These were women I had met in the past, but some said they were fine with family restaurants or ramen for meals. Others were happy with an inexpensive lunch costing around ¥2,000 or conveyor-belt sushi. There were also several women who were perfectly fine with the allowance currently being discussed—¥30,000, but none were the passive type or looking to cut things short. Only one Black-tier woman asked for ¥50,000 or more, but if anything, the women demanding higher allowances seemed more transactional and passive. They were all perfectly fine with love hotels or business hotels, and not a single one insisted on a luxury city hotel. I was never asked for designer goods or pressured to go shopping. You might say they were dissatisfied deep down, but if we start making claims based on speculation, there’s no end to it.

I’m a male member of UC and the new salon. In my experience, women from the Platinum and Black tiers often clearly stated an amount of 50,000 yen or more. I also get the impression that women who ask for higher amounts tend to have a stronger transactional attitude. By contrast, every woman I’ve met through the salon—eight in total, six of whom I’ve gone out with—has said, “I’ll leave it up to you. Please do whatever feels comfortable for you, [name].” I think it’s because the salon staff are introducing me to women who are genuinely a perfect match for me. We seem to be able to build trust fairly quickly. Of course, they’re all incredibly beautiful, but every woman I’m seeing is polite and humble. We sometimes go to family restaurants or ramen shops, and we even stay at reasonably priced business hotels rather than luxury hotels. We’ve gone to the movies and karaoke together, and recently, we even went to the cafeteria at my alma mater(^^;; No matter how much someone fits your type looks-wise, if they come across as completely transactional, you wouldn’t want to continue seeing them, right…?

Column writer Saito-san♪ here. It’s a matter of supply and demand: women who receive lots of offers tend to be much more selective, and they probably become quite used to the whole process as well. Since it’s competitive, the going rate for allowances likely rises too. On the other hand, women who receive fewer offers tend to ask for less and naturally make an effort not to be disliked. Both men and women come in all types. Since money is involved, I think it’s a setting where people’s personalities are more likely to show.

I’m a male member named Seattle. I’ve only made offers to four women so far, but they’ve all been very humble. Three of them had received no offers from anyone but me. I read the staff’s comments carefully and choose based mainly on personality, so I haven’t had any bad experiences. Looking at it from the opposite perspective, I can’t blame women who are popular, confident in their looks, and receive lots of offers for being selective about which male members they meet.