The Grand Inquisitor wrote:
You also have a decent job
Yeah. That actually makes a huge difference. Back when I was in a lower paid job, I only got a handful of dates and I was never in a relationship. After I got a higher paid job, I got more dates, from women who were more attractive and I got into actual relationships. I've been in my current relationship for over a year.
I don't actually blame women for wanting to date a guy with a decent job, especially if they themselves have a decent job. They want to go to the same places and live the same middle-class lifestyle without having to pay for their partner. I wouldn't want to date a woman without a decent job so I wouldn't blame her for having the same expectations I have.
sly279 wrote:
If I made 50,000 a year owned a bmw and lived alone
BMW? You don't even need a car. I don't own one. I'll admit that living alone is a big help, not so much as a status symbol but because it makes it easier to have peaceful alone time (both intimate and non-intimate) with whomever you're dating.
Being interrupted by parents or siblings kind of ruins the mood. Another benefit of having a place of one's own is that it makes it much easier for her to move in with you. She might not be so keen on cohabitating if you already live in a full house.
Then again, women from other cultures may be more accepting of you living with and looking after your parents since that type of thing is par for the course in some countries.
The Grand Inquisitor wrote:
There's a bit of a difference between your situation and sly's
There is now. 5 years ago we were both in the same boat.
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