I think in many ways that's quite common
Not being dumped by an ex-stripper.

Women (or men for that matter) dumping someone because they're 'too perfect'. I don't mean that they don't believe it - too good to be true. Rather that most of us carry around baggage of some sort and it can be very hard to step away from all of that and see ourselves objectively.
I think it's the case for many of us (okay, maybe just me then) that we're still that odd child - the one who read too much, talked too much, grew too much, or did whatever it was that made us feel our 'otherness' away from the pack. We don't leave that behind entirely so when someone who is, in our eyes, firmly in Accepted Society - or whatever group it is we seek to either join or have acceptance from - we are naturally suspicious or downright scared.
Surely I can't be the only one who almost constantly thinks, 'I'll be found out' - not so much with relationships but particularly with jobs - 'They'll realise I'm a fraud!'

Personally I can't even say that I admire the person who is perfectly secure in their abilities - 'Yes, of course they love me/want to employ me' because I'm waiting for the fall...the one that comes after pride.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 26 May 2008, 23:17, Reply)