I’m Kazu, a male member.
I agreed with Mack’s answer, so I thought I’d share my perspective as well.
I do sometimes ask what prompted someone to start papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan). Partly out of curiosity, and it can also be an easy topic to bring up when we’re first getting to know each other.
It’s obvious that she wants money, so what I’m really asking about is simply what led her to start. The way I’d probably ask is, “How did you hear about Universe?”
As for someone having debt, how serious it feels to me depends on whether I’m interested in pursuing a relationship with her.
If I’m not interested in her, I can’t really help, so I feel a kind of guilt and find it burdensome.
If I am interested in her, we can discuss the amount of debt, her repayment plan, how I might be able to help, and what our relationship should look like going forward, so I don’t see it as a burden.
In other words, I feel the need to be careful when I’m not interested in pursuing a relationship. Even if we are seeing each other, we’re not sharing our finances, so her having debt doesn’t really bother me.
That said, it might be better to discuss how the relationship should continue after we’ve been intimate a few times.
Maezawa from the CEO’s office will answer as well.
Thank you for your question.
I can’t say whether it’s common, but I think some men do ask.
If it’s something heavy, I don’t think you need to tell him. But if it’s debt, you could be vague and say something like:
“Things have been tough financially…”
That should be fine.
