I think that has to do with materialism. A lot of women want a man who can buy them things but they don't want to put in any work to sustain the relationship. I had a friend like this, she refused to be with a dude if he was making less than 60k a year. Said that her standards went up as she got older now it is 100k.True but it shouldn‘t be this hard either. The amount of entitlement nowadays is unbearable.
This was a few years back. I haven't seen or spoken to her in a minute but I can bet you she raised it again "due to inflation"
