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{The Temple of Love at Marie Antoinette’s Petit Trianon, Versailles}
The small castle estate of Marie Antoinette is startlingly different than the Palace of Versailles. I am sure both sides of this world reflect different parts of her personality - but there is a bonheur essentiel here.
The architecture is more delicate and the rooms cozy and private. The queen’s bedroom even had mirrored panels to shield the windows! The design of the entire building seems to emphasize a private life apart from the scrutiny of visitors and servants.
The queen could have tea with friends in her private salon or escape to the bucolic farm right outside of the garden.
And the Temple of Love! Oh my goodness! Go see it up close and kiss your honey there. Trust me on this! ;D
all I’ve ever wanteeeeeed
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Two other women, also breast cancer survivors, said their husbands left them after they were diagnosed. Both had to have mastectomies (in case anyone doesn’t know, this is the surgical operation to remove one or both breasts).
The first woman said her husband told her that he would rather see her dead than see her lose her breasts. The second woman had her operation and waited all day to be picked up by her husband, who never arrived. By nightfall, one of the nurses offered to give her a ride, and she came home to find the house empty.
Obviously, these are extreme cases of a man’s reaction to his wife’s breast cancer, but this is what I see when I see the “I ♥ Boobies” bracelets. I see love of the body parts, not the person being treated—not the patient, not the victim, not the survivor.
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