Beautiful, thoughtful piece. Mollie gave me a few scream-at-the-TV moments but it was also seeing some of my younger self in her.
Harry did play the game, for sure, but I do think that he was also manipulative and charming. For her to have made that final devastating decision was about her perception of their friendship and the blind spot that came with that, sure, but it was also the culmination of his head games. She gave him the benefit of *her* doubt, and decided to doubt herself (and Jaz) than doubt him.
One thing I'm interested in is how we sort of reward men (and I suppose women?) for being manipulative and charming but rarely talk about how little that works out in the long-term and how lonely it is to always have to be the charming version of yourself and never the real version. One of the sad things about charm is that it really doesn't age well x
'One day you will look back on those memories and think about how lucky you are to have been in a place where you could appreciate the connection' Absolutely stunning ending that caught me by surprise. You're so incredible ❤️
As someone just coming out of this… thank you, Harriet. 🩷
Sending you lots of love x
Beautiful, thoughtful piece. Mollie gave me a few scream-at-the-TV moments but it was also seeing some of my younger self in her.
Harry did play the game, for sure, but I do think that he was also manipulative and charming. For her to have made that final devastating decision was about her perception of their friendship and the blind spot that came with that, sure, but it was also the culmination of his head games. She gave him the benefit of *her* doubt, and decided to doubt herself (and Jaz) than doubt him.
One thing I'm interested in is how we sort of reward men (and I suppose women?) for being manipulative and charming but rarely talk about how little that works out in the long-term and how lonely it is to always have to be the charming version of yourself and never the real version. One of the sad things about charm is that it really doesn't age well x
'One day you will look back on those memories and think about how lucky you are to have been in a place where you could appreciate the connection' Absolutely stunning ending that caught me by surprise. You're so incredible ❤️
Thank you xxx
This was everything I needed 💗💗💗, thank you so much .