I’m gay and have dated a number of women over the years who weren’t on the same page as me, financially. I’m a working artist, and I am very proud of the life I’ve built for myself. I’ve made a lot of sacrifices to find financial stability in my field, too, so I don’t have a lot of patience for starving-artist types who are looking for someone wealthy to rescue them. (I’m not wealthy, but I do have a relatively steady paycheck from a teaching job, health insurance, and a studio apartment that I bought after my mom died and left me enough money for a down payment — so I’m definitely better off than many people in my industry.) I know that I’ve been lucky in many respects, and I don’t want to seem like I’m not empathetic to those who are struggling for reasons beyond their control. But I am

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