Is it more the fact that they have the dosh, or that they brag about it?
Maybe I'm being harsh when I use the word "brag". Virtually every man I have dated since my divorce has given me practically full disclosure of his financial situation right from the get-go. Obviously, they think it is important and they think the women they date think it is important. The thing is these guys who vibe all I-am-a-superior-man-like-Captain-Wentworth-home-from-the-sea-with-fortune-earned act like they just want to pick you up like a poppet and plunk you down in their lifestyle. The first time I went over to GP's house he asked me if it seemed like a place I would be comfortable living. The guy I am long-distance phone dating (because he is quite hilarious) was all like "sounds like your business is a little bigger than I thought, might make it a bit more difficult for me to relocate you down here" last night. The guy I had coffee with on Sunday told me that the business he runs is being taken over and he is going to get bought out for some inordinate sum and he needs a companion to just go around traveling and looking for mushrooms and such. So it's not just the implication of some sort of sex for money trade that bugs me, it's the implication of some sort of all out take over and I have difficulty with boundary creation because I am broke*ss.
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver
