Quoted from Mr. Mustard

Yesterday I finished the chapter about Pattie's pre-marriage relationship with Clapton.  More craziness, non-stop drinking, being forced to watch boring movies with Elvis, Pattie putting up with Eric's bad table manners and (compared to George) less-refined social skills.

Putting up with? She did alright. She's not exactly the definition of class herself.  

Yeah, she certainly did alright for herself.  But why the hate towards Pattie?  She was classy enough to rise above the level of 'groupie' and actually become the wife of two rock gods.  In the pantheon of Beatle wives, she's hardly a villainess; I can think of two right off the bat who may be more deserving of that title.  (Hint: one of them answers to the name "Pegleg.")

Aw, I certainly don't hate her. That's why I stuck in the winking smile face. It just struck me funny. Her putting up with Eric. Hell, let me put up with him!   Heh. Anyway, I don't think any of them were exactly paragons of virtue or high class. But then, who of us are??

Yeah, from what I've read, I think Pattie was (is) a really nice, sweet lady (good cook too) who also has some warped '60s Beatle-morality going on.

Can I coin the phrase "Beatle-morality" or is that already taken?

I havent seen Pattie`s latest pictures. But i ve heard she`s a drunkard and is very ugly. It`s good Eric left her, though many years ago. She deserves it. I am sure she never loved George, just took her chance like a lot of other women do. Very few women are capable of true love, though men are.

I've got the Pattie Boyd book but haven't found the time to read it yet.  Maybe I'll get around to it this fall..............

Quoted from Jane

I havent seen Pattie`s latest pictures. But i ve heard she`s a drunkard and is very ugly. It`s good Eric left her, though many years ago. She deserves it. I am sure she never loved George, just took her chance like a lot of other women do. Very few women are capable of true love, though men are.

What?!?

Quoted from Jane

I havent seen Pattie`s latest pictures. But i ve heard she`s a drunkard and is very ugly. It`s good Eric left her, though many years ago. She deserves it. I am sure she never loved George, just took her chance like a lot of other women do. Very few women are capable of true love, though men are.

That last statement is a new thread in itself.  Pattie did appear to have hit the wall in a couple of photos of her in the '80s, but there are a few from the '90s in which she looks good (could be makeup).  Though I wouldn't say she's aging like Sophia Loren or Dolly Parton or anything.

Drugs are bad mmkay...  

Bear in mind, she IS in her sixties.




The first picture makes me think of Heather for some reason.

Quoted from Sandra

The first picture makes me think of Heather for some reason.

ooo, don't say that!  

Quoted from Mr. Mustard

Can I coin the phrase "Beatle-morality" or is that already taken?

"Rock star" morality, perhaps?  

No................that's a person who smoked cigarettes "heavely" in their life time.  I quit smoking 19+years ago and I can tell the difference in my skin.  If I kept on smoking, I'd be looking like that.  This is what I look like now, at 43, with my hubby, Jeff, and our son, Greg.

This was taken at Christmas, 2007, at the in-laws...........

63 and 43 are light years apart. You can't compare. And yes, she did some hard living. That it took a toll on her appearance is a given. Hence the South Park quote. But still...she's in her sixties.

Being in her 60s, she doesn't look bad at all!  And if she ever decided to have some work done.... who knows, maybe John Mayer would become a heroin addict for her.

And Jane, why did Pattie deserve to be left by Eric (I haven't read that chapter yet so I don't know that he was the one who left)?  Eric was frankly the world's worst husband -- openly cheating, a complete drunk for most of the time; obviously Pattie was an enabler in her marriages -- but how many women bounce from marrying a Beatle to God (Clapton)?  Sure she made mistakes.... but she tried to make the marriages work.  Why pile on the hatred?

I didn't like the book.

Before the hype about the book came out I never saw a recent picture of Pattie. I always thought she'd age decent, but I don't think she did.