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Has anyone ever met Megan?

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MsMiaWallace · 09/01/2023 15:15

Out of curiosity as many people are airing views about her. But what is she actually like in the flesh?
I'm not a fan at all but she comes across as lovely when interviewed

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JusteanBiscuits · 10/01/2023 16:07

My manager, and his manager, both met her a few times as part of a specific project. Both have really very positive things to say about her - she was kind, supportive, friendly and raised a lot of money for their project.

Bideshi · 10/01/2023 16:08

Orangefir · 09/01/2023 22:38

If you look at the criticism from the Sussex staff- it’s not that she’s shouting and screaming in peoples faces (although there was the teacup incident). It’s having her attention on you which they said was like a warm glow but when things didn’t go her way, she withdrew and was colder. I think she’s unable to handle negative emotion and evades. But anyone who has experienced this knows how unsettling it is, you feel it’s your fault and you don’t know where you stand. Explains how she dealt with her father etc. Also, Seemingly she didn’t deal with junior members of staff (I’m guessing this is just taking the lead from Harry with him feeling like the spare and railing against it)

You can be lots of things to different people. I think she is probably extremely charming and warm with some people, not so much with others. It’s this what people fail to connect with. it’s the same with Ellen and James Corden, that the sunny demeanour appears as fake when behind closed doors behaviour is different. I do think she’s confident/forthright and in a stuffy British institution thats seen as rude. But these etiquette rules that the monarchy live and die by is what keeps them in business. It’s just a bad fit.

You could also argue the great strain she was under while in the UK, meant that her behaviour became more demanding. Which is understandable but not excusable. Particularly when it seems she would have people who would be targeted (HR email to William). People act out when they are stressed/unhappy. I mean look of the state of Harry and how he is acting right now.

It's also cultural, I think. I have an absolutely charming, warm and empathetic American DIL but she speaks to the cleaning maid, pool boy and other service providers in ways that would shock us here. She pays well and is fair, but she does sound rude and abrasive. I've always assumed it was a bit of a New York thing. The maid was quite taken aback when my son asked her about whether she had children. Nobody ever asked her about her private life - she's just a service provider. I've seen this with other American friends. They know what the want and demand it, whereas we tend to say 'If it's OK and you're not too busy, might you find the time to.....'

Derbee · 10/01/2023 16:17

BradfordGirl · 09/01/2023 16:05

Why would anyone who has worked with her in the past sign a NDA. That makes zero sense.
Would you sign an NDA if someone you worked with ten years ago became famous? Of course not!!

Worked WITH or worked FOR are very different.

Other actors who have worked with her will likely say she was lovely, as they may as well try and benefit from her fame.

Staff who have worked for her have either signed NDAs or left due to bullying and wouldn’t be discussing her publicly

Itsnottime · 10/01/2023 16:23

Bideshi · 10/01/2023 16:08

It's also cultural, I think. I have an absolutely charming, warm and empathetic American DIL but she speaks to the cleaning maid, pool boy and other service providers in ways that would shock us here. She pays well and is fair, but she does sound rude and abrasive. I've always assumed it was a bit of a New York thing. The maid was quite taken aback when my son asked her about whether she had children. Nobody ever asked her about her private life - she's just a service provider. I've seen this with other American friends. They know what the want and demand it, whereas we tend to say 'If it's OK and you're not too busy, might you find the time to.....'

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I agree with this. The thing is, Americans think their whole society is very egalitarian but in truth they are far more racist and social class does exist, it just takes a different form.
Manners mean different things in the US and Britain.

JusteanBiscuits · 10/01/2023 16:26

To clarify:

My colleagues aren't actors. They didn't meet her through her acting. They weren't asked to sign NDA's. They say she was happy to get involved and literally roll her sleeves up and help out. Even when there were no cameras around. They both really liked her.

Justasec321 · 10/01/2023 16:29

Bideshi · 10/01/2023 16:08

It's also cultural, I think. I have an absolutely charming, warm and empathetic American DIL but she speaks to the cleaning maid, pool boy and other service providers in ways that would shock us here. She pays well and is fair, but she does sound rude and abrasive. I've always assumed it was a bit of a New York thing. The maid was quite taken aback when my son asked her about whether she had children. Nobody ever asked her about her private life - she's just a service provider. I've seen this with other American friends. They know what the want and demand it, whereas we tend to say 'If it's OK and you're not too busy, might you find the time to.....'

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The Little England zenophobia in this comment is mind blowing.

I lived in America for years.

We lived in many parts of America during those years.

But there are three hundred million people there.

It take more than a week to drive from one side to the other.

It is vast.

There are cultural norms in different parts of the country (see? Just like us!).

There are many, many things to lament over there.

But one thing I have found consistant all over, rich or poor, is high value on good manners! That may manifest in different ways to the our English way but SHOCKER - they are not English, and have their own way about them.

The idea that everybody, all 300 milion of them are rude to staff is utterly assinine.

Justasec321 · 10/01/2023 16:33

Itsnottime · 10/01/2023 16:23

I agree with this. The thing is, Americans think their whole society is very egalitarian but in truth they are far more racist and social class does exist, it just takes a different form.
Manners mean different things in the US and Britain.

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I agree that America has a delusion that class does not exist.

It exists and then some.

Manners also exist. And then some.

Bideshi · 10/01/2023 16:34

Yes I'm well aware of that - I know it's really three or four different countries and that there's a basic level of public courtesy that you don't get here. But a level of rudeness to certain sectors of the population is something I've also observed, especially in NYC. I make no judgements about American on those grounds. Was just pointing out that there can be misconceptions and different expectations..

Justasec321 · 10/01/2023 16:41

Bideshi · 10/01/2023 16:34

Yes I'm well aware of that - I know it's really three or four different countries and that there's a basic level of public courtesy that you don't get here. But a level of rudeness to certain sectors of the population is something I've also observed, especially in NYC. I make no judgements about American on those grounds. Was just pointing out that there can be misconceptions and different expectations..

NYC has an abrasive culture.

That is the culture of that place. Not unlike Tel Aviv - direct, unafraid, in a hurry. But also know for great humor and surprising compassion for lost tourists! They vote Democrat!

People can certainly be rude - any where in the world.

But if the whole place behaves in a certain manner then one can assume it is cultural, that it suits the people there, and maybe as an outsider we are reading it from our own cultural point of view?

That does not make for great travel to be honest, and it certainly makes for unsatistfying tourist experiences.

Margrethe · 10/01/2023 17:17

I’ll play armchair, amateur psychologist. I think they are both screwed up. I think Harry is worse than Meghan. His trauma and privilege are deeper and he is less intelligent and less talented.

She’s annoying, but I feel sorry for her. She thought she met her prince and she dove in quickly. Now she is stuck with him for life. Once you have children together, you can never fully leave. She will soon get the ick.

Sagharbor · 10/01/2023 18:39

@Justasec321

You make a great point, which escaped many who believed this far fetched scenario.

Why would she try on clothes and throw them onto the floor? even toddlers don't do that.

Many are eager to believe the worst lies told about Meghan to validate their negative feelings towards her, unfortunately.

Soothsayer1 · 10/01/2023 18:51

She’s annoying, but I feel sorry for her. She thought she met her prince and she dove in quickly. Now she is stuck with him for life. Once you have children together, you can never fully leave. She will soon get the ick
She'll just keep milking him as a cash cow surely? Money will mitigate the ick and she'll easily keep the whip hand...wouldnt you say?

Blossomtoes · 10/01/2023 18:53

I imagine a huge amount of ick could be mitigated by £120 million.

ItWasDobbinAtTheMareAndSpare · 10/01/2023 18:57

JusteanBiscuits · 10/01/2023 16:26

To clarify:

My colleagues aren't actors. They didn't meet her through her acting. They weren't asked to sign NDA's. They say she was happy to get involved and literally roll her sleeves up and help out. Even when there were no cameras around. They both really liked her.

She seemed to get great feedback from the Grenfell Kitchen people too.

Sagharbor · 10/01/2023 19:02

@Soothsayer1

What an assessment?!

Why do you assume she is not in love with him? They look very much in love, and I hope that they can it going regardless of all the awfulness thrown at them.

Soothsayer1 · 10/01/2023 19:57

Sagharbor · 10/01/2023 19:02

@Soothsayer1

What an assessment?!

Why do you assume she is not in love with him? They look very much in love, and I hope that they can it going regardless of all the awfulness thrown at them.

I'm sure she IS in love with him, almost as much as she's in love with all the money and publicity😂

Eyerollcentral · 10/01/2023 22:20

Soothsayer1 · 10/01/2023 19:57

I'm sure she IS in love with him, almost as much as she's in love with all the money and publicity😂

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I agree. I don’t think she is in love with him and he clings to her now that he’s burnt all his bridges. I gave it five years at the time they got married but I might have to give it six or at a push seven now. Either way it’s not going to end happily and that’s clear

Roussette · 10/01/2023 22:27

That's nice. Saying a marriage is going to end when there's little children involved.

On these threads when they first married, some posters said they'd give them a year... then two years... and so on. You get the picture.

Eyerollcentral · 10/01/2023 22:35

Roussette · 10/01/2023 22:27

That's nice. Saying a marriage is going to end when there's little children involved.

On these threads when they first married, some posters said they'd give them a year... then two years... and so on. You get the picture.

Should the children be subjected to the relationship forever if it’s not positive?
Others may well have have said what you have referred to above, but I didn’t and it’s my opinion I’m giving, just as you are free to give yours.
I don’t know how any one can look at this pair and think they are happy. I couldn’t get through the Netflix after episode two as it was so fake. No real emotion between them. I think it’s sad and it’s the children I feel sorriest for.

Itsnottime · 10/01/2023 23:11

It isn’t going to be a happy upbringing for the children with an angry man child for a father and a narcissistic egotist for a mother, neither of whom speak to their families apart from Doria. When they are old enough they’ll hear about this book and the interviews. They’ll be bullied about it. No amount of money will compensate for that. They won’t know their cousins or meet their Uncle or grandfathers. That’s very sad.

Roussette · 10/01/2023 23:13

Should the children be subjected to the relationship forever if it’s not positive?

Who are you to say it isn't?

You don't know anything. You are seeing them through the lens of a media, as am I.

To me they seem very happy and in love. And I thought they came across that way in the docseries, which incidentally I watched it all

To you, they've only got a year or two before they split 😮

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 10/01/2023 23:16

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Roussette · 10/01/2023 23:17

Itsnottime · 10/01/2023 23:11

It isn’t going to be a happy upbringing for the children with an angry man child for a father and a narcissistic egotist for a mother, neither of whom speak to their families apart from Doria. When they are old enough they’ll hear about this book and the interviews. They’ll be bullied about it. No amount of money will compensate for that. They won’t know their cousins or meet their Uncle or grandfathers. That’s very sad.

My DC have never known a grandfather, apart from eldest DC, one GF as a baby. They're fine

They are much loved children and throwing insults at their parents won't change that and is pretty distasteful tbh.

Roussette · 10/01/2023 23:18

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How nasty

Sagharbor · 10/01/2023 23:20

@Itsnottime and @WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps

You honestly think that Harry and Meghan's revelations are an indication that they can not take good care of their children?

Unbelievable!

How can you make such a statement and yet you do NOT know them at all?