I’ve been enjoying reading everyone’s posts.

A while back, around May, I believe, I posted under the title “Straight Talk About Allowances.” Since then, thankfully, I’ve taken the same woman on two overnight trips, and we had a wonderful time. Since our adult relationship only took place while traveling—and that was what I had originally wanted anyway—I feel that, in a sense, I achieved what I set out to do. After the second trip, she ended up going back to her hometown for a month, and with everything that followed, we’ve now lost touch. I do have some lingering regrets, but I also feel a sense of accomplishment, so I suppose it can’t be helped. I gave her almost five figures in allowance. On our second trip, something came up unexpectedly and she had to leave the inn early the next morning because of her studies and other commitments. I did everything I could to support her, including changing my reserved-seat tickets so it would work out for her. When we parted, she returned one bill from the allowance, saying she had caused me trouble. I accepted it without protest. After that, another woman I had been seeing for the longest period in my limited dating history—about nine months—finally agreed to go on a trip with me. She is probably the one I feel most comfortable with, although her status on the site has been changed from B to A. To cut to the conclusion, nothing happened on our two-day, one-night hot-spring trip. I made one advance, but she smoothly slipped away (笑), so I didn’t press her any further. We spent the entire two days together, and it was a very enjoyable trip. I do want to cherish this relationship from here on, but if there is absolutely no possibility of things developing, my own enthusiasm (I suppose?) may start to fade. And now, next month, I’m planning another two-day, one-night trip with yet another woman. I don’t think she would necessarily reject an adult relationship. As with the first woman, however, I don’t want to have an adult relationship before the trip. I realize I’m being rather complicated about all this. I’d be very grateful for any comments from those of you with more experience, or from the female members here. Sorry for the long post.