I told Marcus that I had to do something without him this day, but only for a little time. I told him that I have been thinking about it for a really long time, but I also wanted someone that could help me out.

And well, on this day we had planned to meet up with Yuri, a really sweet manba girl. I was thinking that she could help me! I have known her for some time, but only from online – and finally we can meet each other IRL! I know that she is married, and I really wanted to meet her husband as well. I suggested a double date, and she was really positive about it!

Most of my friends doesn’t have a partner – and the few that have; they’re usually not very attached and prefer to not bring their partner when we’re hanging out. And well, it kinda explain itself that it means that I shouldn’t bring my boyfriend with me either, it’s like a unwritten social rule. It isn’t a bad thing bringing your boyfriend – it’s just that friends need some time alone with each other for some friend talk, not because we’re ashamed of our lovely boys or is hiding anything. Giving each other advice and let out frustrations, for example. One example is my CG girls, I love being with them alone – we always talk about our boys and love-life in general. It would be strange if any boys were with us while we talked about our girl stuff!

But I have to admit that I really missed to be with someone that is… hm, how do I explain this… someone that is more attached to their boyfriend. I would love to involve my boyfriend in what I’m doing and my friends- but I would feel it would be better if he had someone he could talk to which would understand his situation more. It’s kinda hard to explain, but… Yeah, just so it doesn’t feel unbalanced in case my extremely girly side is showing lol.

So yeah, I was really exited about this double date. I’ve never done a double date before. I will be with Marcus and I can still be super girly with Yuri without worrying about Marcus feeling left out because Yuris husband is there too!

Anyways, I told Marcus that I had some stuff I wanted to do with Yuris help so I was alone when I first met them. We went to 109MEN’S because I had planned on buying some presents to Marcus there And well, I couldn’t do this alone as I needed some people to translate/ask for me because buying clothes to other people is one of the hardest thing to do, imo. I’m always unsure about size… I don’t want to buy something too small/short or big/loose. I also know that Marcus has a long torso, which made me more unsure as the clothes seemed very short.

I’ve worn some of Marcus’ clothes before, and when I was looking I tried to compare them to the clothes I’ve tried. The shop staff told me that I could try the clothes on, but I have to say it would feel weird to go to a men clothing shop and try on men clothings………..

I told them all that I was buying presents to my boyfriend, and they all seemed very surprised. I mean, I thought it was pretty obvious - I don’t think it looked like I was doing a masculine style that day, but yet it seemed like most of them thought I was buying clothes for myself.

One of them also told me that my boyfriend was lucky and that I was really kind. It might not be so common to buy clothes as presents, I don’t know?

I ended up buying a slim fit top from Rhydeal by Silver Bullet and a wired collar shirt from Xfrm. Things I think would look good on Marcus. I hoped that he would like them.

I have always thought that the clothes in the ordinary 109 store were expensive – it’s not like the fabric is containing any exclusive materials or are made with nice handcraft – but the prices in 109MEN’S are seriously ridiculous. The clothes in 109MEN’S was twice as expensive. One example is a simple cotton top from Xfrm: they cost around 12.000 JPY while a party top from d.i.a. top cost 6.000 JPY. For a top from Xfrm you could get a small item from Louis Vuitton. oh lol

To be honest, I think it’s kinda silly that they cal sell these stuff for such a high price… I know people are crazy about brands, but why not buy from a brand that is also known for their quality and materials

Anyways, I’m really happy Yuri and her husband was with me – without them I would have trouble with communication as the shop staff tend to be very talkative even though I don’t know any Japanese and them not knowing any English at all. Thank you so much!

We met Marcus, and I gave him the presents~ We decided to go to eggnam to take some purikura! And of course we had to touch up our makeup before, so we spent thousand hours in front of the mirror. lol

Marcus opened his presents and he said he liked them. He even decided to put on the top from Rhydeal!

The four of us took one set purikura, and they ended up really cute and pretty. It was so fun! I think the pictures are much prettier when the smile is more «real». We all looked so happy and in love in all of the pictures.

Yuri and I wanted to take one set alone~ Since there wasn’t anyone in queue behind us, we had unlimited time to decorate. Of course we had to take advantage of that! Poor boys that had to wait for us, but the results was really nice! There is always at least one picture I don’t like, but this time I liked all of them!

 

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We decided to go to somewhere to eat, we all started to get hungry. We went to izakaya place Kin no Kura (same place as last time I went izakaya).

The food was good, like last time. I understand very well why izakaya is so popular; you can get almost everything, everything is cheap and the food comes fast.

It was nice to sit down and talk… When I was younger I preferred to do stuff, but now I prefer to sit and talk. Funny how things changes so fast. I would probably have suggested to go out clubbing so we could meet new people, but now it feels more right to sit and enjoy food and drink with and learn to know the people I’m hanging out with a little better.

We talked about how things were in the past and future plans with our loved ones… Well, I’ve always wanted to talk about someone that feel the same way like I do. Yuri and I seem to have the same views on many things! I wish them the best, and I hope we can meet each other again soon.

We sat there for a long time, and in the end we all had to go because it was starting to get late and we all didn’t want to miss the last trains. This was an successful night and I hope I can do double-dates more often in the future, and I would also love to hang out with Yuri and her husband again!

 

Thanks to Yuri for sharing some of her pictures!