I’m the person who previously asked about a male member who can’t make plans for dates or overnight stays, while I also have to maintain my everyday life.

I just noticed that my profile has a section for areas where I’m available to date… I live in the Nagoya branch area, but since I’m registered with the Kanto branch, it only listed Kanto as my available dating area. As you pointed out, I go to Kanto about once a month, so I basically transferred to the Kanto branch during the big migration three years ago. So that explains why most of the “You seem wonderful” messages I receive are from women in Kanto, haha. I’d been wondering why—maybe it was because I belonged to the Kanto branch?—but thank you for pointing it out. I guess that’s about the extent of most male members’ understanding of the system…

Yes, I think so. I didn’t know there was even an option like that since it isn’t publicly listed right now, so if it’s specifically mentioned, I assume men can go as well and women are welcome too. Since it’s within Japan, a day trip is possible.

In my case, I set the areas where I’m available to date on the assumption that I’ll be the one traveling. As we continue seeing each other, there are times when I ask them to come to me, but in those cases, I give them transportation costs separately from their allowance. I think every man has his own way of thinking, though.

I think men who list a wide range of areas where they can go on dates are generally writing within the range that works for them. When they join, they’re asked which areas they’re available to date in. So a man who travels nationwide for business, for example, might list the entire country. That said, even when someone says “nationwide,” it often turns out to mean only a few locations. So I sometimes wonder whether men tend to broaden their listed area a little when they first join. Men can edit their own profiles, so it’s possible that some of them are using the term in a different sense. In that case, though, I would assume they may not have a good grasp of Japanese. For example, if the available dating area is listed as “Shizuoka,” that means he can date in Shizuoka. I don’t think it means that a woman from Shizuoka should come all the way to Tokyo for a date. Come to think of it, someone once said that people who don’t sit in priority seats on trains and so on must not understand Japanese. I think it was about not understanding the difference between “reserved for” and “priority” seats. Still, I find it hard to believe that there are men at Universe who are like that.

I think it depends on the person. Personally, rather than having the woman come to me, I prefer to go meet her. Meeting up with an unfamiliar older man in her own area would probably be nerve-racking enough, and I feel that adding travel before or afterward could be too much for some women. If, as we continue seeing each other, she says she’d be comfortable coming to my area, then I invite her. That said, I’m sure some men see it differently.