Please tell me the husband is not the ML, because if he’s being “stolen” left and right, he’s spineless. Given the likely era issues and power disbalances, it makes sense that women would have limited choices, but god (and modern authors) please stop normalizing men being idealized for showing interest only after witnessing what a woman has to become to protect herself from assholes… (I’m probably jumping to conclusions, but the patterns are irritating)
Please tell me the husband is not the ML, because if he’s being “stolen” left and right, he’s spineless. Given the likely era issues and power disbalances, it makes sense that women would have limited choices, but god (and modern authors) please stop normalizing men being idealized for showing interest only after witnessing what a woman has to become to protect herself from assholes… (I’m probably jumping to conclusions, but the patterns are irritating)