About two months ago, I was dating a woman who’s a realtor. I work an accounting job with a modest salary. Enough for one person, and enough to put into savings, and maybe a trip or two every year.
During a date she was on her phone looking at some potential clients. Men who made 50,000+ a month. I wasn’t snooping it was there in plain view. She even mentioned, that a few years she’s been tempted to date one of her tenants.
Eventually while the date itself wasn’t bad, that kinda stuck with me. I thought to myself: she has access to these high earning guys who could give her way more than I could at this moment. Then another thought came up. What if everything is going good, then another one of her high earning tenants found her attractive?
These raging thoughts and insecurities about my job and my salary caused me to pull myself out before things could even possibly escalate between us. Looking back on it, it was stupid. She clearly was into me at that point and I let something to do with work get to me.
Not looking for sympathy, tear into me as much as you’d like.
TL:DR
I thought I couldn’t complete with my dates high income tenants and ghosted her.