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I am just truly fascinated by how this shows portray the new dinamics in couples nowadays, it always used to be the guy who was the bread winner and the one who had to reach settlements during divorces, yet in this show it is the women who are the wealthy ones and have to endure partners who plainly refuse to work even if they have the skills to do it. Abby's husband is a nutcase, he was offered an opportunity by his GF and he refuses, he was offered an opportunity by the BIL and he refused, I wonder if he would be so picky if Abby suddenly lost all her money and there was nothing coming his way. Not only is he in no hurry to find a job, he obviously feels very entitle to enjoy a standard of living and passes all the blame on her "outburst" but conveniently overlooking that the reson why she had such outburst was because he decided to blow the whole charade open. I guess my fascination comes from the fact that in a couple of years I will be the higher earner and how that is going to shape is intriguing. My husband jokes now that he can't wait for me to be in charge but I often wonder how is that really going to work on his pshyque.

Yamir and Myla Box were in fact a big deal in Nicaragua, not sure if they are anymore They of course would not in any way or shape resemble anything in the U.S. but they had their fans, their music, their presentations in clubs and what not. Chelsea as part of a misionary group had to cater to the truly poor in Nicaragua so she probably was in areas were hot water was not a commodity and why would it be? Nicaragua's average weather is very high and they are almost in perpetual spring/summer all year long, people over there mostly take cold showers, but of course that in american standards would equal a state of extreme poverty. Whether Yamir career here is nothing compare to the one he had in Nicaragua is not the point IMO, he had a career, he was working on something that he was passionate about and that fullfilled his dreams, it is not like Chelsea had anything waiting for her here, something like a JOB or even a job offer, she could have easily married there, stayed and travel to visit her parents every so often, and once the boy band was done, then they could have come to the U.S with a regular visa and not a K-1 visa. Yamir was not only the lead singer, he was also the composer of their songs, that is why when he left basically the band was done. The manager as nasty as he was in the delivery was spot ohn when he told Chelsea that she was a manipulative liar, she is the one who convinced Yamir that his musical career from there could translate over here and have the same level of success when that is high;y unlikely and the manager knew that, that something like real facts was not about to get on the way of Chelsea doing whatever she wanted and getting her needs met first. Not everybody or everywhere has to enjoy or share the same living standards as the U.S. poeple all over the world live in poorer places and yet they manage to have a happy life mainly because they work to live and not live to work. Comparison like this are just not fair.,

LOL, that friendship contract was some BS but it did made me laugh. I do not do well with passive agressive, I can take in your face people all day long, but like other have said I do not read minds. My mother says that my mind is wired like a guy, if you tell me why you are mad, we talk about it, we fix it , or not and then we more forward in the same direction or different directions but we move on. Accepting someone's apology, going in about the friendship like nothing has changed, spending holidays together and what not for six months and then you start watching the show and realize that everything has changed? uhmm I call BS on that one. Peter has always been notorious for meddling and offering his two cents about everything that doesn't pertain to him and Nene called him out on it, based on the things that he has said about the other ladies and how nasty and disgusting he is when he talks about sexual innuendo with the other guys, do I think he was really offended when Nene told him he was acting like a Bitch? he might but in that case he shouldn't have accepted the apology or he could have kept his distance neither of which they did so I can understand how Nene perceives that as an strategy to gain the viewers approval.

I concur. In my personal life I also stay away from people ike Cynthia or Kenya, I am civilized and will say hello and bye but that is it. Nene is in your face, loud and abrassive but she will be like that in your face, not act all sweet and innocent while staying you in the back behind cameras, like you said, with Nene you get what you get, if you like it you stay, if you don't you move on and that is it. I do have friends like Nene and once they realize that yu are also pretty straight forward with her as she is with you and that you don't shy away from giving and receiving criticism, it is great. Of course I would never sign for reality TV so there is that. Kenya or Cynthia on the other hand are the ones who are sweet and nice to your face, have the proper behavior in front of you and then later during their solos or talking heads, they kill you just when you are not around to defend yourself. Then reunion time comes around and they show their real colors when you don't even remember anymore why there is a problem to begin with. A day late and a dollar short. The basic difference to me is that I perceived Nene to be very flawed but real, this is who she is in real life, good, bad or horrible, this is she. Kenya and Cynthia seemed to be playing a role that they think or expect will resonate with the viewers, they pander to the viewers and change their behaviors according to what they think will please the viewers but this is not who they really are, this is just who they are pretending to be. I know the standards in reality TV are basically non-existant and very low but IMO I rather have the real you (even if ugly) than the fake you (even if perfect). I don't ask for too much, just show me yur real face. I can take it.

Nene and Cynthia I guess now I can understand better the reasons why Nene said that she will never offer her genuine and real friendship to anybody in the RHOA show, she will have coworkers and castmates but never again a real friend like she thought of Cynthia. The format of this show is not conducent to any kind of real friendship and production even takes joy in pitching one against the other. For what I see and I gather Nene is pretty honest and straight forward with her emotions, she puts it all out there, if she is mad you know she is mad, if she is hurt you know she is hurt, if she is angry, you damn know it, does she overdo it? absolutely, but most of the time to her own detriment, if she likes you, she likes you and if she doesn't then she doesn't give two hoots about the public opinion and goes with her gut unlike others who are always gauging the viewers reaction to go one way or the other. Nene is abrasive and she doesn't know how to be any other way, this of course works against her, people do not like that, they rather more nice, non confrontational ones, even if it is only for the cameras and the viewers, Nene can be funny when she is in good spirits and that in itself is an asset, something that can't be learned, not only can she be funny, she can read into funny situations and throw shade like no other; if Nene would learn how to mask her emotions after all this years in reality TV she would be again a fan favorite, but she hasn't so when she wants to avoid conflict she comes as whinny and sulking and most of her diatribes come from praising herself and her opportunities outside of RHOA which in reality are quite impressive. Going back to Nene and Cynthia, was Cynthia hurt by what Nene said about Noelle? I reckon she was, she was hurt not because Nene said anything bad about Noelle, IIRC Nene never called Noelle a name or imply that she was nothing but perfect, Nene pointedly said that in her opinion 13 was too young to date and worse yet to have their parents blessing. I can't fault Nene for that as I do think that 13 is way too young, I also know that kids will do things behind their parents' back but they sure are not going to do it with my blessing while I am in the kitchen. Could Nene have saved her opinion and waited until they were alone? she probably could but Cynthia put it out there when the other ladies were present and Nene just replied without thinking about it as she always does. My problem with this situation is not the situation in itself, it is the fact that after it happened Cynthia didn't say anything, she didn't tell Nene if it hurt her, she never mentioned what Leon's reaction was to it, she never touched on the subject again. She could have brought it up to Nene is private but for what they are both saying it just didn't happen, the subject went away. The charity event is when Cynthia totally loses me, Peter was in fact and as usual meddling into issues that were none of his business, Kenya threw a charity event using Nene's name and forgot (I don't think she forgot, I think she did it on purpose) to invite the guess of honor which in this case would be Nene, why would Kenya do that? why would she even throw a party using Nene's name without having talked ot her before and got her okay about it? Cynthia was not the one organizing it so she should not have been the one who told Nene about it. These games that Kenya plays are what drives the others crazy. Kenya organized a charity event using Nene's name, didn't tell her or invite her until the very last moment and very likely Nene would not have shown up if Cynthia didn't talk her into it, the result that Kenya was expecting was that Nene wouldn't show up so she could talk all kinds of crap about Nene, Nene in fact did show up but with a bad attitude, she probably and in retrospective should have stayed home but she didn't want to let Kenya win by default. Peter insisting that Nene acted above all drama was a good call but yet again none of his business, Peter in all reality has always loved the limeligt and wanted a moment so Nene told him to stop acting like a bitch, later on she apologized, both Nene and Cynthia have admitted to this and then all went back to normal, they still enjoyed their friendship , they still called each other every day and spend holidays together so in Nene's mind the situation was not an issue. Fast forward that to real time and Cynthia and Peter are going after Nene in their segments, their talking heads and in the blogs, this is what is confussing to Nene. IMO Nene is right when she tells Cynthia that a huge part of their problems is Peter, Peter who by the end of the season has decided that Nene's ship was sinking and that Kenya's ship looked better and that if they wanted to keep a peach on the show they beter switch bands. I also have no doubts that there is a lot of pressure from production to bring the drama and all of them are under threat of being demoted or plain fired, for many seasosn now we have heard the rumors at the end of each season about Cynthia being demoted or fired, we have heard how she is boring and how she is only there as Nene's sidekick. Peter needed that to change, if there is one person in this show who cannot afford to lose this gig is Peter, his non existant bars and his pilfering of his wife's money is Peter, without this show Peter has nothing not even a job, his bar One only is possible because Peter and Cynthia manage to have events related to RHOA there every so often and who was there before with bells and whistles every time they open/reopen that bar? Nene, that is who. Who has been behind Cynthia not being demoted and still being a HW? IMO Nene, Cynthia knows this too, but unfortunately for Cynthia she has attached her wagon to that loser so now she has no other choice but a survical strategy. Peter pitched to Bravo the idea of Real husbands of Atlanta and so far it didn't go anywhere and now with Apollo in the pokey I doubt it will go anywhere, like Nene said the thrist is real. Nene is not innocent by any means, she is stubborn, pig headed, narcissist and any name you want to call her but in this friendship I do believe that Nene was emotionally invested and is very hurt that it ended, I also think that Cynthia is hurt because Nene was a friend to her and now she has to change who she is in order to be relevant. I hope the investment pays well for Peter and Cynthia, I am curious as to how Kenya is going to take Cynthia under her wing, when it comes to Cynthia or Claudia, who will get first seat? if Kenya has to choose between one or the other, will it be Cynthia? Me guess not ....

I guess I must be lonely in this but I really liked it. I can totally related to Abby and trying to hold on appereances for as long as possible , even when the situation is no longer viable. I didn't like the two friends, they are too much for me, and Abby's brother totally reminded me of some members of my family who "advised" me that I just needed to suck it up because marriage was for better or for worse and to think about the kids. So many suggestions being thrown your way at the same time, so many people thinking that they actually know what goes on in the privacy of your house and who feel that they can judge you because your marriage is not perfect. This first episodes I am assumming are going to be the most dark ones as in every divorce initial times are really depressing, but I am looking forward to Abby finally getting rid of that 200L of emotional garbage and finding herself, things do get better and I am looking forward to that in this series.

I do believe it happen, and just exactly like Apollo said it happened. We all knew they hitched pretty much as soon as he got out of prison so this is no earthshattering news. I could have done without the details though, what happens between two single consenting adults is nobody's business but them. Apollo is a POS for revealing this when there was absolutely no need for him to do it, but on the other hand I am glad he did because it just gives more support to my theory that if Apollo could in any sort of way incriminate or blame Phaedra for any of his criminal activities he would have sung like a canary, he would have spilled the beans about her involvement as fast as he could. Apollo has no loyalty to anybody , let alone his wife. Furthermore he seems to have a vendetta against her, he seems determined to ruin her in all possible ways. The fact that even in this state of mind he hasn't incriminated her at all in his illegal activities tells me that Phaedra was not in it at all, let alone was the mastermind as many have claimed. Phaedra's biggest mistake was to have fallen for this POS, pretty boy with a criminal mind, as a lawyer she should have run the other way, the price she will have to pay for her mistake is a lifetime of punishment by having to share her kids with this lowlife, I am just glad that she realized that this was the end of the road for them and made a clean break. I would have hated that she pulled her little southern belle BS and proclaimed that she was going to stay by her man forever just to please her religious beliefs or to please the viewers and keep up with a fake persona. The fact that Phaedra has made such a clean break from this bastard gives me hope that she has finally learned her lesson about pretty jail birds.

As far as i know the English lessons are for free, well, nothing is for free, but most states have free ESL classes through federally funded programs so in a nutshell who is paying for Mo's ESL classes? WE taxpayers are. Evelin's English need a lot of work, if she just wants to be a SHM then she will be okay as that will not require great language skills but if she ever intends to teach dances profesionally then she better registers for ESL classes, that will occupy her time and get her to meet other people with some of her same struggles. I think in Evelyn's case coming from such a close knit she figured that with Justin's family it would be the same and now she finds herself in this terrible situation and she is trying to "fix it" , she probably knows that Justin's mom will forever be grateful to her and welcome her with more open arms if she somehow manages to convince Jason to invite his mom. I am torn about this one, on one hand I feel like Evelin can be more assertive and plain tell Justin, "hey, I understand your situation with your family and the problems that are going on right now but now matter what is going on your mom is your mom and even if you don't invite anybody else, you will invite her because it will make me very happy on this special day" , Justin is the type of a$$hola that needs a very strong woman to put him back in check or he will roll all over her, but Evelin seems meeky and willing to please him , that will get old in time. On the other hand I feel like Evelin can "negotiate: a little bit and agreee to elope and just do a civil ceremony here in the states and then have a nice religious celebration in Colombia with all her family, ultimately she wants the memories of that special day and Justin doesn't seeem to care one bit about what her needs are.Justin is only worried about what Justin wants.

I know it sounds awful but I am truly enjoying seeing Mo squirm every time Danielle touches him and tries to cuddle with him. This SOB thought that his gigolo self was coming to the U.S. to have it easy, get his green card and disappear in the distance like nothing has happened , so just for once I am happy that this process is as uncomfortable and disgusting as it seems to be for him. That is right Mo, you might get a green card out of this deal but every single day out of those 2-3 years that you need to stay married to Danielle will be the constant reminder of the price you had to pay. I am only sad about the collateral damage: Danielle's daughters, if this girls could just walk away once they become of age that would be great. Added bonus would be more alone time for Danielle to harass this bastard, that is right, make him work really hard for that green card. If just Mo would find himself a job and work steadily the next three years, then be forced to pay alimony to Danielle, it would be the cherry on top. Mo came to the U.S and finds himself in the worst kind of nightmare, serves him well for being such a user.

Just think about how frustrated Walter must have felt when Kenya kept labeling gay , so frustrated that he decided to reveal the details of their arraigment. All he has to do was to pretend to be her BF and get all the exposure for his business that probably was promised to him, yet the nature of Kenya's crazy demands about proposing and marrying that probably were not on the initial agreement, made him throw the towel. The difference here is that Azpollo wanted to get back at his wife so badly that he decided to fess up and apologize to Kenya, as far as Kenya telling the truth about Walter, it will never happen. It will not happen because Kenya is the kind of liar who lies so much that she has already convinced herself that her truth is the only truth. Exactly the same as with her African prince. I would have more respect for her if she just declares that she doesn't need a man to be happy and that she is perfectly fine by being single instead of these made up partners that only tells me that Kenya will go to great lenghts to keep a lie going, nobody is going to get in the way of her fabricated lie, not even an uncooperative guy. If she can't hire them, she will make them up.

Oh Kenya, Kenya, Kenya ...... what to say, what to say I liked Kenya at the beginning because in this sea of English butchers she was a glaring example that a good education and good diction and grammar always look good. Looking back at the past seasons I have seen and heard Kenya comment about her castmates looks, intelligence, manners, marriages, money, businesses, careers, nothing has ever been out of bounds for Ms. Kenya, she has never been short of adjectives for them, so why is she so surprised when they are not short of adjectives for her? That to me is glaring hypocrisy Kenya called Porsha a HO way back , did Porsha made a two year deal out of it? No, she didn't. Kenya invaded Nene's physical space when she pulled her earring and insulted her when she called her a moose, if Nene would have barely blow too hard in her direction Kenya would have thrown herself to the floor, she would have twitched like a piece of bacon, would have called the paramedics, filed assault charges and on top would have chastised Nene for calling her names regarding her physicality because "women do not do that". Kenya in last episode jokingly called Kandi getto, and then laughed it off, great. But if the shoe was on the other foot and it was Kandi who made that "joke", Kenya would had been up in arms accusing Kandi of stereotyping her and giving us a tearful recount of how hurt she is that these women keep labeling her, yet she has no problems labeling them. I don't believe that Kenya wanted to have sex or was even interested in Apollo, I do believe that she wanted to hurt Phaedra and that is why she flirted with him so shamelessly, she probably wasn't expecting that he was going to up the game but that is what happens when you play with fire. This is what happens when someone decided to carve herself a spot of the RHOA by purposedly and willingly messing with everyone and ruffling their feathers just to generate enough controversy to get herself a peach. Kenya and her tears from last episode didn't moved me one bit, she called Porsha a HO and never thought for one second about making that accusation about a married women, she flirted and insinuated herself with an ex-con just to get back at his wife, she decided to pick up a fight with Nene for no reason but to create controversy and invaded her physical space, she has insulted Kandi many times, this is not the first one, she treatened a pregnant woman with violence, she continues to insult Cynthia by labeling a mindless follower, all in all these women have very valid reasons not to like her or want to be around her except that they have to film together, the Apollo sage is just the visible one but I have no doubt that there are strong undercurrents going on. Kenya's little act of the wounded dove who can't understand why the other women are so mean to her and why they are picking on her is just a pathetic attempt to be perceived as the victim because being the victim or portraying herself as the victim always pays off, ask Teresa Guidice or Lisa Vanderpump about it. Well, Ms. Kenya, I am not buying it, nope, not one bit.

Not sure if this would help but here it goes Adjustment of status in this case happens as soon as the couple marries, he or she comes with a Special K-1 visa but his status is listed as non immigrant so the k-1 holder can't legally work at all, but once the couple legally marries he can request a change in his status from non immigrant to temporary immigrant ( this gives him a temporary green card for two years) this change is status can take some time, like jennyO mentioned sometimes more than a year, in the meantime and parallel to this process , there is the process to request a SSN which will clearly state that the person can only work with INS authorization, you can get a driver license with such SScard upon passing the driver tests, the third process is the actual work authorization in itself, once you get that one (could last few months but usually is not that long) you are good to go and could actually get a job , for all this processes it is mandatory to submit the copy of the marriage certificate which is basically what has happened here, Mo seems to have married in July and by August he is requesting his change of status. He needs to be careful though because when the interview to grant him his first temporary green card comes along few months down the road he and she will be grilled with questions to verify that their marriage is a real one, if any INS officer asks Danielle a questions about intimacy and she declares that they haven't consumated their marriage yet a huge red flag would be raised and their whole marriage would be subject to a very close scrutiny. They will also have to resubmit copies of tax incomes and letters of affidavit from either family members, friends, community , etc to attest to the good faith of their marriage. Danielle burning bridges with her family doesn't seem like a great idea to me. Also very heavy consideration is given to their financial situation as the INS heavily emphasizes that the new spouse will not be a burden for the government , I am not sure that Danielle even realizes that by her putting on display her financial hardships she is shooting herself in the mouth.

I have always thought that there was a pretty good reason why the fabulous Lisa surrounds herself with low lives as Cedric, Brandi, Sheanna, Stacey and basically her whole crew of misfits at SUR, it fits two purposes IMO, it makes her look magnanimous and generous which never hurts but most important they act the part of Mr. Hyde to her dr. Jekyll. In this specific case, there is no doubt in my mind that lisa knew prior hand what brandi was going to reveal, the way she carefully coached her with questions to lead to the revelation leaves me no doubts. As brandi herself has said Lisa has never asked her to say something but she has mainly to please her Lisa wanted to get rid and hurt Adrienne and this was her way to do it. Lisa was lucky that she found someone with no moral compass to do it, any other person with an ounce of conscience would have never done it. Lisa could have try to dissuade Brandi from doing it, but I don't think she even intended to do it, Lisa was okay with the secret being revealed. But does it redeem Brandi? Absolutely not Brandi's only currency to these ladies is her big mouth and trashy behavior. Brandi has nothing to offer to them except her big fat mouth that acts like a weapon against the enemy du jour. Lisa uses Brandi's big mouth when she wanted to punish Adrienne and kyle, yolanda used her to bring down Lisa a couples of nudges. So while Lisa might have hinted about Adrienne and how nobody ever called her on her lies, it is obvious to me that the only responsible one here was Brandi, Lisa could have hinted and insinuated all she wanted but if Brandi wouldn't be so bent and determined to become a full time HW instead of a FOHW she didn't have to do it. Brandi and Brandi only is the one who is responsible for what comes out of her mouth, she used this secret to positioned herself as a full time HW and she never cared how her actions were affecting innocent children. Many people throughout your life try to work you into their own personal agenda but it is ultimately up to you how you react to that. Brandi last episode insinuating that she revealed this secret to please Lisa is the act of a coward who can't own up to her mistakes and will always find the way to pass the buck and blame someone else for her poor decisions.

This needs to be posted and reposted, for all of Teresa's blind supporters who swear that her crimes didn't hurt anybody. Outstanding find :)

I am a little bit confused, for about three season now Cynthia has told us again and again that she was not Nene's puppet, she swore and declared in every interview that she was her own woman and that she was never Nene's mouth piece; yet in this last three episodes , in every one of them, she has reminded us that she was firmly installed in the penthouse in Nene's ass? which one is it? I think that Cinthya does herself no favors by admitting repeatedly that she has always been a follower and never a leader. No wonder PapaSmurf does with her and her money whatever he wants. IMO the only reason why she is acting like she is right now is because the fear is real, Bravo must have said to Porsha and Cynthia that one of them needed to go and this scene was the deciding point. I don't expect too much from Porsha because I have always thought she was as dumb as a box of rocks, so for me in this scene Cynthia lost big time. Cynthia already had the upper hand, the match was won before it even started, Porsha coming in late (I am sure production had a hand in it and Cynthia and Porsha knew this ergo Porsha's unwillingness to apologize), but all Cynthia had to do was sit back and let Porsha be Porsha , laugh it off and call it a day, she would have been the clear winner. Instead she ruined it, when we are here debating who won, then there is a problem, going against Porsha should be a slum dunk. Cynthia started with a piss off match, never letting Porsha inarticulate her thoughts, misquating things and just proving that Porsha is not the only stupid one. I wish Cynthia would have remained cool and collected, this scene sort of remained me of the Brass Monkey bar scene in RHNY, Bethenny mastered and owned Kelly like a pro by basically letting Kelly show her ugly colors all by herself, she announced Kelly was late and then from that point on she sort of sat back and let Kelly bury herself, why couldn't Cynthia have done the same? In this kind of confrontations usually the one who can keep the cool head is the one who wins and it pains me to say this because I dislike Porsha so much but in this scene, it was obvious to me that despite arriving late, the one who lost it with the pissy attitude was Cynthia.

How about a simple but direct apology for saying more than once that Mauricio and kyle are a couple of user who would befriend anyone just to secure a sale? Iirc this is one of the most hurtful and unfair accusations that I have heard from all franchises. Lisa who threw a fit because brandi said as a rumor that once upon a time they filed for bankruptcy and it could affect her businesses , but she had no qualm is dragging Mauricio's reputation as a realtor through the mud by not insinuating but flat out saying to any one that could hear her that Mauricio and kyle only use people to get a profit from them. That was extremely petty and lisa more than anybody know that this is not true as Mauricio was already their realtor when he introduced Kyle to them, that was 10 years before there was any show in the works. Lisa and Ken are all about the money and the only reason why they used Mauricio to sell their house was only because Mauricio is the best and the top realtor on that area. Lisa was very petty and extremely unfair, add that the fact that it was Lisa who brought up the issue of the cheating allegations time and time again like clockwork, I don't even add the issue of the magazines even though I believe that Lisa did have a hand in it, but even without that I believe that out of everybody Kyle was the only one with a real complain against Lisa and she did deserve an apology from her. Lisa and Ken comment about Mauricio's business ethics very petty and undeserved and Lisa should had apologized for making those allegations repeatedly.

The tone of her voice during that particular segment is the least of her offenses. After she purposedly touched him on that trip, after she asked Phaedra if there would be a treesome and after repeatedly finding any excuse to catch Apollo by himself after it was obvious it was creating discord with Phaedra, there is absolutely no way that I would even believe that Kenya spewed that "stop texting me" as some inane comment. Kenya is way too smart to know what is the subtext of that line, she is way too savvy to not know how would it be interpreted and that is exactly what she wanted, for it to be interpreted. This all came on the heels of their video fall out which BTW reminds me of her poor business ethic, a producer who snatches the idea that she was producing for another client is unethical IMO but of course Kenya will offer all kind of very well rehearsed and elaborate excuses as to why what she did was okay. Kenya didn't flirt with the other husbands the way she flirted with Apollo, she did it to spite Phaedra once the DVD deal went south, she did it to stick it up Phaedra's behind and that she did.

This morning I caught the early rerun and I have had this question going around my mind, WTF is wrong with the women from Atlanta. All of them at this point have chosen less than desirable partners, Phaedra and her felon, Cinthya and her leech, Kandi and her loving husband (but by no means is Todd at kandi's level, before that it was AJ who was a baby daddy of six different kids, Nene and her assistant/husband, Porsha and Kordell, and well Kenya and rent-a-BF or her imaginary BFs. I don't mean to stereotype and only base my opinion on the women of this show but WTF, are there no decent, self made men in Atlanta? Why are we presented with all this bunch of guys who probably represent the worst of Atlanta?

It is funny how Melissa is so bend out of shape about Jim's behavior on twitter, I just wisg she would have been this concerned with proper twitter behavior when her sisters were going after Teresa for straight two years. I wish Jim would have said something about that. Teresa does hate Melissa, Teresa during this reunion , on purpose if you ask me, showed Melissa her back during the whole filming, she was cold to her and dismissed Melissa's attempts to show family unity. Teresa is definitely different with her brother, she can probably forgive her brother but she will never forgive Melissa. Teresa is going to jail and Melissa is not (for now), Teresa's business deals are all gone and Melissa has none but maybe some potential, Teresa owes 13M dollars and the Gorgas are broke but I doubt 13M behind. At this point of her life Melissa if way far ahead of the curve than Teresa is and that for someone as selfish as Teresa is the ultimate offense. Teresa will never forgive Melissa for that.

I guess by now Yamir is thinking time and time again about what his manager told him. I thought it was kind of harsh at the beginning but now that reality sets in and that Yamir is living in a place where his artistic abilities are non-existant and he is just another immigrant who doesn't speak English. The manager called Chelsea a liar and manipulative, he emphasized the part where she hadn't been clear with him about where this little town oin the middle of nowhere was and that there would not be any latin market for his music and she decided to play the poor pity me card and here they are in a very difficult situation. The best they both can do is to return to Nicaragua once they marry, she can work in any place as an English instructor and Yamir can work with his music for as long as it goes, once that train is done then they can come back to the US. Right now Yamir loves her to pieces and that is all that matters to him right now but few years from now he will regret this, there is nothing worse than to have your dreams at the tip of your fingers and to let it go, the regret, the guilt and the many "what ifs" will haunt him and her for a long time and will poison their relationship.

That would be great, Kristen with her usual complaining but she is in no way a match for Bethenny so my guess is that her hubby comes to the rescue to fight her battles. Now that would be great, that douche against Bethenny would definitely be worth it.

Bethenny has made no secret that she recommended Aviva, not because they were pals but because she thought that she would be a good fit. Aviva was at Bethenny's show and the way both talk was as if they were meeting for the first time. In the meantime Jill for two years has made no secret of her relationship with Aviva, Jill was at her premiere party two years ago and it is in one of Jill's parties where Aviva and her father were present that the pig claims he had an affair with Miss USA. One thing is for sure Aviva's relationship with Jill is way closer than any relationship she ever had with Bethenny. http://www.wetpaint.com/real-housewives-of-new-york/gallery/the-real-housewives-of-new-york-party-it-up-for-the-season-5-premiere-photos/photo/aviva-drescher-and-jill-zarin-at-the-real-housewives-of-new-york-season-5-premiere-party-in-nyc-on-june-4-2012 http://hamptons-magazine.com/the-latest/talk-of-the-town/postings/hamptons-sightings-lady-gaga-shopping-at-blue-and-cream-houswives-go-gaga-for-jill-zarins-new-house http://www.realitytea.com/2012/06/02/photos-reality-stars-twitter-pictures-roundup-june-2nd/ http://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Photo-Coverage-Steve-Tyrell-Brings-Sammy-Cahn-Tribute-to-the-Carlyle-20121128 Gosh, I didn't have any idea they were that close, I googled images of Jill Zarin and Aviva Dresher and there are so many pictures of them at different events , the conspiracy theory keeps on growing, LOL

I have thought the same for a long, long while. Glad to find someone else who shares my conspiracy theories, LOL It is true that Bethenny is the one who suggested Aviva to be cast for the show but this doesn't mean they were friends or even acquantainces, Bethenny and Aviva themselves have never met until last year on her talk show, Bethenny has said that she saw her file where she was a survivor with a prothetic leg, a lawyer who spoke five languages and who was very outspoken and voila, she thought she would be perfect for RHNY. Did Bethenny know the kind of crazy that Aviva would turn out to be? I doubt it, that was just a straw of the luck. Probably not even Aviva's closest circle knew she would turn out to be such a nightmare. Jill, on the other hand, was devastated about being fired and when opportiunity presented she befriended Aviva, they started going out together and Jill even attended Aviva's premiere party for RHNY, probably thinking she can sneak her way back in but it didn't work out that way, Andy has even mentioned that they tried to work a couple of cameos for Jill on RHNY and it didn't work out. In the meantime I can see Jill filling up Aviva's head with the same kind of paranoia that she used for Kelly, it was always sort of weird to me how Aviva changed so much from their trip to Miami to Saint Barts, Aviva was ready to pick up a fight since the get go. Every time Aviva said "word on the street is that you ..... so and so" I kept thinking that the word on the street was nobody other than Jill Zarin.

Andy is no longer in his executive position, he was demonted IIRC, while Bravo might have used Andy's friendship with Bethenny to broker the meetings and work on her, the fact is that Bethenny is on her own and the production can do any edit they want and cut and slice like they do with the other franchises. When Bethenny was in the first three seasons, Andy and her were not even friends, thye both on interviews and their books have said that their relationship was cordial but distant , it was not until Bethenny left RHNY that they became closer so IMO edit had little to do with anything. Those were the times of the first seasons where IMO it was much more organic, the HW were not too aware of their image or how they came to the viewers' eyes. Some were more cautious than others but there was not that heavy hand in editing as it is today. I.E. Carole, she and Andy have been friends (real friends) for way longer than the franchise existed, they run around the same circle of friends, Andy was so incredible excited when he signed Carole because he thought that she was IT, for all we know Andy could have edited the tapes himself , every minute of oit, yet that still hasn't make Carole for a relatable character, she is still this aloof lady whom the audience has not connected , there is so much than edit can do, edit can't give you a personality if you have none, edit can't make you likeable or hateful, while it is true that they can dice and splice, there still has to be something there to be cut and spliced.

I still think that something did happen between Bethenny's attempt to reconcile with Jill after she came from LA on that scene at Ramona's apartment and the visits that Alex started making to Bethenny's apartment. I still wonder who was the one who spilled the beans about Jill's lovely e-mails to the other castmembers about refusing to film with Bethenny, was it Ramona or was it Alex? I bet it was Alex and that is why Jill hated her so much and made her life impossible the next season. I also believe that Ramona is the one who ran and told production about Jill's antics because she said that much at the reunion. At some point Bethenny did learned about these e-mails and she completely shut Jill out, and I can't blame her for that. That season 3 reunion really revealed some little pearls about the inside and outs of these group of ladies.