Did Lincoln Regret Marrying Mary?

[Mike B.]

(12-15-2013 01:05 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  As for the quote, you possibly mean what Abraham Lincoln said to a correspondent to the "Christian Register" at a White House reception: "My wife is as handsome as when she was a young girl and I, a poor nobody, fell in love with her, and what is more, I have never fallen out" ?!

Yes, that is the one. Didn't have it at my fingertips. I do believe the intamacy was a plus on the marriage for 10 years. Mary's letter from Lexington is full of wanting him if you read between the lines. I don't know what happened after Tad's birth may have injured Mary. But what happened later is again pure speculation.
Matt Pinkster did find a witness that saw them in bed together at the Anderson college, so I assume there was something still going on.

In "Enigma," Richard Lawrence Miller paints a happy life for the house at 8th and Jackson. Also, Douglas Wilson questions the Herndon hated Mary meme as a circular argument. He feels that the hate didn't begin until Herndon gave the Ann Rutledge lecture in poor taste. So there is something for everyone.