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Anonymous wrote:Okay, I've read a little more about the fiance and I hate that I have some reservations.

His wife only died in summer 2021. It's now fall 2023 and they're getting married? How long did he wait after his wife passed before he started dating? 6 months if that? And based on timing I'm guessing Tinsley is the first person he dated, and now they're getting married? And there's 3 kids involved that lost their mom? This doesn't seem like it's necessarily a recipe for success. Which is too bad, because I really was happy for Tinsley, and obviously these kids have lost enough already.

Looks like they met in October 2021 at a wedding according to the NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/style/tinsley-mortimer-robert-bovard-wedding.html

I really hope she steps up as a mom to those kids. What a story. She looks a little weird in those pictures - like foggy or tipsy? Maybe it's just the makeup.

Dale looks fantastic in those photos. She's still a beauty (even though she's a bit crazy).

Can’t see anything, you need a log in. Fail.

Dale is in the Town and Country spread, no paywall.

I give it 2 years. I wonder if she’ll try and get pregnant right away.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, I've read a little more about the fiance and I hate that I have some reservations.

His wife only died in summer 2021. It's now fall 2023 and they're getting married? How long did he wait after his wife passed before he started dating? 6 months if that? And based on timing I'm guessing Tinsley is the first person he dated, and now they're getting married? And there's 3 kids involved that lost their mom? This doesn't seem like it's necessarily a recipe for success. Which is too bad, because I really was happy for Tinsley, and obviously these kids have lost enough already.

Looks like they met in October 2021 at a wedding according to the NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/style/tinsley-mortimer-robert-bovard-wedding.html

I really hope she steps up as a mom to those kids. What a story. She looks a little weird in those pictures - like foggy or tipsy? Maybe it's just the makeup.

Dale looks fantastic in those photos. She's still a beauty (even though she's a bit crazy).

Can’t see anything, you need a log in. Fail.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, I've read a little more about the fiance and I hate that I have some reservations.

His wife only died in summer 2021. It's now fall 2023 and they're getting married? How long did he wait after his wife passed before he started dating? 6 months if that? And based on timing I'm guessing Tinsley is the first person he dated, and now they're getting married? And there's 3 kids involved that lost their mom? This doesn't seem like it's necessarily a recipe for success. Which is too bad, because I really was happy for Tinsley, and obviously these kids have lost enough already.

Looks like they met in October 2021 at a wedding according to the NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/style/tinsley-mortimer-robert-bovard-wedding.html

I really hope she steps up as a mom to those kids. What a story. She looks a little weird in those pictures - like foggy or tipsy? Maybe it's just the makeup.

Dale looks fantastic in those photos. She's still a beauty (even though she's a bit crazy).

Anonymous wrote:The first wife (Mimi Dial Bovard) had a brain tumor removed right before her wedding to Robert. This was an issue they knew about and were monitoring for 12+ years.

OK, this is some really important context that has been left out.

This is tough. Everyone I know who had a brain tumor at such a young age eventually died within a decade (small sample size here, but the literature is not encouraging). Vast majority don't get 12 more years of life.

Not sure I could bring one kid - let alone THREE - into that situation. The Bovards were probably discussing "what if's" before they even started trying for their first kid.

In that case, I would need to assume that she encouraged her husband to remarry for the sake of the kids. She had to know the statistics and they are not promising.

The first wife (Mimi Dial Bovard) had a brain tumor removed right before her wedding to Robert. This was an issue they knew about and were monitoring for 12+ years.

Anonymous wrote:Okay, I've read a little more about the fiance and I hate that I have some reservations.

His wife only died in summer 2021. It's now fall 2023 and they're getting married? How long did he wait after his wife passed before he started dating? 6 months if that? And based on timing I'm guessing Tinsley is the first person he dated, and now they're getting married? And there's 3 kids involved that lost their mom? This doesn't seem like it's necessarily a recipe for success. Which is too bad, because I really was happy for Tinsley, and obviously these kids have lost enough already.

Looks like they met in October 2021 at a wedding according to the NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/style/tinsley-mortimer-robert-bovard-wedding.html

I really hope she steps up as a mom to those kids. What a story. She looks a little weird in those pictures - like foggy or tipsy? Maybe it's just the makeup.

Anonymous wrote:Exclusive wedding photos with T&C:



https://www.townandcountrymag.com/the-scene/weddings/g45909785/tinsley-mortimer-robert-bovard-wedding-photos/

That’s a terrible photo of her but there are better ones when you click on the link. I think her dress was gorgeous. She should have left off the gold bracelets though. The kids look very happy and also adorable. Hope it goes well for them all.

Exclusive wedding photos with T&C:



https://www.townandcountrymag.com/the-scene/weddings/g45909785/tinsley-mortimer-robert-bovard-wedding-photos/

Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised so many find her likable. I think she has a lot of issues and is overly dramatic.

1. After she emceed the circus: https://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-new-york-city/season-11/episode-9/videos/bethenny-frankel-needs-a-break

My issue here is that it’s good to express your emotions, it was so unprofessional to be videoed doing this while still at the circus (work). Who would hire you again?

2. Her ex surprised her. This is so dramatic and stupid looking

https://www.facebook.com/rhnyc/videos/10156148083155498/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

3. And 4.

Is only dating a man (not engaged) and goes on tv to try on wedding dresses which she’s knows he’d see.

Has her eggs retrieved, not fertilized, and sobs just seeing a picture of them.

https://youtu.be/dEvbCRKBUAY?si=efT0L0bp3swiGcV2

I don't disagree with your examples being dramatic and perhaps even ridiculous - but this is Real Housewives. She can't be mild-mannered or milquetoast or she wouldn't last on the show. I guess I'd be interested to hear what housewives you found more likeable than Tinsley who were less dramatic than she was, because I can't think of any. Most of them are equally if not more dramatic, and much more cruel/nasty and problematic in other ways (drinking, arrests, racism, etc.).

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, I've read a little more about the fiance and I hate that I have some reservations.

His wife only died in summer 2021. It's now fall 2023 and they're getting married? How long did he wait after his wife passed before he started dating? 6 months if that? And based on timing I'm guessing Tinsley is the first person he dated, and now they're getting married? And there's 3 kids involved that lost their mom? This doesn't seem like it's necessarily a recipe for success. Which is too bad, because I really was happy for Tinsley, and obviously these kids have lost enough already.

Many widowers remarry quickly especially if the former spouse was ill for a long time.

I remember seeing an announcement about the death of a mom of a student in my DCs class around Thanksgiving. I met the student's new step mom at back to school night the next September. So less than a year later the dad remarried. I think having young kids increases the speed too.

DP. Do we know that she was ill for a long time though? I keep seeing that without any references to anything. My dad died from prostate cancer that he had for ten years so I get your point. But frequently when younger people (under 50) die from cancer they tend to have more aggressive cancers.

I cannot imagine any advantage to speculation about the course of the first wife's disease, but there are plenty of young parents who don't tell their kids they're dying until the last possible moment. If you don't know any, count your blessings, because it's heartbreaking.

And I also don't see any merit in telling DCUM what you'd do if you were in that situation and how much better that would be (trying to shut down a particularly offensive form of speculation here, not that I think it will work)

You’re such a loser for reporting the previous comment, Tinsley.

Speculating it was a long-illness is also speculation but you are right that that does make him look better.

I’m surprised so many find her likable. I think she has a lot of issues and is overly dramatic.

1. After she emceed the circus: https://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-new-york-city/season-11/episode-9/videos/bethenny-frankel-needs-a-break

My issue here is that it’s good to express your emotions, it was so unprofessional to be videoed doing this while still at the circus (work). Who would hire you again?

2. Her ex surprised her. This is so dramatic and stupid looking

https://www.facebook.com/rhnyc/videos/10156148083155498/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

3. And 4.

Is only dating a man (not engaged) and goes on tv to try on wedding dresses which she’s knows he’d see.

Has her eggs retrieved, not fertilized, and sobs just seeing a picture of them.

https://youtu.be/dEvbCRKBUAY?si=efT0L0bp3swiGcV2

Wow I didn’t realize she got married this past weekend!

https://pagesix.com/2023/11/13/entertainment/rhony-alum-tinsley-mortimer-marries-fiance-robert-bovard/amp/

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Anonymous wrote:Is it me or is Tinsley Mortimer the weirdest name?

Her maiden name is Mercer. She kept Topper’s last name even after they divorced because it’s way more prestigious.

Tinsley is a weird name. Pretentious, which is the vibe I got from her mother when I used to watch RHONY. Timsley herself, however, seemed like a genuinely nice person.

Tinsley’s full given name was Tinsley Randolph Mercer. Her sister was Dabney Winston Mercer. These are pretty standard Richmond high society-type names.

+1. Adding that in the south it’s considered low class to have a normal trendy name. The middle name is often a family name or you go by your middle name.

It's not low-class in the south to have a normal given name like Anna or Alice as long as it is time-tested. It's low-class to have a trendy given name that is someone else's last name, like Emerson or Kennedy. There are more American girls with those names as first names than there are people in the world with those names as last names, LOL.

I am very familiar with rich southerner naming convention of stringing together a bunch of last names and calling it a day. While that does persist, it is perceived as overly pretentious, so you see lots of rich people just going with classic names like Anna and Alice to not draw attention.

Anonymous wrote:I agree that the DH is awful for doing this to his kids.

Tinsley should just go back to Topper or find someone else.

Maybe Ramona’s ex husband!

Topper is married to Tabitha Simmons, the awesome fashion designer