09-15-2015, 04:33 AM
(09-14-2015, 04:04 PM)irukandji Wrote:In order for Juliette to "slum" with Nick, he would need to be below the poverty line and live in a depressed area. Compensation data indicate they have comparable income and they live under the same roof.Quote:Lacking any data to the contrary, Juliette and Nick are in the same socio-economic class. As such neither can possibly "slum" with the other.
I beg to differ, but Juliette is not in the same social-economic class as Nick. I would agree with you if Nick went to medical school and decided to go into disease research and Juliette became a DVM. But he did not. He's a detective. She's a DVM. They run in different circles and just happened to hook up.
Quote:Juliette's rejection of Nick's proposal has nothing to do with his economic status. I see no evidence that Juliette considers Nick "less fortunate" than her.
You're missing the point of slumming. The person slumming doesn't slum in some effort to bestow their shining personality on another they consider less fortunate. They slum because they're looking for something that they're not finding within their own socio-economic class. No one's saying Juliette didn't like Nick or considered herself above him in some way.