I know what I'm about to say is relevant to the topic, but I'm not sure exactly where it fits in. But I live on a pension, that should go even higher when I turn 62, God willing. As most middle aged people know, living on a pension isn't all that much, even if you worked in IT earning an above average salary like I did, which would have been six figures if I were still working there. To tie this to the topic, although I live on a pension, I have no bills other then the light bill, and I had bought my home brand new. But this somehow wasn't enough to some of the women I dated, especially the pretty ones. The problem then became: What did you do all day?; Did you do any work?; How come you're not all that much into sports?...although I was when I was younger, especially boxing, which was gone by then; How come you don't have a lot of hobbies?...although I did every hobby you could think of growing up - like a 50 year-old man is still suppose to go roller skating. But the least attractive ones, all I had to do was be there and do the usual, like picnics, occasional concerts, movies, eating out. Then sometimes, all I had to do was just be there.
I wonder if I was a HVM so to speak, with a bunch of bills, not even sure if I'll be able to retire one day, would have satisfied some of those women. I haven't done a lot of dating since I retired, so I'm not sure if a majority feel this way, but those few I dated since then gave me bad vibes about our women in general.