Is my relationship the titanic about to hit an iceberg?
I would definitely agree that you should hit the road. I could not imagine being with someone who had such a financial view on the world, and I did not even grow up in the same class you did. Rather, I grew up in the “entrepreneur,” or maybe, “immigrant mentality” class. On one hand my father taught me much about the value of financial independence, but also the value of never flaunting wealth. Looking back, this may have some bearing on my compatibility with people, as my class is not quite as easy to identify as “working class” or “upper class” (of which you grew up a part). Some people above have already accused you of being picky, and that the relationship differences are not his fault (implying that they are yours). Don’t listen to these people. The relationship differences are not your fault OR his fault, they are no one’s. You are simply of different mindsets. Unfortunately, while people can be of different mindsets of lots of things and get away with it, money is a big sticking