I was told most women usually marry/date up. If so how does this factor in to the OP?
To become successful, you got to put in mad work. Most women want the fruits of the labor.
But they hate the process. If you putting in 80 hrs a week at the office (finance/legal/medical/consulting), your chick might understand for a while but, good luck with that long term, especially if her career isn't as demanding as yours

On the other end of the spectrum, sometimes you have to cut back & slum it to make it. Put all your money into your dream. If you're a single man, its nothing. If you're in a relationship, good luck

Your girl will tell you to stop dreaming & grow up
Take Tyler Perry (yea I know he's a homo

) for example. He slept in his car for a while. He moved from New Orleans to Atlanta with $12,000 & blew it all on his first play that failed. He slept in his car until he had enough money to try again. You think any woman would've been going for that shyt?

She would've told him to get his head out the clouds
Again, this doesn't apply to every woman. Some can hold you down. Those types are few & far between though.