Maezawa here.
Did you perhaps not receive your allowance?
The club can’t get involved in the private relationship aspect. However, if you didn’t receive not only the allowance but also the transportation fee—the guaranteed ¥5,000–¥10,000 payment—the club will take responsibility for requesting the transportation fee from him.
Even though we can’t intervene regarding the allowance for the private relationship, please let us know if it happens. The club can then keep track of the fact that this man has failed to pay in the past. If it happens multiple times, we may be able to remove him from the club for misconduct.
So please contact the club via LINE or another method not only when you don’t receive the transportation fee, but also when you don’t receive your allowance.
You can also call us during the club’s business hours.
As for when to receive the allowance you asked about, it would normally be at some point during the arrangement after the meal. The basic rule is to receive it before you part ways.
If you’ve only just met and haven’t built up trust yet, it’s better to receive it at the beginning.
However, some men say they won’t meet a woman a second time if she wants to be paid upfront, so it can be a difficult judgment call.
In that case, you may choose to trust him and ask for it on the spot if he still hasn’t paid you just before you leave.
That said, unless you clearly discuss the terms beforehand, you may end up disappointed if the amount is lower than you expected.
Also, if you wanted to get home a little earlier because you had work the next day, I believe the club told you to use about four hours, including the meal.
Once around four hours had passed, you could have said something like:
“I’m sorry, but I have to get up early tomorrow, so I think I’ll call it a night…”
The man might then have given you the allowance, and if he seemed to have forgotten, you could have reminded him.
Men also tend to want to spend more time with someone they really like, so simply telling him that you have work the next day may not have gotten the message across.
