I have read some things on the org. about Prince and Sussanah's torrid love affair, but can anyone tell me how and when it started and ended. I have also read that they were engaged, was that true or just hype? Was there a ring involved...was she the motivation behind Empty Room? I heard that there was informtion in DMSR and other books, but unfortunately I do not own any. Can anyone provide any information...?

you really need DMSR

anywhoo... he met her at a party at dez dickersons house(so the book says) and they began dating then moved in together and got engaged...if i remember they broke up offically during the sign of the times period/era.

and yeah empty room is supposedly about her.

I read that they fought like crazy and that they broke up over the Renovation of a House. Also since Susannah was and is Wendy's sister Prince used to sleep over their house and in the same bed with them. He was as Wendy said just like one of the girls "A Friend" and Henceforth the title If I Were Your Girlfriend. He felt Comfortable around them.

LOL where did you hear this natasha?

Damn you Nat, that was some freaky shit!

i think she was very pretty and prince was just jealous of her.. so he was all like "Get rid of her!.. :Evil:!

Christopher said:

Who r u talkin about??

No,he that wasn't the case. I'm not sure what book talked about this stuff but it's in a book or article I read maybe Rolling Stone about Lisa,Wendy,Susannah and Prince in the same bed. All Friends and Wendy said it was before she joined the group when Lisa was in his band. So he knew Susannah way before you claim with the Dez story.

No the Dez story is correct. He knew WENDY way before, he didn't meet Susannah til around 83.

I think the story was in Rolling Stone Right? Was it in the one where the picture from the Raspberry Beret video was shown?

Natasha said:

But Wendy said they all slept in the same bed.Somebody dig out the Rolling Stones and books please find the reference,cause I can't do it right now.

Natasha said:

From "Rock and Soul" August 1986 :

Wendy : "We have a lot of fun together. When I first joined the band Lisa and I convinced him to come to Los Angeles to stay with my sister Susannah, Lisa, me and our three Persian cats.
Susannah, Lisa and I all slept on the fold-out-couch and we put him in my bedroom. We'd go out in my old beat-up Mustang and get icecream and drive around. It was like having a pajama party."

Susannah: "I went out to Minneapolis to visit Wendy. When I got to Minneapolis, Prince had started rehearsing for Purple Rain. They were taking acting classes. One day Vanity wanted to leave early. She asked if I'd take her place in a skit with Morris Day and Prince."


From "Purple Reign" by Liz Jones, 1997:

Wendy:"I'm a twin, so it's very difficult for me to be any distance from Susannah for any lenght of time. So when I joined Prince's band, Susannah would visit me in Minneapolis, and that's when Prince met her. As a matter of fact he met her at a party at Dez Dickerson's house - the guy I replaced in the band. Remember that, Lisa. We were like, oh my God, Prince is outside with Susannah!."

"Prince had a very tumultuos relationship with my sister, and he would take that to work with him. It was the beginning of the end"

Lisa: "It was hard. We couldn't take sides. Prince was trying to draw the lines all the time. He's still like that : this is my friend, this is my employee, this is my family. He'll have his brother working for him, then he's not working for him and they're not speaking. The lines were always shifting. One day he'd want you to be his confidante, he'd say 'Oh, I'm in so much pain, she's doing me wrong' and the next day it's none of your business, you're not involved in my private life, stand over there and play your instrument.
It was always coming from him - he'd feel we were failing him and we thought, it's your design buddy, where do you want me to stand ?"

Wendy : "Looking back on it, it was an impossible situation.
It was impossible for her (Susannah) as well. Their pain and love produced some amazing songs, no question about it, but he was nasty. Horrible."

Thank you for finding this so they never slept together he was in their bedroom. I knew I read something about the Pajama party and that they all were very close you know. It was all the girls sleeping together on the couch. Thanks for clarifying for everybody.