Men who offer less than the going rate—if they really like a woman and don’t want to lose her, shouldn’t they consider giving her a little more?

I’m Saito, a columnist♪ Yes, there are plenty of men who give generously. Some people around me even hand over amounts that sound like urban legends. One male member gave a platinum-class woman over ¥1 million in just three meetings. For some reason, I also had the chance to meet a platinum-class woman, and she asked for ¥500,000 on a pay-per-meeting basis. (I mentioned it to the staff, so I’m sure you know who she is.) It depends on height, but personally, I can’t go for anyone over 50 kilos. If I like someone, I’ll give her a lot. If I don’t, I’ll pay her just to leave. And besides, wonderful women disappear from the dating club in an instant, so they never join discussions about topics like this. They also keep it secret because they don’t want their rivals to snatch them away.

Maezawa here with an answer. As for the allowance, I think it’s fine as long as the woman’s expectations and the man’s expectations match. That said, there are probably situations where someone is actually unhappy but doesn’t feel able to say so. And since women are more likely to put up with things, I feel men should be more considerate. As you mentioned, I sometimes hear about women someone had met several times and liked, who suddenly stopped responding. I assume they probably moved on to a man offering a more generous allowance, so when I ask how much he had been paying, it’s usually an amount the woman may well have been dissatisfied with. Of course, it’s also possible that she was unhappy with the man’s attitude or behavior, so we can’t know for sure without asking her. But one thing I often hear from women is, “I went along with it, but I wasn’t happy.” So from a man’s perspective, assuming that a woman is satisfied just because she agreed may not be quite right. This is a complicated world even when allowance isn’t involved, so it’s not that simple.