"Marlene Blanshay" wrote...
>
> Color me surprised. I predicted that the TDF would be the end of their
> relationship because she apparently knows very little about the cycling
> world. And also, she has her own career and her own life. I remember
Lance
> being quoted as saying "She's always there for me", which I remember him
> also saying about his wife, and I thought, "Gee are you ever there for
HER?"
> He does come off being something of a shmuck.
Think about it. He grew up as the center-of-the-universe only child (I
think???) of a (sure she's his mom but very attractive blonde) single woman
who didn't have to worry about another man or siblings, so was... "always
there for him." Then Kristen -- same deal during his cancer, left in the
end as the jilted bride. Relationships work for Lance when they're on his
terms.
JF