While the woman earns twice the amount that her boyfriend does, she isn’t remotely bothered about it. She works to afford the things she enjoys in life. When his colleagues start making misogynistic comments about her supposed intentions and she tells them the truth, she ends up making them hate her, and her boyfriend is really angry.
Her Financial Status Is Better than His
The woman earns $138k as a mechanical engineer at a robotics startup. Her boyfriend makes $68k, but his job is more stable than hers, doing programming at a large company.
She Isn’t Judgemental
She isn’t remotely judgemental about people’s earnings. Her attitude is, “You earn what you earn and that’s your own business!” When people talk about money, she’s always one of the first to change the topic.
The Spanish Inquisition
When she attends an event with her boyfriend, he introduces her to his friends and work colleagues. She’s happy to meet them but feels as though she’s being grilled about what she does, where she works, her likes and dislikes, and so on. She wants to just relax and enjoy herself.
They Talk Shop All Night
She finds that his work colleagues, in particular, talk about nothing but work. Like her boyfriend, they’re all tech people but the conversation keeps coming back to work which she finds frustrating.
She Changes the Subject
Feeling wound up at the work talk, she starts to talk about her other hobbies when people ask her about work. She tells them she loves hiking, archery, riding dirtbikes, and going on road trips in a camper van. In other words, she isn’t defined by the work that she does!
She Caves In
When yet another colleague asks what exactly she does for work, she replies, “Oh gosh, I don’t wanna talk about work at a party! I’ve spent my whole day sweating in 95-degree heat trying to replace a busted motor, just to find the replacement part was also broken!”
She Downplays Her Job
Her intention isn’t to offend anyone, she genuinely doesn’t want to talk work at a party, Plus, that’s exactly what she’s spent the day doing and it was pretty stressful! She wants to just downplay her job and make out it really isn’t anything special.
They Read Her Wrong
During other conversations, she finds herself saying that car dealerships are a complete rip-off, and explaining that her childhood neighbor’s trailer once caught fire and she went to visit her to help out. She realizes that her comments make her seem poorer than she actually is to his work colleagues.
Harmless Intentions
The woman’s intentions are genuinely innocent, and her real views on things. She starts to understand that his colleagues probably have her down as someone who’s less wealthy than she really is, but she’s fine with that!
A Misogynistic Conversation
Later that evening, when everyone is pretty drunk, she overhears some of her boyfriend’s lesser-known acquaintances saying she was brought up in a trailer and she’s obviously poor. They’re laughing about the whole thing, and she feels uncomfortable.
The Gold Digger Comment
She then hears them call her a ‘gold-digger’, and say that she’s clearly only with her boyfriend as he’s a rich guy! Some of them say that ALL girls are the same, chasing men for their money.
He Doesn’t Support Her
Her boyfriend also hears the conversation, but he doesn’t interrupt or say anything. When she asks why he isn’t speaking up for her, he says he’s had too much to drink and doesn’t want to get involved.
She Puts Them Straight
Irritated at their conversation, she decides to speak up. She says, “Guys, why the hell would you say that when I make twice what he does?” His friends fall silent so she carries on. “There ain’t no gold to dig here, not with him or anyone at this party. So do y’all think I’m cheap, or do y’all think I’m stupid?”
An Angry Boyfriend
Her boyfriend approaches her after her outburst, telling her he’s had enough and wants to go home. He says he’s furious that she spoke that way to people he works with and she should have just ignored them.
Accuses Her of Belitting Him
He tells her that she’s destroyed his ego in front of his colleagues and that she had no place to tell them she earned double his earnings. He argues that he feels small and pathetic.
No One Likes Her
A few days later, her boyfriend says that the people at work don’t like her, and they think he can do better. They call her rude and outspoken and say that she’s got too much of an ego.
Her Quick Comeback
Angry at her boyfriend for trying to make her feel guilty for simply standing up for herself, she laughs and flippantly says, “Well, at least I’m rude and RICH!” She finds it quite funny, but her boyfriend doesn’t seem to agree.
He’s Furious
Her boyfriend is livid at her remark and says she isn’t taking it seriously. He reiterates how wrong she is for belittling and embarrassing him in a room full of people he knows.
She Won’t Be Called a Gold Digger
She refuses to apologize, regardless of the tense atmosphere between them. After being humiliated by his colleagues about being “trailer trash,” she says she wasn’t going to just stand there and take it. She feels she had no alternative but to put them straight.
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