Status Updates From Mr. Darcy's Marriage Contra...

Pet peeves = cliché phrases or formulas repeated as fillers and with a bit of a modern ring

- utterly and completely
- “My thoughts exactly”
- “I could not agree more”

Yeah, this Lizzy is a nasty piece of work ! This is Elizabeth addressing the step-mother who raised her and the mother of her younger half-sisters…

“ And from now on, if any of you wishes for something particular from me, you will beg me, with proper gratitude and humbleness! Not asking, not demanding, but begging and showing thankfulness afterwards! “

Here it comes ! The set down moment >> Elizabeth unleashes an “epic” talk to Mrs. Bennet about how entitled she is and how poorly she has treated Elizabeth [ eye roll ]

I strongly dislike these contrived moments of “reckoning” authors inflict on characters they want to demean or punish. It gives “power” to main characters and highlights a childish idea of “justice”.

I find it usually misogynistic.

The “two steps forward, one step back” progress in the relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth is getting boring.

He is courting her within marriage, she remains clueless about his/her feelings, and they are both constantly getting interrupted by servants/family/random trouble whenever they get a private moment and a small understanding between them!

Darcy likes Elizabeth and he has been nothing but honourable and courteous to her. Elizabeth likes Darcy, so every time she gets nervous she “unintentionally” brings up her money, “unintentionally” offending him [ eye roll ]

Also, it’s really awkward to read how much Elizabeth despises her stepmother and how she only deals with her Bennet sisters out of social obligation.

So far Darcy has been nothing but decent, kind and considerate towards Elizabeth. She met him through her uncle Gardiner, who is Darcy’s dear friend and confidante.

So HOW IN THE WORLD does Elizabeth get into her head that Darcy is a snob who dislikes Wickham because he is a servant’s son and lower in social class??? This makes no sense, and it stinks of Lizzy reading P&P beforehand [ eye roll ].

Elizabeth knows her husband (Darcy) despises Georgiana’s husband, she knows he was a former family friend and now her husband disapproves of him. She knows Darcy is pained by him marrying Georgiana.

So when she meets Wickham “by chance” in the rain, she thinks it’s perfectly natural to INVITE HIM INTO THE HOUSE when Darcy is away, and feed him brandy and cake !!!!