Chapters 9-10 Book II

I feel like it's Lily's own fault that she's so miserable all the time.  If she just prioritized better...I don't care how she was raised or what she was taught to care about.  At some point you'd think she would realize that she just might have to change her thoughts on life!  She wants money, nice things, a fancy house, no responsibilities, and a rich husband.  She's actually starting to work as a secretary to get some money for herself.  Lily is still frustrating me so much though.  If only she could swallow her own pride.  She is in love with a man (Selden), but will not consent to marrying him purely due to the fact that he is not well-off financially.  Her own pettiness overshadows every other good quality about her.  Although it says in Wharton's The House of Mirth that "She was very near hating him now..." (Wharton, 225), it is so clear that she is still, and probably always will be, in love with Lawrence Selden.