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When romantic relationships highlight economic inequality

I'm a teacher dating a hedge fund manager and his casual spending in one night equals my monthly salary, and it makes me question the value of my work.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Intimate partnerships can become sites where broader economic disparities feel most personal and painful.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Identity and money — what wealth does to selfhood?”

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