Napoleon

[backbreaker]

as some of you know i am fascinated with history. you can learn alot by studying history. One of the interesting things when it comes to women, that i think is suited for this forum is napoleon's relationship with his wife Josephine, which is basically a microcosm of a man's relationship with a woman.

Napoleon first met her, when he was just starting out in the army. she had alot of guys on her jock and she really didn't pay him much attention. she defiantly was not attracted to him, she said as much. For a while, he did anything he could to get with this girl(he had oneitis bad).He would write her letters, etc. AS she got older, and he got older, he proposed to her. aT the time she had just got done being the emperor's mistress. She was hot ****, but her looks were fading a tad, and she knew she didn't have that much longer, so it was time to settle up with someone, and this napoleon dude was head over heels with her, and he might be going places in life. So she married him reluctantly.

Pretty much as soon as they got married, he had to go fight the Austrians so he left her. He asked her to come with her, she refused. He was in Italy, he asked her to come with her, she refused. he went to egypt, he asked her to come with her, she refused. she did go visit him once in italty but went back to paris soon after. She was having an affair, everyone knew it. she didn't care that he knew it.

What she did not bank on, was napoleon, becoming napoleon lol. By the time he got back from Egypt and returned to paris, he was a rock star. Had women flinging themselves at him left and right, he was making big boy money now, he improved his wardrobe (seriously he did), h had developed some since of tact in dealing with the opposite sex. Only to come home, to find out that not only did he know that she was cheating on him, he wanted no part of her anymore. none.he was ready to start playing the field.

The table had turned. he locked her out the room one night and she begged him to forgive her for what she had done. Eventually, he let her in the room.

She never cheated on him again. Napoleon however after that, could not keep his **** in his pants. Truth be told he was cheating on her too (he was sleeping with an officers wife at one point before he went home) but that's not the point. He only cheated on her when he found out she was cheating on him, he was head over heels in love with his wife. She ****ed all that up,. She took her husband for advantage, and had to live the rest of her life stuck basically. he loved her still, very much, but he had no reason to be faithful at that point. lhe knew she wasn't going anywhere, she couldn't. gave him free reign to do what he pleased, when he pleased.

when they met, he was literary begging her to marry him. 5 years in their marriage, she was literary begging to stay, and basically turning a blind eye to his affairs to keep him.

The more things change, the more things stay the same. Human nature has always been human nature.

Very few women, have foresight. Very few women can look at a man and tell this is a man that is going to be something one day and I'm going to stick it out and be there by his side. This woman, was sleeping next to one of the best military minds in the world's history, and could not pay attention enough to her husband to realize it and maybe just keep her legs closed.

 

[grayclif]

Maybe she cheated on him cause he had a small weewee. Just messing - nice post BB.

 

[backbreaker]

he was short, ugly and poor albeit brilliant and determined. that's why she cheated on him.

 

[L B]

thanks for sharing that. Good thing he did fall due to being an afc.

 

[backbreaker]

thanks for sharing that. Good thing he did fall due to being an afc.

pick up a history book. napolean's fall had nothing to do with him being an AFC.

He ****ed up when he invaded spain and put his brother on the throne. that was the beginning of the end. and the fact that it was animal farm all over again. He came into power and got his break b y the french revolution. By the time had become the man he didn't even believe in liberty anymore. At one point was adament that the cream should rise to the top and everyone shoudl be given equal opportunity,k yet then later in life turned around and made his brothers the king of Spain, holland and naples lol.

Napolean himself, was destined to do exactly what he did. He lived in a time that sparked revolution, but he was too power hungry and too narcissistic to give anyone else any power.

 

[Atom Smasher]

he was short, ugly and poor albeit brilliant and determined. that's why she cheated on him.

It sounds like she had an insatiable appetite way before she married him. From your description of her natural proclivities, she probably would have cheated no matter what he looked like.

 

[TheGunslinger]

He ****ed up when he invaded spain and put his brother on the throne. that was the beginning of the end.

Spain wasn't necessarily his downfall - forcing Russia into the wars, causing continental unrest by blocking trade with Britain, making a complete mockery out of anything resembling a peace settlement or treaty (thus illegitimising any sort of treaty made with him and causing him to look more like a thief than an emperor) and immasculating, raping and tossing aside each of the continental Great Powers of the time, forcing them towards the belief that only the deposition of Napoleon and complete surrender of Napoleonic France would be acceptable had a lot more to do with it.

Napoleon never had much luck in love. Can't remember the exact quote, but one of his mistresses in Paris apparently had a fling with the Duke of Wellington after Napoleon's defeat, and she is often quoted quoted on how much better Wellington was in bed. Though I suppose it shows that no matter how good a catch you are, it means jack s**t if you don't have the self esteem or belief to aim for the standard of woman you deserve.

 

[Falcon25]

He was short, that's why she cheated on him.

 

[L B]

pick up a history book. napolean's fall had nothing to do with him being an AFC.

He ****ed up when he invaded spain and put his brother on the throne. that was the beginning of the end. and the fact that it was animal farm all over again. He came into power and got his break b y the french revolution. By the time had become the man he didn't even believe in liberty anymore. At one point was adament that the cream should rise to the top and everyone shoudl be given equal opportunity,k yet then later in life turned around and made his brothers the king of Spain, holland and naples lol.

Napolean himself, was destined to do exactly what he did. He lived in a time that sparked revolution, but he was too power hungry and too narcissistic to give anyone else any power.

I typed too fast and didn't check my post. I wanted to compliment him. Meant to say good thing he DIDN'T fall.

 

[Scaramouche]

Dear B squared,
Great to see the interest you have sparked in Bony,whats the book you are reading?....a remarkable Man...His Code Napoleon stands as his lasting legacy...As a Soldier He deserted his Men after the British Army sorted him out before the Pyramids in Egypt,then left Le "Grande Armee" to freeze in Russia...A lover?not so sure, Josephine was quite a Girl though,a creole from French Martenique,she evidently slept with Wellington also,and thought him the better lover ...Like Hitler the lesson for him was never tackle the Russkies until you sort out the Brits who are a remarkably tenacious people...

 

[backbreaker]

his hunger to rule the entire e urope is what did him in. there was a time after he faced Russia the first time, had he just left well enough alone, he would have been fine. when the spanish wopuld not stop trading with great britian, and he went to go try to take over spain that was the end. learn when to stop. that was the fatal flaw in him. He didn't know when to quit.

He was so bad his 2nd wife's dad who ruled Austria was part of the allies to do him in.

However, this brings up a more interesting question. As the previous poster said, he was by no stretch a ladies man. Would you trade all the fame in the world, to just be that good with women. In other words, would you rather be say, Casanova, or would you rather be Napoleon?

 

[Warrior74]

However, this brings up a more interesting question. As the previous poster said, he was by no stretch a ladies man. Would you trade all the fame in the world, to just be that good with women. In other words, would you rather be say, Casanova, or would you rather be Napoleon?

The sad thing is most men are neither. A blend of the two is where most men would find themselves happiest.

 

[Bible_Belt]

Josephine was quite a Girl though,a creole from French Martenique

I did not know that, even though I've been to Martinique.

http://www.fi.edu/time/Frick/Watson/lady.html

She also had a daughter named "Hortense."

 

[5string]

I'm enrolling in Professor backbreakers history class next semester.

Nice post.

 

[backbreaker]

I just like history and like looking at things like that, because it puts things in perspective.

women 300 years ago, are no less shallow then they are now.