#sometimes I hate answering asks about yoko or John bc it makes me sad
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cultofbeatles · 5 years ago
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Heya! New to this fandom, and sorry if you’ve answered this before. I was just wondering what your opinion is on Yoko and her relationship with John?
my opinion on yoko is the same opinion I would have for a stranger. I don't know her personally, so therefore I think it’s unfair to fully judge her or hate her. I understand she did some bad things back in the day (don't know about now. don't keep up with her), but in my life I choose not to actively hate on someone.
the only problems I ever have with yoko is how she started controlling his life, introducing him to harder drugs, extremely jealous, over bearing, dealt with all of his finances, and basically didn't treat him like someone she loved. she was nasty to cynthia and julian. she came into the picture, took control of john’s life, and john let it happen.
if I'm putting a tin foil hat on, I'd assume that she knew how weak and easy John was to get with and took advantage on that. because the story they (ono and lennon) always tell is that john met yoko at her art gallery in 1966 and then fell in love with her. she didn't know anything about the beatles; only that ringo meant apple in japanese. but that’s been proven not to be true.
how they really met was in 1965 when yoko was compiling music scores for a book john cage was writing at the time, and she asked paul for any manuscripts to use. paul said no, but said that John might giver her some. John ended up giving her the handwritten lyrics to “the world.” yoko did know of the beatles as she basically pestered the shit out of paul, and once she realized that wasn't going anywhere she moved to john.
I don't recall it being love at first sight either bc those close to John would see yoko as a stalker. she would send big, long love letters to him about how he was her “inspiration.”sometimes asking for money, and sometimes john would give it. cynthia would claim that yoko would stand outside of their house sometimes for hours; even in the rain. when cynthia asked john about it he claimed she was a weirdo. in wasn't until 1967, when brian epstein died, that things started to change a little bit. and then John started to claim yoko at the motherly figure in his life. calling her his mother.
during the 70′s there was a period known as the “lost weekend” and basically yoko and john split for a while. but yoko made john stay with may pang because yoko didn't see her a threat to the marriage. but around the time of john’s death yoko and him were close to a divorce. so they weren’t this happy love story they've been led on to be.
so it’s odd how dodgy their first interaction were, and how the two of them tried to rewrite history. it’s not nice of yoko to take advantage of john (if she knew what she was doing). I think john got a grip on himself later on and took more control over his life, however it was too late. I don't think she broke up the beatles. the beatles broke up the beatles. but I do think she deserves happiness just like the rest of world, and I hope she’s doing okay.
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