Anonymous
Post 07/03/2023 22:31     Subject: Was I married to a stranger? Even socialites get ghosted. Modern Love!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am so curious about the author’s motivation for publishing this. She is so connected that I would have thought she would rather keep things private.


She is probably terrible which is why he cheated and left.

Cheating and leaving your spouse is terrible. But so is writing into the NYT about it.

My DH is horrible to me and emotionally abusive. He threatens me with the kids and financially. People would be shocked because he comes across as cool and collected. He is a complete ass and I’m only still here because of the kids.

If I managed to find a hot BF whom I enjoyed spending time with him and had the money to fight him in a divorce, I too would be on that first ferry back. I’m sure my DH would tell everyone how awful I am.

My own experience makes me question that they had this picture perfect marriage and he’s an evil cheater who suddenly up and left her.







I mean… fair, but that’s not a reason to decline any custody of his own kids. That’s so damaging and presumably they did nothing wrong.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2023 22:29     Subject: Re:Was I married to a stranger? Even socialites get ghosted. Modern Love!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Alright I went a little deep on the Davis family. Found the brother's? wedding announcement in the NYT (2002). And I think these white people jumped a broom at their wedding and said it was 100 year old tradition??? The pics are hard to make out, but I think they are all white. What the what??


Please link it!


https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/style/weddings-celebrations-vows-bridget-elias-and-townsend-davis.html


The white people jumping the broom and the thirsty ancestor name dropping in the wedding announcement is so terrible.

But this is sad, seems like Bridget has alzheimers. https://patch.com/new-york/parkslope/calendar/event/20230520/46830955-6dfb-4705-b914-cbbf9cd27226/drawn-from-memory-the-cartoons-and-drawings-of-bridget-elias
And her kids are only 20 and 18. So I'm sure Belle Burden might be more understanding that her BIL is distracted and wants to circle the wagons around his family


Not the same lady. Just the same name.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2023 22:12     Subject: Re:Was I married to a stranger? Even socialites get ghosted. Modern Love!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Alright I went a little deep on the Davis family. Found the brother's? wedding announcement in the NYT (2002). And I think these white people jumped a broom at their wedding and said it was 100 year old tradition??? The pics are hard to make out, but I think they are all white. What the what??


Please link it!


https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/style/weddings-celebrations-vows-bridget-elias-and-townsend-davis.html

Cringe.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2023 22:09     Subject: Re:Was I married to a stranger? Even socialites get ghosted. Modern Love!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Alright I went a little deep on the Davis family. Found the brother's? wedding announcement in the NYT (2002). And I think these white people jumped a broom at their wedding and said it was 100 year old tradition??? The pics are hard to make out, but I think they are all white. What the what??


Please link it!


https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/style/weddings-celebrations-vows-bridget-elias-and-townsend-davis.html


Someone needs to gift this link like the last one😀
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2023 21:47     Subject: Re:Was I married to a stranger? Even socialites get ghosted. Modern Love!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Alright I went a little deep on the Davis family. Found the brother's? wedding announcement in the NYT (2002). And I think these white people jumped a broom at their wedding and said it was 100 year old tradition??? The pics are hard to make out, but I think they are all white. What the what??


Please link it!


https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/style/weddings-celebrations-vows-bridget-elias-and-townsend-davis.html


The white people jumping the broom and the thirsty ancestor name dropping in the wedding announcement is so terrible.

But this is sad, seems like Bridget has alzheimers. https://patch.com/new-york/parkslope/calendar/event/20230520/46830955-6dfb-4705-b914-cbbf9cd27226/drawn-from-memory-the-cartoons-and-drawings-of-bridget-elias
And her kids are only 20 and 18. So I'm sure Belle Burden might be more understanding that her BIL is distracted and wants to circle the wagons around his family
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2023 21:34     Subject: Re:Was I married to a stranger? Even socialites get ghosted. Modern Love!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Alright I went a little deep on the Davis family. Found the brother's? wedding announcement in the NYT (2002). And I think these white people jumped a broom at their wedding and said it was 100 year old tradition??? The pics are hard to make out, but I think they are all white. What the what??


Please link it!


https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/style/weddings-celebrations-vows-bridget-elias-and-townsend-davis.html
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2023 21:34     Subject: Re:Was I married to a stranger? Even socialites get ghosted. Modern Love!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The humble brag about losing 20 lbs was annoying
Yeah, I don't feel so sorry for her. She'll be fine, he was probably an ass anyway.


I lost 20 pounds on an already size 2-4 body in 3 weeks when something similar happened to me. You can’t eat or sleep and feel constantly nauseous…strung out. It’s not a pretty way to lose it and she’s not bragging.


Yes she is! If not she could have just said she didn’t eat or sleep.


It's equal to the statement "didn't eat". It's just you thinking it must be bragging because losing weight is something prestigious. It's not, for someone slender who is aging and/or in menopause. It's as bad as someone like you saying "I gained weight in this stressful situation" or "I was back on binge eating".
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2023 21:19     Subject: Was I married to a stranger? Even socialites get ghosted. Modern Love!
His dad was a blue blood too. You can google his obit. Rodman Townsend Davis. House in Vineyard, etc.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2023 21:09     Subject: Re:Was I married to a stranger? Even socialites get ghosted. Modern Love!
My favorite comment from Lipstickalley

"Men are the original gold diggers and emotional vampires. Never forget"
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2023 20:56     Subject: Re:Was I married to a stranger? Even socialites get ghosted. Modern Love!
It reminds me of Scarlet and Black by Stendhal.

He was a social climber, using her for connection and access.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2023 20:26     Subject: Was I married to a stranger? Even socialites get ghosted. Modern Love!
Anonymous wrote:The MV house is worth $4.7m apparently, on top of her multi-million dollar NYC apartment. She's a descendant of the Vanderbilt family. And just to keep it current, the Daily Mail notes that she's a Harvard alum whose family has donated a building and lots of $$. Doesn't make her husband less of a jerk, but the story is a bit less compelling when you realize she is an uber-wealthy socialite.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12252243/NYC-lawyer-shares-anguish-husband-20-years-left-woman-pandemic.html


What is it about being rich makes the story less compelling? She was upfront about the many ways she is/was fortunate. That doesn't change how awful it is for her and her kids to be blindsided. Assuming it is true.

Anonymous
Post 07/03/2023 20:19     Subject: Re:Was I married to a stranger? Even socialites get ghosted. Modern Love!
Anonymous wrote:Alright I went a little deep on the Davis family. Found the brother's? wedding announcement in the NYT (2002). And I think these white people jumped a broom at their wedding and said it was 100 year old tradition??? The pics are hard to make out, but I think they are all white. What the what??


Please link it!
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2023 20:19     Subject: Re:Was I married to a stranger? Even socialites get ghosted. Modern Love!
Anonymous wrote:Is he from the same elite background?


https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/06/style/belle-burden-and-henry-davis.html

His dad was a city planning consultant — his mom was museum curator and remarried an archeologist.

So maybe his mom was elite, and she had a starter marriage slumming with a poor which was his dad?

I’m kind annoyed that kids with connected family can have brushes with the law and still get into Cornell but I guess that’s that.

But the way he swooped in when she was vulnerable after her fathers death, the love bombing, it seems calculated. I think he wanted access to her funds and assets to build the career he wanted. Curious about prenup.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2023 20:18     Subject: Re:Was I married to a stranger? Even socialites get ghosted. Modern Love!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The humble brag about losing 20 lbs was annoying
Yeah, I don't feel so sorry for her. She'll be fine, he was probably an ass anyway.


I lost 20 pounds on an already size 2-4 body in 3 weeks when something similar happened to me. You can’t eat or sleep and feel constantly nauseous…strung out. It’s not a pretty way to lose it and she’s not bragging.


Yes she is! If not she could have just said she didn’t eat or sleep.


You will find out when your husband leaves you.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2023 20:16     Subject: Was I married to a stranger? Even socialites get ghosted. Modern Love!
Anonymous wrote:The MV house is worth $4.7m apparently, on top of her multi-million dollar NYC apartment. She's a descendant of the Vanderbilt family. And just to keep it current, the Daily Mail notes that she's a Harvard alum whose family has donated a building and lots of $$. Doesn't make her husband less of a jerk, but the story is a bit less compelling when you realize she is an uber-wealthy socialite.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12252243/NYC-lawyer-shares-anguish-husband-20-years-left-woman-pandemic.html

She doesn’t deny her privilege in her article.