A Disturbed Night

[poliphilo]

Odi turned up on the doorstep at 2 in the morning, dressed for an African summer. She and Peter have had a spat. She's still in the front room sleeping it off. I don't know what we'll do with her.

Money seems to be the prblem. Peter holds the purse strings and won't give Odi any spends. They've been cold-shouldering one another- which is how they handle disagreement- all over Christmas.

Comments

[chiller.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. But he needs to find out he can't control her by denying her access to money sooner rather than later (wtf), so she actually did the right thing unless she fancies literally ending up barefoot and pregnant.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes.

She might be better off without him, but on the other hand....Ach, it's complicated.

[chiller.livejournal.com]

People always are, aren't they? It sounds as if she has some healthy boundaries though.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Coming to Europe has taught her she doesn't have to take all that patriarchal shit she would have to put up with in Cameroon.

On the other hand she is an irresponsible, self-centred child....

[chiller.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but growing up in a society where you're not responsible for yourself because the Man In Charge is, tends to make women that way because it's infantilising. It's not a character flaw, it's another learning curve. You don't want Daddy to hold the purse strings? Good. But that means you stop acting like Daddy's little girl and sober up.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's a very fair point.