t understand why they’d want to keep the age they were listed at when they joined.
Of course, some staff members insist that men must also be listed at their actual age, so there are branches where men’s ages are properly checked.
By the way, men’s ages are generally listed in broad ranges, such as “in his 40s” or “in his 50s,” or “early 40s” and “late 40s.”
This time, I assume there just happened to be someone whose exact age—45—was listed.
The circumstances I mentioned above may be the reason for that.
Many men may believe that their actual age is being communicated, and I think many of them would want it passed on as-is.
Perhaps the company should reconsider how this should be handled internally.
