The other day, I went to a dating café for the first time in a while and happened to see a girl I had made an offer to about six months ago.

I’m not sure whether the offers dry up after six months, but I think she realized that papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) wasn’t really for her and that one-off arrangements suited her better. Even if it meant lowering the rate, having multiple partners was more efficient. I also get the feeling that you may not be suited to papa-katsu either. For around ¥200,000, there are professional bathhouse workers who take thorough precautions, including getting tested twice a month for illnesses (using both mail-in and in-person clinic testing to avoid any delays). So, either pay ¥200,000 per meeting to keep a papa-katsu girlfriend exclusively for yourself, or go to a shop.

When I asked AI about preventing STIs, it said, “Avoid sexual contact with multiple unspecified partners. You should have sex only with a specific, trusted partner.” It seems the questioner is worried that the women in the club’s platinum class have sexual contact with multiple unspecified partners, and that he might end up having sexual contact with those people through them. Quite simply, that’s contradictory. You make an offer to a cute woman in the platinum class, but in the end, you don’t become her one and only papa. Instead, you seek sexual contact with multiple unspecified partners and go to dating cafés. If you were providing a sufficient allowance and supporting her continuously, then worrying about her seeing multiple partners would at least be somewhat understandable. But you make offers yourself, have your fun, and discard the women afterward; you have sexual contact with multiple women through the club, and on top of that, you’re going to dating cafés trying to have sexual contact there too. First and foremost, I think the best way for you to prevent STIs is to stop going to dating cafés. Neither the club nor the women are responsible for this.

That sounds kind of made-up. Please don’t generalize based on just one person you happened to meet. It was just a coincidence. People’s circumstances can change in all sorts of ways, and naturally, you’ll get fewer offers as you get older. Besides, you’re going to a dating café too, so aren’t you just as much a hypocrite? You’re going there looking for sex, aren’t you? If you’re afraid of STIs, then I think you should only have sex with your wife. Although, even if you only sleep with your wife, there’s still a chance—however small—that she could cheat or visit a women’s sex service. So if you’re truly afraid of STIs, I guess masturbation is your only option lol. Even among people working off the books, there are probably plenty who date multiple people at once: multiple papas (male supporters), a boyfriend, and casual partners. Even so, I think the STI risk is lower than with women from dating cafés or sex services...

I almost didn’t think this needed an answer, but I felt exactly the same way as the other respondents.

After reading the question, I feel that the person asking it is actually the one at the highest risk of illness.