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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I married my husband when he was making 80k and I 50k. We were deeply in love, with no family money on either side. We got married in 2014. It has now been 8 years since we married. We do not own a home. We do not have children. We almost got a divorce 2 years ago due to stress of not having enough to build a family life in NOVA.

I am stressed out and regretful about my choice most days. Yes, he was hot and nice, but that did not give us an income to build a suitable family life. I watched with envy as each of my friends married men making 200k, 400k and immediately were able to buy homes, have babies, build families and a family life. 
I never cared about money. I thought it was silly and materialistic. Because after all, its true love and the insides that matter.

As a bitter, broke, childless  mid thirties woman, I regret not caring about my prospective husband's salary.

If I were to do it again I would not date anyone who made less than 300k.[/quote]

As a 26 year old woman... i appreciate your honesty.[/quote]

+1 This post was refreshing to read because whenever this topic comes up, 95% of the responses are "golly gee I didn't care at all about money and I married my DH when we were young, broke and in love, and now he makes $500k teehee."  We don't often hear from the people who married men who didn't make much money and still don't make much money.  I think the lesson here is to make your own money and not rely on somebody else to hand you the lifestyle you want.  Most high earning men (who also have other desirable qualities one looks for in a spouse) are off the market early, and if they're not, they rule the dating scene and have their pick of women.[/quote]

How do you actually find a high earning man? Mostly am relying on apps and it’s not always obvious who is high earning.[/quote]

It really depends on how old you are. The women I know who married rich men were pretty certain and determined to do so. They specifically targeted and only accepted dates from men who displayed the following:

- Background in or interest in certain careers: finance, engineering, management consulting or law. The men they accepted dates from needed to have either a career in these fields or if they were younger, in graduate school for these. 
- Came from affluent backgrounds. Raised in Great Falls, McLean or wealthier parts of Fairfax 
- Displayed certain class indicators: dressing in a conservative preppy fashion or its urban equivalent, living in Clarendon in an expensive condo, drove a european car, took them on multiple trips in a year, gifted them expensive jewelry for special occasions
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