What’s the cheapest place a papa has ever taken you to? I was once taken to a ¥1,000 hamburger steak lunch (he was a business owner who constantly said he had no money).

I’m Saito, the columnist♪ Basically, when I ask what someone wants to eat, the answers are usually things like teppanyaki, sushi, or Japanese food. So if she specifically says, “I want a hamburger steak,” I’ll probably take her to a teppanyaki restaurant. The reason I ask women what they feel like eating is to draw out thoughts like: “I wrote ‘meat’ in my profile, so I’ve been taken to meat restaurants nonstop and I’m getting tired of it.” “I’m on a diet, so honestly, I don’t really want to eat much.” So it’s not really about the price or type of cuisine. Among gamblers, there are women who are into horse racing or casinos who are perfectly happy grabbing a bowl of soba at a standing noodle shop, saying, “Ahh, that’s nice and hot,” then, “Come on, let’s go buy our betting tickets.” They’re incredibly beautiful, straightforward, and a little rough around the edges—and I kind of like that. (I’m taking one to the roundtable discussion next time.)

Maezawa from the Corporate Planning Office here as well. > On the other hand, there was another man who had plenty of time, but only bought me a cup of coffee in the hotel lounge and then said, “Shall we negotiate the hotel?” > I felt a little down, wondering if he just didn’t want to spend money on a meal, and ended up going home. There are people like that, too. Some men say things like, “If I eat before intimacy, I lose my sex drive, so I can’t eat. If anything, I don’t mind letting only the woman eat.” But I’ve never heard from any woman who dated that man that he actually took her out for a meal. Women who date people like that are usually disappointed. They should show a little more consideration for the woman.

I’m だて◎ゆめ, a male member. I assume this question is directed at the female members, but… > A ¥1,000 hamburger lunch I felt a little embarrassed because it sounded like you were talking about me（笑） I’m a low-income member of the dating club, so I often take my partner to restaurants that aren’t particularly expensive. Since it’s a young, beautiful woman and an older man, I try to avoid places where we’re completely out in the open. I usually choose somewhere with at least some partitions, although the place we went to the other day didn’t have any（笑） I’m certainly cheap, but I do give the allowance up to the maximum I can afford. In our case, we’re both poor, so perhaps she’s simply given up expecting more from me. My support may not be enough, but we’re still continuing to see each other. Well, I suppose there are arrangements like ours too…

I’m a male member, Paper Airplane. Oh no—I read the opening line and thought for a moment that it was about me… (By the third line, I realized it wasn’t.) I usually go to pretty ordinary restaurants, so maybe I’m one of the guys who takes his dates to the cheapest places… The difference is that I make up for it with more shopping and a higher allowance. (Even so, I’m nowhere near the scale of the veterans here.) When you hit it off and things progress naturally, I’m sure it’s great to enjoy one thing after another. But when that doesn’t happen, I might get completely torn apart if only that part were picked out. Feedback scares me… Though I promised not to make another offer, so I should be okay, right? P.S. I’ve even been told, “You don’t have to do anything since your generous (well-paying) papa gives you so much—an extraordinary amount.” (Am I bragging!? Or is it embarrassing!?) Still, I think it’s important to recognize when you’re poor… Since I can’t compete with money, I have to make an effort in other ways. I can’t compete on the same playing field as people operating on that kind of huge scale.