I'm not saying you're completely broke and unemployed. You just dont have a "good"/stable job/career, you live with roommates still in a high cost of living city and just barely getting buy after rent, groceries, etc and you dont foresee it getting better anytime soon because everything is just so expensive and jobs are scarce but you're doing your best to get it in order and you dont want to postpone dating as you're mid to late 30s and running out of time.
I feel there is no hope because the expectation is just sky high and there's no sympathy
