With Love, Meghan on Netflix

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Anonymous wrote:Mindy rage blinking at Meghan is soooooo good

I didn’t think Mindy was mad!! But the whole scene (the whole of the episode) was just messy. All of it. They also each looked so so so bad - stage level makeup for easy breezy Richie rich Montevideo soft life stuff - the aesthetics are not there and don’t match.

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What stood out to me was the immense wealth at display. Wow these people live in so much abundance.

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s the clip of her correcting Mindy about her name.

https://youtube.com/shorts/KZlYim10t9Y?si=NROa311_HBJ-Xk_I

Ok I have not watched this show and am not a Meghan fan or anything, and actually I did not even take my DH's name, but I have zero problem with this.

It's not her name. People call her Meghan Markle all the time but it's legally not her name. She took her husband's name and since her husband belongs to this stupid family where their names are dictated by their title, they are "the Sussex family." Yes that part of it is dumb but it is still her name and it's okay to ask people to call you by your actual name and not by whatever they feel like calling you.

I used to have to correct people all the time when I got married and didn't take my husband's name. A lot of people made assumptions and wanted to call me Mrs. [his last name]. And when I'd say "nope, I'm still [my name]" I know plenty of people thought I was being annoying. But I was just letting people know what my name is so that they could call me by my actual name. Are you supposed to just ignore it when people call you the wrong name for years? I don't get what you all think she should do.

It's also annoying of Mindy to be saying her first and last name all the time and referring to Meghan in the third person there. It makes Mindy sound like she just read tabloids all the time and has no manners. That's an off-putting way of interacting with someone.

BUT, you don't do it on your own show and in the way she did, which obviously did embarass Mindy. "Funny you say that..." Is not the way to handle it. Could have been done in a different more humorous and self deprecating way.

I don't have a show so I didn't do it on one, lol.

I was not bothered by the way she bristled about it because again, I remember bristling a bit when people would use the wrong name for me when I got married. I was sensitive about it because I didn't like being assigned a name that wasn't my name. So to me, that was natural. You've never been that way with a friend? I have. Like "hey you know I didn't take my DH's name when we got married, stop calling me that." In this case it's the opposite but it's fine.

People expect women to be so smooth and tactful and unbothered at all times and it's just unrealistic. She's human. Her friend was using her old name and it annoyed her and she was like "hey why do you keep calling me Megan Markel, you know it's not my name anymore." It's not like she was incensed. She kind of smiles. But her name means something to her. Why is that okay for me but not for her?

I say this as someone who NEVER relates to Megan. I don't really think about her at all, but I like cooking/entertaining shows so came here to read reviews. But in the clip someone posted, I immediately though "yeah that's how I'd handle that too."

Yeah. No.

If your question is serious - no, most of us don’t have the experience of “bristling” at being called the wrong name, and it’s wonderful that you NEVER relate to Meghan. You don’t need to twist anything to justify her absurd clinging to that title, as captured in the credits of each show. She is not going by Meghan Sussex and instead Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, because again, she’s trying to be the only Meghan when Fox, Thee Stallion, Mullaly and McCain are also famous and somehow each more liked than Markle.

Again, it is her name. Other royals shorten their titles into last names in this way.

What do you want her to call herself. Her last name is not Markle. She wants to share a name with her husband and kids, as many women do.

She should be able to correct people on her proper name, no one should have an issue with that.

I don't think she wants to be called "Meghan Sussex", I think she wants to be called "Meghan, Duchess of Sussex." Which is going to be weird for Americans, since that's not how we do last names. Americans can't even wrap their head around Spanish surnames!

I think the more uncomfortable and tone deaf part was her saying she wanted to share a name with her kids, to show that they're a "family." Lots of kids don't share a last name with their mom. I mean, even Meghan grew up with a mom who had a different last name! Just seemed like she could've been more diplomatic or sensitive about that topic, since it might be touchy for people.

This. The PP who keeps insisting she has a right to be called by the name is being so obtuse. When has she ever called herself or been referred to as Meghan Sussex? She obviously wants the Duchess party in her name. Duchess is her identity. The name of the town that comes after is irrelevant to her.

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s the clip of her correcting Mindy about her name.

https://youtube.com/shorts/KZlYim10t9Y?si=NROa311_HBJ-Xk_I

Ok I have not watched this show and am not a Meghan fan or anything, and actually I did not even take my DH's name, but I have zero problem with this.

It's not her name. People call her Meghan Markle all the time but it's legally not her name. She took her husband's name and since her husband belongs to this stupid family where their names are dictated by their title, they are "the Sussex family." Yes that part of it is dumb but it is still her name and it's okay to ask people to call you by your actual name and not by whatever they feel like calling you.

I used to have to correct people all the time when I got married and didn't take my husband's name. A lot of people made assumptions and wanted to call me Mrs. [his last name]. And when I'd say "nope, I'm still [my name]" I know plenty of people thought I was being annoying. But I was just letting people know what my name is so that they could call me by my actual name. Are you supposed to just ignore it when people call you the wrong name for years? I don't get what you all think she should do.

It's also annoying of Mindy to be saying her first and last name all the time and referring to Meghan in the third person there. It makes Mindy sound like she just read tabloids all the time and has no manners. That's an off-putting way of interacting with someone.

BUT, you don't do it on your own show and in the way she did, which obviously did embarass Mindy. "Funny you say that..." Is not the way to handle it. Could have been done in a different more humorous and self deprecating way.

I don't have a show so I didn't do it on one, lol.

I was not bothered by the way she bristled about it because again, I remember bristling a bit when people would use the wrong name for me when I got married. I was sensitive about it because I didn't like being assigned a name that wasn't my name. So to me, that was natural. You've never been that way with a friend? I have. Like "hey you know I didn't take my DH's name when we got married, stop calling me that." In this case it's the opposite but it's fine.

People expect women to be so smooth and tactful and unbothered at all times and it's just unrealistic. She's human. Her friend was using her old name and it annoyed her and she was like "hey why do you keep calling me Megan Markel, you know it's not my name anymore." It's not like she was incensed. She kind of smiles. But her name means something to her. Why is that okay for me but not for her?

I say this as someone who NEVER relates to Megan. I don't really think about her at all, but I like cooking/entertaining shows so came here to read reviews. But in the clip someone posted, I immediately though "yeah that's how I'd handle that too."

Yeah. No.

If your question is serious - no, most of us don’t have the experience of “bristling” at being called the wrong name, and it’s wonderful that you NEVER relate to Meghan. You don’t need to twist anything to justify her absurd clinging to that title, as captured in the credits of each show. She is not going by Meghan Sussex and instead Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, because again, she’s trying to be the only Meghan when Fox, Thee Stallion, Mullaly and McCain are also famous and somehow each more liked than Markle.

Again, it is her name. Other royals shorten their titles into last names in this way.

What do you want her to call herself. Her last name is not Markle. She wants to share a name with her husband and kids, as many women do.

She should be able to correct people on her proper name, no one should have an issue with that.

I don't think she wants to be called "Meghan Sussex", I think she wants to be called "Meghan, Duchess of Sussex." Which is going to be weird for Americans, since that's not how we do last names. Americans can't even wrap their head around Spanish surnames!

I think the more uncomfortable and tone deaf part was her saying she wanted to share a name with her kids, to show that they're a "family." Lots of kids don't share a last name with their mom. I mean, even Meghan grew up with a mom who had a different last name! Just seemed like she could've been more diplomatic or sensitive about that topic, since it might be touchy for people.

That’s correct. Harry has written his last name as Mountbatten-Windsor. He hasn’t given it as just “Sussex” publicly.

I don’t think Charles will strip them of titles but William may, tick tock to get a hit under their belts.

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The clip of her correcting Mindy kaling is just everything that is grating about Meghan in one clip.

“It’s Sussex now”

“It’s about sharing a name with my *kids*” - no, it’s not, it’s about status striving, and bad job acting like it’s about something else. If the royal blood had been in the markle name, you can bet she’d still go by markle and her kids would take her husbands name.

That awful sweater over the shoulder look. It’s giving 1995 country club vibes and it’s so try hard. Awful. If that was her idea, it goes to show. And if it was her stylists idea, I’m convinced her stylist hates her as much as we do.

It’s just crazy that one person can be so inauthentic and virtue signaling… and just keeps trying to make herself happen. The fact that she thinks she’s the interesting half of her marriage underscores what a narcissist she is.

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Anonymous wrote:Mindy rage blinking at Meghan is soooooo good

I didn’t think Mindy was mad!! But the whole scene (the whole of the episode) was just messy. All of it. They also each looked so so so bad - stage level makeup for easy breezy Richie rich Montevideo soft life stuff - the aesthetics are not there and don’t match.

Montecito not Montevideo…

Anyone agree? I’m truly not snarking confused at people here wanting her clothes and her look. She and Mindy looked BAD. Bad weave for rich women, awful makeup, dresses making them boxier. Meghan is trying to do a stealth wealth look with micro bladed-looking brows (never), tons of hanging jewelry and tendrils and extensions/weave everywhere (never) and…come after me!….a bad no-exercise figure. It’s not the look. All of those rich scary women are super toned or “sporty” in styling and affect - much more relaxed. It’s all wrong!

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Anonymous wrote:The clip of her correcting Mindy kaling is just everything that is grating about Meghan in one clip.

“It’s Sussex now”

“It’s about sharing a name with my *kids*” - no, it’s not, it’s about status striving, and bad job acting like it’s about something else. If the royal blood had been in the markle name, you can bet she’d still go by markle and her kids would take her husbands name.

That awful sweater over the shoulder look. It’s giving 1995 country club vibes and it’s so try hard. Awful. If that was her idea, it goes to show. And if it was her stylists idea, I’m convinced her stylist hates her as much as we do.

It’s just crazy that one person can be so inauthentic and virtue signaling… and just keeps trying to make herself happen. The fact that she thinks she’s the interesting half of her marriage underscores what a narcissist she is.

Her outfit with the updo with the gold earrings and the loro piana sweater was SO try hard and costume-y. She looked comical next to Mindy who was dressed casually but looked put together. She is still SUCH a wannabe.

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The episode with Abigail Spencer with odd. They were all so skinny and were whipping up salad and raw vegetables.

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The Mindy clip was so cringe. She should not have treated her that way.

Meghan is lucky Harry is an idiot (I loved his idea of interviewing Putin to ask him why he’s a sociopath) and doesn’t realize he ruined his life.

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Now that I am thinking about it, I bet Meghan wanted to keep that "I am Sussex now" part in because she thought it would be a way to let the world know too. She wasn't talking to just Mindy Kaling there. But she is so unself-aware she doesn't realize how off-putting and cringe it sounds in that situation.

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Anonymous wrote:The episode with Abigail Spencer with odd. They were all so skinny and were whipping up salad and raw vegetables.

Well, that's what women like that eat most of the time.

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I am on ep 3

Most of my family is from California, although I am not. I would say she’s cooking very typically Californian. My in-laws could be making these recipes and this is pretty normal for them.

Not everyone, but a lot of people are like this in California.

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s the clip of her correcting Mindy about her name.

https://youtube.com/shorts/KZlYim10t9Y?si=NROa311_HBJ-Xk_I

Ok I have not watched this show and am not a Meghan fan or anything, and actually I did not even take my DH's name, but I have zero problem with this.

It's not her name. People call her Meghan Markle all the time but it's legally not her name. She took her husband's name and since her husband belongs to this stupid family where their names are dictated by their title, they are "the Sussex family." Yes that part of it is dumb but it is still her name and it's okay to ask people to call you by your actual name and not by whatever they feel like calling you.

I used to have to correct people all the time when I got married and didn't take my husband's name. A lot of people made assumptions and wanted to call me Mrs. [his last name]. And when I'd say "nope, I'm still [my name]" I know plenty of people thought I was being annoying. But I was just letting people know what my name is so that they could call me by my actual name. Are you supposed to just ignore it when people call you the wrong name for years? I don't get what you all think she should do.

It's also annoying of Mindy to be saying her first and last name all the time and referring to Meghan in the third person there. It makes Mindy sound like she just read tabloids all the time and has no manners. That's an off-putting way of interacting with someone.

BUT, you don't do it on your own show and in the way she did, which obviously did embarass Mindy. "Funny you say that..." Is not the way to handle it. Could have been done in a different more humorous and self deprecating way.

I don't have a show so I didn't do it on one, lol.

I was not bothered by the way she bristled about it because again, I remember bristling a bit when people would use the wrong name for me when I got married. I was sensitive about it because I didn't like being assigned a name that wasn't my name. So to me, that was natural. You've never been that way with a friend? I have. Like "hey you know I didn't take my DH's name when we got married, stop calling me that." In this case it's the opposite but it's fine.

People expect women to be so smooth and tactful and unbothered at all times and it's just unrealistic. She's human. Her friend was using her old name and it annoyed her and she was like "hey why do you keep calling me Megan Markel, you know it's not my name anymore." It's not like she was incensed. She kind of smiles. But her name means something to her. Why is that okay for me but not for her?

I say this as someone who NEVER relates to Megan. I don't really think about her at all, but I like cooking/entertaining shows so came here to read reviews. But in the clip someone posted, I immediately though "yeah that's how I'd handle that too."

Yeah. No.

If your question is serious - no, most of us don’t have the experience of “bristling” at being called the wrong name, and it’s wonderful that you NEVER relate to Meghan. You don’t need to twist anything to justify her absurd clinging to that title, as captured in the credits of each show. She is not going by Meghan Sussex and instead Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, because again, she’s trying to be the only Meghan when Fox, Thee Stallion, Mullaly and McCain are also famous and somehow each more liked than Markle.

Again, it is her name. Other royals shorten their titles into last names in this way.

What do you want her to call herself. Her last name is not Markle. She wants to share a name with her husband and kids, as many women do.

She should be able to correct people on her proper name, no one should have an issue with that.

I don't think she wants to be called "Meghan Sussex", I think she wants to be called "Meghan, Duchess of Sussex." Which is going to be weird for Americans, since that's not how we do last names. Americans can't even wrap their head around Spanish surnames!

I think the more uncomfortable and tone deaf part was her saying she wanted to share a name with her kids, to show that they're a "family." Lots of kids don't share a last name with their mom. I mean, even Meghan grew up with a mom who had a different last name! Just seemed like she could've been more diplomatic or sensitive about that topic, since it might be touchy for people.

But she doesn't say that. She doesn't say "Mindy, you keep calling me Meghan Markel but you know my name is Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex!" She's just says "you know I'm Sussex now." She doesn't even say "call me Meghan Sussex." She is literally just telling her friend to stop calling her Meghan Markel because that's not her name anymore. I also think the way Mindy was saying it was annoying because she was saying it the way it would appear in a headline: Meghan Markle Goes to Jack-n-the-Box! I can understand why Meghan would be like "hey actually that's not my name and maybe let's not chat about how the tabloids refer to me?"

I don't have the same last name as my kid and I don't have a problem with what she said. I know a bunch of women who think the exact same way and have said the same to me -- I was one of only a handful of women I know who chose not to take my husband's name when we got married, and I had numerous friends who told me "I just really wanted my family to all have the same name." I disagree with this (why must a woman change her name in order for a family to share a name??) but it's really common. It doesn't offend me. And I don't think she was criticizing people who have kids with different names. She's just saying that's not what she wanted. Perhaps it bothers her that she and her mom don't share a last name, especially now that she is much closer to her mom and she has virtually no relationship with her dad. Perhaps that's part of why it was important to her.

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Or maybe she knew enough not to say to her "friend" Mindy, "I am Meghan, Duchess of Sussex now, get it straight".

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Anonymous wrote:The clip of her correcting Mindy kaling is just everything that is grating about Meghan in one clip.

“It’s Sussex now”

“It’s about sharing a name with my *kids*” - no, it’s not, it’s about status striving, and bad job acting like it’s about something else. If the royal blood had been in the markle name, you can bet she’d still go by markle and her kids would take her husbands name.

That awful sweater over the shoulder look. It’s giving 1995 country club vibes and it’s so try hard. Awful. If that was her idea, it goes to show. And if it was her stylists idea, I’m convinced her stylist hates her as much as we do.

It’s just crazy that one person can be so inauthentic and virtue signaling… and just keeps trying to make herself happen. The fact that she thinks she’s the interesting half of her marriage underscores what a narcissist she is.

I blame the editor for letting that in the final product.