I’d like to ask about a man I met for the first time through a papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) app. Before we met, he said he’d give me ¥5,000–¥10,000 for the first meeting, but only ¥3,000 if he didn’t like me. So I went to meet him.

The moment we met, he took out his wallet and said, “I’ll give this to you first,” then handed me ¥6,000. Does that mean he didn’t dislike me, but wasn’t particularly interested either? Since he gave me more than ¥3,000, was I acceptable to him, but my first impression wasn’t good enough for him to give me ¥10,000? I’m just wondering why he chose ¥6,000 when he said ¥5,000–¥10,000. Was he ranking me something like this? ¥3,000 → Didn’t like me ¥5,000 → Average ¥6,000 → Slightly above average ¥7,000 → Pretty good ¥8,000 → Cute ¥9,000 → Very cute ¥10,000 → Model-level If he’d given it to me at the end, I’d understand that the amount reflected how he felt after talking with me. But since he handed it over immediately after we met, doesn’t that mean he judged me based on my appearance?