2 August 2023
All Japan's WEIRDEST things about Dating
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Summary
He recounts dating in Japan since 2010, using Tinder from 2017, often seeing four or five women weekly and multiple girlfriends. He criticizes hidden Tinder faces, rapid cohabitation or marriage proposals, a date crying over unfinished food, and gendered protective expectations. He describes love-hotel encounters ending abruptly, a Tinder date bringing a male friend, and another date involving her husband.
Insight
The transcript reinforces rapid intimacy, overlapping relationships, blunt judgments, and retrospective grievance.