AuntDahlia

I don't understand the horror these ladies have for Aaron's nuttiness. This is LA! Isn't this style of flakiness not uncommon in these parts? It's the land of Scientologists! I love an eccentric, even if they are not hot, so his jibber jabber doesn't bother me a bit. And I stan Denise Richards, always have. Team Denise! And Aaron can be on the team as a treat.

I thought the Surgeon General comment was said in jest and suspect Contessa just wants a cake administrative job in a hospital or the like - no patients, no billing, just a nice salary and a 9 to 5. Contessa is clearly unhappy being a practicing physician; also doesn't want to be a stay-at-home mom. I've felt that way in life and thought wow wouldn't it be great if I could just go back to school - it is a vacation from real life! - and then after that I'll be able to be in an easier profession. Not only a vacation from work but this chick figured out how to get a vacation from her family! Kadooz as they say in Real Housewives Land!

Having taken one state's bar and practiced law for over 20 years, I figured a jab at one of the worst law schools in the country must have been meant for an unaccredited school such as the one Michael Cohen attended. Have known plenty of good and great lawyers who went to accredited law schools that aren't winning any awards in a magazine. I do agree that Reagan doesn't have any intention to practice law or take the bar exam. Maybe she can get into some sort of smoke and mirrors non-practice affiliation with Craig, J.D., from original recipe Southern Charm.

Reagan basically threw out a mentally ill husband and upgraded. Hard for me to not hate her for that. I know and empathize with how difficult it is to be married to someone with these issues, but if you loved him, then even if you couldn't see through the old-fashioned "in sickness or in health" you wouldn't be doing this shit on TV. And to stick the poor fool with that house! Someone tell him to sell that shit and move close to supportive folks where he is not out in the middle of nowhere by his lonesome.

Here is something I have learned from many years of marriage: insulting and yelling at a husband while complaining he doesn't love you the right way/spend time enough time with you rarely leads to him wanting to spend more time with you and show you more quality affection.

Same! Shoot, I carry on when I make it into first class and even business class! LOL.

Practicing law is often boring drudgery that also happens to be difficult. Deadlines and details are a part of that life and missing deadlines just doesn't affect you, it can have terrible consequences for your client. Courts don't let that shit fly just because you are cute. Also, lying is not the key to respectable success despite all the lawyer jokes; what opposing counsel would trust Craig in a negotiation at this point? Craig, please do yourself and the pro bono clients (who are real clients even if they cannot pay) a favor and stick with the pillows. There is no shame in not wanting to be a lawyer; quite the contrary!

I will sit at that table with you!

Craig is all smoke and mirrors. Bullshit artist. And not a particularly good one. I've been a lawyer far longer than he has and this type is a dime a dozen. I don't think he is a terrible person, but the boy is no prize. I like Naomi; she's young and should not have abused him so much and just left him. But when you are young you think you can change people if you can just talk (or yell) sense into them! She is too smart and no nonsense for his brand, though I'm sure he was a good boyfriend in that he was probably generally sweet and supportive. I think those aspects of him are genuine. I root for both of them, but Craig causes me many eye rolls.

Amanda, consider that it's bad enough being married to an alcoholic when they marry you willingly. Forcing an alcoholic to marry you is not ideal. And - the "professional" weekdays get fewer, and the weekends get longer. Or hey, it could all suddenly work out wonderfully just because the person turns .... maybe try 40?

I am merely a dimestore psychologist, but not every asshole is a psychopath or even a sociopath. I used to work with people on death row (not in their crimes, you understand, but after they had been sentenced). Jax is garden variety asshole. You find these dicks everywhere and I don't fear them murdering me in cold blood or torturing my pets. YMMV.

I love how coming up with an idea for an "e-commerce site" and having a couple pieces of paper with logos of a sort constitutes a "work ethic" in VPR land, or at least in Scheana World. I also enjoyed Rob's vague non-answer as to whether he had trademarked the name.

I cannot believe making your guests do the renters' binder jobs. Guests are not renters. I was already horrified last episode when Scheana proudly proclaimed to her guests that she and Rob would have the master bedroom "obviously". If you have guests, you give them the master! I'm antisocial shanty Irish and even I know this! Edited to add: YOU ALSO PROVIDE AMPLE FOOD FOR GUESTS! If you are getting this kind of advice from me, you need help. Also, I am a Young and the Restless devotee and I cannot remember Rob being on the show.

Hey Amanda, I remember youthful me tearfully asking my charming, handsome, genius boyfriend - why do you need to be so drunk all the time? 20 years later I've nursed him through rehab and loss of his profession and fortune due to alcoholism. Not that it wasn't worth it in the end and I love him and our kid but I would tell 26 year old me to run fast and far! And my boyfriend actually wanted to spend time with me...how someone so cute and seemingly normal and kind can let such a fuckup treat her like that! Girls, we can do better!

Tom doesn't really love Katie or want to be with her. He finds their relationship comfortable because she doesn't really challenge him. She yells at him (v. ineffectively) and he gets to act like a hurt puppy; this feeds his needs because he gets sympathy from others and she always looks like the bitch because he is "so nice." She always compromises herself for him (all those times he went somewhere without her, to a place she was uninvited!; making her wait past her TV-announced deadline for a proposal! not sticking up for her with Jax when he treated her abominably ON TV!) He takes passive aggression to new heights. Schwartz has so many interactions with Sandoval that indicate he really truly cares about him, but you never see that sort of deep feeling from him to Katie. I personally would rather date Jax because he would, for some brief duration, at least act as if he gave a shit about me. Fortunately for me, I'm far too old for any of these fools.

The thing I am most interested in is the Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy shit with the sister and the mom. At least that is what I suspect is going on. In the recent interview with the cop, the mom has weird sores and appears sickly; guess after the kid died she had to turn to just plain old Munchausen Syndrome. If I am wrong, I will be disappointed. The sex club intrigue just doesn't do it for me.

In defense of Craig - I've been a lawyer for 20 years, am female and have practiced ever since I passed the bar. But so many of my fellow women students never practiced law, or quit after getting married or having kids. I never heard them being humiliated about this decision, nor should they be. if Craig were a woman on this show and decided she enjoyed gardening, crafting, and having her own real estate rental business instead of being a lawyer - she would not be treated like a total loser. If her boyfriend was demanding she practice law and get a real job most viewers would be absolutely horrified. Many couples of means - only the man works even if they have no children. No one says the wife is a loser. Why shouldn't a man be treated the same if the woman is the one making the money? I get Naomi's frustration because they are both young and still figuring out life and what they want to do with it. I am sure he is inconsistent with what he says to her about his life goals, because he is not sure yet himself. Naomi needs to accept him the way he is or leave him, or they will both be unhappy. God, no one should be forced to be a lawyer! It's bad enough when it is something you are willing to do! ;)

I feel like I've been introduced to so many "swimsuit designers" via reality TV. Are there really so many of those? The job description always baffles me. Can you really make money in that????? Or is it a fake thing to call yourself while you look for a man and live off alimony/trust fund?

I love how Caroline speaks of her sister - "she cooks, she's outdoorsy" Such people mystify me as well!

Julie needs to learn that the more you complain, the less people sympathize. I liked her previously, but I can't take the endless whimpering. Her breathless explanation of her busy morning - that did not seem challenging except for the part that is every mom's nightmare of getting kids on the bus to school. We all deal with it girl, get over it.

I'm an estate planning attorney and won't bore you . . . but this biatch has attorneys and accountants. Who know where the will is and what to do about it. It's also very unlikely her estate plan could be handled by the most intelligent of 20 year olds. Now when my dad died we couldn't find his will and it was a problem - for middle class folk who have named their kids as executor - they definitely need to at least tell the kids where the will is. But Yolanda's will is in the vault of some attorney who's make $900 an hour.

I find the Kim Kathy Kyle drama really intriguing because I am one of three sisters. I'm also intrigued by the angle that the Hiltons are upset because Mauricio decided to start his own firm . My question is - do we have a primary source that Mauricio's leaving caused all sorts of drama between the families? or is it just conjecture (reasonable conjecture, but none the less conjecture)? I've seen it discussed a lot on these forums, but I don't recall it ever coming up on the show. Inquiring minds want to know!

My husband is an alcoholic and relapsed shortly after we got married. I have said and felt everything Scheana was saying and I am about as polar opposite from her in personality and lifestyle as you can get...I even did the whole hide it from everyone thing - for years. I feel for her, this makes the show much less enjoyable for me. After hard times, my h. went to rehab (sober for several years now) and I've been to a lot of "sessions" and education about addiction. YMMV, but addiction is not Scheana's fault. If he goes home to mother because he's sick of her that's one thing but if he is leaving her because he doesn't want to be confronted about his addiction, that's not on her. I painfully recall all the years I spent trying to say the right magic words and behave correctly so as not cause another fall off the wagon. Now my husband is still an irresponsible charmer like Schwartz but that I can live with!

My suspicion is that Caroline's "building this business from the ground up" means she schmoozed rich acquaintances for investments and then created a posh office for herself to look busy in glamorous fashion.

As a business owner I am shocked and appalled (in other words, loving it as a TV viewer) that Caroline is told her employees do not have enough time to wrap and send all the orders by Xmas - then she goes and eats candy and bitches about it. Girl, start packing and wrapping!! WTH!