A question for male members: If you had to choose between “an average-looking woman who genuinely likes you and dates you for free” and “a beautiful woman who doesn’t like you but will date you for money,” which would you choose?

I’m Saito, a columnist♪ I would choose the latter. Nothing is more frightening than something free. Anyone who has experienced that fear even once stops settling for trivial amounts. I understand that you feel it’s okay to do this for free, too. But people’s feelings change. And that applies not only to men, but to you as well. The reason for paying on a monthly basis is that the amount includes compensation in case the relationship ends. How a woman chooses to interpret that is entirely up to her. P.S. I often hear people say they meet because it’s free. That’s probably how many ordinary affairs work, too. I even know some salarymen who make a move on a female employee at a business partner’s company and then make her pay as well. In my case, the question is whether she’s someone I want to meet even if I have to pay. That’s simply the reality, regardless of whether you’re a man or a woman. Please invest in yourself and become the best version of you. Sometimes that requires money. When it does, get plenty from your other papas. LOL

Maezawa here. I don’t think he’s seeing you simply because it’s free. There must be something about you that attracts him, which is why he’s choosing to date you. With that in mind, there’s probably no need to worry unless another woman comes along who surpasses you in whatever that quality is. The real question is: what exactly attracted him to you? If another woman appears who exceeds you in that regard, then regardless of whether she’s paid or free, there’s a good chance he’ll start seeing her instead. So, regarding the question at the beginning, neither option includes the conditions necessary for him to date either person, so I don’t think it’s possible to choose between them.