wovenloaf

I think he actually said, "I need my space. Alone. Without you." at one point. In response she moped more about "well if you don't want me here..." Girl. There is no "if" about it.

I didn't say anyone, young or old, shouldn't tell the truth. Just that people at that age often have a hard time being upfront when they're not into someone who is into them. And that a lot of people (not all, unfortunately...) get better at such situations as they get older.

I think she was having the problem a lot of people have when they are young where they have a hard time just saying "I'm not interested." She's only 22. I used to do that at her age - when "nice guys" wouldn't back off, but they were "nice" so I felt bad just telling them to beat it. Also I think some people, when they are young, think that there is a kind of obligation (not a literal one, but a "social" one I guess) to be friendly with people. There's not. I don't necessarily think she led him on while he was there (she looked totally disgusted when he was grabbing her at the gym...), but she definitely should have nipped this whole thing in the bud way before he showed up in Paris. And I don't think there actually is a boyfriend. If there is, not a serious one - like if she was into Patrick when he showed up she would have gone with it, but she wasn't so she "has a boyfriend." In any event, I find Patrick so overbearing and obnoxious and full of shit, that I can't help but be on Myriam's side, in comparison, ha.

From what we've seen she's the one who has a penchant for shoving him around and body-slamming him against vans.

For the first highlighted part, I don't think he actually said that. When Molly's mom was trashing him, I think she said something along the lines of "he thinks people need to stay where they come from." From what I recall, the dad only said something about how, if Luis arrives and ends up hurting Molly or her daughters, he'll do everything in his power to make sure Luis goes back to where he came from. Which I don't really think is a racist comment, in context. As for the mother, I got a real manipulative, mean-under-the-surface type vibe from that lady, and the distinct impression that Molly has spent a healthy portion of her life listening to her mother talk shit about her father. Just my impression.

I had the same response. And I'm not even convinced he's only 26. If he had said he was 36, I would've believed him.

Yeah, I kind of got the impression they were buying not renting also. It's not the first time I've had that impression on this show, even though people were supposedly "renting." I think sometimes on the HHI show the producers present it as renting because they think it will make it simpler for viewers if people are talking in terms of a monthly payment in American dollars? I don't know why it would be so hard to just present the total budget as American dollars rather than Euros (or just say what it is in Euros, whatever), but maybe the producers think we're dumb. I do prefer the episodes where people are actually looking at larger homes, as opposed to the ones with students looking at tiny apartments and muttering about how there's no oven over and over.

I only caught the last half of the Temecula episode just now, but that couple seemed so nice and normal! And nice to each other. How refreshing, compared to a lot of the people on this show...

Mr. Wovenloaf and I both actually laughed out loud when Paul lamented that he wasn't there to "protect and defend" Karine. I suspect the machete guy might have done the same (then chopped off his arm or something) if Paul tried. As for Larry, I thought he was outrageously rude. And I felt bad for Jenny and her family that they were treated that way.

It depends on the crime(s), as to how much of a problem the person would have getting a passport. Felony drug convictions would be the biggest issue. But conviction of other types of crimes won't necessarily prevent one from being able to travel abroad.

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here. (Well, no, actually - I think I do get your implication, I just find it uncalled for and am hoping you meant something else.) I haven't seen a single person here object to Jesse's decision to avoid alcohol/dealing with drunk people. What I have seen (and agree with) is people objecting to the manner in which he seems to have failed to previously explain to Darcey that that was important to him, and went from "Enjoy some wine with my mom!" to "Never drink a single drop again or this relationship will immediately be over!" in a matter of hours. And in context (of what we see on the show anyway), it seemed over the top and controlling.

No, I think they were just talking about how he shouldn't have it out because it might get stolen. It was attached to one of those hip clips, and it seemed like Karine was telling him to put it away and/or cover it with his shirt. Then he said something like "oh, because I'm a gringo." They were passing one phone back and forth later because they were using the translator app. But I think they both had their phones until Karine's got stolen by machete guy, and the one Paul ran off with was his.

I think he's an otolaryngologist.

Yes, that was strange. I certainly wouldn't consider wild birds flying in your open windows to be a "selling point," even if they are cockatoos.

I took that as a snappy response to him talking down to her like she was a 16 yr old. He was treating her like one, so she responded like one. I could see him being annoyed, but I thought he kind of came off like a bit of a psycho last night. I didn't think she was being that awful, and I didn't get the impression she is constantly showing up at the apartment drunk. His righteous outrage that she was HIGHLY INTOXICATED! and being SASSY! to him seemed pretty over the top. Of the bazillion reasons those two should split, a mild case of wine-soaked sass seems like an awfully silly one.

I do not understand that either. The house I grew up in had a balcony over the stairs, and I lived to tell about it. My best friend had a long walkway-balcony type deal that was open on both sides, connecting the 2 sections of the upstairs. She and her 5 siblings all successfully made it to adulthood. As for the parents worried about falling down stairs... millions of other parents have successfully prevented such a catastrophe by purchasing a baby gate.

I think it was that they don't get their checks until the end of the day Friday afternoon (the effect of which is that they the banks are closed and they can't cash the check until Monday), instead of getting paid Friday morning when they could potentially go to a bank on lunch break or whatever, because the company doesn't want them just disappearing and getting drunk during the workday Friday. That's what I thought they said.

My impression was that it was set up like those "check cashing" stores are. They take the check, "cash" it for you by giving you the check amount in cash, minus the 5% fee that they keep. You leave with cash (less the 5%), they keep the check and deposit/cash it for themselves. The construction company doesn't really care because they're not paying more or less either way.

Right? You'd think they'd at least want a handful of family members there. Although this is the same guy that declared proposing to Carly on a trashy tv show after knowing her for 3 weeks (2 of which she spent repulsed by him) was "the most important day of his life" - forget the 3 days his children were born, pssht!

Her voice is annoying to listen to, but I'm not sure her's is necessarily just some vocal-fry affectation like the others. At least not entirely. My voice gets hoarse sometimes when I'm nervous. Especially when I was younger, if I was doing public speaking or a job interview or was just nervous for whatever reason, I would be fine beforehand but then all of a sudden sound raspy and kind of lose my voice once I start talking. To me she's always sounded like she may have the same problem. And maybe tries to cover it up by talking in that wispy, higher-pitched voice.

I particularly liked how they kept whining through the whole episode that they needed a larger dining room, then once they moved in they had one narrow, tiny table in it, with no chairs. Okay then. And yeah, her face looked pretty...worked on. It barely moved when she spoke. Wasn't the husband a plastic surgeon (or did I hear that wrong)?

I still can't believe they gave Josiah "stunning" and then the next guy "boutonnière." Come on.

Ashley is seriously still hung up over stuff that happened at youth group? Yeesh, grow up. I spent a couple teenage years being grumpy about things happening at youth group. I don't think I've even thought about that rubbish in a decade. She just comes off so juvenile. And if she came at me with that random dramatic tirade in my living room, I probably would have been much less gracious about it than whichever brunette that was.

When did they say that? Hope everything's alright. I wish he had stayed, he was hot and I liked him.

Did Ashley try to take credit for Prince William and Kate Middleton getting together? Because Kate looked so fabulous in Ashley's clothing designs or something? Did I hear that correctly?