[sulamith]

As far as Stevie having regrets now...

I think she doth protest too much.

I think she has alot of regrets, but what is she supposed to do about it now, really? She can't change it, and wallowing around in self-pity (at least not publicly) isn't going to accomplish anything except make her look like some kind of tragic Norma Desmond-type....... I think she'd rather die than be pited that way.

Both she and Lindsey let each other down. I see weaknesses on both their parts. If one had been willing to step back a bit for the other, like Neil did for Pat, then they would have had a chance. I think if Lindsey had stepped back for Stevie, she would have made sure he eventually got his due, and would probably be in a much better place today. If Stevie had stepped back for Lindsey, and supported his artisitc vision, as someone else already said, then face it, Stevie was going to get attention.... there was no hiding her light back in those days, I mean, the girl didn't exactly have to work very hard to get noticed....

They both could have worked harder at their relationship. I don't think you can blame just one of them.

I think she has come to terms with alot of it. She knows she can still be happy, and I don't think she is truly in a depression about it or anything, but knowing her romantic nature (Lindsey: She romanticizes her own romanticism) I am convinced she would do a few things differently if she really was given a "do over" for parts of her life. It must be hard as hell to go home to cold empty bed every night..... especially when nobody ELSE is.

I also see a TON of regret in Lindsey's eyes when he looks at Stevie.

Maybe I'm just enough of a romantic myself that I'd like to think that every now and then they let the years fall away, and he gets to be with "the girl I used to live with", and she lets him "take me back to the 70's".

-Sharon