I don't know who, maybe some writer embellished it or something like that. ‘I thought it would have been lovely…’ I trailed off, unable to get any further. ‘I wanted to say wouldn't it be lovely to have breakfast in Greece, lunch in Rome and dinner in London with you…’ tears were making my eyes blurry. ‘I tried to phone,’ I found myself prattling foolishly.

Behind me our friends had caught up and their cheerful chatter died away as they took in the scene. John and Yoko wearing nothing but matching purple dressing gowns turned to look at me. Then I got into the breakfast room, walked in and stopped short. So I opened the front door and we all went in, calling from room to room: ‘Hello! Hello? Hello!’ There was no reply. Eventually the holiday party pulled into the drive at Weybridge to find the outside lights blazing. So disappointed but not suspicious I continued on my way. The phone rang and rang but there was no reply. I tried to phone John to tell him that I was on my way. We couldn't get a direct flight to London, and had to stop off in Rome. “Well, I had a good time but for some reason we decided to come home earlier than planned. In the meantime, John must have decided to give his marriage another go but was still being pursued. But John was torn between Cynthia and his growing feelings for Yoko. During the long trek, John opened up to Cynthia about his extramarital affairs although hurt by these revelations, Cynthia forgave him and hoped to move forward with their marriage. On ApJohn and Cynthia arrived back to London from India. He realized he fell in love with Yoko but I don't think at that very moment he didn't know what to do.

During his time there, Yoko would send him letters John became obsessed and looked forward to the next letter while his marriage to Cynthia became increasingly strained. From February until April, John and Cynthia were in India studying Transcendental Meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. We will get more into that in another day but for now, this is about 1968. John and Yoko met in November of 1966 for the longest time John viewed Yoko as an annoying nuisance that became an interesting friendship.

Cynthia lennon 1968