Sting more recently said he wrote this song—which I’m sure endeared him to prostitutes everywhere—because he was freaked out as a boy of 10 or 12 to see his mother kissing another man. This surprised me because I had previously felt the song was written as a favorable tilt to ladies of the night. Discovering his mother’s infidelity, his trust in women was crushed—something I’m sure was disillusioning but also delightful—perspective is everything—motivation to write a very good song.
Remaining unforgiving of his mother, when asked about his own indiscretion that led to his divorcing his first wife, he said he and Trudie had been honest about this whereas his mother had not been. I found this so intriguing—and not just in the gossipy sense—because I wondered how happy he might have been as a boy if his mother had been honest and destroyed the relationship she had with his father. Her silence and her honesty would both have brought unhappiness just as his honesty—kind as it seemed at the time—could only bring Fran unhappiness. My point is that there is no right way to handle such difficulties of the heart. It could be that his mother didn’t love the man enough to leave his father but he loved Trudie enough to leave Fran so silence was obviously not an option. Honesty in his own situation is not a better option—it was his only option and I am not condemning it. I can’t condemn anyone who finds themselves in the throes of a passionate challenge—they are difficult to handle!
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But I felt he might understand that the mother he loved and admired was human and it is not easy for a mother who loves her family to place integrity before love—especially when she isn’t sure which way to turn. I would love to hear that he forgives her decision, does not place his own decision above hers, and does not harbor guilt or grief over what happened between him, Trudie and Fran—who were friends. Such things happen!
Trudie was apparently part of his destiny. He was ending one chapter of life and moving to another. He had a lovely life with Fran and now has a lovely life with Trudie. “Love, love, love, love. Look what you’ve done to me!”—Betty Boop song. Hopefully this will occur to all three of them so they can lay some obsolete pain to rest. Oh, and … duh … I’ll give the song a 9. It’s got a great beat and it’s easy to dance to.
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