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Post by paca on Feb 13, 2022 12:09:46 GMT -5
Or Diet Coke! For some bizarre reason, it's hugely popular as a substitute for those people 🤷🏻♀️😄 As for religion, it's so forgiving as a general rule, and neutral. If you always maintain a good contact with religion, you tend to avoid extremes in your life. Sometimes the hardest most overlooked challenge is remaining steadfast in your faith in the face of trends, competing interests, self-sabotage etc. It's too bad the recovered "12-steppers" seem to publicly grab the merit a lot of the time, when it's the ones who maintain their churches, mosques, temples, synagogues... that deserve credit for keeping that line or connection to God going. Having said that, God doesn't really need a house of worship because it's omnipresent, but people do, so it's people keeping the light on for other people. I was raised going to church every Sunday. It wasn't trendy; our friends' families didn't get dressed-up and pack themselves in the car Sunday mornings, stand/sit/kneel for 30-45 minutes in a communal setting, and so on. In fact, in my teens, I had to ask my mom if I could skip it. It made me want to faint. Surprisingly, she wasn't slavish and let me sometime stay home. In adulthood, I was the only one who still accompanied my parents. In relationships, it was harder to maintain. Then I just would go alone. Now it doesn't matter if I go, I pray almost daily at home like some people do yoga. Having said all that, I didn't go enough. Not enough to avoid some extremes in life, mostly external. It's always a work in progress. It will bind you to some people and it will separate you from other people. And it will blind you, like it will enlighten you. It's life. I think it all depends on how she deals with things. During her time before Albert, religion didn't seem to have much room in her life. Over the years she has worn the cross more than her weddong band and in the past months religion ( or her understanding of it) seems to have taken an unproportionate part in her life. I know that to quite a number of people religion is helpful in one way or other, but turning from a non believer to the opposite sets of my alarms. I have seen it first hand in my family and at the origin was an existential crisis. What was meant to help ended up very destructive. So just like most things in her life right now, she needs to make the difference between helpful and unhelpful decisions. As an addict anything can serve as substitute: Food, sport, religion, pain killers, surgeries... even with her mistrust she needs to learn the difference between healthy and unhealthy. ANd all of it is tough and will take time as she basically needs to reprogram herself. lol like being so moderate to burn women or rape small children? Or, since religion goes beyond the crhistian realm, stone people, kill women for honor etc.? The list is long of what is done for religion and I am not even putting those pseudo muslim terrorists on that list. Killing or persecuting homosexuells, killing Albinos etc. And I am not sure if those xmas and easter church goers are any better. I was raised going to church every sunday too. Though basically because my mother wanted us out of the house so she could clean it or do other things. In summer we went to the sports ground straight afterwards. Church and sport to prevent us from turning against an abusive parent. My dad left church when so called christians wouldn't allow his friend to sleep in a seamens hostel because he only got paid the next day and the christians would not take my paying dads word to vouch for his friend. So he decided not to sleep there either and left the church for good. I have had similar experiences, so I am distrusting of those who carry their faith like a shield and then act to the contrary when put to task. I do believe it can be helpful to some, but in my life I have seen too much of the damage it does. I see the purpose church had in the past, but also the abuse and misuse and the greed for money and power. None of that was in my bible and tbh I don't think that god or jesus would be best pleased with what is done in their name. Same goes for muslims. At the time Islam was a very modern religion, whereas the one practiced by many, is backward and out dated. Anyways, like every thing I think in moderation there is no harm to be religious of any kind. But these day so many like to go to extremes in everything. IMO take what is good for you, keep informed as best as you can and as much as necessary and the rest is white noise. we have choices. We can work ourselves up over little things and forget about what really matters. Or we can just read the headlines, go into details when necessary and leave the rest to other to worry about and keep our sanity instead.
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Post by paca on Feb 13, 2022 11:47:49 GMT -5
or in 2023. It s tea leaf reading. SOme unknown commentator desperately trying to make a name for herself on her cottails. It is all speculative nonsense. She doesn't even have a source to quote or anythingbeyond tabloid info. NAyone here can make more precise predictions. Best to disregard. Goes in the same category as those click bait articles.
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Post by paca on Feb 12, 2022 17:11:17 GMT -5
I think it all depends on how she deals with things. During her time before Albert, religion didn't seem to have much room in her life. Over the years she has worn the cross more than her weddong band and in the past months religion ( or her understanding of it) seems to have taken an unproportionate part in her life. I know that to quite a number of people religion is helpful in one way or other, but turning from a non believer to the opposite sets of my alarms. I have seen it first hand in my family and at the origin was an existential crisis. What was meant to help ended up very destructive. So just like most things in her life right now, she needs to make the difference between helpful and unhelpful decisions. As an addict anything can serve as substitute: Food, sport, religion, pain killers, surgeries... even with her mistrust she needs to learn the difference between healthy and unhealthy. ANd all of it is tough and will take time as she basically needs to reprogram herself.
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Post by paca on Feb 12, 2022 8:57:36 GMT -5
yeah and since then we have said she is not the right fit, while her cheerleaders claimed she was a princess because she wore princess clothes. Well, guess the clothes alone proved to be insufficient and I fear she is too old and set in her ways to actually learn the trade. Therapy will help her function to a degree, but it won't give her the means to do her job and the qualifications she is so desperately wanting. Be honest to yourself and admit that you are no princess material. Living in a casino state, you should know when you should cash in and stop playing. Or you will lose it all. Quitting as princess may mean success as a mother. Continuing as is might mean losing it all eventually.
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Post by paca on Feb 10, 2022 12:11:16 GMT -5
yeah, well apparently the relationship with her stepmom is strained, which I have assumed long ago as she never posted anything with regards to her, she doesn't follow her or her foundation or family members. Neither of the stepkids do. I don't know if Alex has insta, though maybe private, but I think it is telling. Also CW does not follow any of her inlaw family. And that despite them taking care of her kids and obviously them having good relationships with each other. IMO it points to CW causing problems or being the problem, but others instead of being adult and behaving as such, just decided to not get dragged into it and keeping their distance and being polite in public. All of them failing to see that these days insta is also public unless you have an entirely private account, which none of them chose. SO they are putting it out there that there are family members they rather don't interact with.
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Post by paca on Feb 10, 2022 9:52:58 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Feb 10, 2022 8:01:40 GMT -5
Absolutely agree. add to that the polution by those big trawlers and if you haven't seen them yet, go google the pics from last week of thousands of discarded fish. But generally I think supporting your local little guy is a good thing. Instead of going to Starbucks or buying a trendy coffee maker with capsule, go to a proper cafe, where they serve in cups and offer real service. Some years back I was helping out with the local marathon and took my kids along. It was freezing that day and we had been in our spot since dawn. We were near a Starbucks and a regular cafe. My kids ended up making regular trips to both places to warm up and use the toilets, but eventually they preferred the cafe. They were even offered to sit at a table just to warm up without consumption. Starbucks was less kind. Anyways about 2/3 through, I decided to treat them to a hot chocolate. I had them provide me with the prices and quantities. It turned out that Starbucks was more expensive, less clean and provided less service, whilst polluting our environment and not paying taxes. So the local cafe was an obvious choice and my kids very happy with it. They also got some extra cookies on the side. I had similar good experiences with cafes in MC. Yes they often are expensive, but they provide service and more when you are a regular. Like a refill for your tea or free hot cholcolate for the kids, when they pass on their own. and obviously they don't use capsules or plastic cups. Less waste, more service and real breaks. My kids felt so connected with the staff, that they insisted to share leftover birthday cake with them. If I have to chose, I would always pick the local. If anything, they do pay their taxes locally and they provide more than coffee or tea. btw our fisherman also used the tides. Had to. Though he didn't need to take advance orders, what he couldn't sell, he and his family would eat. Not that it was much as his eels had a reputation , so plenty of customers and there was only so much he could fish. Anyways ther are farmers out there who only slaughter their animals, when all parts are sold. Until then the animals have a good life, get to go outside and they are slaughter in place, so no transportation and stress for the animal. The butcher comes round, when the farmer has work for him. Just as it used to be. NO exploitation of workers, no abuse of animals. Oh, and since you buy directly, the price is similar to those in the supermarket. But you get better quality and can be sure that animals are treated better. And if you like, you can pop around and check the conditions yourself. IMO that is where things should go. It seems like going back to the past, but actually I think it is our only way to the future and besides not everything was bad in the past. A combination of modern technology and the respect for the produce from the past can feed everyone without destroying the planet. We just need to make proper choices.
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Post by paca on Feb 9, 2022 19:48:07 GMT -5
btw there was an article last week in MC matin about the last fisherman in MC. it's a shame that those small fishermen are so rare these days. As a child I always liked to go directly to the boats and get our shrimps and the occasional small fish. Also I remember very well an old fisherman without a boat who laid out his nets along the damms and using some ancient construction to fish for shrimp during low tide. Though only for personal usage. He specialised in smoked eels. Losing people like that is not only sad for business, as you don't get any fresher produce, but you also lose part of local culture.
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Post by paca on Feb 9, 2022 10:56:13 GMT -5
the palace has a chef and kitchenstaff just like a restaurant (plenty of interviews with him ut there. He usually prepares fish for Albert, which he mostly gets from the only fisherman in MC and other ingredients come from their farm in La turbie. Even the milk. So I don't get it) Albert approves the menu. But they will also prepare her anything she wants, as long as ingredients are there. So this is BS. And if she wants anything specific to SA, if she tells them well in advance, they will either get it from Paris or have it flown in. You can even order online. In this day and age exotic ingredients are easy to come by. This is not 100 years ago.
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Post by paca on Feb 9, 2022 7:44:44 GMT -5
It's interesting from someone who doesn't care what went into her body, such as implants and fillers, that she should focus on... food!? not to mention how careless she seems to be with her teeth and those tending to them.
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Post by paca on Feb 9, 2022 7:42:28 GMT -5
If she is alluding to her supposed vegetarian diet, there is always vegetarian option and since all those meetings are prearranged her diatary preference could always be passed on by her staff. no one will make her eat sth. Also if she does in spite of ll precautions find sth to her dislike on her plate, she can leave it on the plate. I doubt that anyone would forcefeed her on a public occasion. And yes fodd is different and she is not going to a restaurant where she can order what she likes, but usually hosts do inquire about preferences and dislikes. But a little curiosity towards different foods is necessary in the job. And in most cases she won't be offered offals. But I think a lack of curiosity is one of her problems. The reason why she didn't learn French, Monegasques or the culture of her new home
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Post by paca on Feb 4, 2022 20:57:38 GMT -5
Thanks! I remember her now - had totally forgotten. It was around the tennis matches in Rome. yup, but it could have been anywhere. CW was after a swimming event, NC on a plane. I remember that when I moved to MC and did the choir things, Albert would be at the palace window and look down to th "crowd". He would do his bit, then look at whatever young and fairly attractive women were there and wink. Every time. And there were quite a few women who would respond and feel flattered. There were even some old biddies who would think he meant them For a royal he was pretty democratic with his attentions. Had he been a woman, they would have called him a slut. No surprise he married a golddigger and her parasitic family.
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Post by paca on Feb 4, 2022 17:35:48 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Feb 4, 2022 6:39:35 GMT -5
well, he was not public about pretty much all of them. And when you have multiple women running at the same time, it was probably for the better. He was dating NC, the Italian and CW (though that was when they first met and didn't have a relationship) pretty much at the same time. Not sure if the Italian blabbing now and the supposed secret babymama are the same person. But if so, then why blab now and on such a low level. I wouldn't hold that in her favour. And yeah I can imagine that in retrospect she might consider her treatment and that of her son racist, but Albert is not racist (and she knows it and probably didn't think of it than that way; different times; we all accepted things back then as normal masculine behaviour, which is these days unacceptable). Especially when it comes to women he is pretty indiscreminate. Also he looked after Alex earlier than Jazmin. If anything Jazmin and Gabriella can complain about discrimination.
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Post by paca on Feb 3, 2022 21:15:23 GMT -5
well, apparently they were overlapping affairs. He was sleeping with both off them at the same time, so I guess NC must be fuming since it bursts her bubble off being so loved and that they had such a strong bond. And that she would have convinced Rainier eventually too. I guess that is why he changed his testament and attached most of his assets to the throne, so no gold digger could get her hands on it. Albert thought he didn't know, I am certain he did. Anyways this ex is punching holes in her story. And that makes everything she says or does questionable. I didn't see much love towards her in MC. She couldn't bear the looks of people the few times she dared to take her son to swimming class. So she left it to various bodyguards.
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Post by paca on Feb 3, 2022 17:00:57 GMT -5
well, ALL royals could use their own money for charity and there would be no need to make it public either. I think I made a similar statement many months back about her rhino involvement. It is unprofessional as is her fundraising. I wouldn't take it seriously nor seems anyone else. All royal foundations, regardless which family, are about access. The scandals surrounding them sooner or later all point to that. It is royalty for hire. No one donates without a quid pro quo. In MC it is even more open. Whne you want residency quickly you are being pointed towards a charity. Citizenship costs you more. ANd for people like Hamilton etc, who are rarely in MC it pays off. To have residency and benefit from the tax free status, you need to spend more than half a year in MC. Neither Hamilton or Djokovic do that. MC could easily check that just following social media and their official work schedule. Like where do they train, when not competing. And MC would need to withdraw the residency and inform their respective state. I know that they do that with less public people. Unless you give money to a charity instead. Or get involved in the charities. It is blackmail and corruption, but since both parties are playing the game, nothing will change, unless the hurt tax authority makes an effort to check and then rightfully refuses to accept the residency. But unless someone makes an official complaint, they are too understaffed and busy to go after normal people. Btw I think apart from Anne, Kate is possibly the least expensive royal. Meg would have gone through all of harrys money within 5 years, had she remained in Britain. It is remarkable how much she spends on illfitting clothes. As to CW, I think she is spending less these days, for obvious reasons, but it has started way earlier. I think she spends more money on her surgeries than on clothes and now on therapy. As I said before there are other things that need fixing. Hopefully the therapy points her in the right direction. But we will see. ANd since NC has shown her cards, another ex has come forward and makes the tabloid rounds. Interesting is the time of their affair, because there is an overlap with Nicole. So none of Alberts affairs were ever exclusive. Which begs the question: has he ever? Which one is that? (the other ex) some Italian woman. She talks about their sexlife. Apparently she is 57 and has children. Wonder why she blabs now? I do remember being told way back, that there was another lovechild in Italy, but the woman didn't want to be known to the public and had enough money in her own right, so didn't need his. That must be a first since everyone else gained financially from a relationship and child. Maybe thats why it didn't work out. Anyways, not sure if that is the same Italian that is blabbing now.
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Post by paca on Feb 3, 2022 11:59:34 GMT -5
well, ALL royals could use their own money for charity and there would be no need to make it public either. I think I made a similar statement many months back about her rhino involvement. It is unprofessional as is her fundraising. I wouldn't take it seriously nor seems anyone else. All royal foundations, regardless which family, are about access. The scandals surrounding them sooner or later all point to that. It is royalty for hire. No one donates without a quid pro quo. In MC it is even more open. Whne you want residency quickly you are being pointed towards a charity. Citizenship costs you more. ANd for people like Hamilton etc, who are rarely in MC it pays off. To have residency and benefit from the tax free status, you need to spend more than half a year in MC. Neither Hamilton or Djokovic do that. MC could easily check that just following social media and their official work schedule. Like where do they train, when not competing. And MC would need to withdraw the residency and inform their respective state. I know that they do that with less public people. Unless you give money to a charity instead. Or get involved in the charities. It is blackmail and corruption, but since both parties are playing the game, nothing will change, unless the hurt tax authority makes an effort to check and then rightfully refuses to accept the residency. But unless someone makes an official complaint, they are too understaffed and busy to go after normal people.
Btw I think apart from Anne, Kate is possibly the least expensive royal. Meg would have gone through all of harrys money within 5 years, had she remained in Britain. It is remarkable how much she spends on illfitting clothes. As to CW, I think she is spending less these days, for obvious reasons, but it has started way earlier. I think she spends more money on her surgeries than on clothes and now on therapy. As I said before there are other things that need fixing. Hopefully the therapy points her in the right direction. But we will see.
ANd since NC has shown her cards, another ex has come forward and makes the tabloid rounds. Interesting is the time of their affair, because there is an overlap with Nicole. So none of Alberts affairs were ever exclusive. Which begs the question: has he ever?
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Post by paca on Feb 2, 2022 13:50:01 GMT -5
I won't be watching. Most athletes are doped and China's politics are getting worse, not better. If you want the IOC to take different decisions, the only way is not to watch. Sorry that a German is leading it. I am also sorry for von der leyen leading the EU. Worst politician and worst sportsmanager and both german. What a disgrace. Add to that the disgraceful German pope, and we just don't seem to get the chance of ever not being ashamed for being German.
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Post by paca on Jan 28, 2022 16:58:11 GMT -5
I think she is far less isolated than she likes us to think. Yes, she is now being treated, but when you look how people have stepped up for her, not to replace her, but to help out, shows that she is not alone. Possibly they only realized now what was going on and tried to see her side. Maybe they also regretted past behaviour or words. We don't know. But the willingness to step up and help out, shows a willingness to meet her half way. Now she needs to do her bit, follow her treatment and drop the hostility on her part. Being mistrusting towards anyone who was trying to give you wellmeaning advice, it not a way to build relationships and find allies. You can't expect to like every member of a family you marry into. Especially a family that has such a unique standing. Marrying up into a family with richess beyond the imagineable and access to education and culture alone is not easy, but one with almost 8 centuries of history is quite a different matter. I am sure she underestimated what she was getting into and overestimated her abilities. But if you consider everyone who wants to help a busybody or even an enemy, than you are not being isolated, you are isolating yourself. Friends are not the ones that tell you how great you are all the time, friends are those who tell you the truth, even when it is painful at times. And to me family should be the place where you can be most honest, but at the same time should be most supported. It doesn't always work out that way and in my experience communication or the lack of it is key. I think most family trouble could be avoided, if communication would work better. The problem is that what we want to say is often received differently. ANd sadly we either don't have the time or are too lazy or too set in our ways to follow up that what we say is received the way it was meant.
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Post by paca on Jan 28, 2022 14:22:55 GMT -5
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