# What's your Melania Trump theory? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 1, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254 "2018-06-01T13:13:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/121 "2018-06-04T19:29:57Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > You’re not the only person who’s wondered about that; however, at age 48, it’s actually quite unlikely. Uhm… I’m 50 and still like clockwork. My mother and grandmother menopaused at 54. A search for “edad menopausia” indicates that having it before 48 would actually be considered early. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/122 "2018-06-04T19:33:50Z")
That may be true, but statistically, you’ve probably been shooting blanks for a decade or more. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/123 "2018-06-04T20:22:23Z")
I suspect you’d have trouble producing stats that show that, statistically, most women are infertile at age 40. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/124 "2018-06-04T20:52:23Z")
If I found out my husband was having unprotected sex w/ porn stars while also having unprotected sex w/ me, I’d need hospitalization. I’d wonder how many others there were, and were they in my home? Has staff lied to me to protect my husband’s secrets? What effect will it have on my son when he finds out the whole truth? Regardless of whether they have a non-monogamous arrangement, he’s made her look like a chump in front of the whole world. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/125 "2018-06-04T23:44:23Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > If I found out my husband was having unprotected sex w/ porn stars while also having unprotected sex w/ me, I’d need hospitalization. I’d wonder how many others there were, and were they in my home? Has staff lied to me to protect my husband’s secrets? What effect will it have on my son when he finds out the whole truth? > > Regardless of whether they have a non-monogamous arrangement, he’s made her look like a chump in front of the whole world. My emphasis. This should read, “HE’D need hospitalization.” :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/126 "2018-06-05T00:06:34Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Put me in the “she’s depressed, stressed, and/or fed up” camp. My guess is that the original medical issue was more or less as reported, but she’s not springing back from the recuperation process particularly well; she’d rather not have to make the considerable effort required to lead her life in the public eye right now. > > I don’t think highly of Melania Trump; anyone who would marry Donnie in the first place clearly has messed up values. But I almost - not quite, but almost - feel sorry for her. I can’t blame her if she totally hates her life right now. I think the same things about her just feeling DONE. I used to despise her, but my pendulum has moved just a teeny bit to the “feel sorry for her.” She so clearly hates Trump and what he’s drug the family into. I wonder how much Mel knows about Trump’s crooked dealings and if she’d testify against him. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/127 "2018-06-05T00:16:48Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > Anyone who (allegedly) has unprotected sex with a porn star is not a real germophobe. > [@Yllaria](#): > > _shrug_ Maybe he thinks the five second rule applies. Good one! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/128 "2018-06-05T00:31:49Z")
she was seen the other day indoors with sunglasses. I say she had plastic surgery and she was covering that up. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/129 "2018-06-05T01:01:53Z")
[Video of the back of Melania’s head at the gold star family reception today.](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390682-melania-trump-makes-first-public-appearance-since-kidney-procedure) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/130 "2018-06-05T01:13:38Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Video of the back of Melania’s head at the gold star family reception today.](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390682-melania-trump-makes-first-public-appearance-since-kidney-procedure) Maybe it’s a stunt wig. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/131 "2018-06-05T01:42:39Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Video of the back of Melania’s head at the gold star family reception today.](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390682-melania-trump-makes-first-public-appearance-since-kidney-procedure) Curioser and curioser. Did she ever turn around and face the group? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/132 "2018-06-05T01:50:58Z")
What a guy. :rolleyes: > [@](#): > > President Trump cracked a joke about his wife Melania divorcing him, a comment that apparently came off as “awkward” during an event for Gold Star families. > > As CNN reported Monday, the president made the retort in response to a reporter asking about the first lady’s almost month-long disappearing act. “Did she leave him?” POTUS reportedly said, while pointing to his wife, who was seated in the front row. > … > [Cite](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/president-trump-cracked-awkward-joke-melania-leave-004549421.html) Jesus. Holy. Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/133 "2018-06-05T02:29:43Z")
Perhaps she is suffering from **[adjustment disorder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_disorder)** like Japan’s [Princess Masako](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masako,_Crown_Princess_of_Japan#Health) after she married into the Imperial family. > [@Wikipedia](#): > > Princess Masako has remained largely out of the public eye since 2002, reportedly due to emotional disorders which many speculate are caused by the pressure to produce a male heir and adjusting to life in the Imperial Family. In July 2004, she was diagnosed as suffering from adjustment disorder and was reported to be seeking treatment. > [@Wikipedia](#): > > An adjustment disorder (AD)—sometimes called exogenous, reactive, or situational depression—occurs when an individual is unable to adjust to or cope with a particular stress or a major life event. Since people with this disorder normally have symptoms that depressed people do, such as general loss of interest, feelings of hopelessness and crying, this disorder is sometimes known as situational depression. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/134 "2018-06-05T02:35:11Z")
In all fairness, the silly assed rules enforced on the Japanese Royal Family are super insane and are directly destroying the family. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/135 "2018-06-05T03:27:45Z")
75% sick of this shit, 20% beaten up with visible bruises, 5% something else. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/136 "2018-06-05T12:28:08Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Video of the back of Melania’s head at the gold star family reception today.](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390682-melania-trump-makes-first-public-appearance-since-kidney-procedure) Were the Khans invited? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/137 "2018-06-05T13:13:25Z")
Getting her firmware and hardware upgraded to Fembot 2.0? ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/138 "2018-06-05T13:43:18Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > she was seen the other day indoors with sunglasses. I say she had plastic surgery and she was covering that up. I’ve been wondering if she maybe had a black eye or other facial injury. Maybe as a result of a domestic altercation, maybe not. But good reason to hide. And it happens. I have a small ( thankfully) bruise under my eye right now, I was fumbling for my iPad while half asleep and managed to jab the corner into the bottom of my eye socket. > [@RickJay](#): > > If you think about it, most Presidential couples have been pretty good marriages, even when you look in the closet. The Reagans and Carters seemed like happy couples. The first Bush is said to have dallied, but he and Barbara seemed happy in their marriage anyway. For all Bill Clinton’s voracious adultery, his arrangement with Hillary carries on as strong as ever. > > In a sense, of course, perhaps this is to be expected; becoming President is an insanely difficult thing, and it sees likely that a disproportionate number of men who has accomplished it would have to have wives who are both supportive and equally dedicated. I think in the above cases the family was consulted before the presidential run and their opinions seriously considered. And these were experienced politicians who knew the downsides of a life in the public eye. They knew what they were getting into. The Trumps, not so much — I think Trump gave very little thought to what being President would really mean other than “ I’ll be the boss of everyone and I’ll get lots of attention”. > [@Yllaria](#): > > _shrug_ Maybe he thinks the five second rule applies. Thanks for the laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/139 "2018-06-05T14:01:03Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I think in the above cases the family was consulted before the presidential run and their opinions seriously considered. And these were experienced politicians who knew the downsides of a life in the public eye. They knew what they were getting into. The Trumps, not so much — I think Trump gave very little thought to what being President would really mean other than “ I’ll be the boss of everyone and I’ll get lots of attention”. I still think he wasn’t planning on winning at all - he was planning to run as an extended PR / money-making stunt, lose narrowly, and then complain about how he was totally cheated while he went back to his golden tower to count his cash. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/140 "2018-06-05T14:22:01Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I still think he wasn’t planning on winning at all - he was planning to run as an extended PR / money-making stunt, lose narrowly, and then complain about how he was totally cheated while he went back to his golden tower to count his cash. Instead he got elected and STILL complains about how he was cheated. :smack: AND counts his cash. Well, counts the numbers. I don’t believe there is much real cash. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254.md?page=8)