they were kids themselves, but they were more like young adults. Old enough to take on the job, old enough to be married, but not experienced enough to really know what it meant. So it was just abstract. But once the baby was real, everything changed.
Yes, this exactly.
Not that Elizabeth would ever talk like this to her kids, but I have a moment of horrible laughter at imagining her doing her usual "let me explain how hard this was for ME" reaction to confrontation where she explains to Paige and Henry how she's being saddled with a baby that she didn't want and she's worried is going to distract her from work, plus the kid will be American which is just horrifying to her. They should sympathize with how terrible that was...for her!" (And then Philip gags her.)
That's so awful and somehow perfectly Elizabeth to think about. I mean, have we ever seen her have any sort of reaction that's not just telling the other person how she's feeling about whatever?
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Date: 2014-03-11 03:30 am (UTC)Yes, this exactly.
That's so awful and somehow perfectly Elizabeth to think about. I mean, have we ever seen her have any sort of reaction that's not just telling the other person how she's feeling about whatever?