How can I marry a successful, wealthy man like the men who answer here?

I’m Seattle, a male member. She’s my ex-wife, but I chose her for her black hair, fair skin, and curvy figure—and because she’s talkative both in everyday life and in bed. We met at a matchmaking party 25 years ago. As for my club activities, I might remarry if I find the perfect person. I’d love to hear your comments on the column（笑）. I’m 179 cm tall and still have my hair. I’m talkative, attentive, and love traveling. The housekeeper who comes to my place is exactly my type, but she’s married.

I’m Saito, the column writer♪ It’s knowing right from wrong. And being strong.

Maezawa from the Corporate Planning Office here as well. We figured there must be people like that, so around last month we started holding events similar to matchmaking parties. However, it seems to be quite difficult, and there hasn’t been one held this month. Hopefully they’ll start up again…

I’m Date◎Yume, a male member. > How can I marry a wealthy, successful man? There are probably plenty of men at the club who come from wealthy families. But people like that follow invisible tracks that we ordinary people can’t see, and unless you’re a well-born woman who has reached that level, it’s difficult to board the carriage running along those tracks. Assuming you’re an ordinary person, as everyone else has said, I think the key is to find a man who may not stand out now but seems likely to grow and succeed in the future. If you meet ten men, I imagine at least one of them will seem like a good prospect. Someone who thinks positively, works seriously and steadily, day and night, and devotes himself wholeheartedly to himself and his work—that might be someone worth betting on. Whether he succeeds depends on the people he meets, the times he lives in, and the luck he was born with. Of course, when you look at such a man right now, he may not seem very attractive to women. But men like that can really rise quickly. > What made you choose your current wife? Where did you meet? I met my wife at work. I suppose what stood out was that she was patient and hardworking. P.S. I can’t laugh at Mac. I’m pretty much the same. I may have been hardworking too, but perhaps I endured too much…? I’m no longer of much use now, haha.

I’m Hikōki, a male member. Embarrassingly, I’ve been married several times—and naturally, I’ve also divorced several times. There was even one occasion when I filed for divorce, only to find that my wife had submitted a request to block its acceptance, so it wasn’t processed. I’ve also had a former fiancée, and a 20-year-old woman I lived with. And, mysteriously, I’m a happy man whose relationships with all but one of them are still ongoing. It all started when I began dating a coworker as a new employee. We got married in our mid-twenties, but perhaps because we were in different places when the earthquake struck, we ended up separated. That was the end of our relationship. After the earthquake, I quit my salaried job so I wouldn’t have any regrets. In every marriage after that, I started dating and eventually got married without revealing my occupation or assets. Even after we got married, they acted as though they hadn’t known those things at first. So when you focus too much on terms and conditions, I think the other person naturally becomes hesitant. They’ll shy away from you, won’t they? Would the kind of man the questioner is looking for be someone you could meet at parties for doctors, graduates of former Imperial universities, or men earning over ten million yen a year? But those events tend to be full of women who, the more they insist on their ideal requirements, keep pushing their chances of marriage further away. The more conditions you demand, the harder it seems to become. Most men were running away. Even at those same kinds of parties, men with ordinary backgrounds and qualifications are often mixed in, and surprisingly, your chances of making it to marriage may actually be higher with them. If I had to name one key point, I’d say she had to be someone whose bare face I found attractive too. Another major point was that I started dating them without even knowing what they did for work. They were happy about even the smallest things, whatever they were. It felt refreshing. If you get accustomed to luxury at a club, you’ll lose that sense of freshness. So I think it’s important not to focus only on having high expectations in your everyday life, and not to overlook the ordinary opportunities that come your way. Even a conversation lasting just a few minutes can turn into a fateful encounter. In my case, the usual pattern was that we’d talk for a few minutes, and then I’d hear from them later. I deliberately don’t ask for their contact information. When I was a student, I once talked to a girl sitting next to me for three minutes, and she contacted me later. We started dating, and I even put a photo of us together in my graduation album because I thought I’d marry her. But she broke up with me just before we graduated from university. P.S. Honestly, as a man, I don’t want to marry someone who searches for a partner based on where to meet them or on their terms.

I’m Flagmaker, a columnist. I got married fairly young to a woman I’d been dating since my student days. I understand wanting to marry a fully established man who already has an income and the emotional capacity to support you, but I can’t help feeling, “Don’t take the easy way out,” haha. I think there’s also something wonderful about marrying a young, still-immature man your own age, going through arguments and all the ups and downs of life together, and growing as a couple. See the potential in him, and train your future husband to become a good earner.(^^)