I'm a male member.

Aizawa, Sub-Chief at Universe Club Tokyo, will answer as well. I don’t resent anyone for making a last-minute offer, but I do set things up while worrying about whether they’ll actually be able to confirm the date. I understand that you’re busy and can’t decide on a date far in advance, and I also understand wanting to make good use of days that suddenly become available. However, I do feel disappointed when things can’t be finalized. I imagine some women may worry about whether a relationship can really continue into a second or third meeting if they only ever receive last-minute offers. But what do they actually think about it? That’s something I’m curious about too.

Maezawa from the president’s office here—I’ll answer this one too. The staff are grateful for any offer, so we almost never think, “Seriously, you’re making an offer at such short notice?” That said, same-day offers are difficult because it’s rare to find a woman who happens to be free that day. We explain that to the man, then do everything we can to contact potential candidates. And since it becomes a race against the clock, multiple staff members may contact different candidates at the same time, with exchanges like: A: Not available. B: Not available. C: Not available. D: Not available. E: Not available. F: She can do it if we move the time back an hour. → Ask the man. G: Not available. H: Not available. I: She says she can do it if the time is moved back an hour too. → Ask the man. J: Not available. That’s the kind of frantic coordination that goes on among the staff. Next-day offers give us a little more breathing room, but the process is still pretty similar. Women sometimes reply with things like, “I could have made it work if you’d given me more notice. Couldn’t you have asked someone else?” So there are times when we feel that the men are creating unnecessary trouble. Same-day and day-before offers take several times more work than usual, so please try to make your offer about a week in advance.

Mamiya from Universe Club Tokyo here. Dear male member, It seems like you’ve already found the answer yourself, but I think what matters is how the woman interprets “my schedule suddenly opened up.” Some women strongly want to feel valued, and may wonder, “Would he have asked anyone, not just me?” when they receive a last-minute offer. On the other hand, you may be more compatible with someone who doesn’t worry about that at all and simply feels lucky to have been invited. Whether love means contacting someone in advance or suddenly wanting to see them, I don’t think it matters how things begin. Why not put fate to the test—including the possibility that it may actually work out?