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  1. This isn't really about The Americans in the Media but about the Jamal Khashoggi debacle.  I have to say first: I think it is terrible that it happened and was planned by his own countrymen.  How this connects to The Americans:

    As I watched the public camera footage of those who killed him walking around and entering and leaving the embassy, I literally thought to myself: "even in this day and age [meaning the camera/cell phone footage] Elizabeth would've been able to do this without getting caught!!"

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  2. 2 hours ago, Ilovepie said:

    Or maybe just a woman who isn't an all consuming self-centered ball of need who has her own shit together? I see the anti-Dave contingency has taken over this forum - I had to throw in a pro-Dave comment just to stir the pot a little ;-p

    or her, too........

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  3. On 10/11/2018 at 7:09 AM, Yeah No said:

    I understand your opinion, but I think it borders on blaming Amber for getting stuck with a guy that isn't into her, and that's just not fair because in this case she had absolutely nothing to do with who got matched with her other than to answer some questions about what she was looking for in a guy.   I don't think that's enough to put on her shoulders.  As to self sabotage, I personally don't think anything she would have done differently with Dave would have made one iota of difference.  Just from my own experience as a woman in situations like this, I don't believe she would have started acting like that until she knew it was a foregone conclusion that he was just not going to dig on her whatsoever.  I see her reaction as after the fact.  I also think she knew deep down that SHE wasn't really clicking with HIM either.  So I believe she knew she had nothing to lose at that point by acting in what appears to be a self-sabotaging way.  Besides, in my experience, women usually don't act that insecure around a guy unless there's a really good reason.  I have never personally known any case of this in which that wasn't the case.  I am just sick and tired of the women always getting blamed for this.  It's almost like a "gaslight" situation (we've already seen that term used this season).  Dave comes off looking great while Amber looks like a needy mess when the real situation is much different.  I personally think he's communicating to her in subtle verbal and non-verbal ways that she's just not good enough and that's where her reaction is coming from.  In fact, it's so obvious we can even see some of it on camera.

    They both are less then attractive in very different ways.  Dave doesn't come off looking great at all.  Giving someone the  not-good-enough-vibe isn't nice at all.  She is beating a dead horse and most men hate that and shut down when it happens.  I think Dave is acting like he always does with women- which is a reason he isn't married and shutting down. 

    Out of the two, Amber's flaw(s) are much less fatal and she still has a good shot at marrying after they divorce.  The woman who wants to be with Dave is a unicorn.  Dave needs to re-assess. 

    Therapy for Amber and Dave would do both a world of good, Amber more than Dave as his is far more complicated. 

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  4. On 10/13/2018 at 8:43 AM, hatchetgirl said:

    Ok, did we hear Reza call Mike a blanking jew? I thought i heard that, gasped but didn't rewind. Then Mike said something like "your half jew?" How could they not cut that out? 

    I think Reza is considering himself more than half Jewish or maybe even all Jewish.  I think that only because Adam just converted. 

    Does anyone know for sure??

  5. On 9/29/2018 at 12:48 AM, ivygirl said:

    Well, Jax and GG have "known each other Biblically," so if the VPR gang had indeed met up with them, I wouldn't have been surprised... but I agree that that didn't really look like Stassi (and would have made it all about herself if it were).

    GET OUT!!  Before they were Bravolebrities?  

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  6. On 10/3/2018 at 11:03 AM, DrewPaul2010 said:

    I think a lot of folks who remain single will at some point wish they did marry and experience the joy, trials and tribulations of marriage. A single life is inherently a self centered life. Your only concern is with yourself. We are usually at our happiest when not focused on ourselves but when we help others...

    I think that there are lots of people who wished they had married and experienced the joys, trials and tribulations of marriage.  To say that a single life is inherently self-centered and only concerned with themselves, is not true of every single person, maybe just the ones that you know.  As someone above said, many single people help people by doing volunteer work.  Single people can and should do a lot of volunteer work.  I don't know how other religions view singleness but Christianity teaches that single people may be single for a reason.  It may be to serve others in ways that married people cannot.  There are millions of single Christians giving of their time, talent and treasure serving in countless Christians ministries as well as secular organizations.  Single Christians who are only concerned with themselves are not using the time God has given them for good use.      

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  7. 12 hours ago, islandgal140 said:

    Pastor Calvin: I have confidence that this marriage could work. 

    Note to self: Never ask Dr. Calvin for advice on anything 

    Tristan ain't shit! If a man will put you out as a newlywed he’ll put you out with an infant and a fresh episiotomy with $15 to your name.  

    Mia, her Keurig, and her Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance card should have stayed gone.  At the end of the episode, Mia looks so depressed to be back on Tristan's nasty little bed.

    I am convinced that the "experts" get some kind of bonus if the couples last until D day. 

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    Kandi's aunt!!  I forget which one, though.  I love the old lady gang!!

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  8. 19 minutes ago, Madding crowd said:

    It is concerning to me that Jeff suggested Monroe never leaves the house and wondered how she would react to the sun. At her age she should be getting fresh air and being exposed to more than being shut up in a room with a nanny all the time.

    That was crazy to hear him say that!!  Weather in LA is so great for being outside!!  Gage chalked up to being first-time parents.  Ummmm....... not really..........

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  9. 21 minutes ago, Crazy Bird Lady said:

    Dave is the kind of guy that lives in his own little logical world and doesn't take into account a woman's feelings when he gives his opinion.  He just thinks he's being "objective", but I knew not to say the kinds of things he says to Amber when I was 15!!

    The comment above that a husband said is more why he can't sustain a relationship that leads to marriage. 

    I'm sure he's brought other girls around his friends and their wives.  I can hear the wives saying to her husband after they get home, "I can't believe he said that to her!!"  

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  10. I know Reza's dad was Jewish and mom Muslim (or the other way around??)  So Reza considers himself to Jewish and that's why Adam converted?  I thought he was a non practicing- Muslim like I thought everyone but Mike was. 

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  11. 1 hour ago, PityFree said:

    This! She acted like she was describing regular whippings, being sent to work in a mine, eating gruel, etc. 

    Also, Love that Dave called Amber on her lie of not being upset.

    My mother yelled practically everyday.  She had a hot Irish temper and other situational influences so it could be intense.  I'm not even sure I believe Mia. 

     

    50 minutes ago, JAndy said:

    Such an awkward lunch

    I am very pro SAHM and do think it is best the majority of the time but that was one of the worst things I've ever seen on reality tv and I watch a lot of it. 

    EDIT:  To be clear, I thought that the mother and sister were horrific.  It was incredibly rude to ask and it is so obvious that they harshly judge anyone who isn't a SAHM. They give Housewives Ramona (NY) and Vicki (OC) a real run for their money.  These two women are judgey, rude, tone deaf and self-righteous Housewives about almost everything.  

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  12. 1 minute ago, Straycat80 said:

    Dave can’t talk to tall brunettes in Ambers presence because she knows that’s his type. At least she’s admitting she’s insecure. 

    That is almost worse since she hasn't done anything about it like therapy over the years.  If she had I'm sure we would know.  Her insecurities seem to impact her life a lot and I think it could be remedied- at least a lot of it.   

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  13. On 9/17/2018 at 4:55 PM, JapMo said:

    LOL.  

    I think the show needs to be revamped...again.  I like Pastor Cal, Dr. Pepper and whomever the sex therapist's name is, but maybe they need more help at the beginning...when they are at the selection stage.  I know this sounds kind of unethical, but they should have "plants" in the groups of males and females, people who are pretending to be a "contestant" and can infiltrate and get a read on other candidates when they are all kind of bs-ing in the lobby or bathroom or waiting area.  And I've said this before, what's wrong with letting those who weren't selected meet each?  It can't be any worse than meeting strangers in a bar, and yet many/most of these people WANT to get married, so you never know what would happen when you meet like-minded people.

    The Bachelor has done this before. 

  14. 50 minutes ago, Umbelina said:

    Ouch, Keri made the "worst dressed" Emmy list at TV guide.  She's in good company though.

    https://www.tvguide.com/galleries/emmys-2018-worst-dressed/13/

    She's number 13, I can't copy the photo here.

    I liked her dress a lot!!!  I thought it was brave and fit her new more badass vibe after playing Elizabeth.

    EDIT: I just looked at some of the Worst Dressed all of the Best Dressed.  OMG!!!  Are they blind???  I think that they pulled names out of a hat.      

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  15. 10 hours ago, Bossa Nova said:

    The thought of a serious break with Jenni and Jeff actually depresses me. 

    I gotta quit these Bravo shows. 

    I think this exact thing at least once a day.  I could easily name 10 things that would be so much more beneficial for me to do than watch this nonsense.

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  16. 37 minutes ago, SuprSuprElevated said:

    This looks pretty terminal.  They split once before, over something sketchy she did, and made it back, but I don't see that happening twice, especially if she has leveled these charges.  Btw, who has watched this show and didn't see abuse and a hostile workplace?  I actually like watching the show, initially for the reno porn, then for Jeff's dry sense of humor, but the nanny stuff, and now this.  I suspect he's probably correct about the show going away.  He's whining now, but I never got the impression that he was all that into it.  His social media participation is the bare minimum, and to me, he acted like the show was just a way to pay some bills.  Jenny knows what time it is where Jeff Lewis is concerned.  It will be interesting to see what brought this to a head, and whether she was legitimately wronged, or if this is a means to an agenda.  I always did get the idea that Jenny's lofty aspirations were hopelessly unmet.

    I watched clips for the upcoming season and it looks like Jeff is losing it more than ever.  I guess Jenni has given up being an actress now that she has huzzband who's not a douche and two kids. 

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