I never said I hated it. I agreed with @deirdyweirdy that a sentence triggered me, but as I said it's a work of fiction so it's all ok.

The other works you cited are also works of fiction, written in different times. In my world today people are judged for who they are, not what they own or how much money is in their bank account. In fact many of the lessons in fiction today (that I read or see) are that money isn't what makes good relationships and that "high maintenance" men or women are not the right choice. I suspect there are still people living by those stereotypes, so I guess I'm lucky that it doesn't hold true in my life or the many people I know.

We're all entitled to our opinions and I guess we just disagree on "how it is". Life is wonderful in how it gives us variety and choices to shape our beliefs and our choices. I don't have any desire to try to make you agree with mine, just pointing out a different point of view on the subject of men and women.