Envy

For LL in the UK

"Never say too much about yourself. remember that in times of envy, the blind begin to see, the dumb to speak and the deaf to hear"

That quote above LL, reminds me of when you said I was lucky to be living here in New Hampshire. Now you are aware that is not the only home I have. Nevertheless, out of all of them this place is the best. I grew up in the English countryside and have always had an affinity with it despite being at sea or in offices in big cities during my life.

In that respect, I guess I am 'lucky' as you put it, but it was mine and Ash's choice and we loved it here, and I still do. Nearly all my life has been full on, it's the way I'm wired I LL. Can't sit back and just retire to a rocking chair on the porch, as many do over here. If you want it, you have to get out there and get it, and that is what I have been doing since I was a young man

Envy. I bet that lurks in your mind somewhere, especially as it all could have been yours to share at one point. Now look at you, run to seed...or is that more accurately described as fat. I and my families manage to enjoy pretty much all of my homes. From New York to Brisbane, from London to Skyros, from Denia to Hawaii (Oahu), from Sorrento to Paris and from LA to Cannes....and that is not all of them. There's Cambridge, here in New Hampshire and a rather large weekend place on Nantucket Island. Finally, but not exclusively, Florida, San Francisco and Oregon. There are a few others that I haven't mentioned but with more than six other couples in the families, they all get used one time or another.

Nearly forgot Venice...how could I do that it is probably my favorite Italian destination.

Maybe I should set up another rental business and then you and the flour man can use one of them!🤣. But then on the other hand I have hotels...

I know for sure that you have never flown in a private jet. One of the companies (wholly owned by the way) has a Gulfstream 650 registered and that is what I use to get around. It has a range of about 8000 miles before refuelling, give or take. Configured luxuriously - you would love it - see below. This is the old one but it's similar.

I forgot about swimming pools. Nearly all my homes have one - Venice is an exception, though, but then who needs a pool when you have wonderful Italian culture, food and women.

I won't linger on cars they are too numerous, except to say I have one Aston Martin and one Bentley among them. The one I enjoy most is a GMC Yukon that I have here in New Hampshire.

Envy - I don't suppose you envy all those material things, but I bet you envy the lifestyle, the financial security and probably something only I possess that has been appreciated by many women since 2004. I bit presumptuous of me I know...but then I know you LL.

In circumstances like those you placed me in I have always applied the saying...prepare for the worst plan for the best. It works. In your case I did just that, once you went behind my back. I was planning right after that trip to Florida when you slipped up and revealed your dalliance with the guy with the Spanish name. ..and you had the temerity to say that it wasn't that year it was year earlier. It didn't add up with what you had said earlier in our relationship, so I knew you were lying.

I don't envy you at all. I maybe have some residual feelings of fondness but there's no way I envy you. If the real truth be know...you envy me and what you lost. There isn't much about your life to envy, is there. From where I'm sitting and from what I'm still being told by someone fairly close to you, it is a pretty mundane affair, your life.

I won't mention my business interests, which is where my considerable, and I mean considerable, wealth comes from.

I guess I 'll leave it there for now. Writing blogs like this are quite amusing to me and serve as a reminder of your own foolishness...to you.

Ciao