we normally think of the husband cheating on the somewhat plain, middle-aged woman with the younger, glamorous woman. It's interesting to see that whole dynamic turned around.
Yeah. The whole thing makes me feel vaguely sorry (not THAT sorry, because they made the choices that created the situation, and he is a future king and all, but still slightly so) for all three of them -- Charles probably would have been much happpier if he had just married the person he wanted, instead of the person who fit the right image, and Diana would have been happier if she was married to some Lord Whoziwhatsis herself.
Also, re: yesterdays discussion -- first, I'm sorry for flouncing off. It was time for me to take a break.
Second, I told my husband about the conversation when I got home (there may have been a touch of ranting) and Patrick laughed and said "Welcome to my world." I think Catholicism looks different from inside (even if you only have one foot in the door, like me, or consider yourself an atheist, like Patrick) than outside. Which will make me stop and think the next time I'm tempted to be judgmental about Southern Baptists, anyhow.
(Though, just to tie a bow on the discussion, it is worth pointing out that the more extreme "purity" movements in the U.S., including the ones Steph and Susan were involved with, are Protestant.)
I Camilla, take thee, Charles Arthur George Whatever, to be my lawfully wedded tampon.
Isn't it Charles Phillip Arthur George, or am I repeating Diana's mistake (I'll google after I post)? I totally heard her saying the name from the wedding in my head.
ETA: Nope, that's the right name. Weird, the stuff that gets fixed in your skull.
tampon? WTF?
It was <sarcasm> terribly romantic. He said something about needing her all the time, she suggested he live in her knickers, he said something to the effect that that would make him a tampon, and then there was some discussion of flushing.
I don't know why I remember this.
How on earth do we know this? I mean, I presume they didn't make an official announcement to the effect that he should live in her knickers?
I really wish them all the best. In some ways I'm glad they're finally getting married...for their sakes.
Timelies all! I slept in this morning. It felt very, very nice.
I think one of their phones was bugged and the tapes got leaked to the tabloids. Might have been part of their divorce case. (Did Diana sue on the grounds of adultery, or is there a British version of no-fault divorce that they used?)
No opinion on Charles and Camilla.
I slept in this morning. It felt very, very nice.
Good for you, vw! I actually slept last night and do not feel like a zombie today. *That* feels very, very nice.
