annalizer said:

rednblue said:

Can we keep him distracted with my 11-year-old guy and the 12-year-olds from the birthday party? With that many kids to watch, maybe the spouses won't even notice we're gone.

Or maybe they should just all come with. : )


Somebody back the tour bus out of the garage!

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Thanks, but I found a babysitter for him!😁 I'll be waiting on the porch!

LOL!

Sounds like we're good to go!

rednblue said:

LBrent said:

Happy Birthday to your daughter! I was that dance mom when my 2 daughters took ballet for over 10 years when they were young. Now it's my 2 granddaughters' turn in ballet and gymnastics. Good times.

If I weren't clumsy I'd have y'all swing by JFK (NY) to pick me up, we could all sleepover at my daughters in West Palm Beach after the party!

(I just imagine that convesation since my adults always remind me that every conversation and "all roads DON'T lead to Prince, Mom!")

Oh, but they're wrong! Maybe we can knock some sense into both our families. Can you talk to mine?


And I'm sure you're not clumsy. You are coordinated in every way. You even color coordinated and color coded your kids. LOVED that!



Maybe you could color code us.



Nah...never mind. You don't want to listen to all that whining over who's gonna be purple.

My loved ones tolerate my love and appreciation of all things P. I think they've overdosed over the years....but I'm teaching my grandkids slowly. Lol

Um. Not to be scriligous, but y'all can all be varying shades of purple, I only like purple every now and then...my color's black, sometimes blue.

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rednblue said:

LBrent said:

rednblue said:

Is it your daughter with the birthday that dances?

In any case, Happy Birthday to her!

Happy Birthday to your daughter! I was that dance mom when my 2 daughters took ballet for over 10 years when they were young. Now it's my 2 granddaughters' turn in ballet and gymnastics. Good times.

If I weren't clumsy I'd have y'all swing by JFK (NY) to pick me up, we could all sleepover at my daughters in West Palm Beach after the party!

(I just imagine that convesation since my adults always remind me that every conversation and "all roads DON'T lead to Prince, Mom!")

Being a dance mom isn't for the faint of heart.

You had five kids with two sets of twins, and you were also a 10-year dance mom to two of them?

I'm gonna hit the floor again. Get ready for the thuds!

rednblue said:

LBrent said:

Happy Birthday to your daughter! I was that dance mom when my 2 daughters took ballet for over 10 years when they were young. Now it's my 2 granddaughters' turn in ballet and gymnastics. Good times.

If I weren't clumsy I'd have y'all swing by JFK (NY) to pick me up, we could all sleepover at my daughters in West Palm Beach after the party!

(I just imagine that convesation since my adults always remind me that every conversation and "all roads DON'T lead to Prince, Mom!")

Being a dance mom isn't for the faint of heart.

You had five kids with two sets of twins, and you were also a 10-year dance mom to two of them?

I'm gonna hit the floor again. Get ready for the thuds!

And my ex coached my 3 boys Little League teams to Championship wins during that time, too.

No wonder our marraige flopped. Hardy any time for "us".

One of our last couple dates before we divorced was P's Jam Of The Year concert at Jones Beach, NY, a few towns from where we both grew up and had moved back to so our kids would grow up near our families.

Good times.

annalizer said:

rednblue said:

LOL!

Can you guys make a quick stop by MD?

Head on over to Phoenix. I'm packed!

Kansas City is right on the way to Phoenix!!

/

Everybody ready for Chapter 4?

PennyPurple said:

annalizer said:

rednblue said: Head on over to Phoenix. I'm packed!

Kansas City is right on the way to Phoenix!!

/

Everybody ready for Chapter 4?

Yay!

We're just chugging along with this book club. Great idea!

I didn't see numerous words. I saw one. It looked like one word followed by gum chewing.

PennyPurple said:

NotACleverName said:

I remember reading a thread, or maybe just a few posts, on the org fairly recently about Prince's performance at the 22nd Annual AMAs (Prince was honored this particular evening and performed BJB/Hate U/319).....there was some speculation about whether or not he was upset with Mayte that evening. Does anyone else remember these posts? Anyhoo....to the point. She goes into detail about this performance and rehearsals (she mentions his surprise reveal and how the show censors were keeping an eye on them!) in Chapter 2 or 3. Not quite sure which. So, folks were speculating that he was saying something, at the end of the performance, to Mayte in a not so nice or angry way. Well, he wasn't. He said to her "Cool?". She said she agreed with him then stepped back so he could have his moment. He wasn't upset with her at all! That was nice to know and have cleared up. For me, anyway.

I seen that video here on the org. But it looked like he said more than one word to her. It looked like he was pissed.

Post removed about chapters 9 and 10...I want 2 wait for others to read more of the book. I will repost it later.

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purplerabbithole said:

I didn't see numerous words. I saw one. It looked like one word followed by gum chewing.

PennyPurple said:

I seen that video here on the org. But it looked like he said more than one word to her. It looked like he was pissed.

Here's a link to the entire performance, P pops up at around the 3 minute 50 second mark:

https://youtu.be/ZXJiui2NUdE

bsprout said:

Thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes for my daughter 💜 I passed them all along to her 😊 So nice of you. LBrent: "all roads DON'T lead to Prince, Mom!" - omg how this resonates with me...I've heard similar versions of this so many times from my kids! You crack me up. And these road trip comments are cracking me up. I wish I could do something like this but right now it would be so indulgent (and impossible). I've missed a few purple Prince parties here. I'll have to wait for the next stage in my life; it's not about me right now. I'm lucky I was able to sneak away for a few hours today to see Mayte. Anyway I'm really enjoying this thread and the book discussion. Well done, PennyPurple. Bring on Ch 4!

Guuuuurl, I have turned incorporating P into any conversation into an artform.

My adult kids actually put me on "P timeout" sometimes...where I'm not allowed to mention him without glares.

I do it anyway, then put my headphones in and listen to, what else?...P music!

I'm a 55 year old teenager and I don't care.

The Purple Universe makes me really happy!

206Michelle said:

Post removed about chapters 9 and 10...I want 2 wait for others to read more of the book. I will repost it later.

[Edited 4/8/17 21:15pm]

KK.

I just wanted to say that I think he needed to create the fantasy of what he had thought was going to happen, what he wanted and needed to happen...He needed to see that as an alternate to the current reality.

Just my thought

LBrent said:

bsprout said:

Thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes for my daughter 💜 I passed them all along to her 😊 So nice of you. LBrent: "all roads DON'T lead to Prince, Mom!" - omg how this resonates with me...I've heard similar versions of this so many times from my kids! You crack me up. And these road trip comments are cracking me up. I wish I could do something like this but right now it would be so indulgent (and impossible). I've missed a few purple Prince parties here. I'll have to wait for the next stage in my life; it's not about me right now. I'm lucky I was able to sneak away for a few hours today to see Mayte. Anyway I'm really enjoying this thread and the book discussion. Well done, PennyPurple. Bring on Ch 4!

Guuuuurl, I have turned incorporating P into any conversation into an artform.

My adult kids actually put me on "P timeout" sometimes...where I'm not allowed to mention him without glares.

I do it anyway, then put my headphones in and listen to, what else?...P music!

I'm a 55 year old teenager and I don't care.

The Purple Universe makes me really happy!

ME TOOOOOOOOO

Same AGE

PURPLE UNIVERSE MAKES ME HAPPY YES!!!!!

LBrent said:

purplerabbithole said:

I didn't see numerous words. I saw one. It looked like one word followed by gum chewing.

Here's a link to the entire performance, P pops up at around the 3 minute 50 second mark:

https://youtu.be/ZXJiui2NUdE

I loved his angry Mood ..and his dancing in the beginning...

Can we post about Chapter 4?

DD55 said:

Can we post about Chapter 4?

Yes, Please!

PennyPurple said:

DD55 said:

Can we post about Chapter 4?

Yes, Please!

My Chapter 4 take-aways:

DD55 said:

PennyPurple said:

Yes, Please!

My Chapter 4 take-aways:

Chapter 4

Snuggling on the sofa before the concert and a) she doesn’t realize she is smitten and b) P definitely was thinking of the direction of the relationship. I mean, come on, he sent her a tape called The Dopamine Rush.

.

She went to stay the weekend with him in Chanhassen? Her mother let parents let her go for the weekend? Interesting how she mentions in her description of the visit to his house downstairs is where he and Susannah wrote Starfish and Coffee. She is so matter of fact when she says: he had a lot of women in that house before, after and at least one during their relationship.

.

At the end of the chapter she mentions the time when she asked him about this family. Here P answers with names of coworkers, Shelia, Morris D, Wendy, Lisa and other bandmates. We (I) had always heard that after he disbanded the Revolution it would be years before he reunited with W & L. It’s interesting that they still were friends and he considered them family.

Did I read that correctly?

Yes. I have to go back and figure out a timeline of who P was with during this timeline, besides Carmen, because I feelas if P was interested in her innocent/woldliness/resourcefulness/independance/talent and selfishly "bookmarking" Mayte and keeping her from going to Cairo/letting her age in place/keeping an eye on her so no one else snatched her up while he continued with several gals he knew were temporary.

I also think she was crushing and curious about him, but that all underlying the "real" reason P kept dangling ("You're in the band/you're going on tour/I'm already there, but have to do this first") so she would stay until he figured out how to proceed.

I don't mean to make P sound calculating, but...

LBrent said:

bsprout said:

Thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes for my daughter 💜 I passed them all along to her 😊 So nice of you. LBrent: "all roads DON'T lead to Prince, Mom!" - omg how this resonates with me...I've heard similar versions of this so many times from my kids! You crack me up. And these road trip comments are cracking me up. I wish I could do something like this but right now it would be so indulgent (and impossible). I've missed a few purple Prince parties here. I'll have to wait for the next stage in my life; it's not about me right now. I'm lucky I was able to sneak away for a few hours today to see Mayte. Anyway I'm really enjoying this thread and the book discussion. Well done, PennyPurple. Bring on Ch 4!

Guuuuurl, I have turned incorporating P into any conversation into an artform.

My adult kids actually put me on "P timeout" sometimes...where I'm not allowed to mention him without glares.

I do it anyway, then put my headphones in and listen to, what else?...P music!

I'm a 55 year old teenager and I don't care.

The Purple Universe makes me really happy!

I've also become very skilled at the artform of incorporating Prince into conversation.

PennyPurple said:

DD55 said:

PennyPurple said:

Yes, Please!

My Chapter 4 take-aways:

Chapter 4

Snuggling on the sofa before the concert and a) she doesn’t realize she is smitten and b) P definitely was thinking of the direction of the relationship. I mean, come on, he sent her a tape called The Dopamine Rush.

.

She went to stay the weekend with him in Chanhassen? Her mother let parents let her go for the weekend? Interesting how she mentions in her description of the visit to his house downstairs is where he and Susannah wrote Starfish and Coffee. She is so matter of fact when she says: he had a lot of women in that house before, after and at least one during their relationship.

.

At the end of the chapter she mentions the time when she asked him about this family. Here P answers with names of coworkers, Shelia, Morris D, Wendy, Lisa and other bandmates. We (I) had always heard that after he disbanded the Revolution it would be years before he reunited with W & L. It’s interesting that they still were friends and he considered them family.

Did I read that correctly?

Yes. I have to go back and figure out a timeline of who P was with during this timeline, besides Carmen, because I feelas if P was interested in her innocent/woldliness/resourcefulness/independance/talent and selfishly "bookmarking" Mayte and keeping her from going to Cairo/letting her age in place/keeping an eye on her so no one else snatched her up while he continued with several gals he knew were temporary.

I also think she was crushing and curious about him, but that all underlying the "real" reason P kept dangling ("You're in the band/you're going on tour/I'm already there, but have to do this first") so she would stay until he figured out how to proceed.

I don't mean to make P sound calculating, but...

ButterfliesAllTiedUp said:

PennyPurple said:

Maybe this is why she always thought her and Prince would get back together.

.

I was surprised that the mom didn't realize she was pregnant until she was 6 months along.

Do you think their relationship was doomed from the start since they didnt have positive relationships to emulate?

I don't think so, I mean I can only speak of my personal experience. My parents had an ugly, ugly divorce when I was 12. It didn't ruin marriage life for me and I've been married for 33 years now. If anything it made me swear NOT to get a divorce.

.

As far as both sets of parents cheating, we know Maytes parents cheated on each other. We can basically say that Prince's parents cheated on each other, I mean they were with a lot of different people. I think Mayte believed in 2nd chances because of her parents seperating and then getting back together. I think she thought that her and Prince would have a 2nd chance, and never gave up the hope.

How about when he put Goobers in his popcorn? Personally I put Good N Plenty in my popcorn.

.

I do think that he did string her along, which kept her from pursuing her solo dancing career in Cairo.

LBrent said:

On page 103, Prince provides a prophetic explanation for the evil treatment of this supermost sweet author by all the MGs⁰ from that one thread…

In A Nutshell: “They're All Just Jelly!” :د)

______________

⁰—Mean Girls

Did Prince have a crystal ball or the ability to read minds. He might have hoped but he couldnt really know what was going to happen.

LBrent said:

DD55 said:

My Chapter 4 take-aways:

Chapter 4

Snuggling on the sofa before the concert and a) she doesn’t realize she is smitten and b) P definitely was thinking of the direction of the relationship. I mean, come on, he sent her a tape called The Dopamine Rush.

.

She went to stay the weekend with him in Chanhassen? Her mother let parents let her go for the weekend? Interesting how she mentions in her description of the visit to his house downstairs is where he and Susannah wrote Starfish and Coffee. She is so matter of fact when she says: he had a lot of women in that house before, after and at least one during their relationship.

.

At the end of the chapter she mentions the time when she asked him about this family. Here P answers with names of coworkers, Shelia, Morris D, Wendy, Lisa and other bandmates. We (I) had always heard that after he disbanded the Revolution it would be years before he reunited with W & L. It’s interesting that they still were friends and he considered them family.

Did I read that correctly?

Yes. I have to go back and figure out a timeline of who P was with during this timeline, besides Carmen, because I feelas if P was interested in her innocent/woldliness/resourcefulness/independance/talent and selfishly "bookmarking" Mayte and keeping her from going to Cairo/letting her age in place/keeping an eye on her so no one else snatched her up while he continued with several gals he knew were temporary.

I also think she was crushing and curious about him, but that all underlying the "real" reason P kept dangling ("You're in the band/you're going on tour/I'm already there, but have to do this first") so she would stay until he figured out how to proceed.

I don't mean to make P sound calculating, but...

phatphuk said: