Maybe I’m just tired of women being kept in the dark in these stories (for “their own good” or the good of The Plot or whatever), but... I’m still irritated they told her jack squat. She’s obviously not stupid, and she’s not a child. It’s honestly sad that it’d be original to have a ML confer with the FMC as his equal & not deliberately withhold important info bc he thinks her lacking or incapable.
More importantly, it rlly irritates me this is framed as some sort of successful neglect play? Like negging to True Love. “Treat a woman like she doesn’t exist & she’ll realize how much she wants/needs you.” 😬 Give a woman the impression you’re going to replace her, & she’ll lose interest in the hobbies that define her. Yeah. A little too Twilight for me.