Seemed out of character to me.
To me, her reaction made sense. Michaela was a very practical woman, and she knew that however much in love they were, that love was not going to support Matthew and Ingrid. That without financial means, they'd end up in poverty with a bunch of kids they couldn't feed, as she so bluntly put it in the episode.
I actually love that scene in the homestead between M&M, when they're fighting about his future. It's very raw and honest, revealing the true feelings of both people on the topic. I was also taken aback by how mean Matthew was here, calling her a spinster to her face, and felt that he should have apologized to her, or at least expressed remorse for that outburst.
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wendycscott9
7 years ago
Agreed. After all, she agreed to take over raising these kids, and even though he was older, he still wasn't an adult, and he should have had more respect for the sacrifices she had made for him and his siblings.
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