I'm going to need more details. I don't need to be rich, but long term financial security is essentially a constant source of stress for me. If I have a significant other that doesn't understand how important financial stability is to me, I'm not sure if there is any making it work.
I'm missing a leg, my hands are fucked, I've got my mind but it's getting older and competing with younger, sharper folks and now AI makes me afraid of how difficult getting a new job would be if I found myself unemployed. It's basically existential to me unless my partner brings the financial security.
That said, if my partner is brining lifelong financial security into the picture and I feel like the relationship is in a solid place, I'll follow her lead there.
We don't need to be rich, but I don't want to be one of the large number of middle aged men committing suicide because of economic insecurity (it's a real thing and the numbers are high).
