This reminded me of a question from a female college student. I had something I was wondering about after a conversation with a man I met for the second time a few days ago.

I’m Kazu, a male member. > Are the women you date as girlfriends completely different from the women you choose through papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan)? I think they’re completely different. I’m not good with girlfriends because I feel pressured to get married. Even if we’re in an intimate relationship, I find it a hassle to legally marry someone. Of course, not everyone is like that, but I’ve had experiences where marriage never came up at the beginning, only for them to start wanting to get married after we’d been together for a while. That put me in a difficult position. So, once I reached my late twenties, I stopped getting girlfriends and started having mistresses instead. My partners would ask, “You’re young and single, so why have a mistress?” When I was in my thirties, I remember answering, “Because I don’t want to get married.” Of course, no one asks me that anymore these days. I wonder what that man’s reasons are.

Taro here, one of the male members. Simply put, doesn’t that mean he’s only interested in your body? As an aside, Shigechiyo Izumi, who was said to have lived to 120, reportedly preferred “older women.” And that’s all, folks♪

Huh? If you didn’t ask him then, “Why me, someone so much younger?”—no one can know the answer. Marika