Logic-lady
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I'm putting this out there because I am sure there will be many people watching this trial who will be of the same opinion (including some of the jurors IMO). Jason & Molly chose a lifestyle. It was obviously a lifestyle that Jason wanted for the kids given that he took so much time off work to look after them himself after the sudden loss of Mags. He wanted the best for his kids.
I think alot of families would relish the opportunity to have one of the parents stay at home, with all of the benefits that this affords, but are unable to do so because of financial constraints. Due to the darkest of circumstances, Jason was able to give this to his children. He provided this life for them.
For a couple to make life work with one earner and one homemaker is no mean feat, it requires an extraordinary partnership so that one person does not completely lose their identity and self to the rest of the family, and also so that the earner doesn't become isolated from the rest of the family and feel like an atm. It requires both partners to play their part in ensuring harmony in the home. This was the life that Jason & Molly chose.
I think many people who understand this will believe that Jason worked and Molly ran the home, they will understand the partnership involved there and they will admire the life that they created together. They will not understand the constant derision of Molly for her role in that, the constant put downs for her lack of monetary input into the relationship...that was not her role in this life. To disregard her life on this point is wrong IMO, as it is this point that puts forward the strongest argument for Molly to have acted in anger on the night in question over anything else.
We have heard from the warrants that Jason was worried about Molly's spending. If one side of the partnership fails, the whole thing falls apart, there is only so far one wage can stretch. The dynamic between her and the kids and the level of support they needed at home would have been changing, perhaps it was time Molly got a job while the kids were at school? This could have thrown her. From what we can understand, Molly has had no distinct career path prior to working for Jason. The prospect of having to try to succeed in the outside world once again may have scared her, unbalanced her even. Her entire world revolved around that life, the kids, the after school clubs, being the homemaker. Maybe Jason didn't even have to threaten to leave with the kids, maybe it was his suggestion that simply lives needed to change that pushed her over the edge? All IMO.
I think alot of families would relish the opportunity to have one of the parents stay at home, with all of the benefits that this affords, but are unable to do so because of financial constraints. Due to the darkest of circumstances, Jason was able to give this to his children. He provided this life for them.
For a couple to make life work with one earner and one homemaker is no mean feat, it requires an extraordinary partnership so that one person does not completely lose their identity and self to the rest of the family, and also so that the earner doesn't become isolated from the rest of the family and feel like an atm. It requires both partners to play their part in ensuring harmony in the home. This was the life that Jason & Molly chose.
I think many people who understand this will believe that Jason worked and Molly ran the home, they will understand the partnership involved there and they will admire the life that they created together. They will not understand the constant derision of Molly for her role in that, the constant put downs for her lack of monetary input into the relationship...that was not her role in this life. To disregard her life on this point is wrong IMO, as it is this point that puts forward the strongest argument for Molly to have acted in anger on the night in question over anything else.
We have heard from the warrants that Jason was worried about Molly's spending. If one side of the partnership fails, the whole thing falls apart, there is only so far one wage can stretch. The dynamic between her and the kids and the level of support they needed at home would have been changing, perhaps it was time Molly got a job while the kids were at school? This could have thrown her. From what we can understand, Molly has had no distinct career path prior to working for Jason. The prospect of having to try to succeed in the outside world once again may have scared her, unbalanced her even. Her entire world revolved around that life, the kids, the after school clubs, being the homemaker. Maybe Jason didn't even have to threaten to leave with the kids, maybe it was his suggestion that simply lives needed to change that pushed her over the edge? All IMO.