Lessons In Love For William & Kate From The Pop Charts
Written by Dr. Janice Seto
Tuesday, 01 May 2007
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1. DISTANCING: Does s/he spend less time with you? And by time, the
ratio of time s/he has free and the amount of time s/he chooses to
spend with you. In a firm, are you cced on meetings or excluded from
social gatherings. In other words, are you experiencing distancing? ("I want space and would rather be with other people. Please do the same.")
There is nothing wrong with the other spending more time with the buds if you are secure in your connection. But is the other happy to see you or annoyed to see you?
In the case of William and Kate, he preferred to not spend Christmas and New Year's with the Middleton's at their rental cottage in Scotland.
Meanwhile, he's said to have told her not to make a second appearance in the Royal Box at Cheltenham without him and was therefore allegedly angry to discover she'd gone against his wishes when, just days later, she was back on the front pages, smiling beneath her beret at the festival.
As Englebert sang: "Please release me, let me go, I don't love you anymore Please release me and let me love again "
William has been unequivocal in his timeline he is adamant that he won't contemplate marriage until the age of 28 or 30.
In comparison, Kate had her own agenda of a ring now. And the media bought into her cause.
Canadian Shania Twain puts this to music: "I'm gonna getcha if it takes all night, you can betcha bottom dollar in time you're gonna be mine. Just like I should, I'll getcha good. I've already planned it, here's how its gonna be, I'm gonna love you and you're gonna fall in love with me."
The attitude seemed to be that Kate knew better than William what was in his best interests that implies on a maternal role. Perhaps that was there from the beginning. Lore has her talking him into staying at St. Andrews University rather than chucking it in during their first semester and letting him be accountable for that choice and then playing house with him later on. (Ladies, please note unless his name is Oedipus, most men outgrow their mothers, not marry them.)
Playing house does not encourage a man to marry his live-in lady. Although the rate of people getting married is going down, according to my European friends, in North America, those bridal magazines still sell out. Shows like I Do, Lets Eat have high ratings.
Why? Because women want vows exchanged publicly with all the trimmings. Plus the institution carries weight in our courts and our hearts.