My boyfriend always encouraged me to become highly educated and get a good job. His mother also thinks it's very important that her son gets together with an educated woman and one of the reasons why his mother had a bad relationship with his ex was that she (his ex) was not educated enough. However, when I announced that I will be pursuing a master's degree after I finish my bachelor's, he didn't seem very pleased. He didn't say anything but I noticed that he was dissatisfied. He has a huge ego problem (by his own admission) so I don't think he likes the idea of a woman that is highly educated just like he is.

This makes me very sad because he's the one who always said that education is very important to him. Now I think he just said it because his mother wants him to have an educated wife, not because it's his own personal preference. I actually wasn't that ambitious before I met him, he's the one that made me this way. I don't want to back down now and I want to pursue a master's degree but I also don't want it to cause problems in our relationship.

Sorry, if my English is bad, I am not from an English speaking country