Meghan Markle and Prince Harry News and Updates

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Anonymous wrote:What do you think Prince Harry's IQ is? Do you think it's over 100?

No, very doubtful.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you think Prince Harry's IQ is? Do you think it's over 100?

No, very doubtful.

He's so unintelligent, I don't think he has realized what he married yet.

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I don’t have strong feelings about Meghan, and I am probably sensitive right now given what has gone on in my family during the pandemic, but I don’t like that she kept writing that she lost a child. A family member lost a child this month- the pain of that is nothing compared to a miscarriage. I don’t appreciate that language at all.

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While I believe she had an early miscarriage, so much of it reads as just plain made up, mirroring or mimicking what she thinks “average down to earth mom day” looks like. She was looking for a missing sock? Picking up a single crayon? Put her hair in a ponytail and then went to the crib? Sang a lullaby in the morning? It just rings ... off. That is part of what makes it off-putting, separate from trying to make “are you ok” happen. It’s not going to happen. I am sorry for their loss, though.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have strong feelings about Meghan, and I am probably sensitive right now given what has gone on in my family during the pandemic, but I don’t like that she kept writing that she lost a child. A family member lost a child this month- the pain of that is nothing compared to a miscarriage. I don’t appreciate that language at all.

+1 i am sorry for her loss but it is not the same as losing a child, and it minimizes those who have. Just like how I am very sorry that your boss patted your knee and said you looked hot, and you can tweet #metoo if you like, but there are people who have been raped - myself included - and yes, while these things are not competitions, it does minimize.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have strong feelings about Meghan, and I am probably sensitive right now given what has gone on in my family during the pandemic, but I don’t like that she kept writing that she lost a child. A family member lost a child this month- the pain of that is nothing compared to a miscarriage. I don’t appreciate that language at all.

+1 An early miscarriage is sad but not the same. I know very few women with kids who haven't had one, and I don't believe there is a stigma about it. Some wanted to discuss it and some didn't, but that had to do with temperament not stigma. That said, after the first trimester is very tough, and Chrissy Teigen lost a child not a fetus.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have strong feelings about Meghan, and I am probably sensitive right now given what has gone on in my family during the pandemic, but I don’t like that she kept writing that she lost a child. A family member lost a child this month- the pain of that is nothing compared to a miscarriage. I don’t appreciate that language at all.

I am so sorry for your family’s loss.

This bothered me too. It really felt tone deaf to center her experience in this way at this moment in time. If she were talking to a close friend or family member, or her therapist, all of this is very understandable. But having this story placed in the NYT during a pandemic in which many people are struggling with loss, isolation, and grief, and most without the resources available to MM, feels so tone deaf to me. I am sorry for anyone who miscarries a wanted pregnancy, but the way she frames it here reminds me disturbingly of how Ivanka has centered her own very privileged experience throughout the pandemic. I never thought I’d draw that comparison, bc I like MM generally, but it has a similar feel to me.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have strong feelings about Meghan, and I am probably sensitive right now given what has gone on in my family during the pandemic, but I don’t like that she kept writing that she lost a child. A family member lost a child this month- the pain of that is nothing compared to a miscarriage. I don’t appreciate that language at all.

+1 An early miscarriage is sad but not the same. I know very few women with kids who haven't had one, and I don't believe there is a stigma about it. Some wanted to discuss it and some didn't, but that had to do with temperament not stigma. That said, after the first trimester is very tough, and Chrissy Teigen lost a child not a fetus.

I think it's a little bit like being a first-time mom. It's such an intense, overwhelming and life changing experience that you can be pretty self-centered during it. It's really hard to identify with until you've experienced it.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have strong feelings about Meghan, and I am probably sensitive right now given what has gone on in my family during the pandemic, but I don’t like that she kept writing that she lost a child. A family member lost a child this month- the pain of that is nothing compared to a miscarriage. I don’t appreciate that language at all.

+1 An early miscarriage is sad but not the same. I know very few women with kids who haven't had one, and I don't believe there is a stigma about it. Some wanted to discuss it and some didn't, but that had to do with temperament not stigma. That said, after the first trimester is very tough, and Chrissy Teigen lost a child not a fetus.

I agree. I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks and yes, it was very sad, but I'm irritated by everyone comparing her loss to Chrissy Tiegen, who had a stillbirth, and held her baby in her arms.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't she like 40 or something? Having children past 32 is pretty much a dice roll.

What planet do you live on? I had my miscarriage at 30 and healthy children at 33, 36, and 39.

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Anonymous wrote:While I believe she had an early miscarriage, so much of it reads as just plain made up, mirroring or mimicking what she thinks “average down to earth mom day” looks like. She was looking for a missing sock? Picking up a single crayon? Put her hair in a ponytail and then went to the crib? Sang a lullaby in the morning? It just rings ... off. That is part of what makes it off-putting, separate from trying to make “are you ok” happen. It’s not going to happen. I am sorry for their loss, though.

YES - that really struck me too. Please, lady, you have help to find your missing sock and crayon. Your nanny gets the kid from nap. We all know it, no need to pretend.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have strong feelings about Meghan, and I am probably sensitive right now given what has gone on in my family during the pandemic, but I don’t like that she kept writing that she lost a child. A family member lost a child this month- the pain of that is nothing compared to a miscarriage. I don’t appreciate that language at all.

+1 An early miscarriage is sad but not the same. I know very few women with kids who haven't had one, and I don't believe there is a stigma about it. Some wanted to discuss it and some didn't, but that had to do with temperament not stigma. That said, after the first trimester is very tough, and Chrissy Teigen lost a child not a fetus.

I think it's a little bit like being a first-time mom. It's such an intense, overwhelming and life changing experience that you can be pretty self-centered during it. It's really hard to identify with until you've experienced it.

Yes, and it’s totally understandable for someone to be really self-focused after a miscarriage. But, as with being a first time mom, you kind of have to choose your audience. When I was a new mom, I was careful not to talk endlessly about it with friends who I knew were dealing with infertility, for instance. And in the same vein, it’s probably not great to refer to your early miscarriage as the loss of a child during a pandemic in which more than 200,000 loved ones have died.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have strong feelings about Meghan, and I am probably sensitive right now given what has gone on in my family during the pandemic, but I don’t like that she kept writing that she lost a child. A family member lost a child this month- the pain of that is nothing compared to a miscarriage. I don’t appreciate that language at all.

+1 An early miscarriage is sad but not the same. I know very few women with kids who haven't had one, and I don't believe there is a stigma about it. Some wanted to discuss it and some didn't, but that had to do with temperament not stigma. That said, after the first trimester is very tough, and Chrissy Teigen lost a child not a fetus.

I agree. I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks and yes, it was very sad, but I'm irritated by everyone comparing her loss to Chrissy Tiegen, who had a stillbirth, and held her baby in her arms.

AND went through induced labor. That part was so hard to read about. Labor is scary and exhausting and difficult, and to go through it knowing your child is already gone... heart wrenching. I have a friend who went through it in the second trimester as well. The unbelievable grief and strength of that.

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Anonymous wrote:While I believe she had an early miscarriage, so much of it reads as just plain made up, mirroring or mimicking what she thinks “average down to earth mom day” looks like. She was looking for a missing sock? Picking up a single crayon? Put her hair in a ponytail and then went to the crib? Sang a lullaby in the morning? It just rings ... off. That is part of what makes it off-putting, separate from trying to make “are you ok” happen. It’s not going to happen. I am sorry for their loss, though.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have strong feelings about Meghan, and I am probably sensitive right now given what has gone on in my family during the pandemic, but I don’t like that she kept writing that she lost a child. A family member lost a child this month- the pain of that is nothing compared to a miscarriage. I don’t appreciate that language at all.

+1 An early miscarriage is sad but not the same. I know very few women with kids who haven't had one, and I don't believe there is a stigma about it. Some wanted to discuss it and some didn't, but that had to do with temperament not stigma. That said, after the first trimester is very tough, and Chrissy Teigen lost a child not a fetus.

I agree. I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks and yes, it was very sad, but I'm irritated by everyone comparing her loss to Chrissy Tiegen, who had a stillbirth, and held her baby in her arms.

AND went through induced labor. That part was so hard to read about. Labor is scary and exhausting and difficult, and to go through it knowing your child is already gone... heart wrenching. I have a friend who went through it in the second trimester as well. The unbelievable grief and strength of that.

Agree. She is also minimizing those who died from Covid, those who have suffered or died at the hands of racist cops. She is equating so much suffering with her miscarriage and it is extremely disrespectful.