My girlfriend told me I am greedy and selfish, am I?

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You're not selfish at all. I have been with my girlfriend a shorter time than you, but we both agree to split bills unless one of us has specifically stated we are treating the other i.e. I say "I'm taking you out tonight" or vice versa. Once you've been with someone a while you can't be expected to be paying for everything at all times. It has to become an equal share, 50/50 deal with dates, otherwise it becomes a real chore.

Your girlfriend is finding some form of validation in you paying for things, I think, which is why she's insistent, maybe you should try to find a compromise with her? And on a similar note, she should not be comparing your relationship to others, it is not a competition, it's a relationship. You're supposed to care about what you two are doing, not what the other couples are doing and trying to 1up or compete with them. It's ludicrous and it is not fair on you.

You don't sound selfish at all. She sounds like a materialistic and mercenary person. I would dump her, if I were you. She will likely just take you to the cleaners if you marry her. I think you are being used.

Okay thanks. I was told by some others that she does really love me, she just thinks that she equates love with money, and feels that in order to show love, you have to show it through monetary affection.

Now when we are together we have a lot of fun, and we have a lot of things in common. It's just this one flaw she has, but is the flaw big enough that she can't learn and grow from it, even though it's been a couple of months? Or how can I explain to her, that a pre-nup is not what she thinks and she is looking at it the wrong way, because there will still be plenty of love to be shared in the marriage?

If breaking up is the only option, and it has really come to that point, how should I break it off exactly, the best way, in this situation? Should I say, either you sign it or we can't get married, or what is the best way? Is that the only option left, and we cannot work this out?

The reason why differences over financial matters can be a deal breaker is that there usually isn't enough money to do everything you want. So, you start putting things on the credit card and paying ridiculous money on interest payments which is a quick recipe for financial disaster.

Okay thanks. Lately for the past couple of months though, there hasn't been any issues with money, accept for her recent thing about the restaurant I mentioned. But she payed for it herself and did not expect me to pay.

She even told me that she was sorry for before two months ago, and that is why she hasn't been about money lately. It's only the pre-nup thing, that maybe suggests she is now. However, the question is, has she really changed, or is she just giving me a reprieve?

I will talk to her about the pre-nup and what it really is, because she seems to have a very chauvinist view of it, perhaps. I told her already that the reason to sign is because of government red tape when it comes to my assets, but she says that that's not what it is, and government has nothing to do with a my intentions of getting her to sign one.

The point some of us were trying to make is that beside your assets, you also have to protect yourself. The pre-nup won't protect you. The question here would be not just "will I lose everything if we get a divorce?", but "will this woman stand by me if I lose everything?".

You consider her a good match, maybe you love her too - have you considered therapy? If equating love with money is not sheer materialism on her part, but comes from a deprived childhood or some other factor that stunted her emotional growth, a professional might help her with that.

While the OP's girl may indeed feel romantic feelings about him, she also feels pragmatic ones. Like many women, she expects that her fiance will support her financially after the wedding, and will probably "lose" or quit her job fairly quickly--certainly by the time the first baby arrives. At that point, she never has to work again, and he will end up paying all of her old debts himself (including her student loans and all that money she borrowed from the exes.) He'll be trapped, because it will be "cheaper to keep her", as the divorce lawyers say; if he does divorce her, she gets half of everything and spousal support paid by court order.

PS The OP should ask to look at her phone sometime when she isn't expecting it. If she won't let him look at her texting history, she's still flirting with those exes. There's no other reason for them to loan her money.

And the courts tend to divide things more equitably based on what the partners brought to the marriage and contributed during the marriage. I just talked to a guy I knew in college who divorced on amicable terms--turned out that he ended up with HER house as she decided that she really didn't want it. But, these things differ by state and country, just like disability support and benefits.

Okay thanks. Well I could break up with her as suggested, but it's really hard because not only do I love her so much, but I feel that it might be a mistake, and that she is the one maybe.

I mean she hasn't brought up anything about money in a long time, and I think she is scared of loosing me if she does. Is this character flaw of hers enough for a break up? Everything about the relationship has been good and better since she hasn't brought up any problems for a while, and everyone I know with a significant other, they all have character flaws, yet they make the relationship work.

If no relationship is perfect, is this really unfixable?