Reflections on Winter Dreams

I liked this story better than Sophistication. While some of the characters in the story did annoy me the actual premise of the story is very interesting. A quote I was thinking of while reading the story was "you accept the love you think you deserve." And that was exactly what happened to Judy. I actually didn't blame Judy for being the way she was. She had always been beautiful and rich and therefore had always been treated as the beautiful rich girl. She didn't know any better. And so when she finally found an abusive husband at the end, this didn't surprise me at all. As for Dexter, he could have always said no. His lame excuse for leaving what would have been a very good girl for him was almost the same (although in a completely different circumstance) as a rapist blaming the girl for "asking for it" and that he "couldn't help it" because she was so beautiful or whatever. So in actuality, Dexter annoys me far more than Judy.