Talk:Jacques Schnee/@comment-24098614-20180928091325/@comment-4010415-20180929003121

Let's look at what Weiss told us...

"When I was ten, my dad finally admitted to my mom that the only reason he married her was for the family name. (sighs) It was actually on my birthday. He missed the big dinner, she got mad, he finally snapped. I think she already knew. Looking back, I think I knew too. But hearing him say it finally pushed her over the edge."

So, basically, the story she's telling us is:


 * Her 10th birthday came along


 * They had a big dinner to celebrate


 * But Jacques didn't show up


 * Mom got mad about it


 * Jacques snapped and said that he only married her for the family name


 * Weiss thinks her mom probably already knew and seems to possibly paint her own pre-birthday feelings with hindsight.


 * It was after this that her mother started drinking more and more wine, separating herself from Jacques more and more, and then just kinda distanced herself from everyone. ("First it was separate lunches and dinners, opposite balconies at my recitals, a glass of wine here, a glass of wine there. Then, it was no dinners, no recitals, a bottle of wine here and... well, you get the idea.")

What parts of this can Weiss' bias actually affect? As far as I can see, the facts that most likely are not changed by Weiss' bias are:


 * It was Weiss' 10th birthday


 * Jacques didn't show up to the big dinner celebration


 * Mom got mad about it


 * Apparently, there was some confrontation about it because mom was mad


 * After that, mom started drinking more and more wine and distancing herself more and more

Admittedly, we don't know how open his confession was. He could've merely said something that Weiss and her mother only interpreted as meaning he only married her for the company and family name. If he outright blatantly stated it, however, that's a different thing.

Either way, this conflict has had a huge impact on Weiss' life, and it started with Jacques missing her birthday dinner, which easily paints him as the cause.