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FreetheGirlses

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  1. On behalf of all Italian Americans in the NY tri-state area...I apologize for Stephanie's friend. Listen, I can be very upfront and abrasive around my family and friends...ESPECIALLY my family (70 of us go on vacation together each year, my cousins and I are crazy close). We are loud AF, talk over each other, are constantly hugging and gesturing wildly. However, the way I act with my family/close friends when together and the way I act with other people is NOT the same. There is no way in HELL I would conduct myself like that in a conversation with anyone. This is not your family in your home. Be an adult and have a respectful conversation, for goodness sake. You're not in the kitchen for Sunday dinner with your relatives. Being an Italian NYer is no excuse for acting ugly and rude. On a side note, what world are we living in where Lisa comes across as sane, dispensing good advice? There is no way in hell that Ed's daughter actually watched this season. If she did, that was just major displaced anger on her part towards Rose.
  2. My dad has NPD (diagnosed by multiple therapists. Childhood was a joy, if you were wondering). Lisa doesn't ping my NPD radar at all. She'd also likely be able to hold it together better while being filmed, if she had NPD. People with NPD tend to be very aware when they have an audience, which the cameras/crew most certainly are.
  3. As someone who worked in Disney World, while FOTLK is a great show, and the actors definitely get paid more than your hourly front line cast members on stage (I think they're equity), but I'm not entirely sure it's a great living. I'll have to ask some of my friends who used to work it.
  4. See, I felt like that was all bullshit. Her family lives in Florida, you know damn well they were at that competition live.
  5. Gabi's parents are total narcissists, right down to the barging into her shower to get an answer RIGHT NOW. Zero boundaries with them. I recognize it because my dad has NPD. I feel for her. On a shallow note, her mother's lisp was driving me nuts.
  6. As a NY teacher, I'm shocked. It isn't done here.
  7. Italian American Long Islander here who just got married a year ago! I'm laughing, since I did get married on the island. 250 guests. Also, my friend Tori was one of the sisters who owns Harbor Bridal whose dad passed away on 9/11. Came over to this end of the forums because I was curious to see what people were saying about that reading.
  8. Don't give her too much credit. If it's one of the first days they're there, they are likely still on their regular time zone, so it wasn't really waking up that early.
  9. Totally typical for a NYC metro area Italian wedding. Viennese hour! I had them too. Over $100k easy, even on a Thursday.
  10. That's what I was thinking. She's what, only a couple of months postpartum? In the rant she says that she wants to be home with her babies. It's probably a situation where she might not want to do it anymore, but the money is too good to pass up. Hormones are no jokes. I'm on meds now since we're having trouble getting pregnant, and I woke my husband up with my sobs at 4 am the other morning (sorry, dude). I'm freaking unhinged right now, I can't imagine how I'd be after I gave birth and filming a reality show. Especially because these people have a decade of past history together. Who knows WTF really goes on.
  11. You're from Jersey, aren't you? 😉 The Rails thing KILLED ME. I wonder if they hid the knives?
  12. Bingo. I knew that, but completely forgot about that when I was typing this morning.
  13. I don't think that the budget was the issue with them at all. It's very common in Italian American families for the bride's parents to pay for a substantial part of, or all of the wedding. Do we know what her parents do/what they're worth? It's pretty rare for both families to contribute absolutely nothing. Destination weddings are cheaper than weddings in the US. I have friends who got married in Italy, and they weren't reality TV stars. I don't think the budget was the issue at all with this one, it was more the time factor involved.
  14. She honestly is. I think she had good parents who helped guide her, too. I listen to her podcast, and IDGAF if she's boring, I love her.
  15. That venue IS really extra. It's peak NJ for ya. I did a 100 year old historical home for mine. I didn't want a "wedding factory" type feel. They got married at a total wedding factory. https://thelegacycastle.com/ Personally, not my taste at all. But knowing NJ Italians, I could TOTALLY picture Mike and Lauren picking this type of place, even if they weren't filming. I'm sure the venue would be signing clearances for it...the more the venue is featured on TV, the more their name will get out there, and the more customers they're going to have. More customers = higher demand = they can charge higher prices. Their venue charges $300 per head on Saturday nights during wedding season. Their business partners with Albert Manzo from the Real Housewives of New Jersey. He has his own catering hall, the Brownstone, which was really popular before the housewives existed. Two of my cousins got married there. I kind of think that the Legacy Castle looks gaudy, but that's just me. It's not a real representation of Italy at all, and I think that Mike was just making those comments because they COULDN'T go to Sicily and get married...more for emphasis than the fact that the thought he was actually getting something that would resemble what his Italian wedding would have been like. I could be wrong about this situation, though 😉
  16. My band didn't take breaks! It was in the contract. Serious stuff, these Italian weddings. There's definitely some similarities between Greeks and Italians.
  17. I'm an Italian Long Island NYer. Not Jersey, but close enough. Some of my cousins are from Jersey. Weddings here are a BIG DEAL. The NY metro area is the most expensive area of the entire nation to have a wedding. The average is over $70k. That's normal. I has 250 guests, a 12 piece band, open bar (always standard at weddings here), 8 hot stations for cocktail hour (cocktail hour is practically a bigger deal than the plated dinner around here)...and it was totally normal. Had I not been online in wedding planning/shaming Facebook groups with people from other parts of the country and around the world, I would never realize that weddings everywhere weren't like this.
  18. While Catelynn is lazy in general, I'm not going to judge another woman for stopping breastfeeding whenever they want. Truth be told, for many women, it is hard. Women are always judged when it comes to breastfeeding. So many other things to judge her for!
  19. I am not one to ever make excuses for Cate and Tyler, but the fact that you haven't had a vacation in years doesn't really prove that Cate is being ridiculous, here. Vacations actually make you more productive in the workplace. The amount of vacation days that most US employees get is ridiculously low compared to other nations. You SHOULD go on a vacation every so often, if you can afford it.
  20. Side note: I went to the doctor on Thursday. They actually think that it's PCOS. It really does depend on your body. I do like that you referenced whoop it up. Just giggled.
  21. My dad actually does have narcissitic personality disorder. Diagnosed by three therapists (who he only agreed to go to because he wanted to help *me* with all of *my* issues, of course). I know what you're saying, but the internet has been really helpful for me in terms of dealing with and accepting my dad's NPD. True NPD is really rare, and most people don't even believe you or don't know how to react when they learn of the horrific things your NPD parent does to you, because it's inconceivable to them. I started to blame myself less and make peace with it when I read other people's accounts and started seeing the patterns. I think that people who deal with NPD family members seek places on the internet as safe spaces and comfort.
  22. As someone struggling with infertility right now (unexplained, hooray!), her story rings BS to me as well. I can see one maybe, but three? Get the hell out of here. But then again, all of these women seem to get under my skin lately for obvious reasons.
  23. The Long Islander in me is laughing at the taxes comment. What I'd kill to have to pay taxes that Kail will have with these taxes (ours are regularly 20K now that the SALT cap is no more and we can't itemize).
  24. My husband is a lawyer. Many of my friends are lawyers. This is the first time I've ever heard of "pre-law school".
  25. You can't lay down when you get Botox, and you're not supposed to lay down for many hours after you get Botox, either. There's a reason everyone is sitting straight up.
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