Polyglots are hot.

I want to date. Yes that's right folks, I want to date. Problem is I'm not very good at meeting men. I just don't know how. Clubs, sure. But I'm not the clubbing type. Coffee houses ok. But I still have no idea how to walk up to a man and just start talking to him. I'd feel, well, stupid. Living in Japan certainly doesn't make things easier. In fact it makes it damn near impossible. If you'll allow me to generalize...the foreign men here are basically only interested in dating Japanese women. And Japanese men, well I've only talked to two Japanese guys of the dating variety in the 2 and half years I've been here. Of course, in my defense there is the language barrier to consider. But now that I'm becoming a little more proficient in the language, that excuse no longer completely applies. My general impression of Japanese men is that they are shy and somewhat intimidated by foreign woman. (Am I wrong here?) Also, a surprisingly high number of them cinch their pants tightly at the nipple line. Or if they don't do that they wear their pants way too tightly. (A phenomenon I've become hyper-aware of in the last few days.) We won't mention the men dressed solely in white with Farrah Fawcett hair and overly tanned skin. And get this, while browsing online the other day, I discovered an interesting article that says that 10 percent of Japanese men in their 40's are still virgins.

Is there any hope for a single white girl in Tokyo?

Well, to be completely honest I haven't actually made any real effort to meet men. But lately I've been more than a little unsatisfied with my current dating situation. I'm tired of waiting for that serendipitous moment. I'm tired of bitching about it to my girlfriends. There are still good men out there (be they Japanese or Canadian - or any other nationality for that matter), who are just as frustrated as I am with the dating scene. Somewhere out there are men who want the same things out of life that I do. This I know...

Meet Mr. Allan Wills - ladies and gents. This is a man who has taken matters into his own hands. And I dare say I will offer him a date.