This is Mac, one of the respondents.

This happened a little while ago, but looking back, I’ve started to think it might actually be a pretty heartwarming story, so I wanted to share it and ask a question. I have a girl I’ve been seeing since her first year of university. She’s graduating this year, after four years. I’m a pay-per-meeting papa who gives her 50,000 yen each time, but I’m not the kind of papa who gives birthday, Christmas, or other special-occasion gifts. In fact, I hadn’t given her anything in particular over those four years. I do buy her clothes and lingerie, though. I personally enjoy choosing those kinds of things for women. One day in mid-December, she said, “There’s something I’d like you to buy me.” I assumed it was probably clothes again, so we went to a department store. I followed her as she walked ahead in silence, and she led me to the miumiu wallet section. She pointed to a light-blue wallet and said, “This one.” It wasn’t particularly expensive, so I said, “Sure,” and bought it for her. But about a week later, it suddenly occurred to me: had she wanted a Christmas present? She doesn’t have any other ongoing papas. She’s cute and has a great figure, but she’s a little socially awkward, so conversation doesn’t really flow. She’s also not good at the usual girls’ talk. She deliberately chose a university far from her parents’ home, lives alone on a scholarship, and doesn’t even go back to her parents’ place over the New Year holidays. There must be some reason for that. When I realized that maybe this girl, after having me as her papa for four years, had wanted a Christmas present from me, it really touched my heart. To all the male members: have you ever given a gift and ended up feeling all warm and touched afterward? Since she gave me that feeling, I’m glad I bought her that wallet.