Almost a year ago, I wrote a post on being the "other woman." Everyone knows the difference between Marilyn and Jackie, right? I had a friend say to me that he doesn't want a Marilyn; he is looking for a Jackie. And I've been thinking about it all afternoon...
The conflict for me is that I feel I look like Jackie - a brunette with above average looks, but certainly not a sexpot, but have Marilyn's personality - fun-loving, yet tragic at times, sensitive, and insecure. And inevitably, I think that's exactly how men see me.
Of course! Men want a lady, and I am almost anything but that. I may be Southern, but very far from a belle. I am, as I stated in my original post, too passionate...it's simply too much to handle.
And, after all, JFK wanted Jackie at home, and Marilyn in secret. Is the resounding issue that I only see myself as Marilyn and not as Jackie? I think so....yet, why is it that men don't think they can have both?!
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