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Originally Posted by michelej1

Mick makes himself sound like a horrible person to be dating or married to. Other than the money, I don't know what those women saw in him. He says he split from Sara when he could not take care of her anymore and filed bankruptcy. She left him to go back to work and take care of herself.

But then she got sober (didn't last) and stopped drinking and he didn't stop drinking and wasn't respectful of her needing to abstain. So that was a wedge between them. Also during the relationship, he told her that he might patch things up with Jenny some day. So, I'm sure that's not a great thing to hear from your partner.

So anyway, he meets Lynn (who was 26 and he was 43) while still married to Sara and sneaks Lynn around so the crew wouldn't know he was seeing her. She wouldn't travel with him on tour openly. She'd get to a city ahead of him, so no one would think they were together. For whatever reason, he didn't divorce Sara. He waited for her to file. So, he told Lynn that he and Sara were splitting, but it wasn't happening and Lynn began to doubt him.

Also, Lynn didn't drink and Mick couldn't stop drinking and his habit was getting worse. He was a sloppy drunk, but Lynn put up with it. In fact, one of the things he loved about her was she could hang out with people who were high and drunk and not be under the influence herself and still be fun. Yay?

He says it was around about the time of his sister's cancer that he realized he was destroying himself. He had gained weight and didn't look good and was scared of his mortality. So, he did stop drinking then, for a decade.

Michele

Amazing what people will put up with (especially women) to be with someone famous, or to live a life and/or lifestyle that they wouldn't otherwise get to have (traveling in social circles with famous people and the like). It seems like they'll put up with some serious sh*t from the person him/herself if the rest of the 'package' is enticing.