Wow, now that's cynical. I also doubt that it is as universally true as you seem to think it is. My wife of 20 something years now has earned waaaaay more than I ever did. Some banner years, she's paid more in taxes than I've made. All women aren't shallow. That's a myth that I hear most often repeated on FR.
The other "myth" on FR is how bad the young generation is today...Most people my age are decent...really getting tired of hearing it TBH. Part of the problem with the internet..just hear about all the bad stuff and the good kids out there don't create any media sensationalism.
Talk about loosening morals and such crap among the generations....I work out at a University gym that is open to the general public...Women in their 40's and 50's who work out there are the very worst people...very sexually aggressive. They make women my age look like pikers in the sex department...how they talk to the young guys, flirt, etc
oh, and like you my GF makes double what I do. Never created any problems and she does not look down on me and I do not feel inferior..we were very best friends long before becoming lovers.