She Broke Up With A Guy She Met Online Because He Wasn't Up Front With Her About Being Wealthy

By Bre Avery Zacharski Dec 15, 2021

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A 23-year-old woman met a wonderful 27-year-old man on Tinder not that long.

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She thought he was super cute, and they really got along so well when they started texting that they decided to meet up with each other in real life after only chatting for an hour.

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She met him for a drink, and she instantly found so many things about him that really seemed to make him a great match for her.

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"I liked everything about him, he was sweet, kind, unassuming, very funny, very good job, very well dressed, etc.," she explained.

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He was extremely shy and reserved, but that didn't bother her one bit.

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"We kept seeing each other, and I really, really started to fall for him hard. Like really hard. Then after a month, he told me he had something to tell me," she said.

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"I was like, great, here comes the revelation that he's really married and he was getting divorced, but now he and the wife are going to work it out for their six kids, so thanks and bye!"

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She was completely expecting him to tell her something that would make her heart sink, but things didn't go the way she thought.

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Her date asked her if she had heard of a specific family, and she had because the name he mentioned is a very famous family who is extremely wealthy for being in the alcohol distribution industry.

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Her date then told her that this is his family, but she was confused because his last name is different from theirs.

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It turns out his mom was the granddaughter of the man who originally started the family business, which is the reason why he doesn't share the same last name as his pretty famous cousins and uncles.

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"I asked him if that meant he was "well off," he said that well off is one way to describe how much money he has," she continued.

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"I said does that mean a lot or a little and to please stop talking in code. He said he has a lot of money."

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She was actually so upset after that because she figured he did not trust her to tell her that information.

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They had already been on multiple dates, and she thinks that if he really was into her, he would have revealed this information to her early on.

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After her date had told her about his family and wealth, she made it clear to him that she no longer wants to see him.

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He was completely taken by surprise but didn't try to stop her or say a single thing as she got up and left.

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After that, he wound up sending her a lengthy email explaining the reason why he doesn't tell people he's extremely wealthy.

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In the email, he revealed to her that he's always worried people will look at him "as a paycheck" or "as a piece of crap" so that's why he keeps his money a secret.

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She did talk to her friends about what happened, and they all think she is being unfair and shallow.

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"That he didn't show off, he didn't try to buy me off, and that I'm the one that broke up with him," she concluded.

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She's left wondering what she should do from here. Should she try to make amends and continue seeing him? Or should she let him go?

You can read the original post on Reddit here.

By Bre Avery Zacharski Dec 15, 2021

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