At first, he used to take me to fancy French or Chinese restaurants—even ones quite far away—whenever he knew of a delicious place. But gradually, we started going more often to casual, nearby restaurants. I have no problem with that at all, but sometimes I find myself wanting to go somewhere like we did in the beginning, where I could dress up a little.

I’m Tetsu, a male member. I don’t think he’s just taking the easy way out. I’ve had something similar happen to me. I love eating delicious food, and I sometimes travel with women I’ve become close to just to enjoy great meals together. That said, I don’t do this with every woman I meet. When I find a woman who enjoys sharing good food and a lovely atmosphere—whether we’re dining somewhere delicious or having afternoon tea in a beautiful hotel lounge—I naturally start thinking, “I’d love to come here with her again.” If you’d like to go somewhere that calls for dressing up, I think it’s perfectly fine to tell your papa (a male supporter) directly. For example, you could say, “The ___ we had at that restaurant was delicious. I’d love to go there again.” If he enjoys food, being specific like that might make him interested. There may be some truth to your comment that “this is all you’re worth.” It may not be about your appeal as a person; perhaps your papa felt that you weren’t really enjoying the places he took you to. By the way, there are plenty of casual places nearby that serve incredibly good food. In fact, the restaurant he’s taking you to now might be one of those places.

I’m Maezawa from the President’s Office, and I’ll answer this too. Thank you for your question. Since you seem like someone who can read the atmosphere, I think it would be fine to simply tell him: “I’d like to go somewhere where I can dress up a little, like we did in the beginning, every once in a while.” If he responds with something like, “Uhh…,” you can probably just say, “I’m totally fine with a regular place too,” and smoothly return to a normal conversation as if nothing happened. And in most cases, I think he’ll say something like, “Let’s do that next time,” and take you somewhere similar to the places you went in the beginning. By the way, I don’t think you’ve done anything wrong.

I’m Date◎Yume, a male member. Haha（笑） Exactly. I don’t think it’s because I’ve lost my appeal. I think we’ve simply gotten more comfortable with each other, so she probably feels that something casual is fine. Actually, I recently realized that I haven’t gone out at all lately, so I just suggested, “Why don’t we go somewhere for the first time in a while? Find anywhere you’d like to try or somewhere you’d like to eat.”（笑） As Kazu suggested, it might be worth saying something like that. Maybe she’s just forgotten because she’s usually busy. It might also be a good idea to look up places she wants to go and foods she wants to try, and take the initiative（笑）

I’m Kazu, a male member. I think it’s because you’ve become someone familiar and easygoing for him to be around. Hasn’t he also become more familiar and approachable to you than when you first met? If you’d like to go to one of the places you went early on, I think you should simply ask. If you say, “I’d love to go back to [restaurant] you took me to a while ago,” I’m sure he’ll be happy to oblige.