For many women, finding Mr. Right and living happily ever after is a life-long dream. Japanese ladies are no exception. However, thanks to increasing opportunities for women to enjoy success in their chosen careers, many have been focusing solely on their professions rather than on their love lives. This has led some of them to put their private lives on hold. In fact, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the average age of marriage for women is now 29.4 years old, which is 4.2 years older than 30 years ago.
The truth is that nobody wants to give up on pursing their dreams. Many successful women are now thinking, why stop at just having a satisfactory career? So they’ve called upon their headhunting skills and focused their business minds on finding their future husbands. All there attention is now directed toward actively seeking their mate. They call this hunt KONKATSU (short for KEKKON KATSUDO), which can be roughly translated as marriage hunting.
So how do women go about marriage hunting? First, they determine what they are looking for and then register at a Marriage Counseling Service, or find more occasions, such as parties and social gatherings, to meet prospective husbands. Marriage hunting also entails gaining a better understanding of who you are, investing in yourself, taking good care of your appearance, and saving up for the future. What’s changed most for women is their new attitude towards this phase of life. Just like job hunting, they can be aggressive and open about their preferences and, most of all, they can declare that they are actively looking for a lifelong partner.
People in the middle of KONKATSU have the ability to eradicate any guilt about using a match-making service, or about going out and meeting groups of the opposite gender. It also gives many older woman hope of still finding Mr. Right.
As we get older, we meet fewer and fewer people that we can truly connect with. Even the strongest woman can be reduced to tears if the man they put so much hope in rejects her. Living a KONKATSU lifestyle mean putting yourself out there and it’s difficult. I hope that everyone can find someone that makes them a complete and better person.
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