I’m in Seattle.
When I try to read articles on my phone, a link pops up at the bottom saying, “Start a mistress lifestyle.”
Isn’t that basically the same as papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan)?
I’m Maezawa from the CEO’s office, and I’ll answer this too.
> You said the papa-katsu expert used to be a mistress, but I haven’t watched that papa-katsu summit or whatever yet. Still, I realized that looks aren’t everything…
You’ve got the wrong idea.
Looks have never been everything, either now or in the past.
That said, I do think Nanase-san is beautiful, and she has a great figure too.
And although she basically says she’s retired from papa-katsu (apparently, she explained the situation to the man she had been seeing and broke things off—though I’m sure most people can figure out what that situation was), I’ve heard that men still ask her to meet them, even if it’s just for dinner.
Then, when she goes out to dinner, she apparently receives allowances of around ¥100,000 even though dinner is all they do.
There are also stories from a few years ago, such as her saying, “I had someone buy me a complete camera setup, so it should arrive soon.”
I assumed maybe she’d had a compact camera bought for her, but apparently it was a mirrorless camera with several lenses—an employee had recommended it for photographing women—and the whole set cost around ¥200,000 to ¥300,000.
She’s quite an extraordinary person in many ways.
If this is what she’s like now, there’s no doubt she was incredibly popular in her younger days thanks to her beauty.
Though I feel that women who remain popular as they get older were generally popular when they were young too.
I suppose it also depends on how thoughtfully they acted while they were popular.
> Being a mistress is different from being a PJ, right?
One is written with kanji, while the other uses katakana—or English letters, or some foreign term—so yes, they’re different.
But I think the actual content is the same.
There’s no point in worrying about the difference in the meanings of the words. The term papa-katsu didn’t exist in the past, so the term PJ didn’t exist either.
> Is my interpretation correct?
I don’t think it is.
You seem to be focusing too much on superficial matters. I think you should look more deeply at what really matters.
You should also think carefully about what you actually want to do—not just the words—and then consider how you can achieve that goal.
If you do that, I think you’ll realize that the definition of “mistress” doesn’t really matter.
I’m a losing guy who’s a male member.
This doesn’t really answer the question, but I’m not comfortable with the word “mistress.” It feels too male-dominated somehow…
I’m paying money just to have them spend time with me, after all.
So, to make things even slightly more female-centered, I call myself an ATM in front of women. It makes things feel more relaxed.
I wouldn’t go so far as to humble myself by saying, “I have you living in my condo,” but I do think of it as “letting her live in my condo.”
I’m Kazu, a male member.
What exactly are you trying to say? Looks have never been everything, either now or in the past.
I think the meaning of the word “mistress” depends on the context. In some cases, a papa-katsu partner could also be considered a mistress.
Even a sex worker someone sees just once may be chosen for reasons beyond her appearance, so it goes without saying that factors other than looks matter in an ongoing relationship. In fact, when it comes to whether a relationship continues, I don’t think appearance has much to do with it.
To repeat myself, looks may be valued both today and in the past, but they aren’t everything. Likewise, I don’t think it has ever been—and still isn’t—considered welcome or tasteful to publicly comment on other people’s appearance.
