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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/style/modern-love-married-to-a-stranger.html?unlocked_article_code=CEsAeHv8LtV30mw4KWsCiaC-hiuFp_fELq0qgwzGhvFszG7cyEcPUyV0NlCo9JC688sJCNX8JMgDbwwZZbgxdW14jkpA8so6U-Tprh4VMC4mdi68YuWJQ7QVUutxfZteRgkagKP8kU0WD5X7NEm8jAzeygJA4xhmLY4eF_7wBzQufN07xGICcVZS9rA2tvxaA_n24XElP5J_G7zxQqK5xZ1TQugWHhGQ1MC621Ok5-ANW7UQtCT2XhxGWnyAMbi7u7mjhqaaFaDLSjhn_Qb9cGrA7b1Y1Z8gBnLVoD9CWmlOM8YmKY0mqBSY8fYYksBahl3w_evUNjI9A-DuzwKiJc1oJO5_MU2KlA&smid=url-share[/quote]

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I think the husband had been having affairs the whole time. He married her for her name and her money. Here's their wedding announcement - he was still an associate at Davis Polk when they got married. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/06/style/belle-burden-and-henry-davis.html?unlocked_article_code=1._0w.rICs.ZFOzxmNhx0hG&smid=url-share

Once he became rich and successful on his own he didn't need her anymore. He's a typical completely self-absorbed, super successful, sociopathic wealthy Wall Street dirtbag.

I'm sorry this happened to Belle - we have mutual friends who all say she's a very nice person and devoted mother.[/quote]

I don’t know these people, but just from those links (and a quick google search to see what they look like) and I completely agree. He’s a self-absorbed dirt bag who married her for her connections and was always cheating because that is who he is.

And no, he did not love her ever. He was always already in love with himself.

She’s got a smart face. So, I do think that she must have lied to herself about it. There must have been signs that she chose not to see because it would explode her world. She may not be able to see it now, but she is much better off without him.

And she’s so lucky to be wealthy and financially independent!
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+1 He's a social climbing narcissist who love-bombed her to get her money and status. She willfully overlooked a lot of red flags like women who stalked him. This is generally a type of man and a type of woman. The man is a lying narcissist who strings the women along to feed his own pathetic ego. The women have low self esteem and ignore the bajillions of red flags. So he's telling people that the women are stalking him, but he's telling the women that there's still hope for their relationship. The women have such low self esteem that they cling to morsels even when it's clear to everyone else that he doesn't love them. Belle is the same type of woman except she has wealth and status so he marries her to get that from her.

This sounds like Prince Phillip and Queen Elizabeth II all over again. He wasn't into her either. He used her for her wealth and status then essentially left her to be with women he actually desired. [/quote]

I agree with everything you said until you get to Elizabeth and Phillip.

Belle and her husband were evenly matched looks wise. I’d even go so far as to say they looked like brother and sister. They’re both tall, blonde good looking Wasps. He was well educated and upwardly mobile, law partner material. I could see Belle ignoring the warning signs, but thinking they were a fair match, even though she was far wealthier and better connected.

The same could not be said for Elizabeth II and Phillip. Surely, Elizabeth must have noticed from the get go that Phil was significantly better looking. Did she think her amazing personality was the draw? I suspect she was well aware of what Phillip was like and enjoyed having her power over him. He might have strayed, but he couldn’t leave and would never amass the position to do so. She always held the upper hand. Plus, she obviously played power games with her children’s love lives. She was no victim. [/quote]

PP here. I agree about the looks differences, but the love-bombing, use-her-for-wealth-and-status narcissist pattern is very similar. Elizabeth was naive and in love with Phillip and he used her terribly. [b]It's sad that her parents allowed this marriage.[[/b]/quote]

What?? Elizabeth probably wished she could have done some things differently, but marrying Philip was not one of them. 
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/09/queen-elizabeth-prince-philip-love-that-lasted-seven-decades[/quote]

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