Therefore she deserved respect.

No.

She deserved respect before anyone knew the title.

If the hotel girl had purchased those tickets with years of savings, they still weren’t Valeria’s.

If I had been unemployed, my wedding would still not have been a family redistribution ceremony.

Boundaries do not require status.

That is the part I would tell my younger self.

You do not need to become successful enough to justify protecting what is yours.