Ecology, parenting, work… In this series,
Le Figaro
tells and deciphers the subjects that divide different generations of French people.
Corinne got married in 1993. She was 30 years old.
It was
“his day”
.
But she wasn't the one who organized it.
His parents,
“very Catholic”
, decided everything.
Especially his mother,
“a fairly authoritarian woman”
with whom
“there was not much dialogue”
.
The ceremony, which brings together the whole family and local notables, takes place in the small Norman seaside town where the matriarch is deputy mayor.
“She was also the one who chose my wedding dress, who made the invitations.
I didn't have a say, I come from a generation where children obeyed and I gave in because I wanted to please him
,” says the affable 61-year-old banker today.
In 2020, when Marie-Ange, one of her two daughters, announced that she was getting engaged, Corinne was jubilant.
But will quickly become disillusioned.
“I try to be a slightly less annoying mother, to be in…
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