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Anonymous wrote:I mean she accepts it as her reality, and it’s not a bad reality for her. She’s wealthy and free to do what she wants and realizes that at this stage she’s not likely to do better (“better” - as in, access to wealth via-a-vis personal autonomy). But also, I don’t think she wants to - their personalities are well-matched, and they talk. Not everyone is rushing off to divorce because things aren’t emotionally blissful like in fairy tales. Also he’s older, and she knows she’ll be well-rewarded for her loyalty all these years. She reminds me of a patient cat, crouching and waiting stoically. One could call this kind of attachment over years “love”

I think it's purely transactional. That said, though, I'd read your short story about the patient cat. (Please take that as a sincere compliment.)

Agree completely with all of the above.

lmao no. It’s a business deal.

Ewwww, no.

Anonymous wrote:I mean she accepts it as her reality, and it’s not a bad reality for her. She’s wealthy and free to do what she wants and realizes that at this stage she’s not likely to do better (“better” - as in, access to wealth via-a-vis personal autonomy). But also, I don’t think she wants to - their personalities are well-matched, and they talk. Not everyone is rushing off to divorce because things aren’t emotionally blissful like in fairy tales. Also he’s older, and she knows she’ll be well-rewarded for her loyalty all these years. She reminds me of a patient cat, crouching and waiting stoically. One could call this kind of attachment over years “love”

I think it's purely transactional. That said, though, I'd read your short story about the patient cat. (Please take that as a sincere compliment.)

I don’t know and I don’t care. We’re never going to find out what Melania really thinks about anything. Some historical figures remain personally opaque.

She is still there, yet appears to dislike this president/First Lady stuff and their child is in college. They have a bond of some kind.

Anonymous wrote:No. It's a business partnership. She is not some innocent woman being held hostage. She has dirt on him, he supports her lifestyle. That's it.

Absolutely

LOL. No.

No. It's a business partnership. She is not some innocent woman being held hostage. She has dirt on him, he supports her lifestyle. That's it.

I mean she accepts it as her reality, and it’s not a bad reality for her. She’s wealthy and free to do what she wants and realizes that at this stage she’s not likely to do better (“better” - as in, access to wealth via-a-vis personal autonomy). But also, I don’t think she wants to - their personalities are well-matched, and they talk. Not everyone is rushing off to divorce because things aren’t emotionally blissful like in fairy tales. Also he’s older, and she knows she’ll be well-rewarded for her loyalty all these years. She reminds me of a patient cat, crouching and waiting stoically. One could call this kind of attachment over years “love”

I think she can’t stand him and she is ok with that. I bet they shared a bedroom for about two weeks before his nonstop snoring and
flatulence sent her to the second master bedroom.

She loves her son, though.

Yes, I do. She's eastern European, she doesn't wear her heart on her sleeve.

Well, he is an obese rapist and she is a gold-digger. I am sure they respect each other’s game while privately despising each other.

Yeah I think she does. I think Ivana loved him too.

This is NOT about how you feel about Trump or the current admin, more from a silly celebrity gossip perspective. You could ask a similar question about, say, Bill Belichik and his girlfriend. As in: a very mismatched couple with regard to age and looks.

So, what do we think about Melania and Donald as a couple?
On one hand, she seems visibly unhappy, apparently never sleeps in the same room with him, and like her or not, she's a beautiful woman, and like him or not, he's pushing 80 and obese. Who knows if it really is a personality thing.

On the other hand... they've been married for I think 25 years. None of the divorce speculations have amounted to anything. Also, apparently when Trump was shot at, Melania was actually really worried.

To be fair, people speculate about the Obama's marriage too. As with any celebrity couple. I do think it's unlikely that the Trump marriage is anything like Jimmy and Rosalin Carter. Personally, I think it's really a business brand thing. Melania is not going to divorce Donald, and it's not because she's in love or particularly attracted to him, it's all part of her own business brand. Just like the Kardashian family. She wants to sell beauty products and crypto coins and whatever else.