I’m turning 25 this year, but I’ve still never had a boyfriend. I’ve never been on a date or had sex outside of papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan), either… I was worried he’d think I was a hassle if I told him I was a virgin, so I hid it the first time I had sex (I started bleeding, so he probably realized anyway ^^;).

I’m in Seattle. As for past relationships, they’re probably just conversation starters. We can make up fictional ones and play along. Living alone is fun, and maybe staying single for life is perfectly fine. If you have hobbies and friends, you really don’t need anything else. I think I’ll stay single for the rest of my life too.

I don’t think anything in particular about not having a boyfriend, but I might assume they have few close relationships. I’d get the impression that they’re either indifferent to other people or unable to tolerate them. Marika

Maezawa from the president’s office will answer as well. > Since I bled, he probably noticed. (^^; There are certainly women who don’t say anything about being virgins. That said, you can often tell they have little experience when they’re naked and keep glancing at a man’s private area (lol), or from their reactions during foreplay. And since it usually hurts when he enters, I think he would notice at that point—before any bleeding. Were you someone who didn’t experience much pain? A woman once told me that she was a virgin and had agreed to only do outercourse, but before she knew it, he had entered her. That was her first experience. I was surprised that things like that happen. > Someone with no romantic experience Rather than drawing such a strict distinction, why not think of your papa (a male supporter) as a boyfriend, even though you receive an allowance? If you give him presents and treat him as though he were your boyfriend, I think things might start to feel different. If you interact with him that way, you could even talk about it as a romantic experience without your story falling apart. Even if you can’t think of it that way, I feel like you could talk about your past papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) in terms of romance and no one would notice.

I’m Kazu, a male member. I suppose there are people like that. I didn’t realize some people actually ask about romantic relationships. Someone interested enough to ask might be able to tell.