TWINNING... What does this mean?
Twinning with another NWR group, either here in Australia or, as is mostly the case, in the UK gives members an opportunity to share“ across the miles” by sending emails about what each group is doing and talking about at meetings. Sharing a topic of discussion and comparing notes on ideas from different states or countries gives an understanding of the differences or likeness in thinking due to the environment we live in. Photos are often exchanged and occasionally we have the privilege of visiting one another if holidaying in the area, here or in UK. If you haven’ t thought about doing this, the groups who are involved in Twinning – Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra Evening groups – would recommend you think about it. It’ s as simple as contacting the UK Administration( see beginning of Newsletter) and ask for their advice on a UK NWR group who may be interested in linking up via Twinning. This brings NWR members close together even though we are countries apart.
TWINNING – Grantham UK and Eastern Suburbs Groups( an extract from both reports uploaded on NWR Facebook June 2015)
Grantham NWR meeting on Mistresses, 30 April 2015 The topic of our meeting was mistresses and the evening was hosted by Jane Potter. Fourteen Grantham members were present. It was commented that it was difficult to compare Australian mistresses with British mistresses as we shared a Royal family and American celebrities belonged to no one. The definition of a mistress was a relatively long term lover where the man is usually married and the relationship is secret. There was a selection of alternative names for mistresses – Lady love, kept woman, live-in lover, bit on the side, bit of fluff, paramour, courtesan, concubine and fancy woman, the Grantham members did not show a lot of feeling in general until the end of the meeting when we discussed Camilla Parker Bowles who Google shows as the No1 famous mistress!
Five rules for mistresses: 1. Do not fall in love. 2. Be smart save no pictures, delete all texts. 3. Play the part there is a reason they are not with their wives. 4. Protect your heart don’ t listen to stories of home life it makes the wife more human. 5. Never threaten to tell the wife. Members of the NWR had researched various mistresses biblical, historical and present day.
Here is a small snippet of the Grantham outcome.
Elizabeth Marchioness of Cunningham Elizabeth was the latest mistress in a long line of mistresses of George IV. He met her when she was 49. She liked wealth and he showered her with jewellery. Elizabeth had great political influence over the king.
Marilyn Monroe Marilyn allegedly had an affair with President John F Kennedy. It is know she met him in New York and was notoriously one hour late for dinner. The affair was supposed to have started at Bing Crosby’ s house in Palm Springs. She famously sang“ Happy Birthday” to him at Madison Square Gardens. However, was this an affair or just another notch on his bedpost or did it never happen at all? We shall never know.
Hegar Hegar was an Egyptian slave owned by Abraham. As Abraham’ s wife Sarah was thought not to be able to have children she suggested the slave girl act as a surrogate; Hegar and Abraham had a son called Ishmael. Subsequently Sarah did have a child, a son Isaac and this caused jealousy and resentment between Sarah and Hagar and their sons, and created an unparalleled hate which has set off wars and atrocities for four thousand years. It was the title deed to the land of Israel, which God promised to Abraham ' s lineage that has been the source of the friction between the Jews and the Arabs right up to the present day.
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