Wow yeah this is exactly how I feel, you put my thoughts into words so well but yeah it’s gonna be agonizing for a while
as much as I agree, the main problem is actually, was it her parents or his, they were the ones manipulating her and him, mostly her, by making false accusations causing these misunderstandings, along with what u said, but without the parents, she wouldn’t have been so miserable and slowly piece by piece losing her confidence and pride turning into who she is now, without the parents, the difference in showing affection wouldn’t have been much of a big problem as it is now, for example the dresses, she likes them just didn’t know they were for her because the parents received them and refused them along with a letter, I think, making him think she didn’t want them and that they weren’t worthy enough for her since she was a princess (︶︿︶)＝凸
The lack of communication in this kills me because its not even that Winter is a bad person cause he's not but his (admittedly understandable) inability to communicate not only his own desires but the desires of others is so bad that it actually caused a lot of harm to his wife who he since the beginning has obviously loved deeply and his wife has a similar problem I'm not surprised that as a noble and as a woman that she did not filly communicate her desires with Winter like she asked a question but she never told him why and the why is important especially in this instance all of this coupled with a whole host of people working against her and just out right lying to her only worked to make her miserable which is so tragic and they love each other but right now until they get passed the communication barrier and deal with the people taking advantage of them I just can't see how this could work not right now at least
It reminds me of Idris and Khalid's relationship in "The Tyrant Husband has Changed" Where the primary problem isn't a lack of communication but rather that their communication and affection styles differ so greatly in other words they aren't on the same wavelength Winter shows affection through money and gifts and acts of service Violet shows affection through spending time with the people she cares about but neither one of them are receptive to each other's way of showing affection so Winter feels unworthy and Violet just feels hated and it's so sad because they're not and god I just want them to move past this and start to feel better about each other and they're relationship like I said neither one of them are bad people but circumstances have made this hard