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Anonymous wrote:PP, you seem to forget her dad took out huge loans/went into bankruptcy to support Meghan and her education.

Again, please link to article that says he wants HER to fund his retirement.

All I read is that he wants to talk to her.

And no, I do not expect my DCs to take care of me in my retirement. I'm not one of those people you are referring to, and I cannot ever remember reading one DCUM poster saying that. I've been on this site for many years.

He paid for her college education as most good parents do and she had student jobs and a career the moment she left the university. From then on she repaid his kindness but she doesn’t owe him whatever he put down. As a parent you do that with no expectations on a return.

As for him wanting her to find his retirement/income, any idiot can read between the lines. Why else would he be selling pictures to the paparazzi and conversations to TMZ before the wedding! She was talking to him then. Why else is would he continue to sell interviews, pictures and her mementos after her marriage?

All he had to do was respect her wishes and walk her down the aisle. But for some reason he couldn’t do that and when she cut him off he thinks harassing her by using the press will solve the problem? It just proves she can’t trust him and I don’t know what kind of father would simultaneously be so ignorant and cruel as to do what he’s done to his own family.

But it’s not out of character - he abandoned his first wife and children to marry Meghan’s mom. It’s all about what he wants.

OMG, Meghan sounds just her dad, abandoning her first husband, then the celebrity chef (who she was still living with when she met Harry).

Anonymous wrote:I am honestly shocked people on DCUM are advising that MM have contact with her father, who has proven again and again that he is only looking to profit off her. It's so weird; usually DCUM is all about maintaining good boundaries with toxic and harmful relatives.

I think MM cannot do anything right by you crazy people. If she had contact with him, you'd be grousing about how she let such a grifter close to the royal family.

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Anonymous wrote:PP, you seem to forget her dad took out huge loans/went into bankruptcy to support Meghan and her education.

Again, please link to article that says he wants HER to fund his retirement.

All I read is that he wants to talk to her.

And no, I do not expect my DCs to take care of me in my retirement. I'm not one of those people you are referring to, and I cannot ever remember reading one DCUM poster saying that. I've been on this site for many years.

He paid for her college education as most good parents do and she had student jobs and a career the moment she left the university. From then on she repaid his kindness but she doesn’t owe him whatever he put down. As a parent you do that with no expectations on a return.

As for him wanting her to find his retirement/income, any idiot can read between the lines. Why else would he be selling pictures to the paparazzi and conversations to TMZ before the wedding! She was talking to him then. Why else is would he continue to sell interviews, pictures and her mementos after her marriage?

All he had to do was respect her wishes and walk her down the aisle. But for some reason he couldn’t do that and when she cut him off he thinks harassing her by using the press will solve the problem? It just proves she can’t trust him and I don’t know what kind of father would simultaneously be so ignorant and cruel as to do what he’s done to his own family.

But it’s not out of character - he abandoned his first wife and children to marry Meghan’s mom. It’s all about what he wants.

He did a lot more than just fund her private school and college education. He basically got her foot in the door by connecting her with all of her first acting gigs as well. (This is easily confirmed by comparing her acting gigs with his industry credits.) In addition, he paid for her first wedding. By all accounts based on HER social media posting he was involved and supportive up until the time she met Harry at which point she dropped him like a bad habit and started promoting the "abandoned father" schtick.

And the little stunt with her Instagram account mysteriously being reactivated this week? It was obviously so she could scrub all references to her father which would only further prove his points in the press this week that their relationship was fine until she met Harry and she began trying to rewrite her image and history so as to best serve her social climbing interests.

Her father is obviously not perfect, but I don't think he deserves the treatment he's gotten so far and I don't really blame him for losing his mind trying to reach out to this daughter. Add to all of this that her own mother is not spending the holidays with her (her own newly married, pregnant, only child??) and it really makes me wonder what this woman has done to her family to cause all of this drama.

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Anonymous wrote:I am honestly shocked people on DCUM are advising that MM have contact with her father, who has proven again and again that he is only looking to profit off her. It's so weird; usually DCUM is all about maintaining good boundaries with toxic and harmful relatives.

I think MM cannot do anything right by you crazy people. If she had contact with him, you'd be grousing about how she let such a grifter close to the royal family.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6512141/Meghan-playing-dangerous-game-not-giving-estranged-Thomas-Markles-demands.html


It's all about PR -- Meghan is losing this battle.

And he DID have a heart attack prior to her wedding.

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OMG, Meghan sounds just her dad, abandoning her first husband, then the celebrity chef (who she was still living with when she met Harry).

Umm no. Big difference between walking away from two children and making another family versus returning your engagement rings like a class act and cutting ties. As for the boyfriend, like a grown woman Meghan has her own home which she lived in for years with her dogs. It’s also where Prince Harry proposed over her cooking. So I’m not sure what the celebrity chef was bringing to the table if much of anything.

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Anonymous wrote:PP, you seem to forget her dad took out huge loans/went into bankruptcy to support Meghan and her education.

Again, please link to article that says he wants HER to fund his retirement.

All I read is that he wants to talk to her.

And no, I do not expect my DCs to take care of me in my retirement. I'm not one of those people you are referring to, and I cannot ever remember reading one DCUM poster saying that. I've been on this site for many years.

He paid for her college education as most good parents do and she had student jobs and a career the moment she left the university. From then on she repaid his kindness but she doesn’t owe him whatever he put down. As a parent you do that with no expectations on a return.

As for him wanting her to find his retirement/income, any idiot can read between the lines. Why else would he be selling pictures to the paparazzi and conversations to TMZ before the wedding! She was talking to him then. Why else is would he continue to sell interviews, pictures and her mementos after her marriage?

All he had to do was respect her wishes and walk her down the aisle. But for some reason he couldn’t do that and when she cut him off he thinks harassing her by using the press will solve the problem? It just proves she can’t trust him and I don’t know what kind of father would simultaneously be so ignorant and cruel as to do what he’s done to his own family.

But it’s not out of character - he abandoned his first wife and children to marry Meghan’s mom. It’s all about what he wants.

Anonymous wrote:I am honestly shocked people on DCUM are advising that MM have contact with her father, who has proven again and again that he is only looking to profit off her. It's so weird; usually DCUM is all about maintaining good boundaries with toxic and harmful relatives.

I think MM cannot do anything right by you crazy people. If she had contact with him, you'd be grousing about how she let such a grifter close to the royal family.

Anonymous wrote:She’s naturally tiny so she’s going to look big.

Anonymous wrote:

OMG, Meghan sounds just her dad, abandoning her first husband, then the celebrity chef (who she was still living with when she met Harry).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, you seem to forget her dad took out huge loans/went into bankruptcy to support Meghan and her education.

Again, please link to article that says he wants HER to fund his retirement.

All I read is that he wants to talk to her.

And no, I do not expect my DCs to take care of me in my retirement. I'm not one of those people you are referring to, and I cannot ever remember reading one DCUM poster saying that. I've been on this site for many years.

He paid for her college education as most good parents do and she had student jobs and a career the moment she left the university. From then on she repaid his kindness but she doesn’t owe him whatever he put down. As a parent you do that with no expectations on a return.

As for him wanting her to find his retirement/income, any idiot can read between the lines. Why else would he be selling pictures to the paparazzi and conversations to TMZ before the wedding! She was talking to him then. Why else is would he continue to sell interviews, pictures and her mementos after her marriage?

All he had to do was respect her wishes and walk her down the aisle. But for some reason he couldn’t do that and when she cut him off he thinks harassing her by using the press will solve the problem? It just proves she can’t trust him and I don’t know what kind of father would simultaneously be so ignorant and cruel as to do what he’s done to his own family.

But it’s not out of character - he abandoned his first wife and children to marry Meghan’s mom. It’s all about what he wants.

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Anonymous wrote:why does she always have her hand on her stomach?

Yeah, this is over the top

Agree, but it could be a nervous/self consciousness thing too.

You always feel bigger than you are when preg and being under the microscope may make MM feel really paranoid so she kinda puts her hand there....?...which ironically really just draws more attention to it.

I thought her face and arms are bloated.

Her baby kicked her in a video (you can see the foot and everything against her stomach o.o) and you can see her hand move to touch the kick. First-time mom with movements and flutters. Hands to settle it down or bring comfort.

https://instagram.com/p/BrkAN_olYLj/

The kid is saying THIS DRESS IS TOO TIGHT!

Are you guys all older moms? Younger moms (including Markle's generation; I'm in it) often do stretchy tops/dresses and don't buy actual maternity stuff. All this pearl-clutching over the stretchiness of the dress just seems old-fashioned. If you're younger, it seems petty.

um...not so young. She's 37, or AMA (Advanced Maternal Age). I'm 40, so in her generation and I would never wear that dress, bought maternity stuff, etc.) Younger moms = 20-something to lower 30-something.

Anonymous wrote:PP, you seem to forget her dad took out huge loans/went into bankruptcy to support Meghan and her education.

Again, please link to article that says he wants HER to fund his retirement.

All I read is that he wants to talk to her.

And no, I do not expect my DCs to take care of me in my retirement. I'm not one of those people you are referring to, and I cannot ever remember reading one DCUM poster saying that. I've been on this site for many years.

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Anonymous wrote:why does she always have her hand on her stomach?

Yeah, this is over the top

Agree, but it could be a nervous/self consciousness thing too.

You always feel bigger than you are when preg and being under the microscope may make MM feel really paranoid so she kinda puts her hand there....?...which ironically really just draws more attention to it.

I thought her face and arms are bloated.

Her baby kicked her in a video (you can see the foot and everything against her stomach o.o) and you can see her hand move to touch the kick. First-time mom with movements and flutters. Hands to settle it down or bring comfort.

https://instagram.com/p/BrkAN_olYLj/

The kid is saying THIS DRESS IS TOO TIGHT!

Are you guys all older moms? Younger moms (including Markle's generation; I'm in it) often do stretchy tops/dresses and don't buy actual maternity stuff. All this pearl-clutching over the stretchiness of the dress just seems old-fashioned. If you're younger, it seems petty.