Wow!
Just wow!
There are some hard markers here.
Save for the fact of her existence and her parentage, I knew virtually nothing about Charlotte until a year or so ago, and didn't take more than a cursory interest in her then, until I started reading the comments here since the end of her relationship with Elmaleh. I have been surprised at the hypercritical nature of some of the comments made here, and I have to assume that those who have made those comments have a far greater depth of knowledge about Charlotte than I do, otherwise they would not be in a position to state them in such emphatic terms and I have to assume no-one would say things like that without a sincere belief in their truth. But I could be wrong on that count.
Looking at the photos of Charlotte with Lamberto, I see a woman who is really happy and content, as Empress Merel also noted. Seeing Charlotte that happy makes me feel happy, because I like seeing people who are so obviously happy with their current love interest. Seeing her so happy makes me hope that their relationship will last. Only time will tell. I don't know whether she looked that happy at the beginning of her relationship with Elmaleh, or Ellal, or Winckler, but perhaps she did. She was with each of those men for about three years so something must have been going right for them, but then the relationships soured and ended, as relationships too often do. I don't know why they ended.
Is she needy when it comes to the men in her life? Perhaps she is. Is that something to criticise her for? Not in my opinion. I think that such neediness makes a person worthy of our sympathy and understanding, not as a reason to attack her.
I don't know much about her, but I thought she was more than just a socialite without a "real" job who does little more than laze about on yachts. It is true that she does not seem to have what most of us would call a "real" job at the moment, but she has done a bit of serious riding, and writing, as well as dabbling in a few other things. But perhaps, like a certain British princess, and lots of other wealthy young women, Charlotte doesn't need a "real" job, and is content to spend her time lazing about in nice places on yachts. She has a young child now so is probably not in the market for a "real" job, even if she wanted one.
Is she difficult to live with? Is the demanding? Maybe she is. Are a lot of men fickle and are quick to exchange their aging wives/partners for younger versions? Hell, yeah! But it is not only men who are with yacht-lazing socialites like Charlotte who hive off their women as they start to age and get wrinkly and saggy, all sorts of men do that. Doctors who are married to doctors, and lawyers who are married to lawyers, and men in all strata of society and the economy who are married to women in all strata of society and the economy do that, so it is not limited to men who are tied up with yacht-lazing socialites.
I am a bit more optimistic. I hope the outcome of this new relationship is not abysmal. I hope the two of them are deliriously happy together and stay together for many years. If she is needy, I hope she has found someone who can meet her needs. If the relationship outcome is abysmal, I hope she doesn't wait three years before she moves on and continues the search for someone with whom she can be happy.
