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I don't know that we have enough information to judge her. I mean, she was a socialite; how close was she to her children? And, after all, she left each of them
by typhonic 5y ago
I don't know that we have enough information to judge her. I mean, she was a socialite; how close was she to her children? And, after all, she left each of them with nine siblings. I wish I had nine lifelong friends.
- Baeocystin 5y agoI'm pretty comfortable judging the act of excising all of one's (ten!) children from one's life as being a shitty thing to do. Even other cloistered orders allow letter-writing, and there are semi-cloistered orders where family can come visit any time. There is nothing about the act of becoming a nun that mandated her cutting of her connections to her children.
- ljm 5y agoWhy do we need to judge her at all? I can only sympathise with the socialite renouncing the society that continues to criticise them; which in much of this entire thread amounts to judging her for not dedicating her entire life to motherhood. Her grown-ass children will either be happy for her, or they'll be mourning their loss. Or maybe a mix of both. But they'll deal and life will go on.