I’m the person who asked this question.

I’m Aya, a female member. I think many men look for women in their 30s to be calm, stable, comforting, and intelligent. Running short on money can make you seem financially irresponsible and less intelligent, so it may leave a bad impression. So, in response to your previous question, I think it would be best to use revolving credit and pay it off in full starting next month. I’m sure you know that revolving credit can be dangerous and should be paid off as soon as possible, so please be careful.

I’m Dai, a male member. I’ve also had a first date when I was coming down with a cold. As soon as we met, I gave her ¥10,000 for transportation and called it a day. That said, I don’t think things would work out with a woman who feels she’s automatically entitled to receive an allowance in situations like that. I get the impression that this attitude is more common among women in their late teens or early twenties, so I’ve started avoiding making offers to them.

To begin with, older men (papas) are, by and large, not even the slightest bit humble. They’ll be with a young, cute girl but only give her an allowance of 50, try to go twice despite offering an allowance of 50, or give her a Magikarp kiss even though their breath smells awful (I’m talking about myself). So I really don’t feel qualified to tell women that they should be humble. Besides, what’s considered “right” changes depending on your position in life, so I think the person asking should follow the path they believe in. In the end, everything comes back to you. That said, I can say one thing: I’m not sure whether women who are good at getting money out of men are actually humble, but they certainly know how to appear humble. The highest-paid woman on my staff is in her late 30s, but she sometimes pays expenses herself that I should have covered. When I press her about it, she says, “I’m already paid very well.” Since I can’t just let her pay, we go back and forth about it repeatedly—and it’s true that her humility touches me and keeps making me want to raise her salary. She already earns over 20 million yen a year, and I plan to increase it further. She’s exceptionally capable, of course, but because she’s humble, I find myself wanting to give her more money. Hope that helps.

Maezawa from the president’s office here. When a male member of Universe says: “I’m not comfortable with women who are too young. Around 30 is ideal.” I think he’s pointing out that women in their early 20s and women around 30 are clearly different. When he says he values life experience over youth, I think part of that means preferring someone who understands life’s hardships enough not to say, “You canceled at the last minute and didn’t pay me anything.” Of course, if the man canceled at the last minute, I do think it would be more gentlemanly for him to voluntarily give her the same allowance he would have given her if they had met. But it’s only gentlemanly if he reads the situation and gives it to her without her asking. Once she says it outright, though, he may start wondering, “Why are you so short on money?” The frustrating part is that many men still won’t understand unless you tell them directly, so sometimes I wonder if both sides are still a little immature.

Children are incredibly cute up until around age two… but they have their own kind of charm at every stage, from kindergarten and elementary school to high school and college. No matter how old they get, there’s always an age-appropriate kind of charm—even when they’re elderly. —Paper Airplane