6. “Okay, I’m going to step up to the role of your boyfriend until you find a replacement.”
You nominate yourself as her acting boyfriend in the interim. “Even though I’ll never consider him as my boyfriend, it doesn’t feel bad to have the offer!” giggles one Japanese woman in her 30s. “I appreciate his interest, but I haven’t had the time to recover from my breakup,” a confused Japanese woman in her 20s tells us. While it may be a light-hearted joke to cheer her up, if she’s still mourning the breakup, it’ll be unwelcoming and seen as inconsiderate. Make sure that she’s on the mend before you joke about her relationship.