I am about to start a job that pays well ($200k usd/yr) and I am worried that some woman is going to come along and pretend to be in love with me. I had a divorce from a failed marriage several years ago with a woman from India and I am very afraid of making the same mistake. I have some defenses: I've spent a lot of time living in the Philippines and Thailand where golddigging is part of the culture. Granted I was only making about $15k per year at the time so I had less to lose, but I was able to tell pretty quickly who was just into me for my perceieved value.

However I am going to be moving to a big city in the United States and I am worried that this change will make it harder to filter out the manipulative women from the pure at heart. I'm 33 and not ready to settle down.

I admire the strength of the men in MGTOW. I would like to practice this, but there is an emptiness in my life that it seems only a romantic relationship can fill. I've been working on myself a lot recently and hoping to get to the point where I no longer need this from a woman to feel whole and complete. I would love to hear any advice this community has as I move into this next phase of my life.