RM> What was ironic was, I probably had more money at the time than
RM> 90% of the men she hoped to date, I just didn't advertise
RM> the fact. I was driving a reliable 5 or 6 year old car but
RM> I had a good job and owned a house and a cottage and had a
RM> motorcycle that was worth about 10 times as much as my car was..

AA>And.. you never explained it that way to them? 

Never on the first date. That was mostly me thinking back on
one first date I had. Most women aren't rude enough to call you
a loser within the first 10 minutes of the first date and start
rhyming off how rich you have to be to date thm.

RM> Other singles meeting situations over the years, the first
RM> question they always ask is 'What do you do for a
RM> living?', which is usually poorly disguised code for, 'How
RM> much money do you make?'...

AA>Ironically.. if you wait long enough, "retired" can represent a
  >secure financial result to them.      ..and by then, they
  >would be looking to possibly inherit your riches!    that's a
  >positive!  

Yes, although it depends a bit on how much they know about your
situation and if they know it all...

My Pensions are pretty low since I haven't worked for anyone
else in the past 39 years, or set up a pension account for myself.
If they got to see that one cheque they will assume I'm poor but
they may not yet know that I have other investments that on a
decent year can often triple that amount, or potentially do so.
I usually don't take those earnings unless something unusual
requires it, I have them added to the amount I have invested.

My expenses are ridiculously low so normally my basic Canadian
pensions pay all my bills with a fair amount left over to spend
or add to savings..

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