I thought i'd just pass along this little tidbit about Pricilla Tyler, the daughter in-law John Tyler asked to be his hostess at the White House due to Letitia's illness. Priscilla Cooper was born in New York City in 1816. Her father Thomas Apthorpe Cooper was a successful stage actor and producer. Her mother Mary Fairlee Cooper was a New York socialite. Priscilla began to work as an actress at the age of 17. Pricilla's father was a great success in the theater business and the Coopers lived in a grand house on Broadway. Unfortunately the family's fortunes were reversed during the Panic of 1837. The family lost their house and at one point were reduced to subsisting on radishes and strawberries. Pricilla met the former US Senator John Tyler's eldest son Robert Tyler while playing Desdemona in a production of Othello in Richmond, Virginia. In Victorian America, acting was considered a scandalous profession and actresses had little social standing. It would seem unlikely a young actress with financial problems could ever marry the son of a wealthy plantation owner, however despite their social differences, the couple wed in Bristol, Pennsylvania on September 12, 1839, and the Tyler's warmly welcomed her into the Tyler family.

Hi Katlan ... who must be of a larger age than 6? One woman ... four or five husbands? The trains don't run both ways on that track! If there were guns in the house ... ... soon there'd be fewer "husbands"! Some years ago a friend was telling of her husband who'd strayed ... apparently on a few occasions ... or was it mainly such when he was found out? In any case, there was crying and reconciliation, etc. I said that I thought that, on the second occasion (or, maybe the first?), that I'd have told him that he should pay careful attention to what I was about to say, which was that the next time that he tried that, that I'd go out and do exactly the same. She said that she had ... and his reply, made with substantial vehemence, had been that "he'd kill her!". Dad used to say that what was sauce for the goose ... should be sauce for the gander. ole joyfuelled

Well, I did watch Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, and in my opinion, what a bizarre group of people. Worse that the kids beauty pageants. Little girls dressed in ridiculously over done dresses with high heels and make up......for their first communion! It made the beautiful and solemn rite, a circus. And did you see how they dance? Like they were practicing to pole dance and the way the teens posed for pictures like they were doing porn. I did feel a little sorry when their camp was destroyed, but if they didn't own the land, then they were squatters. I guess I didn't realize Gypsies still existed. Sister wives will be on next Sunday. I'm wondering if they will be back for another season. I suppose if they can live in LV without being harassed, they will, especially with a new baby coming.

dotz, I'm sorry for yours and your husband's situation. The sad part of all, is if your SS has children, he is teaching them through his example, how they should someday treat him. My mom made it clear she didn't like my stepmom and didn't want us to like her either. There are four of us in our family and while my two sisters rallied with my mom and didn't like my stepmom, I came to resent my mom for wanting me to choose and for saying nasty things about someone I liked. (My brother liked and got along with my stepmom but I don't remember my mom saying anything to him. He was out of the house when my dad remarried) I could see my stepmom did nothing to anyone to cause them to dislike her, they did it just because my mom would crack jokes or dig for info and then say nasty things about it. I can't say how my sisters felt, but it made me uncomfortable and I was a teenager. I can only imagine how torn some young kids feel. I'm sure some are not torn, they will do whatever it takes to please their parent. It is on a case by case basis because each child is going to have a different personality and have their own feelings about it, regardless of what the parent says or does. It's my belief that even the kids that rally with the parent, may someday come to realize what their parent did was wrong, probably after they become parents and/or stepparents themselves and experience the difficulty in raising (someone else's) child and possibly dealing with the bio parent of their stepchild. They may also resent the parent that causes friction in their relationship with the other parent. When I read of an estrangement, I often wonder if that might have something to do with it. But, since history is often rewritten, who knows? I'm sure there are plenty of other reasons too. My point is, it's terrible how what someone (either parent) does to a young child, may follow that child into adulthood and even old age... and also impact generations to come.