Here's my story with one girl a few years ago, back when I was driving a $2k car and riding a $3k motorcycle and living in an okay townhouse. Early on she told me an acquaintance of ours made more than I do. I laughed at her without even asking any questions and didn't bother explaning myself. A few months later she was cleaning and found a check stub for five figures. She asked me about it, I told he it was a bonus and dropped the subject. Later in the year I started to get into her a more, so I started working more hours from home than at the office. She was happy about the extra time together and I didn't mind it either, however I started to find I wasn't working as hard as I should be so I started going into the office more again. Now she had this idea I could work from home whenever I like and therefore was only spending time with her when I wanted to. As my time was invested more profits started to rise again, and my work became more demanding. Later on I decided I'd driven/ridden enough crap, so I went out an bought a nice car and a new bike. She got upset and didn't understand why I didn't want her playing with my toys. Moving forward she saw another stub, this time for six figures. She went on with this rant about how she was a hard worker and deserved more and never gets anything she wants in life. I shrugged it off. She ended up nagging me for multiple months to lend her money for a motorcycle because he credit sucks. I eventually caved in, then when I realized she wasn't allowing enough room between her expenses I cut the loan, returned the cash and took the bike back which was now dead money to me since I didn't want it and it had depreciated. She didn't understand that lending her money for three years is dead money, she would argue I didn't need the money and that I didn't need to invest it elsewhere. As profit increased I found myself needing to be available for any situation that could arise. This means putting myself on-call for problems, and limiting my own travel capabilities.
Basic story here. She didn't believe how much I made based on my (lack of) luxury assets. She got upset when she got minor confirmation of what I make. She got upset when I didn't want to share my toys. She felt that in her early twenties she deserved much more than she was willing to save or work for based on a "hard life." She got pissy I wouldn't be her own personal bank. She felt that just because I can work less, that I should work less and sacrifice my future potential just so we could spend more time together.
Lessons learned:
1) People won't believe what you make unless you have the assets to back it up
2) Make people feel if you take time off to see them that it's near emergency status
3) Don't work on the couch with them around, LOCK yourself in an office
4) Don't EVER lend money to anyone you're fucking
5) Don't leave stubs, tax info, unlocked phones or computers within reach
6) If people ask what you do, valid responses are Marketing, CEO, or Consultant. NEVER mention computers
7) Don't ever try to explain your job to a woman unless you are married
8) Drop comments like "I'm saving up to get <cheap crap>" to make them feel less inferior
9) Avoid poor chicks unless they have a higher IQ than you
10) Don't ever move in with a chick UNLESS you want to be nagged about why you aren't available outside 9-5 hours. The less they know the better you are
