Thanks for both your posts as they give me a place to jump off of. I admit, sheepishly, that I watched some of the train wreck that was "Being Bobby Brown". My take away from that was this. WH was no angel and was not led down any primrose path when she chose BB. She was informed and was an adult, with her own issues when she chose him, a man with clear issues and red flags that abounded. She was running that show. She was large and in charge. I believe it to my core.
This is not meant to vilify WH or martyr BB. It is simply MOO. These two people were flawed, human, not a good pairing because codependency was rife in this relationship. But I never once doubted they loved one another. The fell into a trap. Too much money. No one to put on the brakes. and children in the mix. I do not think either was the most attentive, involved, present parent. I blame both and neither more than the other. My heard breaks for BKB. This child loved both her parents, and was stuck in a whirlwind of overindulgence and too much stuff and too little attention and parenting. That is MOO.
I honestly believe with all my heart that WH and BB loved one another and were soulmates. Sadly, they were both a mess and neither was good for the other. So there it is. Who suffered most because of it was BKB. So I can find it in my heart to feel for WH before she passed, for BB now, but most of all, for BKB, as she was the one left holding the emotional and codependent bag at the end of the day. I think she took comfort in the familiar and with someone she always had a shine for. I think she repeated what was modeled for her to tragic end landing us here, now.
Great post, tlcya! I don't think you're vilifying anybody. ITA! I LOVED WH, I was probably her biggest fan!!! I took her death extremely hard, especially since it was a few days after my birthday. I remember when she came on the scene. I followed her from the day of her first album debut in 1985. She was a beautiful woman with an incredible voice coming out of that tiny little body. My MP3 player still contains all of her albums, and I listen to them often. I've been told many times over the years that I resemble her, especially in my wedding day picture. Not to be petty, but she was a year younger than me, so she resembled ME! :smile: This was before her drug use days (that we knew of), so I took that as a compliment, because she was a beautiful woman. And, I do agree, in her early days before the drugs, we DO resemble each other, eerily so, since her death, I really notice it. In her older videos and movies, I can see the resemblance...
As for her and BB's marriage, I never understood what she saw in him. I loved BB in New Edition, but I was shocked when she married him! But, in matters of the heart, who are we to judge?! I do agree that they were two flawed individuals and their relationship was doomed from the start, IMO. Poor BKB, was probably living the only life she knew. I too, watched a few episodes of their "reality show," and she (WH) was definitely no angel. She had issues, he had issues, and to bring a child in the mix, who was also shown on the show, just SMH. So sad, so tragic. WH's love for her daughter was evident to me, so I'm sure she wanted better for BKB, so she must be rolling over in her grave. Just an all around tragedy. If this was foul play, which IMO, it was, I hope the perp(s) are arrested and convicted. No matter what life one lives, they don't deserve to go out like that! MOO. :cry: