What were women doing when they were younger if they started papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) for money after 25, when they’re already fairly old? I had various things happen when I was 19 and had to leave home, so I registered with a club and started papa-katsu. I made 7 million yen in one year, including my part-time job earnings. I also invested some of it, and now, at 20, I have over 10 million yen in savings.
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These days, I do papa-katsu leisurely, not because I need the money.
I don’t know what life has in store for me, but I take the pill and use contraception, so I would never do something stupid like getting pregnant before marriage. I also don’t spend money on men. I figure that if I graduate from university, get a job, and live a normal life, I probably won’t have major financial problems.
Honestly, I don’t understand why someone would do papa-katsu at 25 or 30 because they need money.
Even if Japan’s wages are really that low and people are that poor, what were women who started papa-katsu for financial reasons at that age doing when they were younger? Did they not save any money at all?
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First off, simply being 20 years old and having saved over 10 million yen entirely on your own is an impressive achievement.
That said, everyone has different circumstances. Not many people think that far ahead when they’re young. Some work hard, study, and get into a good university, only to end up at a company with low pay. Others have high expenses because of family circumstances. There are all kinds of situations.
Since you’ve managed to save 10 million yen, I think it would be a good idea not to stop there, but to continue investing in yourself and develop your ability to earn even more.
As others have mentioned, around 10 million yen can disappear surprisingly easily. However, not many people are able to use that kind of money for self-improvement.
Even now, I occasionally get a little carried away, and I think I was pretty full of myself in my twenties—both when I first started working and when I became independent. I probably had a much stronger desire to show off than I do now, too.
Lately, I’ve come to feel that putting it all out there isn’t necessarily a good thing, and that it might actually look cooler to keep some of it hidden, so I’ve been toning it down a bit（笑）
Keep up the good work—you still have plenty of time to achieve more.
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I’m doing papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) simply because I’m lonely and the kind of person who always wants to be loved. It’s not just about the money.
When I spend time with ordinary salaried workers, they have limited funds, so I’d rather spend time with wealthy men from Universe Club—and be loved.
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People who make these kinds of stupid posts are usually kids around 20.
They may be adults physically, but what they write is at an elementary-school level. If you’re saying that around 10 million yen will set you up for life, adults will just scoff at you.
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Once you start working full-time, you may be shocked by how low your salary is.
For example, one woman I met worked at the counter of a regional bank and said her take-home pay was only around ¥120,000 a month.
She also apparently sent nearly half of it to her family, so naturally, making ends meet was difficult for her.
Another woman worked in show business. She couldn’t just take any part-time job, and her income varied greatly from one period to another, so she saved money to prepare for times when she had no income.
(In cases like that, the amount saved may be far more than ¥10 million.)
Perhaps you’re thinking that having ¥10 million in savings should be enough, as long as she simply gets a regular daytime job afterward. But I think you should understand that it depends on each person’s circumstances.
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I didn’t even have a part-time job until I was 22, when my father lost his job.
Until then, I focused on my studies and club activities, and occasionally went out drinking or hanging out with friends. After my father became unemployed (my mother was working—her annual income was probably around ¥4.5 million at the time), I got a part-time job, but papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) didn’t exist back then, and I never worked in the nightlife industry either.
I didn’t join Universe until I was in my late 40s.
Since I didn’t join because I was struggling financially, I don’t really wonder what I was doing all those years. I was simply working steadily like everyone else.
There are so many different paths in life.
Marika
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Everyone’s circumstances are different, after all.
Even if you say that, you can’t really know about the person asking, either. They might be 25 and struggling financially.
The company they got a job with went under.
The place they lived burned down.
They lost all their savings after a failed investment.
Their live-in boyfriend took their money and ran.
They might end up doing papa-katsu again because they’re short on money.
People are people, and I’m me—the reasons vary.
Fuu is just an ordinary office worker with a low salary, so he prefers women who do papa-katsu because they want some extra spending money and an allowance. He has monthly arrangements with them.
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Everyone’s circumstances are different.
There are plenty of women who, unlike you, never had to struggle enough to leave home at 19. Their parents paid their tuition, so they never had to truly appreciate how expensive education is. They spent their university years carefree and happy, only to enter the workforce and realize, “Wait, is this really all a working adult earns!? Rent is ridiculously expensive! I can’t live on this!”
In other words, they simply hadn’t had to worry about money until then. I don’t know which of you is happier, and it’s not for other people to decide.
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