I'm in my mid-20s, but people in their 50s are inevitably older than my father, so they look like grandfathers to me. My friends around my age say the same thing. What did you think of people in their 50s when you were in your 20s? Walking alongside and being intimate with such a grandfather makes me feel disgusted and reluctant inside, but since it's for the money, I force myself to keep doing papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) with a strained smile.

Maezawa from the CEO’s office here—I’ll answer too. You don’t have to wait until you’re around 30 or 40. If you start meeting a variety of older men, they’ll probably start to seem perfectly normal to you before long. I think it’s simply because you haven’t had many opportunities to interact with them yet.

I’m Date◎Yume, a male member. That’s a good question (笑). I’m in my 60s, and there’s more than a 40-year age gap between me and the women I see. As you asked, they do see me as an old man. On the other hand, I don’t just feel unlike an old man—I still feel 20, just like when I was handsome. (Wait, what?) Even now, our relationship hasn’t changed much since we started seeing each other (笑). However, after about two years, the women become more and more beautiful, while I just keep getting older, so the imbalance is even greater than it was at the beginning. Yet we actually become closer than when we first started seeing each other. Once we reach the three-year mark, they start saying things I never would have expected, like, “You used to be handsome and gentlemanly, so don’t tell me to hurry up and lick your thing,” or, “Maybe I was a country girl back then.” In short, as the women gain more experience and start looking at me with ordinary human eyes rather than an eagle eye, I think the wrinkles and gray hair bother them less. > Even if I currently look like nothing but a completely dried-up old grandpa, will I stop looking like one once I reach my 30s or 40s? I don’t think their impression of me will change much from what it is now. But perhaps what they focus on will change (笑).

I’m Aya, a female member. I’m in my late 20s, and I feel like once men hit their late 40s, there can be huge differences from person to person. My overseas papa is almost 50, but he looks really young—or maybe just flashy and youthful. He’s been the picture-perfect IT CEO since he was young and wears brands like Balenciaga and Maison Margiela, so maybe that’s why. But I like him. He’s handsome, after all.

I’m Rin, a female SALON member. If he’s someone I can respect, I don’t really see him that way. No matter their age, people who are worthy of respect are attractive. I don’t think your perspective will change, no matter how old you get. Unless you change the way you think, it’ll probably stay the same forever.

If he’s in his 50s and already being called “grandpa,” then I must be a great-grandpa. 😭 A defeated man.