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Originally Posted by Shark Sandwich
"What happened with women he loved," (or what I got out of it) is that a. these women get older and lose their youthful (aesthetic) perfection and b. he can't connect to them on a deeper, emotional level. He's so depressed about these things, that he can't find a woman who stays eternally young that he feels a deeper connection to, that he kills himself. Is Salter saying this is a natural male fear? Because I identified with it, though I'm not proud of it.
I can identify with the second part, the idea that you as a male will never be as comfortable with them as they are with each other. I'm still trying to process how that abruptly goes all the way to suicide, but this book has left me scratching my head a few times.
For example, you would think Vivian would need Philip's support the most in dealing with her mother's condition, but that's when she decides to walk away? Maybe that just shows how far apart they really were. She never found out about London, I'm assuming.