Koko lady

Be careful, you might be sued. LOL. And you best not imply LVP is less than fresh as a daisy *down there* LOL

I disagree with every word of this post, including "the" and "a".

I didn't know that, thank you. That sounds like something Tamra would do. I'm sure Ryan was an impediment to fully realizing Tamra's perfect shiny happy shiny family. And Simon did not seem like someone who ever loved Ryan or thought of him as a son. I know Ryan gets a lot of shit from the viewers and some of it deserved. But I have some empathy as he had Tamra for a mother and a step father who never treated him like he belonged. Even Eddie (who himself was adopted as an adult by another man) considers Ryan no more than "another man" competing for a limited pool of resources.

I think Ryan thought Brooks was in the way of what he thinks is rightfully his -- Vicki's estate.

With all respect, I would drop it as it's somewhat offensive, particularly since you acknowledge that you "don't have any particular sensitivity to the issue." There are millions of step children who only have one natural parent in their lives and are fully loved (and not in a way that's "different") by their step-parent. I'm one of them who is lucky enough to have a step father who loved me as much and treated me no differently than my half-siblings. If he or anyone suggested that he cannot or does not really love me as much because I'm not bio or adopted, it would insensitive at best. The suggested bright-line distinction you keep trying to make is hurtful and demeaning. And Vicki's and Tamra's suggestion that any natural parent would not want a step parent to love an treat thier child as their own is strange. As long as the step parent respects the boundaries of the natural parent, I think the bio parent would unselfishly want their kid to get all the unconditional love he or she could get. But unselfish are not words that would ever be used to describe the two. And Tamra's statement that Simon loved Ryan until their bio children were born and then "it was different" is gross. Thank god all step parent are not like Simon. Children in a household should never be treated differently -- whether bio, adopted or step. Mehgan (and I dislike her) should be commended for taking an interest in Hayley's life. There is nothing wrong with acting like her mother -- and now, Mehgan is the only mother she has.

Aren't we supposed to be talking about the show?

Thank you for saying this. These boards are not the real world of viewers by any stretch. I had to come out of lurkdom to say this. I think Ramona, Carole, Sonja, Dorinda and others truly like Bethenny as well. But what do I know? -- I only go by what I see on the show.

Almost like someone is trying to fit something in a limited space, after the fact. Hmmmmm