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: Maria Theresia the TV Series: The End

[cahn]

It should also be said that with Kaunitz, MT and Joseph all three having powerful personalities, it's a not so minor phenomenon that they were able to work with each other, arguments and occasional "fine, be like that, I'm going to retire!" threats not withstanding, for fifteen years.

Yeah, that is really something, especially when one is used to Fritz :) But even aside from Fritz's example or lack thereof, I feel like you would have to be pretty strongly functional to do that with three strong personalities for that long, no matter what the context.

At least in peace time; Heinrich in the 7 Years War comes closest, which brings us to Beales' comparison again (that Heinrich/Fritz = Joseph/MT).

and there were arguments all around in various combinations among the ruling trio, with one of the three usually falling back on the offer of retirement as the last weapon.

I mean. Yeah.
Heinrich: But I actually did resign from the army! Because Fritz was that much worse.