This is a communication issue. You need to be transparent about your finances and what you are willing to spend money on.

If your income is a gray area, it's going to be incredibly difficult for him to accommodate you and your needs.

I think it's important for your future's sake to not hide things from him. Pretending you're not hungry is not an effective way to tell him that all of these outings are straining your budget.

With that said, you may want to look into why letting him cover you is so difficult and seek to find a compromise on this.

Maybe you don't go to as many ski trips, but you let him pay for most of your meals?

At the end of the day, you are a team and need to be able to effectively tackle this together. That can only happen if you're straightforward and honest with him.

Thats not a witty response anymore lol. In any case its really just not well received half the time so it's probably good that they stop approaching random women and making them uncomfortable.

Good.

We honestly won't know. He might have been creepy or he might have innocently been trying to pay you a genuine compliment.

Personally, im on the same boat. Really not a fan of men just randomly coming up to me and telling me im pretty, hot, beautiful, etc. You don't know me like that.

Ultimately your response is whatever it is. All we can do is acknowledge that it happened and move on.