could figure it out pretty fast when they knew.”
“I can’t imagine how that would feel.”
“Yeah.”
“I know it might seem odd, but of course members use
their profile name when talking online. You could maybe use a
different name, at least a different last name, until you got to
know someone. It would give you an idea of honest
compatibility and interest and then you could decide when you
wanted to tell them.”
“I’ve thought about that too. I just know there’s always
going to be this point where they find out and then it’s not
going to just be about me anymore. I feel like that’s always
going to prevent me from ever truly being with someone,
because I’ll always wonder if they actually want me or if it’s
just the cash.”
“Hmm.”
There isn’t any easy answer for this. For the first time
in my life, I’m glad I’m not rich. I never made it a life goal or
anything. I just thought that not having to stress over bills and
stretch your paycheck in twenty different directions must be
nice. I’ve never had to really think how being rich might suck
in many ways. I know fame would suck, at least I think it
would because I like my privacy, but I never really thought
how having money could affect your life adversely, even if
you lived pretty normally and were down to
earth about it.
I have to put a positive spin on this, no matter what I
think. It’s my job, and I really, really can’t afford to lose it.
“Let me think about that one. As hard as it is to say, I wouldn’t
discredit or mistrust everyone. I know there are often a lot of