Ladies, would you trade places with Melania Trump?

Thank you CoyoteDave.... I do try to see things from all sides. I think sometimes we don't do that anymore.

@Fungirlmmm: If she speaks the other languages the way she speaks English, I am not impressed.

@Fungirlmmm: Especially in this particular presidency, objectivity seems to have lost it's way.

@Fungirlmmm: So? I speak eight languages, and I came from WAY worse than "modest beginnings", and that doesn't mean I'm smart or even close to intelligent. I don't know almost any of my family cos they're all dead, and that doesn't bother me a bit. Besides, how could you possibly be sad and lonely and miserable when you have enough money to do absolutely whatever the flipping fuck you want, travel to any country or geographical location, buy any vehicle of piece of property or clothing or jewelry or item or gizmo or gadget, and you're the First Lady of the USA? I mean, sure, she's gotta deal with being the center of attention and constantly talked about in the media. You're right about the "spotlight" thing. That's hard to deal with. But she can do absolutely anything she wants. Why would that make someone cry themselves to sleep at night?

@BlueMetalChick: [c=#4C0073]Thats assuming she can do whatever she wants. Trump has a habit of making his wives sign unreasonable prenup agreements, and keeping them on a tight leash. I highly doubt she can get out of the marriage with much, or that shes able to move about freely. [/c]

@Underconstruction: I have a friend in Italy that was extremely impressed with her Italian when they met back in the early 2000's. I have only heard her speak English myself and I've noticed she speaks more fluently in more intimate settings and surprisingly when her husband isn't around. (My guy always made me feel invincible.) I wonder how many languages Barron speaks. Do you know? I'm wondering because generally multilingual patents raise multilingual kids. My nieces, for example, are 7 and 4 and they speak German, Spanish, and English. What is funny though us that they are first and foremost English speakers but have to be corrected most when speaking in English.

@VioletRayne: Fair point. You're not wrong about that. If you were to separate the wealth and power from Trump, it might give her a different path.

@BlueMetalChick: I have always thought you were intelligent BMC so you may be selling yourself short and yes, you did come from humble beginnings. Come to America and make it big here. I really think you could do it. Having all the material things on earth isn't going to make everyone happy. When I was younger I used to have the more more more syndrome. I thought if I had the biggest house and the nicest cars and the sexiest man with the high paying job then I'm doing well and I would be happy, but then I realized those things didn't make me happy. They made me a voluntary slave to them because I had to take care of them. I woke up and got out. I was happier than I had ever been. I met a guy that was just a good hard-working patriotic man. I had my smaller but nice home and a normal American car and I was very happy with my life in that way. And I can understand why you would see her life as great because there was a time in my life where I would have sacrificed so much to be in her shoes.

@Fungirlmmm: Is it maybe that those things which are hardest for each individual to attain that makes them happiest? Material possessions were a mere fantasy to me as a child. Even owning a bed to sleep on or a house to live in or clean water to drink was something I could only dream about at night. And those things make me very, very happy. Maybe that's because they were so hard for me to get.

@BlueMetalChick: I grew up in an upper middle class home but my parents both came from humble beginnings and they wanted me and my 4 siblings to know the value of things. We were never given material things outside of Christmas or Birthdays. We had to do chores around the farm over and above our everyday chores. We got paid a small hourly amount for those and when we had earned the amount of the item out parents went to the store and bought the item. When we were old enough we had to get jobs to earn money. My parents bought us 2 pairs of jeans 4 shirts a pack of panties and socks, and a pair of shoes. If you had a growth spurt you were hoping it was a huge one or that one of the cousins grew too so they would pass their clothes on to you. Otherwise if we wanted more we had to earn those or buy them with our work money. And half of our work money had to be put in our college account. I worked my way through college as well. So the answer to your question is I do think you are right. Do you still live in the same country that we talked about on EP or have you moved elsewhere?

@BlueMetalChick: I'll be back in a few hours. My meds just kicked in. I just didn't want you to think I'm ignoring you. You know I don't do that on purpose.

@Fungirlmmm: I live in the USA right now. I'm in Chicago until I graduate university, or at least until I get a four year degree. With the way school is going in this nation, I fear I may need to move again soon. Which, to be honest, wouldn't be too upsetting. I've done it eleven times already. Although I will [i]always[/i] miss Chicago pizza. Oh my god. Have you ever eaten a deep dish pizza? I'm an asexual, but that is the closest I've ever come to having an orgasm.

@BlueMetalChick: Lol you caught me before I dropped off. Yes. I travel to Chicago and Rockford for my job. They have some great Italian restaurants. Mmmm