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My current portfolio is as follows:

U.S. Assets

Cash in bank: USD 900,000

Fidelity investments: USD 350,000

401(k): USD 65,000

India Assets

Mumbai flat worth approximately ₹2.5 crore, generating ₹49,000 monthly rent

Patna flat worth approximately ₹70 lakh, expected to generate ₹16,000 monthly rent

Kasi plot worth approximately ₹80 lakh

Mutual funds: ₹2.6 crore

Gold investments: ₹2 crore

IDBC’s mutual funds: ₹48 lakh

IDBC’s cash savings: ₹9 lakh

Yashvi Yojana (PY): ₹40 lakh

Provident Fund (PF): ₹50 lakh

Public Provident Fund (PPF): ₹30 lakh

National Savings Certificate (NSC): ₹9 lakh

In addition, my wife is a government teacher earning approximately ₹92,000 per month.

Given this financial position, can I start planning to return to India and think about poverty retirement?

I feel like I'm really POOR! Please help.

/s

This is a satirical post and was inspired by this post.

37M. 6ft. Earn low six figures. Slim. Good looking (not my words, but have been told so by wmen). Stable job.

And yet, I'm struggling with dating. My observations -

- Most wmen are super flaky with their interest. They literally love bomb me only to go cold once someone better comes along. Just shows lack of self awareness on their part if you ask me.

- They also expect you to entertain them, be interesting, make them laugh, be a court jester.. on top of also spending money on dates and them. Its very rare that a girl has agreed to split expenses of a trip or vacation.

- Most don't even know what they want. They say they want serious relationships and no-hookups, but their actions speak otherwise.

- As a man, dating feels like applying for a jobs in a rough market. For women, dating is like window shopping - seemingly endless options at the drop of a hat. They have no incentive to stick around with any guy. A better option is already sitting in her 500+ DMs.

- They're dating / talking to 5-20 guys all at once. Honeslty, a superpower if you ask me.

- All this has taken serious toll on my mental health. I want to be with a woman who I love and who loves me back. I've just given up hope that it'll ever happen.

- I used to think maybe its just me, but I read similar sentiments on reddit from other men. So maybe I'm not the problem here.

So the question is, should I quit dating? And is there anyone in similar boat?

The 100k fee is set to expire in Sept 2026. 4 months to go.

Why do people think it's ok to create and push unsuspecting beings into wage slavery for their whole life? Just for their amusement?

If life were truly a gift as they say, we wouldn't be slaving away or entire life working to pay the bills.

In what world do you have to pay to receive a gift?

Secondly, how is it a gift if it can't be returned?

Just goes to show how shallow of a cope people have, to justify their mindless instinct of procreation.

M37 with $100k in taxable investment account and $50k in employer pension plan.

What's there to say? I don't know.

But I get super depressed thinking that I will most likely never be able to FIRE.

My FIRE number is $3M. Long shot. Realllly long shot.

Why do I even keep working? I cannot enjoy my current life cuz the thought of being unable to FIRE and spend my entire youth and adult life in financial scarcity takes away my zest for life.

"Leading the life of quiet desperation" so to speak. Not seeking any advice, but just wanted to rant I guess.

Occasionaly I stumble on this sub out of curiosity and posts of people FIREing in their 30s just kills me.

I'm happy for them but I realize my life just sucks, financially, and more importantly I don't have any hope of actually RE with FI.. and I don't see the point of FI when I'm 60.