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Originally Posted by louielouie2000
While I agree Stevie totally owes her fame to FM, I don't exactly think she would have spent her life destitute, and neither would Lindsey. They both came from wealthy families. If they had never joined FM or broken through on their own, they most likely would have dusted themselves off, moved home, and gotten involved in their family businesses somehow. At the very least, their parents would have helped them complete their educations, and each would have reinvented themselves that way.
Christine has far and away always seemed like the most practical, grounded member of the bunch. Even if she had never found fame, she would have made a comfortable life for herself, in whatever form that might have taken.
Now John and Mick? They'd be the wildcards for sure. Real life would have been especially hard on Mick. He just doesn't seem like the type who would ever have been able to hold down a "real" job or support a family. And with John, you'd have to wonder how his alcoholism and temperament would have paved his life path.
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Of course they wouldn't become beggars but there are many kinds of poverty. For example I know many people of my age that have a stable job that gives them 400€ per month and have a toddler and are barely getting by; even more jump from city to city chasing a poorly paid 4-months job after another.
In Stevie and Lindsey's case I'm not sure about what would become of them.
I really see Stevie as a stubborn woman and there's a point after which parents don't/can't help anymore, so it's not unlikely that in the end she couldn't have really given up on singing and become a struggling singer like her grand-father AJ Nicks.
About Lindsey I really see him as someone who isn't very adaptable or versatile and it could have been that he didn't know what to do beside music. He wouldn't certainly become homeless but I see him struggling from job to job never finding the right one.