Being open and honest about your feelings and expectations of a person, and being with them for more than superficial reasons(big booty/wallet)
None of what I'm posting is directed to you personaly because i don't know you personaly. But if you spend your life thinking you're manipulating and getting over on people to get what you want then you are setting yourself up to be used in the long run.
Also I disagree with the notion that you should pick someone "lower" than you. Getting with someone for monetary reasons is never a good idea. If she chose you just because you make more money than her, she will just as easily find someone who makes even more money. A man does not need to have more money in order to lead, or have power in a relationship. If she looks at you like the leader and king that you should be striving to be, your bank account won't matter.
Lastly I am a firm believer that you attract the types of people you deserve. If your opinion is that all women are just out looking to get what they can from you and they aren't looking for love, then that's a reflection on the types of women you attract, not women as a whole. Plenty of men and women find love everyday, but you won't attract the type of women who's looking for that type of thing if your busy "enjoying" yourself with undesirables. Work on yourself and only deal with those who are worthy of your attention and you will attract the right kind of women, until then you will continue to attract undesirables because the real women can see your game from a mile away, and they won't even acknowledge you.
Everything you wrote, I agree with, unfortunately that is not how life is for most people. I was just like you, and thought love and respect, was what women wanted, but security and being competitive with other women is more important to them. They say one thing, and when shyt hits the fan, they do another. All I know is if I see this from ALL TYPES OF WOMEN, why would I not learn from it?.
Also, a lot of people are in love when things are going good, it's when hard times come that you see they switch up on you. Hard times is different for everyone, but the outcome is still the same.
I'm telling you once you get into your late 20's, get some money, and don't let women know you have money, you will see a change in how they treat you once they find out you doing good for yourself. Their eyes light up, they become more nice, no talk back, everything you say is funny,etc., and I have no problem getting women, but when the questions of "what do you do?", and "where do you live?" pop up, and they pay attention to your watch, and say "that's a nice watch", then look at the shoes in more detail, the attitude changes. They do everything to get with you, but once you let it be known after a while that, you aren't going to fall for the "love" okey doke, and her being a real woman because she cooks & clean, which is her form of game, she starts pressing you to be serious so she can live with you, then starts dry snitching about her bills needs to be paid. She is expecting you to say you will help her out. I don't fall for it, but I love for them for who they are. I can see when someone is bullshytting me, and still respect them, especially if I'm fukking them. As long as you don't play me with something serious, I take it as a joke, because she thinks her game is really going to get me. Women love to play the romance game on men, but it works most of the time so I can't blame them for it.
I know I sound fukked up, but I'm cool, just blunt when it comes to people, and how we treat each other. I was a sucker once, but never again, it doesn't mean I want to see others hurt, it just means I want to protect myself so it won't happen again. People forget, if the world was so good, why the high divorce rate? Why do so many people cheat on each other?. Why do so many people lie to each other?. Why do so many people talk negative about each other?. You know how many women tell me about their ex-boyfriend's, who they JUST broke up with, business, and use me to try to make them jealous. Or they are with their boyfriend, and breaking their neck to look at me without him knowing.
Like I stated, I'm just living in this world, not trying to change it. I'll leave that up to others. I'll change MY world as time goes on.