anangellooksdown said:

I believe he loved both women, Mayte was a child when they met and not sure if he would have felt the same, married her, etc. if she were older when they met like late 20's/early 30's a more appropriate age for a man his age....lusting for a teenage girl i would say is a mans fantasy of course, especially a teen age belly dancer so of course he liked her..i don't doubt that.

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And of course the baby, that is a devastating loss, beyond comprehension..i guess what i don't get is if they were true soulmates and the love of each others lives (not saying they weren't) why did he cheat and annull the marriage as if she and the baby never existed??? Erase them from his life history like that?? That i will never understand. I get the loss, the devastation..and to divorce is sometimes the only way to move on but...that was drastic what he did to her.

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My cousin lost a son after 11 days and he and his wife did divorce as well 2 yrs later..which is commen..but not an annullment, he didn't do that to her, i don't think it would have occurred to him..he just said once ''she had suffered enough when their son died..we both did..it was a profound loss.'' My cousin never spoke of it since, its been 10 yrs now.

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Also..he loved Mani (looks A LOT like Vanity-another love, back in the day) i believe this because he did not want that divorce..she filed, she left him...so i really don't know what to think about that...other than she wasn't happy, so she left...and he was left heartbroken...karma maybe????

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I guess only Prince knew who THE ONE was for him. and quite possibly there wasn't ONE..maybe at the moment he was first with each women, they were the one AT THAT MOMENT in time, and i say this about all of them; Vanity, Susannah, Carmen, etc. there was no GREAT LOVE or he would not have been single and alone when he passed.

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Also want to add, many of these women were suffering financially, gofundme pages and all, if it were true everlasting i can't live without you love, with the money this guy had, he could have helped (maybe he did i DON'T KNOW) but some have been very vocal about the fact they were broke, couldn't pay mortgages or medical bills.

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Just saying...he was Prince, he could have been with anyone of those women again, even after all he did to them..even Mayte..she would have gone back......runnnnnnnnnning. JMHO

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[Edited 6/5/16 17:02pm]

anangellooksdown said:

What GeniousLove said here sounds right to me: "I guess only Prince knew who THE ONE was for him. and quite possibly there wasn't ONE..maybe at the moment he was first with each women, they were the one AT THAT MOMENT in time, and i say this about all of them; Vanity, Susannah, Carmen, etc. there was no GREAT LOVE or he would not have been single and alone when he passed. ." I believe that like most of us, he fell in love more than once in his life. I also believe that what happened with Mayte affected him and he might've not dealt with it for a while, if at all. I believe Mayte still loves him too. I feel for her. The great love of her life. I hope she finds that again; just t a different time later things can be just that good again with someone else. Life changes. These women weren't left with nothing. He didn't give them a huge percentage of his income but they weren't homeless. The gofundme pages weren't because they were starving and homeless: those were for their charities. Once you're divorced, you're not responsible for another person. Each of us has to earn our own living somehow. If he didn't support their charities financially (he helped inspire them though), it was probably because to do so would be contact with them that wouldn't have been appropriate. But -- have you listened to "Call My Name"? Yep, he was in love with Manuela. Did Prince cause hurt with Mayte? I don't know what happened. I also believe he couldn't handle what happened or felt guilty or responsible maybe...we don't know. Was the result hurt? Probably. But again there could've been other variables. I feel for Prince because I relate to him a lot. He might've felt lost without the closeness of his family growing up and was always looking for a home. I know he liked to talk to people (friends) much later in life about family. I always wondered why. I also recently heard a radio interview where he was in a hotel and said that he wanted to stay at someone's "crib" if anyone could have him and that the "bed is hard here". He might've been the family "lost child". I know he's happy now and that gives me comfort. I guess the time we spend on this earth is really short, and his was just amazing - pain, joy and all. He certainly lived. I love the Prince most that he became later on, in the last several years. Although he was sexy as all get-out earlier in life and adorable as a kid and always beautiful, the man he became at the end is who I find most attractive.

Me too..i loved the Purple Rain Prince but the man he was the last years of his life was a grown up, found his religion, healed possibly in his heart and soul (i hope) i feel b4 he died, he was the best ''Prince'' he could be.

GeniusLuv said:

maybe i'm not a romantic. i didn't consider anyone the love of his life,either. it is very telling that the first person he chose to marry was a high school military kid when he met her, and by the tiem they married she had been on the payroll for 6 yrs!! i can't call it "soulmating love" or whatever, if you can only care for someone who has been pimped by an overbearing mother and groomed by you for 6 yrs. WTF!! also, he had essentially left mayte after 2yrs of marriage-by 1998. emotionally his reeling but not still attached to mayte as closely as before. It is not uncommmon for men and women in P's position to marry people on the payroll,which explains his follow up marriage to manuela. also on the payroll for 4yrs before the ring. and even then he had been thru the tragedy of losing the children and his dad dying. he was grasping for solid ground. i believe that's why it hurt so much when she left,as well as some karma kickin in. i'm convinced 'anotherlove' on plectrum eletrum is about mt.

++ he had a simpatico with sheila that he never had with any of his other lovers.

++ i think vanity was who he wanted to be and how he wanted to look if he was a woman. also, they were both 23-4 when they were togeether. anybody remember what those relationships were like? iirc, very hot and bothered but difficult to get settled into a real relationship. but i have never doubted that they had a genuine connection, just like your 1st college thing always stays with you,no?

++jill was just used to being a kept woman. she was down for whatever because she had grown up around the glam life and wanted to taste it full on for herself. she's a hell of a lady and hell of a singer.

++ susannah was similar to jj but had the twin thing working which kicked it up a notch. she seemed to be the out-of-my-league girl for p,as well. but he was a star and 5 years older so it sort've leveled it off. it's hard to slag off susannah,but she's not that remarkable either,imo.

++i think nona got the shortest straw of them all. she IS the daughter of a legend,but she has little of his musical ability. she's better as a actress.maybe she should've been in GB.

wavesofbliss said:

maybe i'm not a romantic. i didn't consider anyone the love of his life,either. it is very telling that the first person he chose to marry was a high school military kid when he met her, and by the tiem they married she had been on the payroll for 6 yrs!! i can't call it "soulmating love" or whatever, if you can only care for someone who has been pimped by an overbearing mother and groomed by you for 6 yrs. WTF!! also, he had essentially left mayte after 2yrs of marriage-by 1998. emotionally his reeling but not still attached to mayte as closely as before. It is not uncommmon for men and women in P's position to marry people on the payroll,which explains his follow up marriage to manuela. also on the payroll for 4yrs before the ring. and even then he had been thru the tragedy of losing the children and his dad dying. he was grasping for solid ground. i believe that's why it hurt so much when she left,as well as some karma kickin in. i'm convinced 'anotherlove' on plectrum eletrum is about mt.

++ he had a simpatico with sheila that he never had with any of his other lovers.

++ i think vanity was who he wanted to be and how he wanted to look if he was a woman. also, they were both 23-4 when they were togeether. anybody remember what those relationships were like? iirc, very hot and bothered but difficult to get settled into a real relationship. but i have never doubted that they had a genuine connection, just like your 1st college thing always stays with you,no?

++jill was just used to being a kept woman. she was down for whatever because she had grown up around the glam life and wanted to taste it full on for herself. she's a hell of a lady and hell of a singer.

++ susannah was similar to jj but had the twin thing working which kicked it up a notch. she seemed to be the out-of-my-league girl for p,as well. but he was a star and 5 years older so it sort've leveled it off. it's hard to slag off susannah,but she's not that remarkable either,imo.

++i think nona got the shortest straw of them all. she IS the daughter of a legend,but she has little of his musical ability. she's better as a actress.maybe she should've been in GB.

the underlined part made me chuckle...and yes, he did love Denise (i didn't want to get into that cuz some don't think so) but like i said b4, he had many loves and while he was with them..in the very beginning..each was the great love of the moment..and yes being a teenager...groomed and on someone payroll muddies the waters quite a bit...AGREE!

He cheated on Mayte, so I do not think he loved her like she loved him.

keenly said:

He cheated on Mayte, so I do not think he loved her like she loved him.

Annnnnnnnd there you go

Sometimes I think the love of his life was someone off the radar, a person would never think of

bondno9 said:

Sometimes I think the love of his life was someone off the radar, a person would never think of

I think so too.

bondno9 said:

Sometimes I think the love of his life was someone off the radar, a person would never think of

I agree. I also think folks sleep on Cat. They were never out in the open, but I think she and Prince were going hot and heavy...until Mayte came along.

samcco2i said:

I think Prince wanted to stay with Mani. She met Eric in 2006 and surprise she files for divorce in 2006. Mani did get a small monetary award according to the divorce court docket, a little over $200,000.

i have seen or heard anything about their settlement. how could you possibly know this? i thought they had everything sealed.

samcco2i said:

I think Prince wanted to stay with Mani. She met Eric in 2006 and surprise she files for divorce in 2006. Mani did get a small monetary award according to the divorce court docket, a little over $200,000.

Oh. The plot thickens.

Maybe I'm wierd -- but I kinda think Sheila was the right woman for him -- except he probably wasn't comfortable with a woman who could nope the hell out of him anytime she felt like it. She doesn't seem like she'd take any bullshit off him, and that can be scary as hell when you're a guy who likes to be in control.

I can't imagine she'd take bvery kindly to being shipped off anywhere she didn't feel like going.

Ironically, though, she seemed to be in his life for much longer than any of his other loves... as a really good friend.

"but I kinda think Shelia was the right woman for him"....I used to think that too, but like you said she wouldn't take any b.s. from him. I dont think our boy would have been able to stay in that situation too long. Later on I kind of viewed them as brother and sister.

Blakbear said:

Maybe I'm wierd -- but I kinda think Sheila was the right woman for him -- except he probably wasn't comfortable with a woman who could nope the hell out of him anytime she felt like it. She doesn't seem like she'd take any bullshit off him, and that can be scary as hell when you're a guy who likes to be in control.

I can't imagine she'd take bvery kindly to being shipped off anywhere she didn't feel like going.

Ironically, though, she seemed to be in his life for much longer than any of his other loves... as a really good friend.

the weird thing is that, according to Sheila she did put up with his bs for years until it was to much and she had to separate from him romantically and musically. that was in 90-91. they had been lovers and collaborators since the PR tour,so from 84-89. she left but then returned periodically as a collaborator and friend until a falling out during W2A tour.

wavesofbliss said:

Blakbear said:

Maybe I'm wierd -- but I kinda think Sheila was the right woman for him -- except he probably wasn't comfortable with a woman who could nope the hell out of him anytime she felt like it. She doesn't seem like she'd take any bullshit off him, and that can be scary as hell when you're a guy who likes to be in control.

I can't imagine she'd take bvery kindly to being shipped off anywhere she didn't feel like going.

Ironically, though, she seemed to be in his life for much longer than any of his other loves... as a really good friend.

the weird thing is that, according to Sheila she did put up with his bs for years until it was to much and she had to separate from him romantically and musically. that was in 90-91. they had been lovers and collaborators since the PR tour,so from 84-89. she left but then returned periodically as a collaborator and friend until a falling out during W2A tour.

Exactly. She's that girl who found her boundary and pushed back when she'd had enough. That didn't seem to happen too much with Prince, and it seems to me he respected her for it in the end... and let her alone because he knew she wasn't going to keep on taking his shit.

Blakbear said:

Krystalkisses said:

"I always got the feeling she was more into Prince than he was into her. It always seemed she was pining for him"....Yup. I agree with that..She truly loved him. You can see it in the pictures of them together making music onstage..I've never seen Shelia with any other man but P. To her he may have been a hard act to follow.....the late great Cynthia Robinson (trumpet for Sly & The Family Stone) was involved with Sly and they had a beautiful daughter together. She said that she had seen the women come and go with Sly, but at the end of the day that was still "her man". I think Shelia may have felt that way about P...she was there right when P was getting started in the late 70's...before Vanity and the rest of the ladies.

Yeah, I think Sheila's was unrequited love.