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HLL, sweety, I'm afraid I have to disagree with you about Paul and his new marriage. Let me give you my side of it OK?

I worked with geriatrics for a few years. There is nothing more sadder than a loney old person. How many times did I visit these poor senior citizens who longed for company or just someone to talk too.

As Mr. Teacup and I begin to get older we have had this conversation already. If one of us goes, we should re-marry. Why? Why not? It's our life and our money. Our children are grown, with a life of their own. More than likely, raising a family of their own and not have too much time to look in on me daily. I would not want to move in with them either. I would also not "insist" that they visit me daily. I would hope that they would spend their valuable time with their children and grandchildren. So let me have my companion. They have theirs. Let me have someone to travel with, chit chat with. Go to movies with, go to dances with. What's wrong with that? Paul didn't leave his wife. She died. Anyway, there is my side of it.

Youy're absolutely right about marrying again after a spouse dies. I did not and wish I had. I've been living alone in the woods for more than three years, and I must admit it's depressing. But every man I've met here on the left coast has been a raving liberal and I cannot stand them. This is no fun!

As for Charles and Camilla, I wish they had been able to marry in the first place, but Mummie said no, so Charles found beautiful but unstable Diana, who disgraced them all. Charles and Camilla have been in love all these years. I find that quite touching. More power to them!

Paul's wife-to-be may be a golddigger, but his children need to step back. Even parents can make mistakes, and they have to learn from them, just like their kids. My father-in-law got married a few years after his wife died, and the new wife (and her kids) were only after his money, which he realized shortly after the wedding. He divorced her eventually, but I respect my husband and his sister for not trying to interject themselves in the situation or throwing ultimatums at him.