Thursday, April 25, 2013
Why I- Kept the secret from Daisy
Tom was cheating on Daisy. I was surprised, but I do not know why.
Tom and Daisy's marriage had never been that strong, but I had felt hurt for
Daisy. She was my cousin and I guess I was supposed to protect her. We were never
that close, but Daisy was a nice girl. Tom had always been "better"
than me. He was a star football player at Yale, he was rich, and people liked
him, even though he is pretty arrogant. That night with Tom and Myrtle was
unexpected. I never thought that Tom was a great guy, but I didn't think he
would have an affair while married to Daisy, At first, I didn't know how to
react. After a while, I decided I wouldn't tell anyone. When I was young, my
father told me not to judge anyone because I was more privileged than
most people. In this case, I wasn't necessarily more privileged, but I chose to
stay out of it. I thought that if I acted like I didn't know, it wouldn't make
a difference. Tom would be happy with his two women, and Daisy wouldn't know
what was going on. If she did find out, it wasn't going to be from me. When I
found out about Gatsby's love for Daisy, it made me feel better inside. I was
hoping that Tom and Daisy would have a peaceful separation and they would both
end up happy. Some part of me thought that Daisy only married Tom because he
was wealthy, so this was her chance to have someone wealthy and who cared for
her. In the end, I figured it would be too good to be true, but it wasn't
me that was going to ruin the relationships. I chose to stick to my normal ways
and be the observer once again.
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Nick, I do think that you were put in a sticky situation. I kinda feel bad for telling you because I was the one that knew from the start. It was hard for me to not tell Daisy; she was my best friend! Daisy deserved a man that would only focus on her. It's such a hard thing not wanting to be the reason for a relationship to end. I never wanted to be the barer of bad news either. I think I kept the secret because I felt that she would hurt more than she already was, hearing that he had been cheating. I do believe that deep down inside she knew he wasn't being faithful, but was too afraid to believe it fully. I never liked seeing her upset. Then again, I never liked the way Tom treated her. There are so many times I wanted to get involved and let out the truth because I saw the hell he put her through. I was kinda glad when Gatsby came around because I thought for once she could be happy now. Overall, it was such a tough position to be in for the both of us. Neither one of us wanted to break the bad news.
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Nick,
ReplyDeleteI'm very glad that you decided to not tell Daisy about mine and Tom's affair. I don't really expect you to understand why we do it, but Ill have you know that I really do care for Tom. I personally believe that I would be better for Tom than Daisy is, but I'm not really sure what his opinion is on that. I respect the fact that you did not tell Daisy when you found out about Tom and I. I know that it would end up getting around to George, and he would be very mad at me if he found out I was having an affair with Tom. If George found out it would be very bad for me, so thank you. Once again I don't really expect you to understand our situation, but I am glad you are not getting into business that is not yours.
Myrtle