And I never said it was "unlimited wealth". I said "a valuable piece of jewellery".
What you said was "It wasn't exactly limited in value" - and that is precisely what it was: limited. It was a one-off bonus that could be spent any number of ways. You seem to have come round to the idea that Mrs Marlow spent it sensibly when she bought a horse for herself, rather than being a bad selfish mother - which was the idea that I truly objected to: the idea that a woman is a "bad mother" if she ever spends anything on herself that she doesn't absolutely need when her children are going without things that they want but don't need - which was your starting position - is really rather anti-woman and anti-mother, and generally objectionable. Mrs Marlow bought herself Chocbar, and it was a sensible and right purchase, and you accept that: good.
That there is something skewed about Ginty getting such an expensive present is something I've come round to, having read so many well-reasoned points about it on this thread. But arguing from that to "Mrs Marlow's a bad mother" is something else again.
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What you said was "It wasn't exactly limited in value" - and that is precisely what it was: limited. It was a one-off bonus that could be spent any number of ways. You seem to have come round to the idea that Mrs Marlow spent it sensibly when she bought a horse for herself, rather than being a bad selfish mother - which was the idea that I truly objected to: the idea that a woman is a "bad mother" if she ever spends anything on herself that she doesn't absolutely need when her children are going without things that they want but don't need - which was your starting position - is really rather anti-woman and anti-mother, and generally objectionable. Mrs Marlow bought herself Chocbar, and it was a sensible and right purchase, and you accept that: good.
That there is something skewed about Ginty getting such an expensive present is something I've come round to, having read so many well-reasoned points about it on this thread. But arguing from that to "Mrs Marlow's a bad mother" is something else again.