To those of you who are in a relationship, is your spouse a Prince fan? Even an orger? Are they supportive when it comes to your fandom?

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(I'm dating one, btw. Happy me after teary "can't find myself luv, boo-hoo" threads.)

Hi,

Long time lurking, first time poster

I broke up with someone a few months ago after being together for years, and we were together at the time of Prince's death. All he knew of Prince was the song Purple Rain. I tried at various times over the years to introduce him to his music, but he just wasn't having it. Just before we broke up he walks in and I was listening to something from Prince with Third Eye Girl, he says "I didn't know you liked Jimmi Hendrix." I looked at him perplexed, " I do, but not sure where that came from" He was shocked to learn it was Prince. He now is discovering Prince, and texts me for recommendations. He even came over last month to watch the movie Purple Rain.

PS, I have always loved your screen name!!!

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Nope. Just after we got married I had The Beautiful Ones playing in the kitchen while I went to the bathroom and when I returned it was off.

My ex and I grew up in the same hometown, he's a few years older than me, and we both grew up listening to similar music in the early 70s so we both listened to P, too.

When we got married though, my ex seemed so jealous when a new P record would come out or we'd go to a P concert.

I was a much bigger fan and he seemed to resent my collecting P stuff.

When we divorced many years later, my ex made a point of destroying alot of my P memorabilia and taking lotsa my P music collection.

No, and I think my husband was a little jealous of my love for Prince. ......In fact, most of the people I grew up with along with my family, couldn't understand why I loved Prince. Many of them thought that he was weird, and didn't get his music, but then again, they thought I was weird also because I loved his music and him. It kind of surprised me when Prince passed, that a lot of them call me, and asked how I was doing, but they did, most saying that they called because they knew how much I loved him. I honestly didn't think they'd paid that much attention to my love of Prince, that they just thought I was weird, but I guess they did. It was kind of touching actually.

My husband likes Prince's music but he is not a fam. We were at Prince's concerts together And he tried to support me afther Prince's death

I met the mother of my two first children in the line for buying tickets for a SOTT Tour in Paris. Iwas 15, she was 17.

She was the only person I knew who had more Prince pictures in her bedroom than me.
It was covered, 3 walls of Huge, medium, microscopic Princes, with no wall visible: she had covered every single inch.

We broke up before Lovesexy, though. Then we fell in love again around Graffiti Bridge, and then 15 years of life together. Baby you're a trip.

omnithanos said:

Nope. Just after we got married I had The Beautiful Ones playing in the kitchen while I went to the bathroom and when I returned it was off.

That's grounds for divorce right there.

Obviously kidding, I wish you the best.

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My husband was not a Prince fan. And early on in our relationship (we've been married 27 years) he made a few comments about Prince that made me feel uncomfortable sharing my fandom with him in any way.

To my surprise, though, after Prince passed, he was quite understanding of my meltdown and constant talking about Prince. I'm grateful for that because I think I'd be a basketcase now otherwise.

He even recently said he actually liked Prince's well-known hits...amazing!

LBrent said:

My ex and I grew up in the same hometown, he's a few years older than me, and we both grew up listening to similar music in the early 70s so we both listened to P, too.

When we got married though, my ex seemed so jealous when a new P record would come out or we'd go to a P concert.

I was a much bigger fan and he seemed to resent my collecting P stuff.

When we divorced many years later, my ex made a point of destroying alot of my P memorabilia and taking lotsa my P music collection.

for you! Don't tell me their address

gandorb said:

LBrent said:

My ex and I grew up in the same hometown, he's a few years older than me, and we both grew up listening to similar music in the early 70s so we both listened to P, too.

When we got married though, my ex seemed so jealous when a new P record would come out or we'd go to a P concert.

I was a much bigger fan and he seemed to resent my collecting P stuff.

When we divorced many years later, my ex made a point of destroying alot of my P memorabilia and taking lotsa my P music collection.

for you! Don't tell me their address

Yeah.

Divorce sometimes brings out the worse in people. Eh, I'm mostly over it after all these years.

It did really hurt at the time.

She loves Prince the man, and she loves his music up to a certain point (speaking both in years - probably losing interest around 1986-1987 - but also how much Prince she can listen to without needing a break).

When Prince died, she allowed me pretty much free reign of the TV and radio for about a week, and this included a 3-hour road trip up north and back.

After that, I think it was "life as normal" for her, and I guess I had gotten it out of my system too.

Or - to put it another way - she went with me to several Prince things in 2004 (Jay Leno, Musicology simulcast, Musicology concert) but had no interest in seeing him again here in Detroit in 2015.

She loves him dearly and I'm very thankful for that.

I think when we met years ago, he thought of him as sort of a punchline. But over time, he's grown to at least respect his skill and versatility. And he called me immediately at work last April to see if I was doing ok, so that's what really matters.

she still can't believe he's gone

I told my boyfriend how I find P sexy in the Motherless Child video and he told me he was jealous. I don't get it

FullLipsDotNose said:

wouldnt say my husband is a huge fan but he appreciates his music and is supportive of my fandom.
My biggest regret is that we never got to see him live together- he sent our son with me when i went back to melbourne for the last W2Aus show (our son and my sister came to the first show and i went alone to the second the following night) in 2012 and i went alone last yr as it was such a scramble to organise: he was proud of me, flying alone (i hate planes) as i have huge anxiety issues: ive been out of the state 3 times in the last twenty yrs, every time to see P.

his fav song is cream as it was out when we were dating we had the song diamonds and pearls in our wedding.

the other day he made a comment about the weather that was a paraphrase of Sometimes it snows in April, he looked at me with a smile- yes, he gets it

soladeo1 said:

I married a good woman who was a casual, breezy Prince fan. Just the hits. Some after we got married Prince came to town and I insisted that we both go and fork over some serious scratch to get great seats. We were a bit strapped at the time and was a little resentful. Oh, and she was like eight months pregnant and constantly tired and in pain. Giddy, I drag her to the Toyota Center and we take our seats.... ...the lights go down and the speakers crackle to life... Prince comes out to Musicology. The place goes WILD. My wife jumps to her feet, her face glowing and expectant... She grabs my arm and purrs "He's soooo sexy..." LOL

thats awesome

bonatoc said:

omnithanos said:

Nope. Just after we got married I had The Beautiful Ones playing in the kitchen while I went to the bathroom and when I returned it was off.

That's grounds for divorce right there.

Obviously kidding, I wish you the best.

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My SO's ears bleed when she hears P, or anything 80's in general

None of my ex´s liked Prince. To be honest, I think they hated him... It sucks not being able to listen to his music together and exchange toughts and opinions about it.

Guess it will be a checklist for a next relationship

Telecaster5 said:

None of my ex´s liked Prince. To be honest, I think they hated him... It sucks not being able to listen to his music together and exchange toughts and opinions about it.

Guess it will be a checklist for a next relationship

IKR I was dating a person with whom I only shared one favourite artist (and no, it wasn't Prince). She was more into punk, maybe even rock and metal, I only loved black music, folk music, Middle Eastern pop, and Latin American pop. I think she liked a Prince pic on my FB wall once, but that was all about it. We're still great friends though

Two days before the anniversary of Prince's death will be my 20th wedding anniversary. I think one of the reasons our marriage has lasted is because my wife has given me the space I've needed in certain areas, and chief among them has been when it comes to Prince. Aside from the most obvious hits played on an 80s radio station, she just had absolutely no interest in him whatsover.

The only time we really got into it was when I went through a period early in our marriage when I'd spend a lot of money on ebay collecting things like a copy of "The Dream Factory" or various other items. She was worried about the expense of my "Prince habit," especially the cost of concert tickets. She couldn't comprehend why one show wasn't enough when he'd come to Chicago - I had to explain to her how each show was different.

I was able to bring my wife with me to two Prince concerts. After the first one, she looked at me and said: "Okay, I get it," though it's not like she ever took one of his CDs off my shelf to put in when I wasn't looking. But she definitely felt like seeing him live helped her to appreciate what I saw in him. The second time, she told me she wanted to go because she enjoyed seeing me so happy. There are worse reasons, I'm sure.

Though I sometimes wish I was married to a woman who feels the same way about Prince as I do, it's also been kind of nice to have my own hobby, so long as she's been willing to expect it. And when she found out that Prince died, she flew into action and contacted me at work, knowing that the news was on the same level for me as losing a parent. She never mocked me or told me that I had no reason to be so upset. And she hasn't nagged me about the fact that I've kept a picture of Prince as my Facebook profile picture for an entire year, either. She's just been very patient and understanding, and in return, I've had to be understanding of her that she's just not a fan.