This is about a papa I met recently.

Apparently, a man in his 60s had been involved for several years with a woman in her 20s without giving her any allowance. He wasn’t a celebrity or anything—just a well-groomed owner of a small or midsize company. She fell for him, and he would buy her designer items once or twice a year. Whenever they met, they would have expensive meals, and they were intimate every time. I met him through papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan), but I couldn’t believe his story. He certainly looks polished, but he didn’t seem like the type to lavish a woman with gifts. At the same time, he didn’t seem like the kind of man who would properly provide something substantial, like an apartment, as a parting settlement. He apparently met this woman at a nightclub. She has since quit working there, and he didn’t spend money at the club or anything. They broke up because he wouldn’t get divorced. I can’t tell whether this woman genuinely loved him or whether she was trying to turn it into a romantic relationship so she could receive more support than she would through papa-katsu. From my perspective, there seem to be two patterns: meeting a papa on a pay-per-meeting basis, and wanting to actually date a papa—being told that you’re the only one and having him keep you exclusively, so to speak. I feel like the latter often ends up with the woman being exploited. Saying “you’re the only one” while being supported by multiple men seems like it would be the most profitable, though. Do you think a man like the one described above is lying? Was the woman really in love with him? We can’t know the truth, but it’s very...