I feel sorry for JR. His oldest daghter was killed tragically, then his wife
comes down with a quite horrific cancer, then seems to be in remisssion and then losing JB. How much can one person take? Inthe family, there is just him, Burke and his 2 oldest children and even his first wife had nothing bad to say of him. (saw hwe in an interview) I think JB was apple of his eye although he still missed Beth, he said it in book: JB was our little sparkplug. And she did seem like hat type of happy child. Bedwetting is no big deal. She was only 6 and compared to the tragedies these people had been through I doubt if it was a big deal to them. JMO
I do feel compassion for JR's tragedies. That said, I am an exwife also. I NEVER have anything bad to say about my exhusband. We have children together. I do not want to traumatize them with the full truth, nor do I want to put them in a position of conflict. Nor do I want to generate nasty drama, histrionics, or ill will among any of the people that we both know. I will continue to do this for life.
But the ugly truth of the matter is that I COULD tell plenty! Some of it would shock the kids and long-term friends to the core. Some of it would put him in jail, for a long, long time. Some of it would shock YOU reading here. But I won't go there. It is behind me; I have made a good life and dredging up the ugly details of the past serves no good purpose for anyone.
So, as to JR's exwife not saying anything bad about him:
LMAO. Many exwives and exhusbands know full well what I am talking about. So the lady has class and wants to maintain it. Good for her, my hats off to her. Her maternal instincts and love for her children may be much more powerful than any distaste for her exhusband. :innocent:
On the bedwetting, I soooo agree that it is no big deal. Usually. Most of the time. In ideal circumstances. When seas are calm and there is no stress. But we do not know, nor can we
EVER say (unless there is an unexpected confession, and even then, how could a deceased person defend themselves) that someone didn't go over the edge on one very very stressful night. I used to see this kind of "out of the blue" reaction when I worked social service jobs in my twenties. Usually, drugs and/or tremendous emotional/physical stress were catalysts.
Not an indictment, by any means, and I am NOT implying that Patsy did this, just that it is one of the possibilities until it is ruled out. I'm not sure it can EVER be ruled out now. So sad.