Eleanor told Lorena she kept a photo of her by her bedside so she could kiss it every day, as one does, with one's friend
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Eleanor and FDR are an inspirational example of the kind of marriage where they were both chasing other women like 100% of the time
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Fun fact, FDR had fallen in love with his wife's secretary Lucy Mercer and was ready to throw everything away to divorce Eleanor for her
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But FDR's own mother threatened to disown him and have him utterly destroyed in the press if he did so
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Giving up on being with Lucy, along with the polio that took away his ability to walk, more or less destroyed his hopes of happiness
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When he was on his deathbed his daughter arranged to have Lucy visit bc he still considered her the love of his life
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But his people refused to let him meet with her bc they thought acknowledging their past affair would be politically explosive
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When I think about the stuff FDR did, both good and horrible, it all reads of being desperate to make sure he made a difference
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Bc at some point he'd given up on ever being really happy on a personal level
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The "Greats" are like that. Lincoln was that way too
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After the war ended Lincoln went on a carriage ride with Mary Todd and said "After all this perhaps we can finally learn to be happy"
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He got shot a week later, Mary Todd's mental health never recovered and his son Robert had her institutionalized
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