For every woman that wants to be single, there's 10 that wants to get get married. So if one gives you the cold shoulder, move on. Really oughta widen your social circle.

yes, i'm emotional dependent to my partner before and it really hurt me a lot when we breakup. from there on, i asked my friends(mostly females) and all of them agree that 'never put full trust on another person' which lead to what the TS asked.

Well, it's not that they're willingly to do so. After failing for many relationships, you're kinda get scared in giving full trust. I'm getting that feeling as well, the sense of unsecured, withholding back.

This is intriguing. How to be a better judge of character? Character can obviously be a fake, how to blow their cover? Test them out?

Thanks

Ouch!!! Why u wanna make me realize I have none?

My task is just to say, don't bother being emotional and making a big fuss on how high girls expectation is .

It might be a smokescreen.

I have friends about that age, and in good demand. According to them, if the guy asking them is not their type, then they will say "I prefer to be single" while if the guy asking them is their type they reply "waiting for the right guy".

Women can have expectations higher than stars. It is their choice. Doesn't matter if they are high or low earners. They want to set that expectations, then up to them to get it or not. It is stupid mentality for a woman to base the man she want on her earnings. So she is earning high income but want man who earn higher than her to take care of her?  Someone who earn 5 figure income want another men who earn 5 figure also? Why? She want him to buy her LV bags every month? If that is not materialistic then I don't know what it is. Maybe she want to retire after that to take care of kids? The man's 5 figure income will make sure her high living lifestyle is maintained?