Sparky got the core idea.
I won't repeat the full post from the past. But I will recap the 2 key concepts:
1. It's always about you, not her. Tell her you need to make some significant changes due to (financial, work, spouse, medical, whatever seems plausible) issues. It sucks, but you have to deal with the realities of life.
2. Instead of saying "I need to end this (because of #1)," tell her what changes you must now make. Examples:
- I am adjusting my budget so I can ensure I can meet my core financial obligations.
- I won't have as much free time now, I can only meet 2x (or 1x) a month. Or even more drastic: 1 time every 8 weeks, etc.
Then let her decide if she wants to continue seeing you less often and/or for less allowance. That gives her (the illusion of) control over her time and attention. There is no room to argue whether she is "worth" your time and funds, You are simply defining YOUR new constraints without diminishing HER "value." If she's ok seeing you less frequently, or she's ok with less allowance (or both) you can decide if you are ok with that.
There is an argument that the only exception you might make is when she has (repeatedly) done something that violates your arrangement agreement. In HR terms, #1 and #2 above is what you do when job performance is poor - you favor the better performing employee (aka other SB's). The latter is what you do when the employee has made serious policy violations - you council that she is not in compliance and terminate if necessary.
Even then, my typical advice is to avoid a confrontation about her behavior. I had a long term SB, an aspiring chef, who started asking me to fund short trips to nearby cities so she could attend food trade shows. I was happy to do this, as I felt an occasional $300-$400 gift in furtherance of her career goals was a worthwhile use of funds (we are supposed to be "paying it forward," right?). Then she blew it. She asked me to fund a 3-day trip to Las Vegas for a trade conference. The problem: I scoured the web to find the conference website. There are probably 10-20 trade shows in Vegas at any given time. But for these date - nada. Next, I decided to check her IG account to see if she was posting pics from the show, as she had done in the past. But instead of pics of her at cooking demos or attending conference sessions, she posted pics of her in a bikini in a major Strip hotel pool party. But that's not all. In those pics was a 25-ish stud-muffin beefcake due with his arms and lips wrapped around her. And finally, I checked HIS IG and saw more pics of them and pics of HIM at a conference for a different industry. When she got back I went to see her and flat out dumped her. I told her it was just time for me to move on and I did not mention Mr. Douche Asshat. Why? Because I refuse to teach her how to get away with bad behavior in the future.
Now some of you may call a halt at this point and say "Hey Herb, why should you care? Once you give her cash it's hers and she can use it however she wants." This is true. But the cash is not the real issue. I do not mind investing in a n SB's future. But I refuse to fund some Douchey Ass-Hat's access to her pussy.
As GaGa Gambler used to tell us so many times (Miss you GaGa!):
I will beg for pussy,
I will pay for pussy,
But I will not beg to pay for pussy!
Life is good
The Cat