SimonSeymour

I’m confounded by Marge’s assistant’s accent. I think her name is Lexi? The woman with the baby. It’s so unusual and I just cannot figure it out!

This happened to my parents in 1977. A year and a half after they adopted me. My mom wanted the second baby, but dad was growing his small business and only wanted one child. They got divorced a few years later, in part because my mom couldn’t forgive him for not agreeing to take the baby. Fast forward 35 years, and my state opened its adoption records for the first time. I got a letter from the department of health informing me that I have a full biological sibling who had also been placed for adoption, asking if I wanted his or her contact information. BRAND NEW INFORMATION for me!!! After confronting my parents separately, the whole story finally came out and I was SO ANGRY at my dad. I’ve since gotten over it, because I know he made what he thought was the best decision at the time. But, damn! How I would have loved to have grown up with my sister, rather than having been an only child! But the positive that came out of it is that I now have a new best friend, who is also my actual sister. 🙂.

Kail has always been a coward, and she proved yet again that she still is. I actually do agree with her that Jo could have switched his holiday. I mean, she offered him Christmas in exchange, and while I don’t celebrate Christmas, for those who do, it seems like a big holiday to give up/get in exchange for July 4. And I agree that going to Hawaii would be a great memory-creating experience with his brothers. However, just sneaking out of town without a heads up to Jo, without telling him that she was taking Isaac anyway and that his son would be thousands of miles away? No. That’s where the coward part comes in. If she’s so sure that it’s more important for Isaac to experience Hawaii than spend the 4th with Jo that she’s literally willing to go to jail for violating their custody agreement, she should be an adult and just tell him! It’s similar to when, a million seasons ago, she moved out of her mom’s apartment without telling her, when no one was home (taking a TV that didn’t belong to her with her) because she didn’t like her mom’s boyfriend. She claims to have all of these strong convictions and is willing to talk about them with every other person on earth except the person who matters most in the situation. Because she’s a coward!! As for Leah’s sister, she’s annoyingly immature, and not cute, clever, intelligent, or witty, and I want her off of my screen. She sucks. I like Chelsea and I was sort of interested in her Chicago trip because I live in Chicago. But it was just SO BORING. I will randomly note that I’ve always thought that her friend Laura is gorgeous. It now takes me just 20 minutes to watch this show since I skip Jade and Brianna because I don’t know them and I don’t want to get involved. Lol.

Actually, during Travis’s phone conversation with Stephanie, he asked her for D’Andra’s phone number, so I don’t think that they already had each other’s contact info. But, either way, D’Andra handled that situation very poorly. Travis did not, as he gracefully accepted her apology. I know that I should feel sorry for Leanne, and in a way, I do. But she just sucks so much that I can’t help but despise her. Her entire personality comes across to me as an act (as well as extremely disordered). I know it’s not entirely her fault, but her manipulation attempts are beyond disgusting and transparent. The thing is, I’m not sure if even she knows who she really is. Everything is an act for her to either get something or impress someone. She’s not genuine or real. Rather, she’s pathetic, which is why I should feel more sorry for her, because it has to be nearly impossible to go through life like she does. But I just can’t with her.

Both of these are wrong. First, she has had various jobs. I remember her mentioning that she worked in D.C. for the Department of Energy, and was offered a higher up job that she wanted to accept, then Dee asked her to come back to Dallas to help Dee run her company. Second, Dee divorced D’Andra’s biological father shortly after D’Andra’s birth. Dee married Glenn Simmons when D’Andra was six, and her biological father killed himself when she was 13. She has explained that she considers Glenn to be her father. I don’t know if Glenn adopted D’Andra, but I can only assume that he did, since her last name is SIMMONS But either way, most people who have been raised by a step parent, or a parent who adopted them, would find it offensive for anyone to think that that parent is not his or her “family.”

Karen — It’s not “the white elephant in the room,” it’s just “the elephant in the room.”

It has been 19 years since I’ve taken the bar, so maybe it’s different now, but the bar isn’t like the CPA exam where they tell you what sections you failed. You just either pass or fail. There are no details on what sections or questions you got right or wrong. That said, I agree that he is being ridiculous with his “cramming” all hours of every day, for months or maybe (to give him the benefit of doubt) weeks in advance. Changing topics, I’m in the minority in that I’m usually a Tamra fan, but I cannot defend her here. She absolutely is the one who started this train topic, and it’s disgusting.

Love this!! And why are Shep and Austen under the impression that coal miners are paid minimum wage? (Not that there is anything wrong with working a minimum wage job, but their ignorance is embarrassing).

I’m not a psychiatrist, but I think Luis could benefit from seeing one and being diagnosed as manic depressive. Then he could get on appropriate meds and be more leveled. Agree! And, they’re a huge problem for dogs. When I got my most recent Pug, the rescue made it clear that if we had any floating staircases, they wouldn’t consider us. We don’t have one, but I completely agree that it’s a deal breaker.

I don’t even remotely think that Cam doesn’t trust her spouse. She’s a product of what seems like a not so amicable divorce of her parents when she was young. I am as well, and I vowed to myself sometime in my early teens that I would never put myself in a situation where I’d have to rely on anyone else for money. I’ve been married for seven years (and with my husband for fifteen). We’ve never had a joint checking account and we never will. I trust Mr. SimonSeymour with my life, but I want to know where every single dollar of my salary is at all times and I want my money to be completely in my control. It’s just how I feel comfortable being in a relationship. My husband is 100% fine with this and it works for us fabulously. In my 44 years, I’ve learned that you actually don’t know for certain what will happen in the future, even regarding your partner whom you love and trust. I’ve also learned to not judge other people’s marriages when they are set up differently than my own.

Yes!! I noticed this too, especially when they were at her husband’s office (doing whatever that clothing thing was for their daughter). She especially looks like Rachel when wearing sunglasses. They have the same pouting mouth.

I’m adopted, and when I was 10, I’m pretty sure that I wouldn’t have wanted either. I think it would have been confusing to me, and maybe a little scary? Like they were trying to take me back or something.

I randomly stumbled upon this show a few months ago after holding out for years, and now I’m hooked. I need to go back and read all of your comments about last night’s episode, but can someone please explain to me how the tipping works? $14,000 divided by 8 is $1,750, not $1,100. I assumed (perhaps wrongly) that Sandy doesn’t take a percentage, but even if she does, it still would be more than $1,100. ($1,555).

Thanks. It’s a product of my parents’ divorce. Lol.

“He was trying to push all of her buttons” is exactly what domestic abusers always say when they try to blame the victim. Also, why is she sharing her bank account with a guy she’s not married to and really hasn’t known all that long? I realize that I’m extreme about this to a degree that most people are not, but I won’t even share my main bank account with my own husband, and we’ve been together for 15 years (married for 7). I want 100% control over my own money!

That’s exactly the point I was trying to make. Even the NIGHT BEFORE the bar exam, I had time to go out for dinner with my parents.

Yeah, he is that much of a dick. He’s not cramming for an exam the next day, like he’s in college. 🙄. I took the bar exam 19 years ago when I was 26 (Jesus! I can’t believe it’s been that long). I studied for maybe five hours a day? Longer after July 4th (which is the official freak out date for the July bar). I still remember feeling guilty for going to see The Perfect Storm on Connecticut in D.C. the night it came out instead of staying home to study. Lol. And going to a Dave Matthew’s concert even later in July. Lol. My point is: Shane certainly could have spared an hour to have cake for his parents’ birthdays.

Spoiler alert, she won’t. My full biological sister and I are both adopted, by different families. We were each adopted at birth, meaning our parents (referring to my mom and dad who adopted me, because they absolutely are my parents and I’ve never considered them anything less) took us home from the hospital a few days after we were born. Our birth mother was 15 when she had me and 17 when she had my sister. While we both greatly appreciate her decision (and we hope that the decision was hers, but it was the 70s, so who knows?) to place us with families who had more resources and were more stable than what she could give us, neither of us have ever wanted to have a relationship with her. (I feel the need to explain here that neither of us are even remotely bitter about being “given up” for adoption, as many non-adopted people whom I meet assume I am. We even wrote her a joint letter a few years ago thanking her for what she did and letting her know that we found each other and are now great friends). But, we’re good with the families that we have. It looks as though Carly’s parents are decent, stable people too, and I can only assume that she’s also being raised in a loving home. I realize that my sister’s and my experience are anecdotal, and that not every adopted person feels like we do. But I’m guessing that Carly won’t be too interested in Cate and Tyler, unless she goes through a rebellious phase in her teens and thinks that the grass is greener elsewhere, etc., which is entirely possible, I suppose. Even if that happens, though, I’d bet my life that it won’t be sustainable. She may feel differently about having a long-term relationship with Nova and Vaeda (Vedea?) and any other kids C & T have (g-d help us!). For us at least, the sibling part is totally different, but maybe that’s also because we’re both only children, while Carly is not. She has a younger brother, IIRC.

Except for the fact that the flowers were placed in a mini garbage can like the exact one that I have in my bathroom to throw out my tampon wrappers.

Yep. They looked like snow crab legs, the less expensive cousin to king crab legs.

Lovely. He admits to having sex with four teenagers, which is sexual assault and a felony, at least in my state.

He also comes across as a complete moron. I’m ashamed to admit that I watched his season of the apprentice, but I did, and he could barely string a sentence together and had zero ideas for any of the tasks. Most or all of his teammates really didn’t have anything positive to say about him, IIRC. It also seemed like he might not be able to read, or at least read well aloud, but I’m not going to trash him for that because he could have a learning disability or something.

Well, that makes much more sense.

Did you watch the episode? He was recovering from some sort of cancer. It seemed like prostrate, but I don’t think the kind of cancer was stated.

Did any else notice that the house Candice and Chris was originally listed for sale at $7.5 million, and the seller(s?) has dropped the price $5 million?!! Or did I misread?