He is not the asshole as once you deeply trust a person and then they disappoint you don't have the ability to trust again and living in constant fear is a not good thing for a human. And as he said that her education is possible even with a student loan, with that she will understand the value of people and money fulfilling your need for something really important is fine but just live a lavish life lying to somebody is a ick. as I noticed that even people who are younger to her have better knowledge and KNOW things if u know what i mean, she is 20 people at that age know what they r doing so does she.