I don’t need an allowance—I’d like someone to invest in me. Would this dating club be suitable for that purpose?

I’m Saito, a column writer♪ Joe’s story is really wonderful. He seems fairly advanced in age… Forgive me for saying so, but in cases like that, I think there may be a possibility. **Investment** In the broad sense, this means providing assets to a relevant organization. In the narrower sense, it means providing assets in exchange for acquiring a status such as shares or an ownership interest—or, for certain organizations, the shares or share-like status obtained in return. The funds provided are called invested capital, and the person providing them is called an investor. In return for an investment in the narrow sense, the investor is granted a certain status referred to as shares, an ownership interest, or a capital contribution. This may include rights to receive dividends or a distribution of residual assets, as well as voting rights. So, wouldn’t it depend on what the questioner receives in return?

I’m Joe, a male member and columnist. Needless to say, I have no say in who gets accepted as a member, but I’d like to share my modest experience. So far, three women have asked me to invest in their businesses. Two of them were members of Universe Club, though they’ve since left. I agreed to invest in one of them, but things didn’t work out from a dating perspective—although her business seems to have taken off. That’s because the meaning of “investment” was different for the person providing the money and the person receiving it. Since investments generally involve substantial amounts, it’s difficult without a certain level of trust between the two people. If you ask whether it’s a good idea, my answer would be, “Some men do it,” but I think the road there is a difficult one. That said, in my case, I invested rather easily myself (embarrassing).