Why does Fabienne allow the emotional blackmail?
It was hard for Fabienne to feel deserving of nice things that weren’t essential for her survival. She needed a good reason to justify the purchase of anything other than the basics of life. As a child, if she wanted a new book her mother would talk about her younger sister needing medication for her asthma. Fabienne grew up feeling selfish just for wanting something of her own. Without permission and encouragement Fabienne never treated herself to anything she wanted. Larry’s consent to get the shoes was the green light she needed to get those shoes. When he put the guilt trip on her, she relived those moments when her mother made her feel bad for apparently depriving her sick sister. Larry hooked her in that place. That made the emotional blackmail succeed, and he knew it. Challenging the blackmail Fabienne and Larry are both caught in the incidious place that there are only enough goodies for one and that the ‘neediest’ one claims it. A weekly meeting putting their joint assets on t
