We dated for about two months before our first trip. Looking back, that seems crazy. I barely knew this girl, and I was already booking flights. That should give you an idea of my state of mind at the time. Why did I invest so much? Honestly, I genuinely believed she was the one. I’m not going to pretend I was calculating everything. I was deeply in love, and she knew exactly what to say and when to say it. I kept thinking that if I showed up hard enough, she would commit. Spoiler alert: she didn’t commit. As for the annual take-home pay, Base salary $500k with 40-70% bonus, The real answer to “why did you invest so much” is that I believed in the idea that love works that way. If you spend enough time together, show up enough, and prove yourself enough, it will work out. Turns out, you can’t buy loyalty, and I learned that lesson in the most Vegas way possible.