I’ve made a living as a kept woman, and I’ve worked hard in places like Macau, New York (with a Chinese man), and Dubai (with a Japanese papa).

I think you should go abroad right away and work there. It would be a waste not to. Go now.

Are you really a woman in your 20s? No one actually talks that weirdly, lol. Anyway, if you accepted the offer, you need to follow through with it. Once you accept an offer, you generally can’t cancel it.

My recreational club activities are basically like looking for a mistress. I’m sure my partner didn’t turn out exactly as she expected either, but perhaps she decided, “Well, I guess this is what it is.” As for me, I thought, “Shall I go with you?”—and it’s already been six years (laughs). In our case, we only see each other twice a month, so I can’t say it’s enough to put her completely at ease financially. Still, I think we’ve settled into a stable relationship with a fixed monthly allowance.

Most of what I would say has already been covered, but I’ll add a few points. Dating clubs in Japan may have developed in a uniquely Japanese way as “papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan)”—though I haven’t heard the term “Galápagos” used much lately. A papa-katsu relationship is also different from being someone’s mistress. It may sometimes develop into that, but papa-katsu arrangements where the papa supports your life while you’re practically living together are probably quite rare. You can’t hit a single or a home run unless you step up to the plate. No action means no results, so I recommend that you withdraw immediately. I don’t know which dating club you belong to, but it seems highly unlikely that you’re receiving offers from the kind of men you’re looking for. Some dating clubs include each woman’s desired allowance and preferred type of relationship in her profile. In your case, either you belong to a club that doesn’t list that information, or you haven’t clearly communicated what you really want. If that’s the case, there’s an extremely high chance that the remaining six offers are from men who assume that paying several tens of thousands of yen on a pay-per-meeting basis will be sufficient. You also compare this with clubs in Ginza, but you’re confusing expenses that can be claimed as business costs—and whose actual cost is roughly half after tax savings—with expenses that cannot be deducted. Your understanding is rather naive. It’s like selling something without knowing the buyer’s circumstances or seeing things from the customer’s perspective. Based on your past experiences, why not establish an ideal profile of the kind of man you’re looking for—the “persona” in marketing—and properly analyze how you can meet men like that? Since this is the papa-katsu market, you won’t get the results you want if you remain in a market that doesn’t suit you.

If the papas in Macau, New York, and Dubai are well-mannered, you should consider going again. If you want to focus on finding someone in Japan, don’t leave the amount entirely up to them—try telling them you’re looking for a six-figure allowance. They’ll probably accept it for the first meeting. After that, it’s just a matter of seeing who you’re compatible with and keeping the right person.

Nice try, fake woman. To give you a serious answer: - Plenty of arrangements do develop beyond pay-per-meeting. - However, competition is fierce, so most relationships end at pay-per-meeting, making it difficult for things to progress further. - Clubs in Ginza will provide receipts, so you can even write it off as a business expense. Honestly, I think you’d be better off going back to Macau, New York, or Dubai. Best of luck.