It’s neither a guise or a brag. I’m wealthy, I work very hard, and I get how that can be seen as pro - that I can just have and do what I want. But I’m incomplete and I’m incapable of attracting women. As much money as I have, because I don’t signal it in stereotypical ways (fancy cars, clothes, jewelry, etc) it is no benefit in the one area where conventionally it should. And what it takes to get that money - relentless dedication, no social life, a ‘corporate personality’ - is a big con.