jennifer wrote:
They love living there, and their husbands have good jobs, and they aren't really thinking beyond that, or realizing that they're expecting Beth's classmates to choose picturesque living over financial stability and good job opportunities.
When they start going to the CS, the school is in Guernsey and they follow the school off the island and around the world when it moves. Maybe they originally thought the school would be in Guernsey for years so the girls would remain on the island.
I would have loved it if some of Beth's old classmates had also gone to the CS and sucks to Janie!
Sorry - I do actually like Janie and I realise her comments are the result of EBD's mindset and era. But I think why I find her comments annoying is because she is imposing a standard and ideas onto Beth's classmates which she does not expect her daughters/nieces to follow and the only reason is because she thinks they are of a lower class than her family.
Anne really doesn't think of Beth's future at all.
If the cousin had not left her money to Peter and she continued to refuse help for Beth, then Beth will continue to feel inferior to her own sisters and cousins.
And what happens when all the children are older? Does Janie and the other uncles and aunts continue to pay for higher education?
Anne seems so caught up in her pride and care for Barbara she doesn't stop to think about the other children's futures.