Afterall he was Victor on that album, in his 5th soul, being 320 years old (born in 1672) whereas the Princess of Cairo was 16 years old (Born in 1976 - same year as me) although Mayte was really born in 1973 and Prince in 1958.

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Remember Kirstie Allie going - Don't sweat it honey I'm too young for you, the media will go crazy for this, 320 year old robs the cradle, what a scandal and Prince does that breathy voice "Scandal".

herb4 said:

bonatoc said:

Sixteen, not fourteen.
Fourteen would be utterly gross, even by Dirty Mind standards.

Or republicans from Alabama.

Truth be told, the Mayte courting and the age difference always struck me as a tad creepy and was very off putting to me for a long time. Still is to some degree. I feel the same way about Seinfeld, Ted Nugent, Jimmy Page and Woody Allen, etc. My (ex) wife was 9 years younger than me and I'm self aware enough to realize that a lot of that had to do with my maturity level, my experience, my fears and own control issues, but even still, she was 31 and I was 40.

The more I've learned about their marriage, the more it fits, because Prince was primarily into 1 thing beyond music: absolute control. I don't think it's a coincidence that his first wife was a beautiful, naive young woman who could be more easily controlled, told how to dress, what to do and when to do it than someone more his age who'd been around the block a few times and had seen the world. The early 90's also seemed to be "Peak Prince" as far as the controlling elements manifested by his ego and the process of exerting himself...or at least near the apex of it. The name change, "slave" and all that.

I think deep down, Prince was scared and masked it (very successfully) with his music and the persona he projected onto the universe of fame, ultimately inventing a rather uniqe way to handle it. A lot of artists are uncomfortable in the spotlight and feel out of control, unabel to control thier image and what people say. Some eat a gun, like Cobain or Cornell.

Prince built his own fairy tale universe to live in and constructed his own princess.

Prince was scared and masked it Ha Ha

He was a rock star being an horny ass dude. He was not dating Mayte when she was 14 or even 16 she has even stated this herself. Should a guy in his mid 30s be dating a 20 year old probaly not especially since she was an employee but remember his Dad was way older then his mom so I have always thought this is were the idea came from along with growing up in a house with two pimps.

He got bad ideas about women from his upbringing.

laurarichardson said:

Who were they?

iZsaZsa said:

laurarichardson said:

Prince was scared and masked it Ha Ha

He was a rock star being an horny ass dude. He was not dating Mayte when she was 14 or even 16 she has even stated this herself. Should a guy in his mid 30s be dating a 20 year old probaly not especially since she was an employee but remember his Dad was way older then his mom so I have always thought this is were the idea came from along with growing up in a house with two pimps.

He got bad ideas about women from his upbringing.

Who were they?

Andre said his brother Fred and Eddie were both pimps. Both did time in jail and Eddie was a registerd sex offender. The article below mentions Eddie's time advising Prince.

http://www.insightnews.com/2016/05/02/prince/

laurarichardson said:

Real pimps.

iZsaZsa said:

laurarichardson said:

Andre said his brother Fred and Eddie were both pimps. Both did time in jail and Eddie was a registerd sex offender. The article below mentions Eddie's time advising Prince.

http://www.insightnews.com/2016/05/02/prince/

Real pimps.

According to Andre they were real pimps. In fact T.C. Ellis mentioned that a lot of hustlers and pimps were around their neighborhood. I actually worked with a lady who has relatives from the Northside and she found out when her Uncle died and she went to his funeral in Minneapolis that he was a big time pimp and loads of pimps came out to the funeral.

laurarichardson said:

But don't they usually have a boss lady on their arm? What happened here?