How much balance do you give practical considerations with potential partners?

I don't really think about practical vs impractical on purpose but I do think that whether or not someone has a solid career trajectory or a large amount of debt tells me subtle things about who they are as a person, who they were as a person (family and class identity for example) and who they want to be as a person in the future. I'm still young enough that debt from things like education doesn't bother me, but debt from another means (like mismanagement of funds or living beyond your means) may make me hesitant to date someone. I think someone's job (how much they like it, whether or not there is upward mobility) also tells me a lot about the person too. I want to date someone who likes what they do for work, and who has passion and drive so if they are happy being in a dead-end job maybe they aren't the person for me.

So, I don't think about it as if "will this person be able to provide for me or give me the level of status that I want in life". However, I do think about it like, "what do this person's life choices tell me about the kind of person and partner they will be".

Does that make sense?

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