By EM RUSCIANO
Having relationship difficulties? Marriage not everything you thought it would be?
Have a seat my friend, the doctor is in. And by doctor I mean Joan Collins.
Yes, Joan has walked down the aisle a lazy five times but this only means that lady is well practised and therefore obviously qualified to give advice to others.
Joan Collins was recently interviewed by the London Times and she was dropping mad truth bombs on the institute of marriage. You’re welcome struggling married couples of the universe.
Since my husband and I are sleeping in separate beds, in separate rooms in separate houses – I felt compelled to read what insights Joan had on what made a successful and fulfilling marriage.
Joan recently celebrated 11 years with husband numero cinco, Percy Gibson. Percy is an impressive 33 years younger than Joan, he is 47 and as I am a human genius, I have deduced that makes J-Coll 80.
First up, one should never, ever, take a dump in front of their significant other.
According to Joan you shouldn’t even be in the bathroom at the same time.
If your marriage has any hope of surviving, an extra bathroom must be added. Your husband should think you are a perfect princess with bowel movements that smell of roses and lavender. Basically you need to be an animated version of Sandy in the opening credits of Grease. If you don’t get that reference then I’m terribly sorry, we can’t be friends.
Top Comments
I actually agree with the first two. A bit of mystery re: bodily functions and also having your own lives and not being joined at the hip.
The best advice I ever got from my Mum was that it was better to be in no relationship than one that was not quite right.
At one time I had a boyfriend who wasn't bad but didn't bring out the best in me. My mum said at the time that the right guy could be out there but he's not going to ask me out if he knows I have a boyfriend.
I ended the relationship and focussed on being happy being single. I decided to be open to relationships but not to be in a relationship until I found someone I felt right about. One summer holidays between Uni semesters I ran into a school friend who said he always wanted to ask me out but never did because I always had a boyfriend at school. I didn't jump straight into a relationship with him either but we were married 3 years ago and things are great. If I had kept that initial relationship going that opportunity would not have arisen.
So that's my contribution. I know nobody is perfect, but it's hard to make things good when you are with someone who doesn't treat you the way you should be treated and its hard to meet someone better when you have closed that door to them. Better to work stuff out before you are married. Just something that helped me and I thought might help others.