"I have a boyfriend" doesn't stop them.
"I’m married" doesn't stop them.
However, “I love luxury and expensive things"
that one clears the room every time.
Anyway, just want women around me to understand, you need to start aspiring towards financial independence with the exact same urgency society wants you to aspire towards marriage.
The UK has normalised being broke while working full time. You do everything right, show up, work hard, stay consisten and still end up with no money left 2 weeks after payday.