Originally Posted by bausch

Well, a lot of my female friends also don't date guys who hit on them if the guys are successful because they feel intimidated and feel like they have a "better chance" of a guy being more faithful if he isn't too ambitious. I know lots of guys complain that women are gold diggers and such but I know women who are actually AFRAID of even moderately successful guys.

I think that if you date someone broke with no ambition you will always have to support them financially and it's going to be a life long burden, but I guess that's the price you pay for having someone be faithful to you. I guess you can pick, do you want someone with goals in life that's gonna cheat on you? Or do you want someone with no ambition who's going to be faithful?

I know I can always take care of myself so I pick the person who is more likely to be faithful.

If I wanted to go somewhere where my broke partner couldn't afford to go I would have to pay for them. That's the price to pay for someone being faithful. I know my way of thinking is "unhealthy" and all that, but that's how I really feel.

Originally Posted by bausch

If someone choses to only date people who earn less than them, than yes, they would be discriminating, but it would only be because of their fear of being cheated on, which I think justifies this discrimination. Doesn't everyone discriminate to some degree when dating? Some people only date tall people, some only short.. etc

Every person is different of course, but chances are still more likely of someone being MORE likely to cheat if they have more options. If someone has more options than it will be harder for them to turn all those options down.