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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Presea" data-source="post: 63553" data-attributes="member: 24">Money is very important when you are trying to raise a child. And  Katherine and Tom are wanted criminals, so that makes it pretty hard for them to find regular employment. And even if they did, there is the risk that someone could recognize them and turn them in. I imagine that they have been living off of what was left of Katherine's inheritance and Wentworth assets that she sold, although I am kind of surprised that they have run out of that kind of money at all, because I imagine that that stuff could have you set for life. But then again, Katherine has never exactly been known to be thrifty, has she? Ultimately and sadly, the right thing for Katherine to do for Wendy would be to turn herself in. But of course that would be hard for Katherine because it would mean that she would not see Wendy again, and that Wendy would most likely become a ward of the state. So I can understand Katherine's dilemma here. But unfortunately, she is dealing with the consequences of her actions now.As for the rest of your post: I hate to say it, but you sound pretty much just like someone who blames a rape victim (and this is a similar situation) simply for "letting it happen". Katherine was obviously not sane, so of course she was devastated just from the very idea of the object of her obsession (Bobby) shutting her out of his life completely. (And Bobby did do this when he found out about it, even before he knew about the letter). Using someone's emotions (especially a person who is disturbed) against them in order to insure that they perform sexual favors for them is a monstrous thing to do, regardless of whether there is a choice or not. And I don't know where you have gotten the idea that Katherine was doing it because she wanted a chance with JR. Katherine slept with JR in the first place because he had told her that he would he would help her get Bobby. And then only did it because she was trying to prevent him from telling Bobby about the sex. She obviously did not love or want to be with JR at all. And why do I get the feeling that you would actually feel sorry for anyone else that JR did this to? Particularly, someone who did not mess with Bobby and Pam's marriage? For example, did Sue Ellen deserve what she got when JR blackmailed her for sex in return for not putting Peter Richards in jail? Sexual coercion is always wrong, no matter how "deserving" someone believes the victim to be. And I wouldn't be surprised if this type of situation would actually be considered as rape in courts in the US nowadays. I'm sorry, but you just sound like you are biased against Katherine with these posts.</blockquote>

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