Nice to meet you. I’m married, but I plan to divorce my husband. Since I have a high school–aged child, I’m working hard to support us. I’m naturally unavailable on weekdays because of work, so I’m hoping for offers on weekends. However, I’ve heard that there are more offers on weekdays. I’m waiting for someone who can meet on weekends, but I only receive an offer about once every two months. Do men simply prefer younger women?

Maezawa from the President’s Office here. > Since I work on weekdays, I obviously can’t meet then. If you want to prioritize spending time with your high-school-aged child, I think you should value that time. But saying you’re “obviously unable” to meet sounds a little too absolute. There are plenty of women who work during the week and have weekends off. That doesn’t necessarily mean they can’t meet on weekdays—most say they’re available for dates after work, even during the week. Of course, unexpected overtime can happen. Working all day and then going on a date can be exhausting, and you may be sweaty from work. Some women may prefer to meet men when they’re feeling completely prepared. Even so, when they receive an offer for a weekday evening, some women accept it and go on the date so they don’t miss the opportunity. I’m sure it’s difficult. But rather than saying you absolutely can’t meet, it seems more like: You can meet if you make the effort. That’s how it feels to me. > Do men generally prefer younger women? You didn’t mention your age, but assuming you have a 17-year-old child and had them at age 20, you would be 37. Considering that many men prefer women around 30, you may be right that more men would prefer someone a little younger. However, receiving an offer roughly once every two months doesn’t seem all that bad to me. There are women who don’t receive offers even at 18 or 19, or throughout their twenties. They might wonder how you can complain when you’re in such a fortunate position. > If you have any good tips, please let me know. I don’t think there’s any particular trick, but as I mentioned above, you might try stretching yourself a little and indicating that weekdays are also possible. Your current rate of once every two months might become once a month. In that case, the increase would amount to one additional offer every two months. I think you might be able to manage accepting one weekday offer every two months. But you should carefully consider whether receiving more offers is really worth pushing yourself that hard.

I’m Flagmaker, a columnist. > Marika, The “Advice Corner” is already closed. I’m no longer in a position to be advising other people myself. ^^;

There are men who mainly meet on weekends, too. If your child is in high school, I’m guessing you’re around 40 or older? In that case, men in their 60s or older who have plenty of money and free time after partially retiring from work may choose women around 40, saying, “Someone too young is a bit much…” They’ll also work around your schedule. Being young doesn’t automatically make someone desirable. You can still get offers even if you’re only available on weekends. I can’t say for sure since I haven’t seen your profile, but if you have reasonably good looks and are a CD type, I think you’d probably receive offers… It might also be worth asking Flagmaker-san for advice in their help column. Marika P.S. Flagmaker-san, I’m sorry—I didn’t know that!

I’m Kazu, a male member. Previously, Maezawa-san looked into the number of dates by day of the week: https://universe-club.jp/help/questions/view/6179 The figures are shown as percentages of the average number of dates, so let’s use them to make some estimates. Weekdays only: 512.8 Weekends only: 187.1 Any day of the week: 700 In other words, the expected rate is 0.73 for weekdays only and 0.27 for weekends only, compared with someone who’s available any day. The questioner currently receives one offer every two months, or 0.5 per month. Using that figure and the expected rates above, switching to weekdays only would mean an expected 1.35 offers per month, while being available any day would mean 2.6 per month. Aren’t both fairly reasonable? Based on what we can tell from the question, the key is probably to increase your weekday activity. It’s obvious when you think about it: there are only two weekend days each week, but five weekdays. That said, rather than focusing on increasing the number of offers you receive, I think it would be better to consider how to maintain a relationship once it starts. Marika-san: > You might also want to consider consulting Flag Maker’s advice service. They’ve closed it, though.