Advice from the old lady:
Women still want "real" men at the end of the day. Fine if a woman builds financial success, but even if she is feminine in her relationship and attractive, if she outearns the man often he will feel emasculated to some degree or another.
That is very tough on a man, because it cuts into how he assigns himself value. If he doesn't out earn her he isn't the final decision maker on many major decisions, her earning power translates into a power struggle in the relationship often times.
So ideally a financially successful woman pairs with an even more financially successful man. Not because she needs his resources but because she needs to respect him and respect his accomplishments.
Trouble is that in the 1-2% of the financially successful men & women, men are less worried about how financially well off a girl is, he will pick up the slack if she is attractive enough and satisfies his other criteria. So while a 1% woman is looking for a 1% man, the 1% man casts a much wider net than just 1% women.
So as a man gains financial success his options broaden; but a woman's narrow. It is what it is. There are men who can look past a woman's earning power if he is solid enough in who he is and what he has to offer, but men have insecurities too and a wage gap in favor of the woman accentuates that kind of problem. Ask me how I know, lol.
And look, there are plenty of 1% men who just really do not have sex appeal (my highest priority, followed closely by intelligence & ambition). So I place sex appeal above financial status. It can STILL create issues.
I'm not taking the advice of a noob who knows nothing about real estate on real estate investing. Even though he earns 6 figures & is an excellent software engineer. Not when I've got 50+ transactions under my belt. You don't ask a stock broker for advice about cardiac surgery.
This should be obvious. Its ego. Very hard for guys with fragile egos secondary to a wage gap in favor of the woman to stay in his lane. I listen and acknowledge, and then do what I know to do. If I need an opinion? I get it from someone I respect who has equal or greater knowledge than me in my field.
I mean I know nothing about writing software. I also am smart enough NOT to advise a software writing expert how to create software. I stay in my lane; in my competency & stay OUT of his.
But this is hard for many men to put in practice for some reason. Fragile ego is my best guess.
But women price themselves out in a way financially, even if they are sweet. Even if they are hot. There are split power couples everywhere that illustrate this.
