You also see it sometimes in Singapore.
Laza - You're being taken for a ride.
If she's a 'bbc' AND raised in ol' blighty, or elsewhere west, she'll know she's kinda playing a power game with ya here - checking IF you'll comply Whatever pushes personal buttons, eh... Entertaining
[Moi... 'bbc' gal, and know many such, too.]
I don't understand it either. Women buy expensive designer bags, and they don't want to carry them??! What's the point?
Sounds a little like this:-
I am a Hong Kong Girl with 公主病 (Gung Jyuh Behng) - Cantonese Word of the Week! - YouTube
I would knock that behaviour on the head on day one, or as has been already pointed out you are in for a tempestuous time.