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Date； 2007.11.01(Thu)
Expensive French dinners
Today, things are much more kashuaru (casual) but at the same time loaded with social subtexts. "Gochi ni naru no wa ii-kedo, ato ga mendokusai kara iya (It's OK for the guy to pay for me, but I may not like the stuff that comes later)," says my friend Ryoko (30), who is famed for gulping down expensive French dinners then smilingly saying good night to her benefactors, usually older single men with cash to bum. But not all women are so fortunate. A guy friend Daisuke (28) says he'll never pay unless absolutely necessary, in other words, "doshitemo sono onna to yaritai toki (when I'm desperate to sleep with the woman)."
Daisuke is rarely desperate, dinner invitations are extended to him by any number of young women who offer to pay for the privilege of enjoying his company. Daisuke makes it a point to okaeshi o sum (give something in return) at a later date, such as sending gifts of cheap chocolates or perhaps some flowers, but really he finds the whole dating game ridiculous, tiring and financially disastrous.
His latest mantra is "hayaku ke kon shitai (I wanna get married real quick)," if only to step outside the confines of dating and paying protocol and get on with his life. Not surprisingly, Daisuke hates gift-giving national holidays, the foremost being White Day (on March 14) when men are expected to give presents that cost two to three times the price of what had been proffered to them a month earlier on Valentine's Day. Daisuke avoids this fiasco by conveniently getting sick or going off on a little trip, returning to Osaka after the dreaded day is over. Indeed, although analysts keep saying the recession is officially over, little of the economic boon seems to have rubbed off on dating/paying schematics.
Daisuke is rarely desperate, dinner invitations are extended to him by any number of young women who offer to pay for the privilege of enjoying his company. Daisuke makes it a point to okaeshi o sum (give something in return) at a later date, such as sending gifts of cheap chocolates or perhaps some flowers, but really he finds the whole dating game ridiculous, tiring and financially disastrous.
His latest mantra is "hayaku ke kon shitai (I wanna get married real quick)," if only to step outside the confines of dating and paying protocol and get on with his life. Not surprisingly, Daisuke hates gift-giving national holidays, the foremost being White Day (on March 14) when men are expected to give presents that cost two to three times the price of what had been proffered to them a month earlier on Valentine's Day. Daisuke avoids this fiasco by conveniently getting sick or going off on a little trip, returning to Osaka after the dreaded day is over. Indeed, although analysts keep saying the recession is officially over, little of the economic boon seems to have rubbed off on dating/paying schematics.