BEWARE THE BRIDES OF MARCH
March 15 being THE IDES OF MARCH (but still winter), I thought I’d work on a post I’d call THE BRRRR-IDES OF MARCH — however, it hasn’t been very winter-like where I live, so it’s no weather for snow jobs. Thus I’ll settle for a post about The Brides of March, of whom there have been some blushing ones, some gushing ones, some rushing ones, and a mother lode of if-at-first-you-don’t-succeed-try-try-again ones….such as singing star Peggy Lee, whose marriage to jazz guitarist Dave Barbour was her first of four such gigs.
Here are twenty March brides who gave it the old collage (French for to stick together) try, listed by March wedding day (along with the names of the grooms, just for the wreck of it):
March 1, 1968 JUNE CARTER / Johnny Cash
March 8, 1952 NANCY DAVIS / Ronald Reagan
March 8, 1943 PEGGY LEE / Dave Barbour
March 9, 1796 JOSÉPHINE de BEAUHARNAIS / Napoléon Bonaparte
March 13, 1946 MARY WELSH / Ernest Hemingway
March 15, 1964 ELIZABETH TAYLOR / Richard Burton (again)
March 16, 2002 LIZA MINNELLI / David Gest
March 17, 1905 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT / Franklin D. Roosevelt
March 18, 1869 HARRIET TUBMAN / Nelson Davis
March 19, 1918 DAISY PARKER / Louis Armstrong (who recorded this song 3/2/1932):
March 20, 1969 YOKO ONO / John Lennon
March 21, 1945 LAUREN BACALL / Humphrey Bogart
March 21, 1963 BARBRA STREISAND / Elliott Gould
March 21, 1984 SARAH BRIGHTMAN / Andrew Lloyd Webber
March 23, 1985 CHRISTIE BRINKLEY / Billy Joel
March 24, 1950 INGRID BERGMAN / Roberto Rossellini
March 27, 1916 GLORIA SWANSON / Wallace Beery
March 28, 1920 MARY PICKFORD / Douglas Fairbanks
March 28, 1939 CAROLE LOMBARD / Clark Gable
March 28, 1957 BILLIE HOLIDAY (LADY DAY) / Louis McKay
All but three of those ladies married multiple times, and one of the three (Daisy Parker) died soon after her divorce from Louis Armstrong. Lost passion being the fashion, this quote seems a fitting way to call it a day:
“I guess the only way to stop divorce is to stop marriage.” –Will Rogers
So ladies, this be your day to be given away. Gents, beware the BRIDES OF MARCH (apologies to Shakespeare) — not to mention, pity your poor (after the divorce) befuddled comrades-in-arms who married them.
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calmkate 12:46 am on March 15, 2020 Permalink |
lol I think some women like the white wedding bit but can’t quite engage in the marriage commitment thing! I took Will’s advice and avoided the whole darned thing … a barrister friend took me to divorce court and that was it 🙂
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mistermuse 1:07 am on March 15, 2020 Permalink |
Frankly, it sounds like you could render your gender’s version of Sinatra’s I DID IT MY WAY in grand style, Kate. 😉
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calmkate 2:54 am on March 15, 2020 Permalink
most certainly … no regrets coz I did do it my way 🙂
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obbverse 12:56 am on March 15, 2020 Permalink |
First ring out the wedding bells then all too soon ring the lawyer. Happily ever nah-ah.
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mistermuse 1:11 am on March 15, 2020 Permalink |
Such is the life style of the rich and famous, it seems.
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Rivergirl 9:05 am on March 15, 2020 Permalink |
Ha! Love it.
Although Liz Taylor probably hit every month. She was a busy bride.
😉
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mistermuse 9:40 am on March 15, 2020 Permalink |
Liz was married 8 times to 7 different men (Richard Burton twice). Now that’s what I call spreading the wealth around!
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Rivergirl 11:31 am on March 15, 2020 Permalink
Among other things…
Yes.
😉
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Ashley 9:44 am on March 15, 2020 Permalink |
Great post! However, in just a week’s time it will be the Spring Equinox (20th March), the halfway point of spring!
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mistermuse 11:35 am on March 15, 2020 Permalink |
Thanks, Ashley, but I hear that….
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linnetmoss 10:17 am on March 15, 2020 Permalink |
What an amazing list of brides! The ones that caught my eye were June Carter, Yoko Ono, and of course the immortal Liz. But she is in a category by herself as a bride.
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mistermuse 11:44 am on March 15, 2020 Permalink |
You got that right, Linnet. I would list her husbands, but I don’t have all day. 😉
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Don Ostertag 3:13 pm on March 15, 2020 Permalink |
Very clever post,
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mistermuse 3:29 pm on March 15, 2020 Permalink |
Thanks, Don. Nonetheless, I’m not showing it to my wife, because I don’t want to give her any ideas. Who would cook my meals if she divorced me?
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Moushmi Radhanpara 10:01 am on March 16, 2020 Permalink |
Oh, you gave me a good laugh 🙂
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tubularsock 2:23 pm on March 16, 2020 Permalink |
Now, now, now. It works two ways.
So, if you first don’t succeed, try, try, try again.
But usually one should marry “up” each time because after the first divorce you usually have nothing left!
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mistermuse 5:26 pm on March 16, 2020 Permalink |
“Divorce is a legal separation when a man stops bringing the money home to his wife and starts mailing it.” –Evan Esar
In that scenario, a man would have to marry WAY up because, unless the next wife is independently wealthy, he’d probably still have to send her his money after the second divorce. 😉
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mlrover 11:21 am on March 18, 2020 Permalink |
I never planned to marry again after divorcing the first one, who was and is a horrible person. There was no resisting my second marriage, and even with all its ups, downs, and difficulties, it was wonderful. The “Second Time Around” turned out to be true for me.
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mistermuse 12:13 pm on March 18, 2020 Permalink |
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mlrover 7:44 am on March 19, 2020 Permalink
Thank you. It was Frankie’s rendition that came to mind. And my “.second time” happened on St. Patty’s Day. And we married in March. Forgot to mention that.
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arekhill1 1:56 pm on March 18, 2020 Permalink |
Just missed being a March groom myself, Sr. Muse. Married on my birthday, April 12th. Bride insisted on the date so I would remember our wedding anniversary. Only had to remember it once, though.
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mistermuse 6:02 pm on March 18, 2020 Permalink |
At least you can be thankful your birthday isn’t on April 1st, Ricardo — you don’t need that kind of reminder every April Fools Day. 😉
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Rebecca Wallick 8:53 pm on March 18, 2020 Permalink |
Great post!
Thankfully I got my starter marriage out of the way between the ages of 18-20.
I then went to college and law school. I became a divorce lawyer.
Oh, the horrors. No more marriages for me!
Just wish I’d known of the Will Rogers quote when I was still practicing law. I would have turned it into a big sign to hang in my office. Maybe some of my clients would have resisted walking down the aisle a second (or third) time. Maybe, but probably not.
I did appreciate the repeat business 😉
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mistermuse 9:41 pm on March 18, 2020 Permalink |
I like your term “starter marriage,” Rebecca. Wouldn’t it be great if, like a starter home, you could sell it when you ‘outgrow’ it and use the proceeds to acquire a better fit for your current needs?
Hmmm. “Maybe, but probably not.” 😉
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Bryntin 4:49 pm on March 19, 2020 Permalink |
Hello, I’m not commenting on your post exactly, just letting you know I visited here – and so might others who hadn’t before now – on my latest BLT (Blog Leap Tour). You may see a pingback link if you want to see how it went.
Anyway, sorry to intrude.
Carry on… 🙂
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mistermuse 6:06 pm on March 19, 2020 Permalink |
I was about to “carry on” (recalling the old British “Carry On…” film series) when I noticed a follow-up Bryntin comment (something about a virus) which gave me pause. I’m therefore refraining from approving the second comment pending clarification, as I’m not presently in the mood for a virus…even of the “carry on” kind.
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Bryntin 6:09 pm on March 19, 2020 Permalink
Ah, that was probably in the text of my post and carried into the link… and of course at the moment a lot of posts encompass the word ‘virus’. Sorry to give you the squeaky bottom but I am real and safe as far as I know… as far as any of us knows even.
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Bryntin's BLT: Travelling the World in Isolation – O4FS 4:51 pm on March 19, 2020 Permalink |
[…] a virus post, mistermuse is the host this time to a post entitled ‘Beware the Brides of March’, listing and commenting on some notable marriages in the month of March, with a couple of links to […]
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mistermuse 10:04 pm on March 19, 2020 Permalink |
As you can see, your “carry on” has now passed inspection — but my post is under quarantine, along with everyone who has been in contact with it since 4:49 pm today, until further notice (or until that certain everyone sends my inspection fee — preferably sanitized — whichever comes first). 😉
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equipsblog 8:53 am on March 28, 2020 Permalink |
Very clever post. Maybe next you can actually riff you way through the Brrrr-ides of March.
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mistermuse 12:17 pm on March 28, 2020 Permalink |
My bride and I tied the knot in the month of September, so I’m not rife for a riff (or a raff, for that matter) through the Brrr-ides of March….but since we’re heading from March into April, here’s a jazzman’s riff on the transition:
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