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magemaud

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  1. In how many of these episodes the people say, "We came [here] for a vacation, fell in love with it and decided that we want to live here!" So they're pulling up stakes, quitting their jobs, selling their worldly possessions and leaving behind family and friends in order to chase their not-very-well-thought-through pipe dream. Or even worse is when it's one person's idea and they're dragging everyone else along reluctantly. 

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  2. Since she appears totally clueless about the cultural and/or religious differences, does Nicole have any idea she won't be consummating this relationship with Azan before the marriage (that is, if it ever happens?) 

    Well, there goes my theory about "no sex before marriage" with those two...

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  3. I just couldn't watch the potential disaster of aspiring stand up comedian "Stevo" and his wife moving to Cambodia with limited savings and no jobs or connections. He mentioned how they both had taught English in other countries, I hope they were able to find work in Phnom Penh. And, is pursuing a stand up comedy career in a foreign country a new theme for HHI? Remember that guy "Kelly" who moved to Costa Rica? 

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  4. I have my back to the TV and the new episode with the woman who is house hunting in Tampa is on. I wasn't paying close attention, but hearing the voice of the person she's hunting with, I thought it must be Harvey Fierstein. I was stunned to turn around and see it's her MOTHER! 

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  5. I have to chuckle at the irony of the rerun on right now about the couple buying the house at the Jersey Shore. Her "old-house-a-phobia", feng shui rules, gravel yard, fear of ghosts and his insistence on being close to the beach but NOT in a flood zone, shot gun style house, plastic furniture covers and outdoor space to play Corn Hole. On the eve of Tropical Storm Hermine, I wonder how they're faring...

    Well, so far Hermine has been a non-issue here at the Jersey Shore, so I guess they're fine. Also, their place is in Ocean Gate which is not on the Atlantic beachfront at all (although you wouldn't know that from watching the opening of the show when they describe the miles of beautiful beaches along the Jersey Shore) 

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  6. I came here, too, to urge Andrew to CUT THE DAMN CORD! Talk about Helicopter Parents! One of the main reasons his parents wanted him to get a two bedroom apartment was so that they could come and visit, so they were willing to chip in another $ 250 a month. I was practically screaming at the TV, "Keep your  $ 3000 and put it towards a hotel room or Air BnB rental when you DO come to see him!" 

  7. I didn't see the Chicago episode so I'm just going by the comments here. If you insist on a "million dollar kitchen" and your budget is $ 1.1 million, doesn't that just leave you $ 100,000 for the rest of the entire house? 

    And I don't get the popularity of these huge professional stoves unless you're cooking for a large family! I have cooked for a family of four for years and can only remember a handful of times that I used even THREE of the burners on my stove at the same time because of having a microwave to heat the things that my mother's generation might have heated up in a saucepan on the stove. 

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    Something else that's puzzling to me -- if family sizes are getting smaller, why do so many houses have four or five bedrooms and three or four bathrooms? 

    Family sizes ARE getting smaller, but heaven forbid a child should be forced to share a bedroom or bathroom with one or more siblings! If there are more bedrooms than people, the extras become rooms for the constant influx of overnight guests (who also must have their own bathroom!) or the requisite "craft room" or to display the husband's collection of antique guitars. 

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  9. Phyllis (how many times did her husband say her name, like every sentence?) struck me as the type of flight attendant who would only work in the first class cabin and look down her nose at those of us back in coach!

    I bet the only issue the producer could dream up for drama was the paint color of the house they bought. And I agree with the theory that they didn't move to Sicily year round, they would have had a much larger budget if they had sold a home in Carolina plus the flipping aspect really leads me to conclude this is an investment which they will live in part of the year and rent out the rest. 

    I was half expecting them to buy BOTH the pink house for now AND the studio for future use.  

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  10. I figured the comedian husband from the Costa Rica episode would be working as a lounge act in an English speaking beach resort. But how much money could he make doing that as the sole breadwinner? Wouldn't it make more sense for the wife to continue working as a nurse and the husband staying home to take care of Jacob's special needs? Wouldn't his comedy act be a night job anyway? I'll bet that's what they're really doing and the drama behind the move was all fabricated for the episode. Also, he didn't strike me as being a particularly funny guy, sort of dour and negative, maybe a Don Rickles type of comedy? 

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  11. 32 minutes ago, biakbiak said:

    Her etsy store has lamer things than the pieces she showed on the show. 

    Oooh, link please! I couldn't narrow down the sellers on Etsy, although I did see a rectangular one that was supposedly Colorado, or was it Wyoming...I wonder if she's also outlining European countries, there might be less competition.  

  12. 36 minutes ago, Pickles said:

    The San Francisco to Barcelona couple. That artwork she was going to sell. Was I the only one who thought it was ugly?

    No, I thought it looked pretty amateurish, like a string art kit from the 60s. And even if anyone wanted an yarn outlined state, who would want to pay shipping from Spain to the US? I knew they wouldn't take the second apartment with the balcony because it was obviously currently occupied, but when she complained about the bedroom with no natural light I wanted to scream at the TV, "Use the DARK room for sleeping and the brighter one for your tacky crafts!" Imagine my surprise when they did exactly that, but with the first apartment, the one without Tony's coveted balcony (which I was ready to push him off by the end!) 

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