Elvis - A Lighted Candle

[Rainbow Light]

I do kind of wonder, though, if the shoe were on the other foot and Linda saw other men at times, if Elvis would have been so easy going about it. I read in a book that towards the end of their relationship, or maybe just after they broke up, that Elvis found out that Linda had being seeing David Briggs, Elvis' piano player at the time. After Elvis found out, David knew it was time to split and find a different job

It does seem to run that there was a certain kind of double standard that ran with the women in his life and that Elvis didn't prove to be quite so easy going when, as you say, the shoe was on the other foot!

[Lighthouseseeker]

I STILL BELIEVE AND SURE,HE COULD HAVE LEARNED THE OTHER WAY, IF ANY OF THOSE WOMEN DARED TO TEACH HIM, THAT THE WAY HE THOUGHT WAS WRONG..BUT DON'T THINK THEY CARED ENOUGH TO ADD HIM ANYTHING WHICH ALSO WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR HIS BENEFIT.IT WAS EASIER TO SAY OK AND CARRY ON TO GET WHATEVER THEY COULD HAVE AND LEAVE HIM BEHIND, WHEN IT GOT ANNOYING.AS A RESULT,ELVIS WAS THE ONE WHO WAS USED BY THOSE GIRLS ACTUALLY..I WOULD'VE BEEN ARGUE EVEN ,TO MAKE HIM UNDERSTAND AND FEEL MORE AT EASE..LOVE TAKES MORE, THAN SAYING YES TO EVERYTHING OR JUST WALKIN OFF..IT SEEMS,THERE WASN'T A MIDDLE BETWEEN THEM IN HIS RELATIONSHIPS..YOU TRY TO MAKE ONE SEE AND LEARN THE RIGHT THING AND KNOW THE REASONS TO IT,ONLY IF YOU CARE,RESPECT AND LOVE THAT PERSON ENOUGH..SO HE MUST HAVE SEEN THE LACK OF REAL INTEREST IN THEM..

[Blue Moon]

LOVE TAKES MORE, THAN SAYING YES TO EVERYTHING OR JUST WALKIN OFF . . . IF YOU CARE,RESPECT AND LOVE THAT PERSON ENOUGH..SO HE MUST HAVE SEEN THE LACK OF REAL INTEREST IN THEM..

Interesting observation Zey. I have trouble understanding how Sheila M. could just walk off w/o trying to work things out with Elvis. She does say she still loved him.
I don't know . . .I wasn't in her shoes so maybe it becomes too difficult for me to relate. I would hate to just cut somebody off like that. It must have hurt Elvis. Maybe Elvis gave her that ultimatum because he was still hurting over Priscilla and so deep down he found it too hard to trust that any woman could really love & stick it out with him.

The letter does say she was never allowed to speak to him again, so how could this be Sheila Ryan, if Sheila Ryan saw Elvis in 1974 & a few years later?

[Wanda June Hill]

That's a common name really, so personally, I do not think it is the same one back twice-as the first one came along from working in a show in Vegas-I don't think the second one was any kind of show girl-she was a beautiful young woman who did the party routine as many did and still do with celebrities-trying to "hook up" now with one or the other of them. She was there with another guy-Elvis saw her, liked what he saw and made a move-and she jumped at the chance. He was with another girl at the time, too. So he was just playing the field looking for one who'd stay "a while" and keep him company until someone else came along...at the time he had met Linda too, but they weren't a "steady thing" I don't thing. For a while they were, then he was looking again...he just didnt' want to be "attached emotionaly" with any one again. once burned, twice shy. wjh

[Rainbow Light]

No, doesn't sound the same lady does it?

I would hate to just cut somebody off like that. It must have hurt Elvis. Maybe Elvis gave her that ultimatum because he was still hurting over Priscilla and so deep down he found it too hard to trust that any woman could really love & stick it out with him.

This could very well be true, Laurie, and I'm sure it must have hurt Elvis also.

[Wanda Mc]

Sheila Ryan was a Playboy cover girl and I assume had photos in the magazine as well. I have always been surprised that Elvis would have any long-term relationship with a girl who had been in Playboy. I would've thought he wouldn't be interested in a woman who was that immodest. Or am I too old-fashioned?

[Wanda June Hill]

Elvis was a male who liked what he liked, but he drew the line at porno stars...now Playboy was different, those were often just regular girls, college students going to be doctors etc; and working there to pay their way and he knew quite a few of them. If he happened to like her, like the way she looked etc:...talked...well, he'd make the move and he did apparently. I guess she came up with Joe E. ? So how long did it take Elvis to "make his move" and squeeze Joe out? Or was that just one of the girls brought up for Elvis to meet so he wouldn't be getting too involved with Linda? Linda tended to speak up for Elvis and some of that wasn't appreciated by certain members of the group. They didn't want another Priscilla around for sure! They'd keep him busy with many different play girl types...you can bet on that! Linda stuck in there and didn't take their crap... and as Elvis was saying at the end, the guys were just doing their "d,d,ts" "Distractions, distortions and tales" and he was "f......sick of it!" wjh

[Rainbow Light]

Thanks, as ever, Wanda J for your insights and input to the situation, hard to know which I guess but it was sweet of Linda to speak up for Elvis, really such a kind and caring lady. Guess Elvis was just trying to save from hurting her in a way but he really kind of zeroed out with Linda with how he treated her!

[Rainbow Light]

Bringing this back up from earlier in case anyone missed out.
Comments and feedback appreciated .....

[MaryInTheMorning]

Thanks so much for bringing this back around again dear Sue since I missed it the first time around. I also want to thank you too dear Maia for posting the letter from Sheila M for us. I enjoyed reading it and being able to see further into Elvis' tender yet complex heart. Wanda my dear friend thank you as always for your wonderful insights that relate to this letter. It does seem that Elvis, as wonderful of a human being as he was, did apparently have problems if a girl that he had dated started to date someone else, even if he and the girl were no longer together. I remember reading that Kathy Westmoreland said something like once you had been together with Elvis he felt like that girl always belonged to him, and that he didn't like the idea of someone he had been involved with getting involved with someone else. I think she likened it to being put into a box and Elvis was the only one who could lift off the lid and let you out, but no one else. Definitely sounds like something that would be difficult for a girlfriend of his to deal with, but like you said dear Wanda, he must have been really realllly worth it!!!!

[Rainbow Light]

You're welcome, dear Mari!

[FairyTale]

That Girl was very Fortunate indeed to have Elvis Open his Heart to her like she did, but I think she should have realised that Elvis 's wounds were still mighty fresh from Priscilla. FairyTale!

[Rainbow Light]

AMEN, Fairytale!