Tips May 11, 2022 18:52

I have one female friend I talk to about being registered with places like Universe and doing papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan).

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She does this kind of thing too, so we share updates about who we're going to meet next and what they were like when we actually met them. However, for the past year or two, she’s been ending our LINE conversations halfway through. Once before, I replied to her message, but she left it on read and that was the end of it. I didn’t contact her either, but when her birthday came around, I sent her a “Happy Birthday” message, and we started messaging again—only for her to stop replying once more. Yesterday, I had something else I wanted to talk about, so I messaged her first. She replied, and after we exchanged a few messages, she stopped responding again. I figure maybe she doesn’t reply when there’s nothing in the message that really needs a response, but this happens every single time, and I’m honestly like, “What the heck?” Yesterday, I told her that I might start a business, but she completely ignored that. Then I mentioned that my boyfriend was planning to expand his business, and she stopped replying after that too. Is she jealous? I’m getting tired of being the one who always reaches out first. Since she keeps cutting our conversations off, I don’t need to go out of my way to send her a birthday message anymore, do I?
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I have a friend like that too, lol. For some reason, it always ends with her ignoring my messages. I never message her first, but she’ll reach out whenever she has something she wants to brag about. I know her bragging is clearly pretty pathetic (sorry), so I just look at it like, “Yeah, yeah, whatever.” But somehow, I can’t bring myself to hate her. I don’t think I could ever truly dislike her. I’m sure there’s a part of you that feels the same way about that woman, too. So I guess you’ll just have to keep putting up with her.
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I don’t know whether your friend is busy or simply jealous, but if you exchange too much information, it could cause problems later. I sometimes exchange information with fellow answerers, but we don’t go into much detail. I think your LINE messages probably rubbed them the wrong way. You should probably tone down the bragging a little.
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My honest reaction is… either way, it doesn’t really matter to me. First of all, you’re not friends or anything. That said, I can understand not being able to talk to anyone about it. I don’t talk to my friends about it either—or rather, I don’t because I don’t feel any need to. If you want someone to listen, why not look for a papa (a male supporter) who’s okay with multiple relationships? You’d probably learn much more useful information and how to handle things from someone like that. If you want papa-katsu friends, why not look for people on Twitter or somewhere similar? I personally don’t feel the need for that at all, though… I’d like to say, “I’ll listen if you just want to talk?!” But you seem like the type to immediately tell your other friends, so… I feel like you and that girl were probably both doing the same thing to each other. I also read and answered your follow-up question.
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