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“I won 100M in a lottery. I tell people I'm a janitor.”
- GianFabien 3y agoWell the guy doesn't need to prove anything. Majority of people are judgy. But why limit your romantic chances. Why not something meaningless, e.g. Entrepreneur, I deal in classic cars.
- dazc 3y ago'e.g. Entrepreneur, I deal in classic cars.' Because both suggest a level of financial independence? I've been on dates that have turned into wealth interviews after the initial breaking the ice chit chat. It's more common than you might think, especially when you get past middle-age.
- pton_xd 3y ago> I've been on dates that have turned into wealth interviews after the initial breaking the ice chit chat. I'd rather figure out if they're that type of person sooner than later. Easy pass on the second date!
- zamnos 3y agoThat just filters out the blatent obvious gold diggers. The smarter, less obvious ones, who have googled your net worth are going to go undetected for way too long, and by then you're emotionally invested, and potentially married, possibly with kids. So pretending to be poor when you're happy with what you have, is not the worst strategy.
- Invictus0 3y agoDating "strategy" sounds so distasteful, to put it nicely. Just be honest and try to connect with the other human.
- ansible 3y agoAll of life is a competition. The sooner you internalize this, the wiser you will be. Notice that I didn't say "happy".
- Invictus0 3y agoNo it isn't, and it's sad that you think that
- t312227 3y agohello, i would state it a bit different / from a slightly different ... viewpoint: "all in life is some kind of selection (!)" on every level, in every moment ... cheers, v
- sokoloff 3y agoWhen we first started dating (in our 30s), my now-wife thought I was broke as I was driving a 20 year-old, 100K+ mile Alfa Romeo. I loved the car; she just saw it as old and a little ratty.
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- TooSmugToFail 3y agoJust say you’re insurance salesman. People will never ever ask you about your job again.
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- AHOHA 3y agoWell, you don’t need a 100M to know people will judge you even on silly things.
- hackeraccount 3y agoI think I'm a cynic. I always read things like this as, "Here's the problems you'd have if you won a bunch of money and this is how I would deal with them."