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She said one boyfriend ''wasn't too comfortable with me paying for things'' on dates, so to make him feel better, she would surrender to his wishes. The two would just ''stay home and cook, or just get something cheap,'' she said. ''We'd skip a movie.''

Women said the income disparity becomes obvious in all facets of dating: where you live, what you like to do for fun and how you travel. It often comes down to minimizing who they are -- successful, focused women -- with their dates, who may be lagging a bit behind.

Although these women often say it is men who have issues around their higher salaries, sometimes it is the women themselves who are uncomfortable with the role reversal.

Hilary Rowland, 28, bought her first condominium when she was 18, using money she had earned from an online business started when she was 15. Last spring, Ms. Rowland, who lives in New York, started dating a

34-year-old musician.

''I usually always fly business or first,'' she said in an e-mail message. ''The one trip where he paid for the flight -- we stayed at a friend's place -- he didn't tell me the details, then flew us economy on a 6 a.m. flight with a two-hour stop-over, from Salt Lake City, to save money I would have rather paid myself and flew business at a regular hour.''

''When we broke up,'' she added, ''he was upset that I gave my 'ex' more gifts than I gave him. Meanwhile, the only gift I'd gotten from him was a small notepad.''