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 One thing that comes to mind when I’m hearing about your story is that you are essentially making this woman the center of your universe and instead of focusing on your goals and your purpose in life, you’re thinking about how to please her. she’s preoccupying all of your thoughts and all of your desires and you were thinking about her instead of to yourself you’re thinking about what she wants instead of what you want you’re thinking about and moving your life around how to make things convenient for her rather than Thinking about how does this relationship serve goals and my aspirations for life, professional life or prodigy and continuing your bloodline. 

When a woman can see that she’s the center of your world it gives her great anxiety. It increases her anxiety because she already lives in an uncertain and volatile emotional world that is full of ups and downs and uncertainty. her biology makes her weak and unable to defend herself, even bleeding once a month during her menstrual cycles. On top of all of that, if she were to bare your child, she would be helpless and unable to defend herself or provide for herself for a year plus with pregnancy and caring for an infant child. Because of that she’s looking for a man who is superior to her and all respects and is concerned with his own strength, well-being and Direction in life. She’s looking for that because that’s what she is naturally attracted to. 
Often times women will say things that are not necessarily aligned with what her actions actually show. For instance, she might say that she loved it that you said you wanted to marry her after three months, but in reality that may signal weakness and neediness on your side showing that she was your best option, and thus hypergamy was not satisfied. Hypergamy is simply the fact that women are going to be attracted to men who are of a higher sexual market value than them.  That means that a woman is going to be most attracted to a man who she knows is desired by women who are as attractive or more attractive than her.
I think that what you’re dealing with is very common in this day and age and Im engaged with helping guys like you get this area of their life handled. If we dont properly generate attraction and genuine desire in the women we are with, they will cheat, leave, or poison drip the relationship. 
Happy to chat more if you’re interested. 
 Hey  @Jon, I need some time to digest this. But thank you immensely for taking the time to reply. I will write back after I have processed it.  

My gut reaction is, yes, of course she was the center of my universe. I was ready to marry her and start a family with her. Why wouldn't she be? I wanted to make her happy in every way that I possibly could. My head cannot wrap around that being an unattractive thing. 

I can afford the large family we both wanted. I could afford to let her be a SAH mom if she wanted it -- and when she said she would always want a career as well as motherhood, I said I would love to be a SAH dad and support her career -- and i already have the nest egg to be able to do that. 

You write some heavy words that I need to let digest. Thank you. 
 I love my wife but she isn't the center of my universe, Jesus is. He's the glue that keeps it all together, otherwise it all falls apart. Hard to understand I know, but it's still the truth 
 Hard to understand and often harder to accept but Jon is 100pct correct 
 This is solid insight 
 Agree. If she's the main thing you're about, she'll get bored. Find a bigger thing--the right one will catch that passion, and want to walk beside you, and pursue that bigger thing together. At least, in my experience. Met my wife (at church) when I was actually trying not to...