Ever since I started papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan), every man and woman who look like they have an age gap of 20 years or more just look the same to me.
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I can’t tell at all whether they’re parent and child or a papa-katsu couple.
I sometimes wonder if people around me see me the same way when I’m walking with my father—not my papa (a male supporter).
Can you tell the difference?
I can pretty much tell, though I haven’t confirmed it.
Being someone’s companion is different from papa-katsu, too.
As for your actual dad, calling him “Dad!” should prevent any confusion.
Marika
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I’m Maezawa from the CEO’s Office, and I’ll answer this too.
I feel like you can usually tell whether they’re actually parent and child, but when you consider that you could still be wrong, I suppose it’s basically the same as not knowing.
Conversely, even a real parent and child could be mistaken for papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan), so I sometimes feel sorry for genuine parent-child outings these days.
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I’m Aya, a female member.
I know how you feel. One of my papas isn’t young anymore, so I imagine we probably look a little odd to people around us.
Once, I even overheard a group of three women whispering about us at a restaurant. I suppose it can’t be helped.
At the very least, I avoid frilly, childlike clothes and try to dress as maturely as possible.
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Aizawa from Universe Club here.
I totally understand what you mean!!
Since I started working in this field, whenever I go to a hotel lounge for a meeting, I find myself thinking, “Could that be papa-katsu?”
But then again, I never paid any attention to it before, so maybe it only seems more obvious now because I’m more attuned to it as someone interested in papa-katsu. When I wasn’t interested in it, I wouldn’t have noticed at all.
To most people, they probably just look like a couple with a bit of an age gap, a parent and child, or—depending on how they’re dressed—someone accompanying another person.
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I’m Hikouki, a male club member.
Exactly.
Before joining the club, I never gave it a second thought. I’d just assume they were an ordinary couple or parent and child—nothing unusual.
But now I find myself thinking, “Wait…?”
It’s probably like how you suddenly start noticing the same car everywhere after buying one…
Since I’d never paid attention before, I can’t tell the difference anymore. Unlike before, I even find myself being a little self-conscious when I’m with a woman outside the club. And when I’m with my daughter, I think, “I should make it obvious that we’re father and daughter…”
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I’m だて◎ゆめ, a male member.
I can’t say for sure, but sometimes I get the feeling that someone might be trouble.
These days, everyone’s wearing masks, so you really can’t tell what they look like. Sometimes their appearance, figure, or the way they dress makes me wonder if they might be one.
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