Wouldn't it be comforting to know that Prince had a real partner or wife at the end. I feel like

if he had a companion, we'd have less grief. It would mitigate some of the pain for me if I knew he

was taken care of emotionally leading up to his death. Sort of like Iman and Bowie: it's her place to grieve, as his widow, not mine. I'm free to sit back and feel my sentiments of love and appreciation. But with Prince having been so alone in life, there is a void that evokes and extra level of sadness and grief for me around his passing. What do you all think?

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I understand what you're saying, but I can't agree. Unless you knew Prince personally, you're making an assumption when you say he was alone. He was in a position to choose how to live his life even with the trappings of fame. I have no reason to think his life was emotionally lacking.

Your grief is your grief, not something that can substitute for someone you think was missing.

airth said:

NorthC said:

What difference does it make... All these "what if" threads are so pointless now.

Pointless in that they're not going to bring him back, but it can be helpful for people to talk these things out if it helps them better accept his passing. I'm afraid that the majority of threads are going to be looking back forever more.

SheLovesMeNot said:

I agree! He was in love with music, and himself. Also, some people prefer to be "alone". Like myself, I'm a workaholic, and I love to socialize but when I go home I'm totally comfortable in my skin having to please nobody but myself. No expectations from anyone else...I know where to go when I want company. Some people are just like that.

I'm with you. I often enjoy being by myself. It drives me nuts when people assume I must be lonely or depressed.

Who is Price?

I am someone who has been on their own now for 10 years and I am OK with it. There is nothing more lonely than being with the wrong person - that is the worst loneliness of all to be part of something but feeling alone. I think Prince loved his music so much, that was what brought him the most joy anyway, and he was married to that. But I do wish he had his little son - that would have been wonderful. That I think is a loss he would never get over and you would not expect him too.

I wish that Prince was HAPPY at the end. Whether that meant being alone, in a monogomous marriage/relationship, in a polyamorous/open relationship, or whether that meant having a friggin harem. Relationships and "life parnters" don't automatically = happiness and content. A GF/Wife or whatever could have had the potential to make him miserable and that's a rather sucky thought.

I hope that he was happy and knew that he had people in his corner that truly loved him and had his best interest at heart, outside of his fanbase/industry.

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gollygirl said:

I am someone who has been on their own now for 10 years and I am OK with it. There is nothing more lonely than being with the wrong person - that is the worst loneliness of all to be part of something but feeling alone. I think Prince loved his music so much, that was what brought him the most joy anyway, and he was married to that. But I do wish he had his little son - that would have been wonderful. That I think is a loss he would never get over and you would not expect him too.

^^ THIS, or the "right" person for the wrong reasons.

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cardinal said:

i hope he had peace, contentment, and people to confide in. all those things can be had with or without a life partner. i do feel bad that he never got to have the kids he wanted. one of the things that got me through after mj died was that he had those kids, and by all accounts he loved them and lived for them and his music. prince didn't get that even though at one point he wanted it badly. he also said in the 2014 rs interview that he was open to getting married again, but it would have to be the right person and that it was up to god. hopefully, he was at peace with whichever way it worked out. some of his later songs though did express feelings of longing and loneliness, and he always said he spoke through his music. i hope he was not lonely, and i get ill when i think of what may have happened in the elevator rip, dear man....

I feel sorry for him that he didn't get to experience fatherhood with his own children. I don't know what I'd be without mine...

twinkieG said:

Yeah I sure wish he could have started his own family with several children, that might even have saved his life assuming they would always be around!

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Also, a family situation (wife and children) would also have helped with this no will mess that's going on right now.

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And lastly, he could have passed on (some of) his musical talents to one of his sons or daughters.

twinkieG said:

Wouldn't it be comforting to know that Prince had a real partner or wife at the end. I feel like

if he had a companion, we'd have less grief. It would mitigate some of the pain for me if I knew he

was taken care of emotionally leading up to his death. Sort of like Iman and Bowie: it's her place to grieve, as his widow, not mine. I'm free to sit back and feel my sentiments of love and appreciation. But with Prince having been so alone in life, there is a void that evokes and extra level of sadness and grief for me around his passing. What do you all think?

When you love someone you want “the best” for them. We all (or most of us) loved Prince and we would have loved to have seen him in a happy healthy relationship. I would have loved to see him have children and pass those good looks and amazing talent on to his offspring. But it wasn’t in God’s plans.

You know looking at it now....Prince didnt give much 'space' for a family to develop - his requirements of his wives were like a gilded cage and while it may seem as if the wife was exalted....once he was bored of you as his 'creation' he moved on married or not. Girlfriend, protege, album, gig, song - it was the same really ....it was about the 'making' then moving on.

I dont know if there was ever the space for a healthy successful relationship to be able to flourish amid Princes conditions....his love was music, his wife was music, his songs were his children - absolutely everything in his life was in service to that.

Its what he wanted and it was the way he wanted it. I think we have to be content with the fact that Princes idea of happiness and fullfillment was different and his need for a certain kind of love was different. Maybe he made the trade-off on purpose, and I think he transferred that feelin gof love and that fervor to his religion -rather than a person/family.

SexFiendNikki said:

BombFunk said:

Yeah I sure wish he could have started his own family with several children, that might even have saved his life assuming they would always be around!

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Also, a family situation (wife and children) would also have helped with this no will mess that's going on right now.

.

And lastly, he could have passed on (some of) his musical talents to one of his sons or daughters.

Nothing is ever easy. A wife and children could've made the estate thing easier, or it could've made it messier. What if they didn't get along towards the end? I get the sentiment, but the idea that a traditional family structure would have somehow been more beneficial to him (or anyone really) is reaching. What would have helped his estate would have been having a clear, itemized will.

In some ways, it might be for the best that Prince DIDN't have children. Could you imagine the stress and presure? I'd feel kind of bad for him/her/them. Everyone would be expecting the second coming out of them. They would either rise to the occassion in some way or crash and burn and it'd have been terribly sad to watch.

terrig said:

twinkieG said:

Wouldn't it be comforting to know that Prince had a real partner or wife at the end. I feel like

if he had a companion, we'd have less grief. It would mitigate some of the pain for me if I knew he

was taken care of emotionally leading up to his death. Sort of like Iman and Bowie: it's her place to grieve, as his widow, not mine. I'm free to sit back and feel my sentiments of love and appreciation. But with Prince having been so alone in life, there is a void that evokes and extra level of sadness and grief for me around his passing. What do you all think?

I wish he had children.

I think he would have made a great father, and from what I read, he really wanted kids.

It's always nice to have one supporting soul in your corner. I do believe Mayte really loved him.

missfee said:

sonshine said:

I wish he had children Obviously he wanted them, but it just wasnt in the plan. It would be nice to look at some young person's face and see Prince