I’m sorry, I’ve got to push back against the idea that “ambitious” means striving to be rich. Fuck that.
My entire adult dating life before finding my monogamous forever partner, I was very much attracted to intelligence, competence, organization, high executive function, and optimism. Those character traits often combined into what is normally known as ambition.
That’s what I’m attracted to.
And yes, if I met someone who had fallen for that hustle culture nonsense, or talked like a LinkedIn post, or even seemed to place a high priority on money, that’s a huge turnoff. So the examples given in the screenshot are gross and unattractive. But the people I am attracted to are still clearly “ambitious” in what I consider a healthy way.
So no, I’d like to reclaim the word “ambitious” away from however this screenshotted post is using it.
I’m sorry, I’ve got to push back against the idea that “ambitious” means striving to be rich. Fuck that.
My entire adult dating life before finding my monogamous forever partner, I was very much attracted to intelligence, competence, organization, high executive function, and optimism. Those character traits often combined into what is normally known as ambition.
That’s what I’m attracted to.
And yes, if I met someone who had fallen for that hustle culture nonsense, or talked like a LinkedIn post, or even seemed to place a high priority on money, that’s a huge turnoff. So the examples given in the screenshot are gross and unattractive. But the people I am attracted to are still clearly “ambitious” in what I consider a healthy way.
So no, I’d like to reclaim the word “ambitious” away from however this screenshotted post is using it.
I would love to meet somebody like that, but I always feel like they’d never date me.