18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 35

[cahn]

In the previous post Charles II found AITA:

Look, I, m, believe in live and let live. (And in not going on my travels again. Had enough of that to last a life time.) Why can't everyone else around me be more chill? Instead, my wife refuses to employ my girlfriend, my girlfriend won't budge and accept another office, my brother is set on a course to piss off everyone (he WILL go on his travels again), and my oldest kid shows signs of wanting my job which is just not on, sorry to say. And don't get me started about Mom (thank God she's living abroad). What am I doing wrong? AITA?

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Re: collected replies from the last post

[selenak]

Re: dueling - it should be pointed out that the Chevalier d'Eon dueled in female clothing as well as in male, famously in their later years against another famous duelist, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George (mixed race composer, musician and fencer; him and d'Eon did a show duel when Saint-George visited Britain, of which there is a sketch, hence me being sure d'Eon wore female clothing on that occasion.

Meaning: of course it was way more comfortable to duel in male clothing, but it wasn't impossible to duel in female clothing in the 18th century!