rant · moment 13 of 18
Defending the Legacy Woman's Choices
from The Manor-Born · #6
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3 minTim mounts an extended defense of the ex-girlfriend's cold, calculated choice to protect her family's wealth, fantasizing about becoming an aristocratic old woman at a Chateau property, and mocking Dan's fantasy of an aging-naturally suburban wife.
- 39:01Tim argues that wealthy people shouldn't pretend to be poor or invite poverty into their lives for emotional experiences.
- 39:22A wealthy woman has to safeguard her position in society because her emotions will destroy her and lead her to exploitative men.
- 39:42Tim hopes the legacy-money woman ends up happy and doesn't cut up her face, though acknowledges she may need professional cosmetic care to maintain her emotional mask.
- 40:27Tim rejects the idea of the woman aging naturally and wrinkled in Arizona or Colorado, saying he wants her to be part of the Eastern establishment.
- 40:50He recalls his father scraping together enough money from copy machine earnings to take him to Blantire castle in Scotland, an exception made for a child visitor.
- 41:17At the castle, Tim witnessed an old woman arrive in a Bentley and imperiously demand to find Maurice, commanding his hosts to locate him.
- 41:33That cold, commanding woman became Tim's ideal—the kind of gin-drinking woman of the Upper East Side he wants this legacy woman to become.
- 41:56These wealthy women aren't raising children themselves; they hire Brazilian au pairs and get their kids into good schools through their connections.
- 42:08Tim sarcastically contrasts the luxury lifestyle with his own vision of a three-bedroom house with a woman who ages naturally and watches sunsets.
- 42:20The natural-aging, sunset-watching fantasy sounds to him like it would cause pancreatic cancer.
BlantyreUpper East SideEastern establishment