07-05-2023, 01:04 PM
"I think... That we are facing a difference in culture between American values and British."
Edward said slowly when she finished explaining what she was going through. He got up and made his way to cut her off before she could exit the room. His expression was thoughtful more than anything else and he gestured toward the chair she'd just exited.
"Please, sit. I think this requires more discussion."
The man would wait for her to comply before he settled back down himself. He'd draw in a slow breath and rub at the bridge of his nose.
"To begin with, I won't deny that there is a level of classism in America but it is not the extent you see in Britain. My family is not old nobility, my father was born poor and through hard work and no small amount of luck he amassed a fortune. That gives a slightly different view when it comes to relationships between classes and, from my point of view at least, there is no question of your worth or if you deserve me. You are a bright, hardworking, and steadfast young woman who has persevered through considerable hardships. So far as I am concerned it is not a question of if you deserve a man, but rather if a man deserves you. So please stop selling yourself short."
The words were said with an earnest sincerity, it was clear that Edward didn't care for the way she was putting herself down.
"As for making me uncomfortable, you did not do so. I'll admit, I am a bit surprised by the revelation but it doesn't make me uncomfortable. Honestly, I am more taken aback than anything. I do not consider myself as being a person anyone would or should be interested in, in a romantic sense. I am damaged goods, to put it mildly."
Edward said slowly when she finished explaining what she was going through. He got up and made his way to cut her off before she could exit the room. His expression was thoughtful more than anything else and he gestured toward the chair she'd just exited.
"Please, sit. I think this requires more discussion."
The man would wait for her to comply before he settled back down himself. He'd draw in a slow breath and rub at the bridge of his nose.
"To begin with, I won't deny that there is a level of classism in America but it is not the extent you see in Britain. My family is not old nobility, my father was born poor and through hard work and no small amount of luck he amassed a fortune. That gives a slightly different view when it comes to relationships between classes and, from my point of view at least, there is no question of your worth or if you deserve me. You are a bright, hardworking, and steadfast young woman who has persevered through considerable hardships. So far as I am concerned it is not a question of if you deserve a man, but rather if a man deserves you. So please stop selling yourself short."
The words were said with an earnest sincerity, it was clear that Edward didn't care for the way she was putting herself down.
"As for making me uncomfortable, you did not do so. I'll admit, I am a bit surprised by the revelation but it doesn't make me uncomfortable. Honestly, I am more taken aback than anything. I do not consider myself as being a person anyone would or should be interested in, in a romantic sense. I am damaged goods, to put it mildly."
