Blanche Devereaux/Romances

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This is a full list of Blanche Deveraux's romantic partners. For a list of her relationships, platonic and otherwise, visit Blanche Devereaux/Relationships.

Ex-Fiancés

Harry and Blanche; "The Engagement" (1985)

Harry

In the series premiere, Blanche had been seeing Harry for about a week leading up to the events of the episode. Though they had only known each other for a week, Blanche accepted Harry's offer of marriage because "at (their) age, long engagements don't make sense". On the day of the wedding, however, Blanche learned that Harry had been arrested as he was a bigamist, having six other wives and being wanted in four other states. Harry seemed to have cared something for Blanche, as he'd written her a farewell letter for the arresting officer to deliver to her since he wouldn't be able to say goodbye in person.

Richard

Blanche's boyfriend-turned-fiancé in "Second Motherhood".

Deck Bovenlough

In Blanche's senior year of high school, she began dating the father of one of her cheerleading rivals, Deck Bovenlough. Though he was in his forties, out of work, and twice-divorced with three children, the inexperienced Blanche thought he was quite the catch. Her biggest motivation for dating him, however, was that if she married him, she could become her rival's mother and pull her off the cheerleading squad. On November 25th, 1949, Deck proposed to Blanche with his ID bracelet. A month later, Blanche and Deck left from the Rexall drugstore to elope at Bubba's Chapel of Bliss and Tackle Shop, but were met by Blanche's parents when they arrived. After Blanche's mother told her that she thought marrying Deck was the best thing for her, Blanche gave Deck his ID bracelet back and broke up with him.

Boyfriends

Patrick Vaughn

To be added.

Fidel Santiago

Blanche dated Fidel in the Season 4 premiere, "Yes, We Have No Havanas". While she was initially charmed by him, Blanche soon found herself drifting away from Fidel and losing interest in him, especially after she began suspecting that he was seeing another woman. While out with Rose and Dorothy, Blanche's assumption about Fidel was proven correct -- he had been seeing Sophia behind Blanche's back. Furious at the turn of events, Blanche continued to see Fidel out of spite, and her relationship with Sophia suffered greatly as both of the women tried to woo Fidel away from the other.

Mel Bushman

Though he only appeared once in Season 6, Mel Bushman was Blanche's most frequent dates, as he was always available whenever she lacked male companionship. The one time he was not, Blanche assumed he was dead and promptly fell in temporary love with him when she realized he was alive. When Blanche's death was reported mistakenly in a newspaper, Mel sent flowers and a note, saying he went back to his ex-wife.

Calwell Honeycutt

“Two-four-six-eight, who will Blanche no longer date? Calwell!”

— Blanche's farewell cheer to Calwell; "A Visit from Little Sven"

In high school, Blanche dated the school's star quarterback, Calwell Honeycutt. When Blanche inevitably wanted to break up with him, she couldn't do it face-to-face and decided to lead the cheer squad in a breakup cheer at the next football game.

Crushes

Blanche and Dirk at their one and only date; "Blanche and the Younger Man" (1985)

Dirk

Dirk was Blanche's Jazzercise instructor in "Blanche and the Younger Man". Blanche developed a crush on him and was pleasantly surprised when he asked her out to dinner, but expressed momentary concern about dating him as he was nearly five years younger than she was. During the episode, Blanche does all she can to make herself look younger in order to keep up with him, including vitamin regimens and exercises that she is too old to safely perform. However, when Blanche finally goes on the date with Dirk, she realizes that the age gap is too wide for the relationship to work. She and Dirk have nothing in common, and Dirk admits that Blanche reminds him of his mother, who lives far away.

Ham Lushbough

“Blanche: Ham, do you think you might like some company tonight?
Ham: Maybe some other time, Blanche.”

— Ham rejecting Blanche's advances; "The One That Got Away" (1988)

Ham was a handsome quarterback that Blanche and her sister Virginia both pursued while they were in college. Ham was apparently into Blanche at the time, but one day, he began rejecting all of her advances. When Ham came to visit Miami, Blanche immediately set to work trying to seduce him, despite his unattractiveness, as her ego couldn't handle being rejected by any man. After being humiliated by Ham publicly rejecting her in a restaurant, Blanche learned of a sexual encounter that she and Ham supposedly had in college, which she had no memory of. At that moment, Ham and Blanche realized that he had slept with Virginia that night, not Blanche, and Ham became interested in spending the night with Blanche. However, Blanche's ego was restored by this revelation, and lost all interest in Ham.

Laszlo Glagorian

To be added.