Startup vs Girlfriend
IsaacSchlueter: You're 25.  Your life is, and should be, all about you and your dreams right now.  If you're going to have a healthy relationship with a quality person who will add to your life, it needs to be worth the price.  It sounds like she isn't.Your ideas about wealth are correct.  More to the point, working hard is clearly a part of your identity and an important thing to you.  You need someone who understands and respects and values drive.  Women like that are out there, and you're not going to end up with someone like that if you are the type of person who bends his ambitions around someone else.  That's not the guy she's looking for.  Don't be dishonest.There's an old Sicilian saying that my mom told me once: Dove mangiate, nunce caca, which means Don't shit where you eat.  It was a mistake to get your girlfriend involved in your startup.  She was apparently only doing it because it was your thing and she liked you, and that's a bad reason to be invested in a business.  If she wants to leave, count your blessings, and buy her out now, preferably before you dump her.Picture yourself in 5 years.  How does he feel about his love life?  Where is he in his career?  What kind of a person is he, and how does he feel about his past?Be that guy.