Posted on 05/24/2003 4:04:32 PM PDT by blam
All true. And only a New Yorker can appreciate the public spectacle of a "marriage" that he and his former wife had for most of his time in office. They lived separate lives since shortly after he first came to office.
We also know that there is no way in hell that the former Mrs. Giuliani was "blindsided" by his request for a divorce, given their rather public distancing from one another and various passive-aggressive acts carried out in public.
The Giulianis had a very publicly miserable and dysfunctional marriage. They were never seen in public together; she publicly dropped his last name and took back her prior husband's last name; she sought out a role in that Talking Cooters play, just when he was starting to gear up his race for the Senate; when he was re-elected in 1997, she made a point of seeking out the media so that she could say she didn't know if she was going to vote for him; etc.
That family was "broken up" long before Rudy took up with a woman who loves him for himself, not for whatever power she could get from him. Did you know that shortly after he was first elected, his wife had a tantrum when he wouldn't give her a "Hillary-like role" in City Hall?
I was fortunate enough to marry a really great guy who treats me better than anyone deserves to be treated - but I have seen friends go through some unbelievably nasty things in their marriages, and from the outside looking in, you would never have known how miserable their lives were. After having seen some of that stuff, I still wish married people could find a way to stay married, but I'm much slower to preach to others on the topic.
I wish the bride, the groom, and the son much happiness. And they can wear whatever they want, as far as I'm concerned. ; )
I also wish married people would find a way to make it work -- at least until the kids are grown and out of the house -- but I suppose that some situations are so toxic that it's better for all involved if they just part company.
I mean, the way she treated him when he was undergoing treatment for his cancer (radiation therapy, I think) was beyond cruel and despicable. She not only kicked him out of their bedroom and wouldn't even let him stay in a room near a bathroom, but she arranged it so that he was staying in a room right below the master bedroom, and she'd use her exercise machines every day at 5 a.m.
Considering that they lived in that mansion because of *HIS* job and he could have kicked her ass out of there at any time, I think she had a big pair of brass ones to do that to him.
She also had a lot of nerve showing up at the hospital where his mother was taken and making a big scene by refusing to leave until the media had been there and left. Btw, this happened *after* they split.
I'm always happy to hear about people like you, who've found wonderful mates, and I hope that I am so lucky one day. :) And after all that Rudy has been through and done for this city, I wish him, his wife and his children nothing but happiness. As for the former Mrs. Giuliani, she's not exactly crying herself to sleep, alone, at night -- she's now engaged to marry her high school sweetheart. In fact, when they went to shop for an engagement ring, she actually had that "event" placed in the AP Daybook. Really! :)
You and a lot of other people. That's why adultery, which was once considered shameful behavior, is now celebrated in the media. It's why children are expected to cheer on their parents when they promise--for the third time, the fourth time, or whatever time--to love, honor, and cherish another person for the rest of their lives (wink, wink, wink). It's sick and evil. I'm sorry you have no problem with it.
it's p-r-o-s-t-a-t-e. Get it right. It bugs me when people can't get that right.
My sentiments too. We can't know the state of his soul, but his position regarding abortion is a strong indication. We will know them by what they do.
If Guiliani is ever on a presidential ticket, I'm off.
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