Power totally does make a guy more attractive. Attraction, for a lot of girls, is different than it is for guys. Guys usually care a lot about looks and not so much about how much money the girl makes, and for a lot of girls, it's the opposite. It's natures way of making sure men put their seed in the women with the best genes, and women have someone who can protect them and provide well for their offspring. Obviously, her looks aren't the only thing that draws you to her, you say she also has a great personality and you two have great conversations. Girls and guys care about that part equally, but that alone is just not enough. To me it sounds like she really liked your personality, but you weren't totally her type physically, and you were a poor college student. Imagine if it was the other way around, and you had always had money, and she was fat. Would you still have been in love with her? Probably not. But if she shed the weight and looked how she looks now, it would probably tip you over into wanting to be with her, right? Well, how is caring about looks any different than caring about money? I would be worried if she struts around with a lois vuitton and drives a mercedes benz, but if she's not one of those types of girls, then I don't think she is trying to con you out of your money even if it does make you more attractive to her. Btw, none of this matters once you are actually in a commited relaitonship, but when you are choosing who to start dating, you have to be picky, and we live in a very shallow world. I say see how it goes, don't spend a lot of money on her quite yet, and then in a few months you should know whether or not to continue it. Just don't move in together too early. Btw, I am 10 years younger than my partner and, according to other people, "out of his league" physically. To me, he had so many other great qualities... his sense of humor, his sense of adventure, his amazing conversation skills, his caring heart, and yes, his financial stability and ambition... I never think of him as not attractive, I love him, and am attracted to him for a million reasons, some shallow, some not. I told him that I admired his hard work, that I thought it was sexy. At first he thought that was weird, but when I explained to him it's how girls are biologically wired, it made more sense, and now he totally gets it. And btw, if he became broke tomorrow, I would still love him just as much. So yeah, just because she now sees you as more... desirable... doesn't mean she is in it only for the money or that she is a bad person.