Dear Lady Brett,
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but your many relationships have to come to a stop. Not only are they completely inappropriate in your engagement to Mr. Mike Campbell, but you may very well be tearing the lives of your other partners apart. Take Robert Cohn for instance, he seemed quite the nice and faithful man before he met you, yet now he may very well be the most hated member of your small circle of friends. Cohn’s life has been turned upside down since his brief affair with you. Prior to your “relations” Cohn was living a very nice, if somewhat subdued, life with his longtime girlfriend Frances. In fact, the two seemed almost destined to be married before you showed up to the party. Worse still, Cohn is not your only victim, Jake Barnes, who is clearly in love with you, has had his relationship with Robert completely blown to pieces due to you. Had you kept your cool and stayed faithful to your betrothed, these two men could very well be the best of friends. Yet all of this should pale in comparison to what you could very well be doing to Mike. This man has pledged himself with you but you’ve thrown it all down the gutter. Your lives could be perfect, but you forsake a man who will be good to you, and if you don’t change your ways, you will lose everything.
Best Luck in Fixing your Life
A Worried Observer
A Worried Observer,
ReplyDeleteYou say these men are tormented and tortured by me and that I have badly affected their lives, however you have to see things from my point of view. These men are the ones following me around obsessing over me. I am not forcing them to do anything. I am very honest with Jake about our non-existant relationship and he chooses to love me still. I will not deny that I receive joy from the attention these men give me, but that is who I am. These men have a choice to be a part of my life or not, regardless of what I do or say. The next time you tell me I need to fix my life, you should try seeing things from my point of view first.
~Lady Brett Ashley