This made me re-read HH2 because I don't remember it saying she wasn't poor, but indeed it does say "No, I’m not ‘poor’ any more. Nor do I pretend to be." but (the likely reason I don't remember the "I'm not poor bit") it then goes on to catalogue selling her worldly goods and thinking about getting rid of the TV and the fridge. Which is something you wouldn't do if you weren't poor. It makes no sense! I generally think of Jack as being daft rather than deliberately manipulative but I'm rethinking that now, because surely the only reason you'd write "I'm not poor" in an article about how poor you are is so could then point to that line if anyone called you out on pleading poverty? I didn't SAY I was poor, I SAID I'm not poor, it's not my fault if you missed that in the thousands of words about how poor I am, a description of my poverty that actually made multiple poor people post on the internet about how it seemed a bit extreme for this country. But as you can see I CLEARLY stated that I'm not poor, using the words "I'm not poor" so no you can't have your money back leave me ALONE I am having FIVE BREAKDOWNS and I'm not saying you're threatening my sobriety I'm just casually mentioning my AA meetings and my sponsor.
