Probably because his family of origin was so unstable, he wanted to know what it was like to have a stable one.

I think he was trying to recreate that, only he had no idea how that thing worked, at all. Trust goes both way, and he seemed to find it difficult to extend the level of trust he expected from others, for whatever reason.

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anangellooksdown said:

Thank you for that opinion. I read that he did have relationships with his family including his sister and brother in law and parents and that he also took care of people in the family. I wonder if perhaps later on as Prince matured, he understood more and in loving being a teacher of sorts, and with his increasing spiritual understanding and life, if he maybe liked to share what he had learned and hear about others' success in this area. There might've been a yearning too. Again this is all suppositions on my part.

I tend to agree with you on that, though. He was a tyrannical little bastard, but he also seemed like he was trying to keep people from leaving him, all the while slowly strangling the very life out of them.

Whether that was intentional or not, I have no idea and am not really gonna speculate on, but LAWD, that boy was a lot.

He wa kinda the poster boy for doing the most, too much, and EXTRA.

Probably because his seemed to be so dysfunctional. He seemed to have been treated shabbily by everyone in it. I think he wanted a happy families type of life. I know growing up in the 60's it was all Donna Reed, Andy Griffiths, Father Knows Best, etc. We were about the same age so if he saw those shows and knew what his own was like I know he would want to escape like I did.

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Blakbear said:

mimi1956 said:

We seek out what we never had. And if there's one thing Prince didn't have as a child, it was stability. Moreover as an adult, he sought out people that could handle his eccentric & erratic ass.

anangellooksdown said:

mimi1956 said:

Probably because his seemed to be so dysfunctional. He seemed to have been treated shabbily by everyone in it. I think he wanted a happy families type of life. I know growing up in the 60's it was all Donna Reed, Andy Griffiths, Father Knows Best, etc. We were about the same age so if he saw those shows and knew what his own was like I know he would want to escape like I did.

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I get it. I didn't even know my family was dysfunctional or what they had done to me. Talk about denial. And I wonder why a few years ago I had to watch every single Walton's rerun - EVERY SINGLE ONE - twice?

I think Hollywood painted to wonderful a picture and nobody's family could live up to it. So we grew up feeling let down. He seemed to have a particularly hard time.

Blakbear said:

mimi1956 said:

TrivialPursuit said:

St Paul Peterson was asked this to a degree,

http://www.okayplayer.com...rview.html

Blakbear said:

Probably because his family of origin was so unstable, he wanted to know what it was like to have a stable one.

I think he was trying to recreate that, only he had no idea how that thing worked, at all. Trust goes both way, and he seemed to find it difficult to extend the level of trust he expected from others, for whatever reason.

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This.

Bunsterdk said:

Blakbear said:

anangellooksdown said:

Thank you for that opinion. I read that he did have relationships with his family including his sister and brother in law and parents and that he also took care of people in the family. I wonder if perhaps later on as Prince matured, he understood more and in loving being a teacher of sorts, and with his increasing spiritual understanding and life, if he maybe liked to share what he had learned and hear about others' success in this area. There might've been a yearning too. Again this is all suppositions on my part.

I tend to agree with you on that, though. He was a tyrannical little bastard, but he also seemed like he was trying to keep people from leaving him, all the while slowly strangling the very life out of them.

Whether that was intentional or not, I have no idea and am not really gonna speculate on, but LAWD, that boy was a lot.

He wa kinda the poster boy for doing the most, too much, and EXTRA.

Can't argue with you there.. LOL

Gotta love his little tyrannical behind though.

Blakbear said:

Bunsterdk said:

Can't argue with you there.. LOL

Gotta love his little tyrannical behind though.

Lol do I? I kid, cause my ass be extra too sometimes. I can imagine working at PP and being like, " You are extra today, Yoda, and you need to cut it before you come up missing, yo diva ass." And being fined and fired. Lol

Bunsterdk said:

Blakbear said:

Lol do I? I kid, cause my ass be extra too sometimes. I can imagine working at PP and being like, " You are extra today, Yoda, and you need to cut it before you come up missing, yo diva ass." And being fined and fired. Lol

Oh yeah, I hear ya.. I'd be out on my behind too in record time if I'd ever worked at PP.

I do have some experience in handling divas, but no-one could out-diva our boy. Doubt he'd accept handling of his divaism..

Blakbear said:

Bunsterdk said:

Oh yeah, I hear ya.. I'd be out on my behind too in record time if I'd ever worked at PP.

I do have some experience in handling divas, but no-one could out-diva our boy. Doubt he'd accept handling of his divaism..

Lawl yas. After working with diva veternarians, I know a thing or two, there's not enough Svengaliing in the world to make me overlook some stuff. And the puppy eyes? Fuggetaboudit. Nobody's that cute anymore. Lol

Bunsterdk said:

Blakbear said:

Blakbear said:

Bunsterdk said:

Blakbear said:

Lol camel. "It's in your pants already, sir." This is why I should remain a dogwalker.

LOL Good call. Highly underrated profession, I'm sure.

[img:$uid]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x103/monkeyrose_photos/STARFISHCOFFEE/rave/10695a725dd61179a9c6b534dddd9172.jpg[/img:$uid]

See? Camel. In his PANTS. I know; I'm SO VERY MATURE.

Blakbear said:

Letsgocrazy1 said:

anangellooksdown said:

I've read that he would like to talk to people, women especially I think, about family. I think I read that he was attracted to (in friendship if not other ways perhaps) women who had good family lives (meaning with their families of origin). Why do you think this was? I find it interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_pronoun

Bunsterdk said:

Blakbear said:

[img:$uid]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x103/monkeyrose_photos/STARFISHCOFFEE/rave/10695a725dd61179a9c6b534dddd9172.jpg[/img:$uid]

See? Camel. In his PANTS. I know; I'm SO VERY MATURE.

ROFL Oh, I was just reminded of that employee again and the lace outfit. Hilarious.. But it would seem he had a point. Ahem..

Can't get that video out of my mind

CROWNS1 said:

Bunsterdk said:

Blakbear said: ROFL Oh, I was just reminded of that employee again and the lace outfit. Hilarious.. But it would seem he had a point. Ahem..

Can't get that video out of my mind

Me either - it was too funny - the guy was almost blushing when he told the story and I think even I went bright red listening to it !!!!

gollygirl said:

CROWNS1 said:

Can't get that video out of my mind

Me either - it was too funny - the guy was almost blushing when he told the story and I think even I went bright red listening to it !!!!

Haha yes. That was just the hilarity. And I mean if all of that was see-able, I'd probably be staring, too. I mean, I saw that pic and was like, "Wow, that's.... a lot."

BUUUUT, back to the thread, here.

Honestly, I do think Prince was often lonely, personally. Not all the time, but sometimes, yeah. He struck me as a guy who would really like to just have family and friends around him, and be normal. He loved music, he loved playing, but he always seemed the calmest when he had someone to come home to, on top of it.

As much as I joke about him being extra and things, I do have a lot of compassion for him, and honestly, I suspect he was also really sweet when he wasn't being a little demon.