Tips Jun 15, 2021 02:07

I’m sorry. I just can’t shake this heavy, painful feeling in my chest, so this may be long, but would you please hear me out?

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This morning, my papa (a male supporter) in his 50s, whom I’ve been seeing for three years now, accused me, saying, “You looked at my phone while I was asleep, didn’t you? Its position had changed.” Women have been messaging my papa’s phone for a while, and I’d get jealous whenever I saw the notifications, so I think that’s why he suspected me. Even when I said, “I didn’t look at it,” and “Please, just trust me,” he wouldn’t believe me at all. He just grinned and said, “Come on, tell me the truth.” I was terrified that the trust we’d built over the past three years would fall apart because of a misunderstanding on his part. So I searched things like “suspected of looking at someone’s phone” and tried to convince him of my innocence by showing him Screen Time. If he just looked at the Screen Time screen, it should show zero minutes of phone use during the night. But even then, he said, “Forget it, I don’t need to see that. What even is Screen Time? I’ve never heard of it. And how could you figure out an app like that so quickly? You must have come up with an excuse from the start, didn’t you?” No, I only looked it up desperately because you were accusing me, and everything would have been proven if you’d just checked Screen Time. But trying to convince him when he kept insisting, “I don’t know that app, so I can’t tell,” made me feel incredibly hopeless in that moment. I reached the point of thinking, “This is hopeless,” and then I completely lost my temper: “Ugh, you’re pissing me off!! You don’t even know what Screen Time is, you damn old man?! Give me your phone—I’ll show you!! Come on, hurry up!!” I snatched his phone and continued yelling for about ten minutes: “See?! This proves nobody opened your phone during the night, doesn’t it?! Stop making up things in your head! You’re so damn annoying!! Why do I have to be suspected by a damn old man like you?! Apologize, you jerk!!” But when papa saw me like that, he burst out laughing and said with a huge grin, “There’s the real you, finally coming out! Hahaha. Sorry, sorry—I’m sorry for being such a damn old man. Getting yelled at doesn’t bother me at all, haha.” Even now, at night, I still feel terribly sad and irritated. I ended up hurling more insults at papa earlier, too. Papa is laughing and saying, “You’re going to hold onto this and keep bringing it up forever, aren’t you? Hahaha.” But honestly, I don’t find it funny at all. Why was I the only one who had to be suspected and put through this? What makes me so angry is that he immediately decided I had looked at his phone, never sincerely apologized, and kept repeating, “Are you sure?? You didn’t look at it this time, but you looked at it before, didn’t you?? You do seem to know a lot about phones.” I don’t understand why simply being good with phones means I have to be suspected of looking through his phone and even covering my tracks. And it hurts because the wonderful papa I knew is starting to look like an old man who doesn’t even know how to use his phone. How can I heal after my heart has become so weighed down like this? I’m sorry—this may seem trivial to other people, but I’m genuinely so irritated and sad. I would really appreciate your advice.
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茉莉花
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You’re angry, but you still like this man, don’t you? If it were me, I’d be completely done with him. The moment he said, “You saw it, didn’t you?” I’d be like, “Then don’t leave things lying around that you don’t want people to see,” and that would be the end of it. He clearly never considered your feelings at all—trying to make you jealous for his own amusement, then saying he never thought you’d actually get seriously angry. If you still like him and would feel better if he apologized, then, as the other respondents suggested, have a serious talk with him and get him to apologize. But personally, I’d be completely turned off by a man like that, so I wouldn’t see him again. Marika
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I’m Maezawa from the CEO’s office, and I’ll answer this one too. You want to be the one in control, don’t you? In that case, find about ten other papas in addition to your current papa (a male supporter). You can probably do that easily. Judging from the way you write, you seem like the type who never has trouble attracting men. Then, with your current papa, keep putting on little one-person performances, even if he doesn’t react, saying things like: “Huh? You looked at my phone, didn’t you?” “The position has changed.” “Hehe… You shouldn’t look.” If you keep doing this, he might eventually respond with something like: “I didn’t look.” Once that happens, you’ve got him. “Okay, okay, I understand. You didn’t look, right? Just be more careful from now on. You really are such a handful, being so crazy about me.” The idea is to always act superior and keep moving the conversation forward according to your own story, without responding directly to what he says. I think that would help things go more or less the way you want. You may be wondering, “Why do I need ten papas?” It’s necessary in order to take control. Because you have other people you’re seeing, you’ll be able to stay unfazed no matter what your current papa says and continue the conversation however you please. It’s also a major advantage to be in a position where you can cut him off whenever you want. And since you can always stay one step above him, you probably won’t get as emotionally irritated. The psychological effect of knowing that you can simply cut him off if necessary is significant.
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I’m Taro, a male member. This is a man’s twisted way of showing affection. He probably enjoys being the object of your jealousy. Whether you really moved your phone isn’t the point. He’s convinced that you did and thinks he was right to call you out. Then, when you get angry, he assumes you’re flustered because he saw through your true feelings. And that makes him happy too. He likes you. I think he just wants to make sure of your feelings. His way of expressing it is just a little difficult to deal with. There are plenty of people like this(笑 At a dating club, it’s possible for both people to maintain stable relationships with multiple partners, but you want a one-on-one relationship, right? The trust you’ve built over three years is important too, but the key point is being exclusive. So let’s aim for that. That said, I don’t think he’s there emotionally yet. He may be getting a little carried away with being popular because he’s dating all kinds of women. The real challenge is figuring out how to change this situation. A classy fight is no longer an option. Drag him into a messy one. Be completely direct about liking him and being jealous of his relationships with other women. That’s a very straightforward expression of love. Your daily dates are also opportunities to score points. Then, once you’ve gotten far enough, if he still doesn’t understand, say something like, “I’ve told you all this, and you still don’t get it?” and create some distance. If everything you’ve built up until then has made an impact, he’ll come after you. It’s the classic “cultivate and harvest” strategy. You may feel that baring your true feelings and confronting him head-on means you’ve lost, and that it’s frustrating—but don’t worry. Once you’ve won him over, the balance of power can change later as much as you like. That man seems pretty simple-minded. By this time next year, make sure you’ve got him firmly in your grasp and have him wrapped around your finger.
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カズ
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I’m Kazu, a male member. What you want is probably a sincere apology from your papa (a male supporter), right? Rather than blowing up and hurling insults in the heat of the moment, why not explain how hurt and frustrated you feel? At the same time, I think your papa actually wanted you to look through his phone—or, more precisely, he wanted you to be jealous enough to check it. Tell him seriously that being suddenly falsely accused and not receiving an apology has made your feelings start to cool. If he sincerely apologizes and you feel satisfied with his explanation, I think the resentment may finally ease.
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Mパパ、永遠の交際継続中! B1タイプ〜A寄りパパです! 会う度大人は嫌と感じる方………ご相談ください。
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Lately, whenever I go to the supermarket, I’m Paper Airplane, a male member who finds himself staring open-mouthed at the price of cucumbers. Both in the drama *Rikokatsu* and in the Tuesday 10 p.m. show starring Ryusei and Haruna Kawaguchi, they said that being able to show your true self—and that couples who argue are often close—is a good thing. Maybe it’s okay to say whatever you want… It’s only natural that everything looks cute to you. No matter what a girl 20 or 30 years younger than you says, she’d seem adorable, right? (If she’s 20 or 30 years younger, does that mean her age becomes a negative number?) Also, I think not holding back and immediately saying something when you’re a little irritated or stressed—even if it comes out as a complaint—is a secret to easing the burden and making things last.
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