Have you ever lied about your salary? Because friends were making more or less? I told my partner I made a certain amount when we were just friends but now we're seriously dating and I can't keep up with pretending I'm making 270k. I'm barely netting 80k. Should I come clean? Or try and find a job that would give me more?

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Fake it till you make it 😂

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Lol I cant! We're talking about moving in together

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Come clean. If you continue to lie, it will just snowball and get worse. Before I moved in with my partner, we talked about all our finances. Every couple may approach finances differently, but budgeting for a life together is pretty important..

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If I’ve learned anything from Hallmark movies it’s to come clean. And tell them sooner than later. If you wait, they’ll find out in some terrible way and it will be a lot harder to explain and apologize. Skip all the drama and tell the truth, you got this!

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Oh, come clean on that. That's a huge discrepancy. The amount of stress you must have around splitting checks and stuff must be horrible. I remember downplaying how much I made to my partner, until we had a random conversation where I mentioned my art sales per month (on top of my salary) and he stopped me, did the math and said, "You make loads more than me!" He played if off as it didn't matter but it really hurt his ego as he was a software engineer. It was one of the nails in the coffin for that relationship. Just be honest - it saves time and emotional investment.

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Random but you sell digital art on Etsy? My girlfriend does too, would love some pointers if you're up for it.

started with a lie. wonder that would turn out. 😂

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Your kidding right? You seriously lied to someone your dating about making $270 and they have not figured it out yet... LOL. I make almost 90 and there is NO WAY that I could pull off a lie like that... I would be bankrupt trying to keep up appearances.

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And 270k in parts of the world really isn't that much. I make a good salary but don't live like it because saving for retirement is just as important as how much money you make. Just food for thought.

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Telling from my personal experience, I will say that come clean and tell her what u make before u both get serious and move to the next phase of ur relationship.
When I was introduced to a girl by a family friend and we started dating and later got engaged, I told her what I made at my job before I proposed as I thought that is the right thing to do. Fast forward to a few months after marriage, when we were having our first argument about our finances, she revealed that the family friend who introduced us bloated my salary (without asking me) to give an impression that I make atleast 20% more than wht I actually made then. Sure it was not a big difference overall, somewhere around $15K more that my actual pay, but she felt somewhat betrayed at the time as she thought I had told our common friend to bloat my salary. Sure it did not affect her decision to say yes to me and get married, but that pay thing did stick in back of her mind like a thorn which she would at times bring up during any financial argument we had in the first 3 years of marriage. It took her more than 3 years to get over it but she still jokingly brings it up.

Mine was just 15K, yours is more than 3 times ur actual pay. So take this as a warning and bring ur actual pay up as early as possible .

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Is there a follow up on this yet. Honestly we are all waiting for part 2!

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Any update now, OP?

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So this post was featured as an ad on IG and of course I had to come check it out. Congrats? Update?

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Come clean. Nothing is worse than living a lie

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ok ok I've actually done this and to be honest...they don't need to know. I mean what does it matter if you aren't just yet. It's your money and dating does not mean married Keep it under wraps.

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Why not both? It's important in relationships that you build a foundation on trust, and the longer it goes on, the more betrayed your partner will feel when they find out, and the more damage you'll cause in the long run. It could be the dagger that kills a long term relationship, if that's what you want out of it.

Would you want your partner to be lying about something major and covering it up? How would that make you feel?

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Even if you find a new job, the liklihood of you going from 80k to 270k is like.... basically non-existent. Going from 80k even to 125k would be a massive jump.

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Jus come clean, lmao. I don't know her but tbh she's probably not going to be that surprised. Be ready to grovel. Maybe have the I'm sorry gesture on hand when you do to soften the blow of the lie? Guess you won't make it up to her by taking her on an expensive vacation anywhere. 😂

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Ouch! Awww actually, bring that up when you come clean. Be like "I even took out loans to take you on that vacation" and maybe you'll get some sympathy points that way. 😆

If you went to a top business school you should reach out to your network to find a role that pays 200k+. New grads from M7 are all making that right out of school. You can turn this around before you have to come clean!

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I went to UMD's school of business so, not Ivy league but pretty good. Know any good leads?

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Oof... Lying by saying you make 3x what you actually do is hard to hide. Don't go in to cc debt to live up to the 'salary'. Agree with another poster that you could 'lose' your job and have a new job/salary that is the true number.

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Lmao that’s a big difference

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Just come clean. I had a similar experience with the person who is now my spouse. I just explained that I was very worried about impressing her because of how much I value her opinion of me, it was a stupid lie and I felt very dumb for it. She was upset that I lied, but she understood and appreciated me telling the truth, and we moved on from it.

Your experience may not be the same, but either way, there's no way to keep up this lie if you're getting more serious.

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Come clean, otherwise you will be expected to be equal in financial situations which will start to place massive tension on you financially and your relationship.

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Ask HR to match your fantasy… or tell her you are giving 75% of your salary to humanitarian ngo

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Bro just forge your W2

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