HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I just read this over at Mainichi and thought I'd share it. Some people are just (desperate) idiots. Courting costs during the heady days of Japan's economic bubble in the Eighties were known for being notoriously high. While guys weren't expected to foot as much when business turned bad in the Nineties, the Noughties have seen steady improvement in trade. Now, Spa! (3/28) says, despite almost a decade of deflation, men are now paying more for presents they lavish on ladies when going out on dates than they did when it seemed the world's economy was about to be overtaken by the Japanese juggernaut almost two decades ago. "I had to buy four Bulgari watches costing 100,000 yen apiece for four different women," says Yuichi Suzuki, a self-confessed Cassanova who buys women presents in the hope they'll overlook the fact he's married and sleep with him anyhow. Suzuki tells Spa! that he spends an average of 100,000 yen for each attempt at seducing a woman. Considering he has a success rate of about 1 in 10, it costs him around 1 million yen to get laid. "I take them out on 'seduction' dates about twice a month. Then, every time I get to go all the way, I take the woman out to dinner. I easily spend 1 million yen a year on wining and dining women. I'm spending 2 million yen a year just to get laid." Where Suzuki feels little guilt about playing around on his wife -- and spending a small fortune doing so -- Eiichi Sawaki is also out of pocket and that's because he buys presents for his girlfriend because he feels really shamefaced about the way he treats her. Link to post Share on other sites
kkk 7 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I was just reading that as well. This bit made me laugh: "Just before any special event, like a birthday or Christmas, my girlfriend brings me a load of magazine clippings. They're ads for things like 80,000-yen Bulgari watches, 100,000-yen Louis Vuitton or Chanel bags and the like," Sakurai says. "Still, I don't mind. I don't want her to feel out of it in her workplace. Besides, the models in the clippings she brings me are always wearing pricier stuff than what she wants. I still reckon I'm lucky." (The article is here by the way.) Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 "Seduction dates" - and then taking them out to dinner once he's got laid? Deary me. Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 " I'm spending 2 million yen a year just to get laid." Uhh, given that he says it's 1 million per person who sleeps with him, does that mean it's only twice a year? Also, I couldn't abide a woman who would want those kinds of presents. The Winston Churchill quote comes to mind... Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Haha, I thought you were talking about unreasonable pricing of; (These go well with a strong Cheddar doncha think Cheeseman?) Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 mmmm, dates. You're a tease, Ocean. Link to post Share on other sites
blinkin'ek 0 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I like dates and figs. Not sure they go well with cheese though, can't say I've tried. Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 figs are awesome with cheese Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 dates, and cheese... hmmm Link to post Share on other sites
guzzlers-baps 0 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I'm almost embarrassed by girls like that. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 You're not like that are you guzzlers-baps. I actually expect the lady to pay on the first date. Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 I haven't actually tried it Mr Ocean11, though I do like dates. We will have to give that a go, it will be fun (and delicious and nutritious at the same time!) Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Quote: I had to buy four Bulgari watches costing 100,000 yen apiece for four different women. He had to buy them? What sort of ladies are they? Link to post Share on other sites
number9 0 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Surprised he didn't just go to Kabukicho or Yoshiwara or somewhere.. Link to post Share on other sites
kkk 7 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Yeah, it amounts to pretty much the same thing doesn't it. Though maybe he wanted a challenge or something. Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Just goes to show "you pay for it or you pay for it" either way this is idiot is getting screwed Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 By the way, what are dates in Japanese? (You know, the dried fruit version of the word)? I can't remember seeing any, and remember really really liking them. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Actually I wanted to know that too. Anyone help! "Dates" in Japanese is....? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 ナツメヤシ（の実）◆【学名】Phoenix dactylifera Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 尻の穴 ketsu no ana Link to post Share on other sites
yoroshiku onegai shimasu 2 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Don't listen to Bushpig! Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 what?? That is a perfectly fine translation of date... Link to post Share on other sites
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