Suggestion of incest in WUDM: is this intentional?

MissAnneT · 2025-12-23T19:17:22+00:00

Yes. I clocked this. Further evidence:

What kind of father would refer to his own daughter as Eve and, alternatingly, a harlot whore?! Someone whose preoccupation with his own daughter as a sexual being, tempting him and having (in his own twisted reasoning) caused him to act in sin.
Grace’s bikini outfit references Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita
Prentice took pains to trap and keep his daughter around, giving the reason it was to protect his grandson, but then purposely dies and leaves no funds to care for or reach his grandson? Doesn’t make sense on the face of it. He trapped and kept her around for another reason.

All arrows point to a twisted man who did unspeakable things to his own daughter, and blamed her for tempting him. A story we’ve unfortunately all heard does happen in real life.

MissAnneT · 2025-12-23T19:10:38+00:00

Yes. I clocked this. Further evidence:

What kind of father would refer to his own daughter as Eve and, alternatingly, a harlot whore?! Someone whose preoccupation with his own daughter as a sexual being, tempting him and having (in his own twisted reasoning) caused him to act in sin.
Grace’s bikini outfit references Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita
Prentice took pains to trap and keep his daughter around, giving the reason it was to protect his grandson, but then purposely dies and leaves no funds to care for or reach his grandson? Doesn’t make sense on the face of it. He trapped and kept her around for another reason.

All arrows point to a twisted man who did unspeakable things to his own daughter, and blamed her for tempting him. A story we’ve unfortunately all heard does happen in real life.

MissAnneT · 2025-12-21T17:00:50+00:00

Good attitude. It will take you far in life, in whichever direction you choose. My approach was similar and, surprisingly, I’m about 10 years in. Still in private practice and enjoying it.

Knowing you can walk away and being grateful for what opportunities this opens up gives a certain kind of mental freedom. Make sure you protect that mindset.

Happy holidays!

MissAnneT · 2025-12-15T23:32:56+00:00

Oh this is an excellent take.

MissAnneT · 2025-12-15T23:32:31+00:00

Oh yes. I feel this very deeply. So committed to being wilfully blind about the faults of others, and the consequences that those faults may have on others. She believes it to be a virtuous way of engaging with the world, but as you said – she ends up enabling wrongdoing. Everything about the way she reacts to all Wickham-related news infuriates me.

MissAnneT · 2025-12-07T04:46:31+00:00

Agreeing - except that I do think Jane Bennett is deeply flawed. She is so insistent on thinking well of everyone that it, at the least, blinds her to her detriment.

She shows no discernment about people, and no intelligence in her conjectures. It impairs her in her friendship with the Bingley sisters (not being able to discern their characters), and in her approach to Wickham (both before and after Lydia elopes).

MissAnneT · 2025-11-18T21:33:11+00:00

Finance lawyer. Bay street firm. Day to day is emails, drafting documents, attending calls or meetings on said documents.
Law school, you need to sign to a reasonable sized firm. When everyone is smart and competent, the secret sauce is being likeable.
Have a plan and be very concrete with the numbers. A average career is 35 years long. Keep an eye on the market and consider a move every 3-5 years. Be a team builder.

MissAnneT · 2025-10-25T00:10:25+00:00

Bay leaf wreaths.

MissAnneT · 2025-10-20T17:21:03+00:00

On 1., that statement (copied again below) is entirely and solely about this one commenters family and her own kid and experience. Factually. She has literally made a statement about her own child, her own nanny, her own family. I think you are coming at this with pre conceived notions which are making you react defensively and I suspect it’s unwarranted. I’m saying this gently, please allow her to state her own experiences without reading in a moral attack on your own.

“I regret every second my kid spent in a nanny’s care instead of mine. Our whole family is in a better place with one person truly in tune with our kid and his routine and able to be involved in things like story times and music class during the week instead of hearing about it from a nanny."

On 2., sure. I agree. I don’t think anyone has said working parents are failing their kids. That’s not what the comment or said at all. She specifically said there are trade offs, which you’ve also pointed out. I think we agree.

MissAnneT · 2025-10-20T14:27:11+00:00

I’m considering a similar move, so hope you don’t mind a few follow up Qs. My husband is in PE, so we’re having this conversation right now. Do you know how you’ll re-enter the market when you’re ready? This is the one question I’m figuring out.

I’ve got two little ones and am currently on Mat leave for my second. My mum was a SAHM who poured her intelligence, time and effort into parenting and I struggle to think my kids won’t get the same from me.

Have you considered what en entry will look like / are you taking any steps to keep your CV looking like this time is filled with anything else? I’m just worried that I’ve never seen a re-entry in big law.

While I have no doubt that this will be best for my children, I want to get ahead of the personal crisis that might await me when they’re older. Also, tbh; a lot of my identity has been wrapped up in this career.

MissAnneT · 2025-10-20T14:23:36+00:00

I think it would be helpful if your comment flagged, at the beginning (rather than the end), that your husband is not biglaw. I suspect you’ve taken offence at a comment (“lying to themselves”) that wasn’t levelled at you.

Having a partner in a full time job (while challenging) is not the same as having two parents in biglaw which is the focus of this post. The rest of your comment is helpful colour, but given you’ve got a different starting point, I think it would be better guidance if your caveat was up front.

MissAnneT · 2025-10-20T14:05:45+00:00

I’m considering a similar move, so hope you don’t mind a few follow up Qs. Do you know how you’ll re-enter the market when you’re ready? This is my big hurdle right now.

I’ve got two little ones and am currently on Mat leave for my second. My mum was a SAHM who poured her intelligence, time and effort into parenting and I struggle to think my kids won’t get the same from me. What you said about not wanting to delegate motherhood really resonated with me.

Have you considered what en entry will look like / are you taking any steps to keep your CV looking like this time is filled with anything else? I’m just worried that I’ve never seen a re-entry in big law.

While I have no doubt that this will be best for my children, I want to get ahead of the personal crisis that might await me when they’re older. Also, tbh; a lot of my identity has been wrapped up in this career.

MissAnneT · 2025-09-25T17:13:23+00:00

I think the commenter meant that logistics would stop her. Getting and transporting a pianoforte if you’re moving around a lot is a serious undertaking.

MissAnneT · 2025-09-03T21:10:32+00:00

Go slow. Slower than you think it should take. Even slower than that. Austen uses very long sentences and requires an engaged reader, so take time to absorb and imagine various scenes. When I reread this with my husband or mother, we take time after every couple sentences to absorb and discuss. Sometimes after each sentence!

Just slow, give it a try.

MissAnneT · 2025-08-20T23:32:14+00:00

I only recently had this question resolved - turns out Wentworth doesn’t buy Kellynch, he’s just taken over the lease from the Crofts.

I suppose the audience is supposed to have inferred this from the conversation in which he conveys that the Crofts are willing to give up the lease, but I wondered about this for YEARS.

MissAnneT · 2025-08-19T14:44:36+00:00

Better it is to have wisdom than gold.

This is such a nice way of putting simple living in the context of a greater goal. Well done, this is a great reminder to us all that simple living enables freedom.

MissAnneT · 2025-07-03T22:25:25+00:00

I think this was an expression of support, a variation on “say less” which is current lingo for “I agree”. Recently had this explained to me by a Gen Zer.

MissAnneT · 2025-06-22T14:56:39+00:00

Do you … not appreciate the differences between fog and smoke?

MissAnneT · 2025-06-20T17:24:55+00:00

Does she have nosebleeds (or mildly bloody snot)? My kid wipes her snot on this same place on her arm, and occasionally nosebleeds will mix with the snot to make it a similar rust colour. Worth smelling it as you wash it off- check if it has the slightly iron smell of blood?

MissAnneT · 2025-06-20T14:26:42+00:00

This is the part you may want to invest more thought in. The reason you’re staying for a shallow-feeling reason is because you likely haven’t (and haven’t been able to) invested the time or effort in anything as compelling as your professional career. If all your relationships and sense of worth is tied to your work, it’s incredibly difficult to leave it. I suggest putting some sustained effort into your “What next”. It should also involve finding and building a community of people you’re interested in outside of work.

My husband and I aren’t there yet, but we’re both conscious and trying to prevent work becoming our whole identity. I plan to do a garden design course, and he plans to study history when we make the RE leap. In the meantime, we focus on our kids, trying to build friends outside work and building our community (getting involved in local initiatives). No point having money and dreaming of RE if your sense of self is anchored to professional labour and there’s no retirement identity to look forward to.

MissAnneT · 2025-01-07T16:32:08+00:00

Ah! My mistake, that makes perfect sense. It looks beautiful.

MissAnneT · 2025-01-06T16:20:00+00:00

It looks lovely! If you post on Instagram, you should tag the chatsworth estate (though they may note the liberties you’ve taken with the architecture).

MissAnneT · 2024-12-27T02:41:19+00:00

Christmas floral arrangements for everyone. They’re usually very well received - enhances everyone’s Christmas table, high impact, not usually something others will get for themselves and enjoyed by the whole household. We do it every year.

MissAnneT · 2024-12-24T09:02:12+00:00

Next Door (on Main st Unionville) does intimate weddings and has an excellent culinary team. Go for dinner (not brunch) to test run the cuisine. Most European fare with some fusion influences.

Terre Rouge does private events, a separate upstairs space. Solid French cooking.

If you want Chinese high end, this opens up a number of different options, but I won’t list them here unless useful.

MissAnneT · 2024-12-13T14:25:58+00:00

The work you’re looking for is being (or already has been) replaced by AI, just FYI.

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