Elle Florence Lecocq #11 Duchess of Bainbridge

[Annie_HTX]

I think no, to her it would be like admitting defeat and might be embarrassing to see old colleagues after the whole Rick debauchery.

And this is why it’s important to have a network of support. Not a gaggle of “ladies-who-lunch,” but real friends. As I have gotten older, I have realized that I don’t need a million friends, but just a few true sister-friends who I know will call me out in my stupid moments, uplift me in my sad moments and support me in my happy moments.

If – if – this is one of the reasons Elle has chosen not to return to Vancouver, its not only maddening, but it makes me sad as well. This is what happens when you isolate yourself and build your life only around a man. There’s nothing wrong with having friends who are more of “social acquaintances.” I think we all have those. But if there are no efforts made to cultivate meaningful and deep friendships, then doesn’t life get lonely?

And it’s not enough to just be “adopted” by your significant other’s friends (I remember in a number of Joe-era vlogs of the two of them going to birthday parties, camping trips, and other social outings hosted by his friends. How come we never saw anything like that with Elle’s friends?). It’s important that you have people in your life who know you outside of your relationship, and can speak to you candidly and with tough love when needed.

[Side-note: Though none of us will ever know what the Dolls’ real feelings were about the engagement, the fact that there very minimal effort was made for Elle's bridal shower tells me that: (1) the Dolls knew in their hearts that the engagement and move to Florida was a bad idea, and didn’t want to put on a party together that looked too “celebratory,” or (2) they aren’t really that close of friends, but wanted to put something together to appear as cordial and polite.

Where I come from, and the types of friends I have, I would have been backhanded to next Tuesday before getting on a plane to marry a man I hardly knew. But if I had gone to Florida and then decided to end the engagement, I knew I could go back to my community where I’ll be met with open arms followed by a series of “I told your ass not to go there!” Yes, I'd be embarrassed, but I know I'd be returning to a space where I will be supported - called out for my stupidity - but supported nonetheless.]

And please, so I don’t come across as disrespectful, I want to say that I respect that not everyone wants friends. Maybe that’s Elle’s case. I agree that in her recent WIEIAD video, she did seem a bit sad. But maybe for Elle, life is fulfilled with just having one person. The quality of the relationship with that one person is a different discussion – but I think I have tortured you all enough with my armchair therapist rant haha!

 

[just_S]

I’m sorry if anyone likes her food here but I think a lot of it looks really disgusting, and I don’t know if it’s because she’s a terrible cook or the recipes aren’t good. It often looks dry, chunky, or really nasty. That pasta she made looked so gross that I was going to hurl when I saw it. I’m so glad I clicked through the video instead of watching it because she looked so deranged and unhygienic during most of it, especially when she kept playing with the cheese with her fingers.

i fully agree with you here- i think her dishes look gross and unappetising; and to be completely blunt, for a wannabe Stepford housewife who used to do barre she doesnt seem to be portraying that she eats/cooks a balanced diet. i am not food shaming, just pointing out that for someone who considers herself a gourmand - all she puts out is rich, fatty and carby dishes (maybe its her twisted way of appealing to men who she seems to think only go for carby creamy things?)

 

[LuvYoutube]

Ok finally got a chance to watch the whole vid. Thanks again for the viewpure link.

Just_S is so right. The Nig-Elle-a vibe is very strong. The spoon licking, camisole wearing, sassy joke making, rich food, no appolgies, cleavage showing, eyelash batting, 'watch me cook boys' aesthetic.

The quesedilla cheese licking scene and sassy girl comment about the 'too much sour cream.' Wow, Elle.

Sure, it comes off as awkward because she's trying so hard yet again to invent a new persona for herself, but I think she's on to something here. Men who will dig this do exist, and she must have her hooks in one already given that someone else was clanging around while she was 'cooking' in the trippy stew conclusion. Also, if 2021 Elle is going to attempt to cultivate any sort of sensuality for men, the whole matronly, big-boobed, frumpy, middle-aged, lover of rich flavors sort of senuality that Lawson does is a lot closer to what she already has to work with these days, especially with the speed at which she is morphing to look like her mom in a wig.

I think Nig-Elle-a is a lot more convincing than her attempt to be the fresh-faced, kayaking, hiking, nature-kissed, PNW outdoors girl she was fooling no one at the last year. She even admits in a couple of the now-deleted Joe videos that the outdoors have never been her thing. If it becomes a little more natural as she wears it more often, this new persona could get us a man and back into a new golden era of Elle bragfest videos, which is what I love, after all. I was starting to lose all hope honestly.

Well done, girlboss. Keep it up. We're pulling for you!

Nig-Elle-a needs to be in the next title 🌶

 

[poshspice88]

I have no idea who Nigella is, so I googled her — I still have no idea who she is. She must be popular in the UK and Canada. Am I the only American on this thread who isn’t familiar with her?

 

[Heretosnoop]

You can tell when Elle has her man over ie her birthday vlog because she makes muted extreme close up shots of food and views. Clearly her dick appointment was over during the stew segment because it's muted, fivehead must have been yammering on, and there's only close up short shots. In one of the clips she's storing but someone is clearly clanking around in the background. I wouldn't be surprised if she's on a ski trip or something with fivehead right now and that's why she hasn't posted anything on social media.

 

[Drasticactions]

I have no idea who Nigella is, so I googled her — I still have no idea who she is. She must be popular in the UK and Canada. Am I the only American on this thread who isn’t familiar with her?

I had heard of her but I never watched her, so I'm not familiar other than knowing that she cooks.
One of my friends in highschool used to talk about her and I just assumed she was confused and didn't know how to say Nutella

You can tell when Elle has her man over ie her birthday vlog because she makes muted extreme close up shots of food and views. Clearly her dick appointment was over during the stew segment because it's muted, fivehead must have been yammering on, and there's only close up short shots. In one of the clips she's storing but someone is clearly clanking around in the background. I wouldn't be surprised if she's on a ski trip or something with fivehead right now and that's why she hasn't posted anything on social media.

Maybe this is why she posted so late on Friday. I just assumed her date night plans fell through maybe they are on a trip? Maybe she's visiting her mom in HI and didn't think about the time change and that's why she posted so late?

 

[drewberry_moore]

Since we were talking about Nigella earlier, I really want Uncle Roger to review one of Elle's cooking videos.

 

[LuvYoutube]

I have no idea who Nigella is, so I googled her — I still have no idea who she is. She must be popular in the UK and Canada. Am I the only American on this thread who isn’t familiar with her?

She’s the queen of cooking po*n.

 

[svdwoodsen]

No shade to Nigella but isn’t she 60 something (and looks fantastic!) and mostly appeals to older gentlemen? Is our girl boss desperate enough to go after someone 20+ years her senior?

 

[boredstrom]

Is our girl boss desperate enough to go after someone 20+ years her senior?

Lol, absolutely. Money has no expiration date. I mean both Elle and Nigella have that decent looking 45 year old vibe going. Kinda on the polar opposite ends when it comes to actual age, but yeah . . . .

I'll say it again. I think she's on to something here. I think this is gonna work. We're gonna get our next house tour. I can't wait until she hangs the photo of the view in her new home with Mr Next.

 

[thecatlass]

And this is why it’s important to have a network of support. Not a gaggle of “ladies-who-lunch,” but real friends. As I have gotten older, I have realized that I don’t need a million friends, but just a few true sister-friends who I know will call me out in my stupid moments, uplift me in my sad moments and support me in my happy moments.

If – if – this is one of the reasons Elle has chosen not to return to Vancouver, its not only maddening, but it makes me sad as well. This is what happens when you isolate yourself and build your life only around a man. There’s nothing wrong with having friends who are more of “social acquaintances.” I think we all have those. But if there are no efforts made to cultivate meaningful and deep friendships, then doesn’t life get lonely?

And it’s not enough to just be “adopted” by your significant other’s friends (I remember in a number of Joe-era vlogs of the two of them going to birthday parties, camping trips, and other social outings hosted by his friends. How come we never saw anything like that with Elle’s friends?). It’s important that you have people in your life who know you outside of your relationship, and can speak to you candidly and with tough love when needed.

[Side-note: Though none of us will ever know what the Dolls’ real feelings were about the engagement, the fact that there very minimal effort was made for Elle's bridal shower tells me that: (1) the Dolls knew in their hearts that the engagement and move to Florida was a bad idea, and didn’t want to put on a party together that looked too “celebratory,” or (2) they aren’t really that close of friends, but wanted to put something together to appear as cordial and polite.

Where I come from, and the types of friends I have, I would have been backhanded to next Tuesday before getting on a plane to marry a man I hardly knew. But if I had gone to Florida and then decided to end the engagement, I knew I could go back to my community where I’ll be met with open arms followed by a series of “I told your ass not to go there!” Yes, I'd be embarrassed, but I know I'd be returning to a space where I will be supported - called out for my stupidity - but supported nonetheless.]

And please, so I don’t come across as disrespectful, I want to say that I respect that not everyone wants friends. Maybe that’s Elle’s case. I agree that in her recent WIEIAD video, she did seem a bit sad. But maybe for Elle, life is fulfilled with just having one person. The quality of the relationship with that one person is a different discussion – but I think I have tortured you all enough with my armchair therapist rant haha!

I'd say Smelle needs two people in her life: a man and her mommy.

You can tell when Elle has her man over ie her birthday vlog because she makes muted extreme close up shots of food and views. Clearly her dick appointment was over during the stew segment because it's muted, fivehead must have been yammering on, and there's only close up short shots. In one of the clips she's storing but someone is clearly clanking around in the background. I wouldn't be surprised if she's on a ski trip or something with fivehead right now and that's why she hasn't posted anything on social media.

I really need to see Smelle skiing. It must be 'beautiful'. I think it's somewhere in-between her uncoordinated attempt at hitting a baseball ball (beautifully depicted in a Joe era vlog from her trophy wife fitness class) and her 'sexy' dancing soon after she turned 30 and was dating Special Someone Country Single Dad (it was a tiktok/insta video where everyone was casually dancing and joking around, while Smelle was unsuccessfully channeling her inner Shakira).

 

[svdwoodsen]

Lol, absolutely. Money has no expiration date. I mean both Elle and Nigella have that decent looking 45 year old vibe going. Kinda on the polar opposite ends when it comes to actual age, but yeah . . . .

I'll say it again. I think she's on to something here. I think this is gonna work. We're gonna get our next house tour. I can't wait until she hangs the photo of the view in her new home with Mr Next.

For goodness’ sake and to anyone here whose reading this, early to mid 30 is NOT old and please don’t follow what Smellenore is doing! Kind hearted women who take good care of themselves and treat others with respect have lots of options in the dating world. There is no need to push the girls out of a low cut top, make bedroom eyes at a viewfinder while cooking, and desperately channel some food porn fantasy for older men in order to get hitched.

 

[LegalEagle5]

I have no idea who Nigella is, so I googled her — I still have no idea who she is. She must be popular in the UK and Canada. Am I the only American on this thread who isn’t familiar with her?

I am American and she used to be on PBS a lot. I remember enjoying her when I would catch an episode. However there was then a scandal about some heavy drug use so I haven't seen her in many years.

 

[boredstrom]

For goodness’ sake and to anyone here whose reading this, early to mid 30 is NOT old and please don’t follow what Smellenore is doing! Kind hearted women who take good care of themselves and treat others with respect have lots of options in the dating world. There is no need to push the girls out of a low cut top, make bedroom eyes at a viewfinder while cooking, and desperately channel some food porn fantasy for older men in order to get hitched.

Well put. In the past I have been more complimentary of Elle's looks than others on here. I know I have been pretty mean about them ever since her engagement imploded.

I said last thread that if she was a selfless, caring, humble, honest person that she would have been completely adorable in the Joe era. Sure it took a lot of paint to pull off but if she wasn't so selfish, materialistic, and obsessed with impressing others, I bet she'd be married to Joe now and his friends would tell him how lucky he is to have this amazing, beautiful, awesome wife.

But that's not Elle. She can't see herself as the one to blame though. If she could, I doubt her hobby would be documenting the whole disaster on YouTube.

But yeah as svdwoodsen says, don't look to Elle for inspiration. Let her serve as a warning to others.

 

[svdwoodsen]

Well put. In the past I have been more complimentary of Elle's looks than others on here. I know I have been pretty mean about them ever since her engagement imploded.

I said last thread that if she was a selfless, caring, humble, honest person that she would have been completely adorable in the Joe era. Sure it took a lot of paint to pull off but if she wasn't so selfish, materialistic, and obsessed with impressing others, I bet she'd be married to Joe now and his friends would tell him how lucky he is to have this amazing, beautiful, awesome wife.

But that's not Elle. She can't see herself as the one to blame though. If she could, I doubt her hobby would be documenting the whole disaster on YouTube.

But yeah as svdwoodsen says, don't look to Elle for inspiration. Let her serve as a warning to others.

There was a point in time when I first joined Tattle, that I thought Elle would take a hard look at herself and become a better person after the Rick fiasco. I really did think she could change for the better and meet someone who is a better fit for her down the road, after she works on herself.

Now I think Joe is the one who (luckily for him) got away.

She’s a cautionary tale for us all.

 

[greenbear]

I think an older man might like Elle initially with the cooking and the womanly bod, but eventually he would get tired of the constant spending and the vanilla s*x life

And this is why it’s important to have a network of support. Not a gaggle of “ladies-who-lunch,” but real friends. As I have gotten older, I have realized that I don’t need a million friends, but just a few true sister-friends who I know will call me out in my stupid moments, uplift me in my sad moments and support me in my happy moments.

If – if – this is one of the reasons Elle has chosen not to return to Vancouver, its not only maddening, but it makes me sad as well. This is what happens when you isolate yourself and build your life only around a man. There’s nothing wrong with having friends who are more of “social acquaintances.” I think we all have those. But if there are no efforts made to cultivate meaningful and deep friendships, then doesn’t life get lonely?

And it’s not enough to just be “adopted” by your significant other’s friends (I remember in a number of Joe-era vlogs of the two of them going to birthday parties, camping trips, and other social outings hosted by his friends. How come we never saw anything like that with Elle’s friends?). It’s important that you have people in your life who know you outside of your relationship, and can speak to you candidly and with tough love when needed.

[Side-note: Though none of us will ever know what the Dolls’ real feelings were about the engagement, the fact that there very minimal effort was made for Elle's bridal shower tells me that: (1) the Dolls knew in their hearts that the engagement and move to Florida was a bad idea, and didn’t want to put on a party together that looked too “celebratory,” or (2) they aren’t really that close of friends, but wanted to put something together to appear as cordial and polite.

Where I come from, and the types of friends I have, I would have been backhanded to next Tuesday before getting on a plane to marry a man I hardly knew. But if I had gone to Florida and then decided to end the engagement, I knew I could go back to my community where I’ll be met with open arms followed by a series of “I told your ass not to go there!” Yes, I'd be embarrassed, but I know I'd be returning to a space where I will be supported - called out for my stupidity - but supported nonetheless.]

And please, so I don’t come across as disrespectful, I want to say that I respect that not everyone wants friends. Maybe that’s Elle’s case. I agree that in her recent WIEIAD video, she did seem a bit sad. But maybe for Elle, life is fulfilled with just having one person. The quality of the relationship with that one person is a different discussion – but I think I have tortured you all enough with my armchair therapist rant haha!

I really don't think they are actual friends.

 

[Behindthescreens]

I have no idea who Nigella is, so I googled her — I still have no idea who she is. She must be popular in the UK and Canada. Am I the only American on this thread who isn’t familiar with her?

Nope. I'm guessing reality TV by the descriptions?

Since we were talking about Nigella earlier, I really want Uncle Roger to review one of Elle's cooking videos.

Edit: Thank you for this clip!

 

[poshspice88]

She’s the queen of cooking po*n.

Awesome, I get it now — thanks!!

 

[KitsBiach]

Whoever wonderful lady called this earlier! You’re a fortune teller!

Princes Smelle definitely did not blur out her nose this time! Oops thanks Svdwoodsen

 

[svdwoodsen]

Whoever wonderful lady earlier called this! You’re a fortune teller!

Princes Smelle definitely did not blur out her nose this time!

Of course the duchess of bainbridge is traveling for leisure during a global pandemic.

And you're very welcome.