I suspected based on your story that you and I saw this differently (which is fine--I enjoyed reading your take too!). But I really don't think Elizabeth was lying to him any more than I would be lying if I had a secret relationship and didn't tell my co-workers about it. They never made each other any promises (explicit or implicit) beyond those of close co-workers, at least not until 1981, so she didn't owe Philip any sort of disclosure.
Where we do agree is in the fact that Philip was much more communicative than she was, throughout their early years. He went out of his way to be more honest with her than he'd probably ever been with anyone. And you bet that finding out she hadn't regarded their relationship in the same way he always had led to him being willing to lie to her later.
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I suspected based on your story that you and I saw this differently (which is fine--I enjoyed reading your take too!). But I really don't think Elizabeth was lying to him any more than I would be lying if I had a secret relationship and didn't tell my co-workers about it. They never made each other any promises (explicit or implicit) beyond those of close co-workers, at least not until 1981, so she didn't owe Philip any sort of disclosure.
Where we do agree is in the fact that Philip was much more communicative than she was, throughout their early years. He went out of his way to be more honest with her than he'd probably ever been with anyone. And you bet that finding out she hadn't regarded their relationship in the same way he always had led to him being willing to lie to her later.
-J