AITAH for getting frustrated at my bf for telling me I need to make more money to get married

I (female 22) am frustrated with my bf (male 24) because he said I needed to make more money before he would talk about marriage with me. For backstory we have been together for around 2 1/2 years and I’ve been through a lot together. I will probably sound like an idiot in this post, but I need honest opinions on this that are not biased by my friends. We have had a lot of ups and downs in our relationship, but at the end of the day, we’re very similar and keep each other grounded. He has had a little bit of a wandering eye, but we have worked through it. We had broken up for a little while because of him texting other women inappropriately. I truly love this man unconditionally, and they say love makes you blind. He has known that I’ve always wanted to get married and that has been a goal of mine. He has been open to it, but has not been a goal for him. He told me after we got back together, he thought a lot about it and he would like to marry me, but I would have to at least make $100,000 before he would consider it. As of right now I work as a teacher and make around 45,000 and I plan to go to nursing school in August. He is already a nurse and is going to school for NP in August as well. We got into a huge argument because I said in my happy little world I’d like to be engaged in about 3 to 4 years and then plan a marriage after we are all settled and have everything figured out. He told me if that’s something that I want. He’s not gonna give it to me and to look elsewhere, he told me he didn’t understand the point of an engagement, and he believes in always looking for better, and that is stupid to get engaged young and put a hold on his life. Mind you we have very similar interest and very similar goals that we can achieve together. Would I be the asshole to leave him over this argument?

Posted Jan 14, 2026, 3:06 AM UTC

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