(I'm not asking for advice, but feel free to talk shit about men in the comments)

Edit: I've had comments making assessments on my character because I respond to their unsolicited advice with clarity, and further informing them that I'm feeling sensitive therefore unreceptive to it. I am wounded! unsolicited advice is like sticking your finger in the wound, twisting it and then telling me I'm wrong for responding to you in defence. Thank you for wanting to be helpful, but that is not what I want or need rn 💖

So mistake number one was freestyling on Bumble, number two was matching with a 31-year-old and thinking he had the potential to be provider partner.

This man told me he can't see anything long-term romantic with me because of a 10 year age gap, which Okay, you saw my age when you swiped on me, but whatever.

He then mentioned that me saying I want my partner to take care of me bothered him- I didn't elaborate that I want my long term partner to be a provider- because he didn't ask questions for clarity, so it must not have mattered.

But then he said he wants a partner, not a child- and I admit my ego took a hit.

I don't think I'm a child for wanting my partner to have the ability to pay for the lifestyle that I maintain on my own. Dating is nothing but a distraction, a diversion from my one-woman path and if I'm gonna have a partner they need to be supplemental to the lifestyle I maintain on my own, helping me move closer to the life of my dreams. I don't want a partner that cannot challenge, uplift and motivate me.

anyway. I know rejection is a redirection, this person is not my person, and Ill be blocking them when I get back on instagram tomorrow. But this is my second rejection today, and I'm already feeling emotionally tender.

Maybe I should hang up the dating apps and just let my wealthy lover find me.