Maezawa here with an answer.
You wrote:
> “More than 90% of the male members of Universe Club are wealthy individuals earning over 10 million yen a year. We also have many foreign VIPs among our members, so you have a high chance of meeting high-class men! We conduct thorough screening, so the service is highly safe.”
If you’re saying that this part is not trustworthy, then I would have to say:
The idea that wealthy men are refined and well-mannered is a fantasy.
There are all kinds of wealthy people.
Many are classy, well-groomed, kind, considerate, and genuinely nice. But there are also men who lack refinement, dress fairly ordinarily, and show little consideration for others.
So if you’re expecting a wealthy man to come riding in on a white horse and take you to a dream world, I find myself wanting to tell you to grow up—mentally—and face reality.
Just as there are gentlemanly men who aren’t wealthy, there are also wealthy men with no class.
They’re human beings, so there are all kinds of people.
And especially on anonymous message boards, because they’re “anonymous,” it’s possible that people who normally hold themselves back and behave sincerely are using the opportunity to ask things they can’t usually say.
It’s also possible that someone who isn’t a member and failed the screening is posting questions simply to vent their frustration.
Besides, it’s difficult to define exactly what counts as “lacking class.”
For example, if it’s pillow talk—sexual conversation in a hotel bed—I don’t think many people would consider it uncouth. But if someone had that kind of conversation in front of lots of people near a train station, most would probably find it inappropriate.
Since an anonymous message board is similar to a station plaza in the sense that everyone can see it, some people may feel that such talk is classless. But if someone wants to discuss those things precisely because the forum is anonymous, I wouldn’t necessarily call it uncouth.
That said, when the same kind of question is posted repeatedly, it does become tiresome, and I do wish people would stop. But ultimately, all I have to do is choose not to answer, so that’s a separate issue from whether it’s classless.
As for the screening process, everyone puts on their best face during the interview.
Most people act like gentlemen.
I’ve never heard anyone engage in vulgar conversation during an interview.
Even men who later receive poor feedback from women after becoming members may say during their admission interview:
“Dinner only is totally fine. If I can have dinner with a wonderful woman, that alone would make me happy. Of course, I’d be pleased if something happened afterward too.”
(What a gentleman!!)
Then, after the date, the woman’s feedback may say:
“When I turned down his invitation to go to a hotel, he lectured me, saying things like, ‘This isn’t that kind of place. If you’re not prepared to go to a hotel, you shouldn’t register.’”
What happened to the whole “dinner only is fine” attitude during the screening interview?
It’s completely different…
But by then, it’s too late.
People like that may receive the same kind of feedback after subsequent dates as well.
Of course, if it happens repeatedly, they’ll be forcibly removed. When we tell them that, the bad feedback temporarily stops—but after a while, the same thing happens again.
It’s a real problem.
And of course, the same applies to women.
Some women fail the screening and aren’t allowed to register, yet there are also women who seem wonderful during the interview but later receive negative feedback from men for things like:
- Stealing money (which is, of course, reported to the police and punished)
- Having poor manners during meals
- Not being able to keep a conversation going
No matter how thorough the screening is, there are many things we simply can’t prevent as long as people put on an act.
Of course, we do our best to identify these issues before admitting them…
Even so, compared with the lawless environment of dating apps and sites with no screening at all, wouldn’t you feel significantly safer?
If anything happens, you can go to the police, and the police can request the person’s identity from Universe Club, allowing you to take legal action.
I believe that this one point alone makes a huge difference in terms of security.
As for the representative’s answers, it’s difficult to respond unless you explain specifically which answers you’re referring to, what was wrong with them, and why you believe they aren’t trustworthy.
Though I do sometimes write things that sound lacking in class myself, perhaps I simply don’t notice that I’m actually not being uncouth because I’m biased.
