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hlynnt · 12-28-2008, 05:35 PM

Hello everyone,

My ex-fiancee and I are trying to work things out. One of the things that I struggle with is that I tend to feel guilty or insecure because I barely break 50k a year and right now he is making 300k. I just don't feel like I'm his equal, or even close. I've dated men who have more money than I do and it was never a problem. The difference was that they made it clear that they loved to spend money on me. It made them happy to buy me dinner or whatever. So I didn't feel so bad. He isn't like that. He wants us to go dutch everywhere and I just can't keep up with him. I just went back to school so now I'm making even less than my old 50k a year.

Has anyone experienced this or have any advice?

Thanks

12-28-2008, 05:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
hlynnt Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 4	my boyfriend is significantly wealthier than I Hello everyone, My ex-fiancee and I are trying to work things out. One of the things that I struggle with is that I tend to feel guilty or insecure because I barely break 50k a year and right now he is making 300k. I just don't feel like I'm his equal, or even close. I've dated men who have more money than I do and it was never a problem. The difference was that they made it clear that they loved to spend money on me. It made them happy to buy me dinner or whatever. So I didn't feel so bad. He isn't like that. He wants us to go dutch everywhere and I just can't keep up with him. I just went back to school so now I'm making even less than my old 50k a year. Has anyone experienced this or have any advice? Thanks