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That is one thing that unites many of the women across the HWs franchises. They seems to be some universality to the lack of self-esteem and the poor choices in mates following the dissolution of the marriages that made them HW material to begin with. Sheree just happens to represent that particular trait here on Atl, but the same could be said for Teressa on NJ, Gizelle on Potomac, and most of the NY ladies.

Absolutely this is a self-inflicted wound. But I'm side-eyeing how much of a wound it is because if you are a co-founder, you don't get fired. You might get pushed out of day-to-day management but still retain some financial partnership, or you get bought out, but you don't get fired.

Luis and Frank Jr both used to work at Revolve Capital Management Group This is their old team page. When you go on the site now, they have taken down all the pictures and have only the bios of the owners up. I believe the story was Luis started this group and that he was one of the original employees and opened up their NJ offices. The company sets up real estate deals and allows investors to buy in at fractional shares (the investors essentially play the role of the bank). Unclear whether they shut down the entire NJ office (Luis, Frank and one other partner) or whether they just asked Frank to leave. I didn't know anything about the advertising company, I only thought he did real estate. I just did a quick look at the Digital Media Solutions page and it looks like Luis also started that business with the guy who was the other co-founder from the NJ office of Revolve. According to the DMS about us page That sounds like a bunch of mumbo jumbo...

I'm going to assume some of the Todd stuff is totally for Bravo screen time/drama. His explanation as to how he came to own the condo is completely reasonable. From his description its somewhere on the waterfront - my guess is Jersey City, Hoboken or somewhere up the Palisades going towards the George Washington Bridge. The waterfront views from all of those towns are to die for, and a place in one of the high-rises on the water overlooking Manhattan is a great investment. So, I'm not giving the side eye to that. I will look at him crazy for the trips out of town alone - but again, it doesn't sound like we are getting the whole story there either so I'm reserving judgement until more info comes out.

I'm still not understanding how these adults believe that people who are 1) not blood relatives and 2) not named/appointed guardians just get to keep someone else's child. I'm with that woman who left the church - "If I see a video of someone sitting in a pew, I'm gonna come slap you, then I'm gonna slap her"

My thought was that they agreed to breakup and Michael provided either an apartment in one of his buildings or used his contacts to get her into something that she could leave. An eviction would only have been necessary if she refused to leave.

I'm also watching the Secrets of Playboy, so it was interesting to see the overlap of the two stories. The fact that Hef was okay with letting the cuffs and bowtie from the bunnies get used by male dancers was pretty interesting. Not to mention Dorothy played a big part in the Playboy lore, and to see her ancillary relationship with another tragic murder.

Trains aren't utilized more primarily because most urban centers have removed freight rail into the city such that you still need robust warehousing and distribution chains for that last-mile. In places like the east coast where you have highly concentrated large populations, freight rail gets you to close, but then you need to offload, break down and then deliver. For years, businesses opted to ship from China to the west coast of the US where goods were either trucked east or, for expensive durable goods, railed to Chicago for distribution to the East Coast. Between labor issues and the lack of drivers, this started to turn around during the pandemic, but we still haven't gotten to a point where rail has outpaced trucking. Rather, we've seen cargo come to the East Coast, then get trucked west, north and south instead. Not to mention there are still a ton of historical supply chains that continue simply because (ever hear about the Tropicana Juice Train?), which impact how freight moves around this country. It's really both fascinating and frightening when you learn how much it takes to get a glass of OJ or a men's shirt.

I have a different take on Noella's lack of a relationship with her dad. While Noella has spoken about her bi-racial background, my guess is that for most of her life, she has lived and worked as white-presenting. I'm going to guess that was made a lot easier by not having a lot of contact with her dad, living with and being in contact with only her white relatives and the lack of contact was probably a two-way street (not a lot of effort on either of their parts to make that relationship happen). Not introducing her kids to her father was simply furthering the avoidance of the fact that she is in actuality half-black and not some nebulous makeup of fifteen different ethnicities.

You can apprentice in NY, but you are required to have completed at least one year of law school to go this route. Gia, conceivably could do this, but she'd still have to apply, get accepted to and attend law school for at least one year.

My guess is that going from a 18-23 episode season (which is what Greg Daniels would have written for Parks & Rec) down to a seven episode season (even shorter than the first 10 episode season), was challenging. Add in the pandemic restrictions and you get what we saw - a ton of scenes with 1-2 people having discussions and lots of dropped storylines and unanswered questions. I'm hoping that he builds out a nice story arc over the summer which advances the original plot, ties up lots of these loose threads, and doesn't end with Nora and Aleesha being enemies (l for one have loved their friendship).

But remember, Ingrid appeared permanently just as Nora fled for upstate NY. Besides her, no one else would really have been looking, and while Aleesha might have noticed, because she was originally covering Nora's clients, she probably wasn't that interested in what "Oatmeal Boy" was up to. Also, Ingrid would have had an avatar from when she used her suit previously, so it would really just have been about them masking her "temporary" status.

Someone above mentioned another Netflix documentary about a similar type of con man: He conned both men and women, the difference being that most of his male victims he met while they were in university together. It seemed as he got older the guys were less of his long con focus, although there were definitely men that he was manipulating as well. Most of them ended up being people he had convinced he was a spy who he would then trot out to convince whatever woman he was scamming to go along with his latest ridiculous request. As far as Sarma, I thought the same thing about her that I did about the Theranos woman - they profited greatly from their not-completely-average looks. Trust me if either one of these ladies had been a six-foot tall 250 lbs brunette, the willingness to 1) give them the benefit of the doubt; 2) cut them break after break even in the face of mediocre performance and 3) not come down on them like a ton of bricks when stuff finally went bad would have been non-existent. Both of these petite, somewhat attractive blonde women got the kind of breaks I'm not sure an ugly (or not conventionally attractive) woman would have gotten.

I agree. I also think that folks don't understand that it may be valuable for those kids to get into local community programs (pop warner, etc.) that serve as feeders/exposure to coaches and staff associated with various HS programs. There are a bunch of Bergen County schools that are included in the top football programs of the past decade, which includes not only public schools, but Catholic and private schools as well. I know that it may look like its being set up as the decisions being made to improve the boy's chances at the expense of Antonia, but given how much Melissa is pushing Antonia in tumbling/cheer, I'd find it hard to believe that they didn't identify an as good or better program in Bergen County for her to participate in.

Okay, so this is a completely random thing, but it drives me crazy. Aleesha got on the bed with her shoes on. Now, I recognize that for her its just a simulation, but dammit, if you are going to have simulated naked butt sex, take off your shoes before you get on the bed!!!

I'm not going to disagree w/r/t the parties or the diamonds. But, part and parcel of the HW brand, is women dressing in expensive designer brands who don't have a ton of money - simply for TV. Between consignment, resellers, loans for TV and brands simply gifting stuff, giving the appearance of an over-the-top lifestyle with no actual substance behind it is not an impossible thing.

My recollection was that he was making somewhere between $350-400k per year as a coach. In SLC, that's more than enough to live a "over the top" lifestyle.

But that's not how John's show works. The "main" long form segments take months to research, vet and clear. Those segments tend to be "evergreen" topics in that they can be bumped or moved around and still be relevant. I'm not surprised that he didn't do thirty minutes on the Ukraine with a six or seven day run up to the story. My guess is that you may see a long form piece later this season.

He was not. From what I can tell, Robert Sr. does not participate in any of the HW events that don't occur in his kitchen. Recall he wouldn't even bring Mary's coat to her. Having your back = blind allegiance no matter how non-sensical the person is acting/behaving Doesn't have your back = asks logical questions to figure out exactly what the hell is going on/you are saying/you are doing

He didn't "force" himself. Dude knew from the time he heard her name that the odds that she was a brown girl were pretty high (I've never met a blonde, blue-eyed Deepti). If he really believed that he couldn't make a connection with a non-white girl then he could have screened her out, the same way he screened out Iyanna, who was probably one of the few ladies there that was actually tiny enough that she passed his "could I put you on my shoulders" test. I'm having a hard time understanding what in his current situation is inherently different if the girl he had selected was a similar body type and size as Deeps, but was a white girl with dark hair vs. a brown girl with dark hair. He would have found some other excuse, because deep down the issue isn't with who Deepti is, its about Shake not being able to get past who she is not.

I'm not at all surprised by Shake's issues. He has actively avoided dating any Indian girls. So yes, all of the Indian women you see are family (and "aunties"). Shayne has it right* - do something different if you want a different outcome. One thing that I think is overlooked by many people is that a failure to communicate what you like physically can result in not getting what you like. Shake continues to think that all he likes is skin tone and hair color, but I bet if he were to explain preferences, he might be surprised at the results. * I never thought I'd say that...

Based on my in-depth analysis of Family Karma, I think there is a huge pressure in the Indian community to marry an Indian girl/guy. Families will settle for cross-cultural marriages but they really want to have the culture and traditions carried on. Because of this, I think Shake understands that his family is going to be *thrilled* that the guy who has only ever dated blonde girls is engaged to an Indian girl. My guess is that he'll get home, his family will love her (assuming they are of the same/similar class/caste) and he'll become a nice Indian vet with an attractive Indian wife free from the disapproving stares of his aunties.

Yes, that was him. He said he likes this version. Interesting fact, it looks like Tom Cruise brought all of the rights, because it's his production company behind the series. \ The two big shortcomings of the show were Rickman's approach to the character, and the failure of the writers to fill in some of the important expository background that was always included in the books. By going for the strong, silent type, Rickman left the door open to all the speculation about Reacher being dumb/autistic/shallow. In the books its pretty clear that he's not just freakishly large and strong but also a smart guy who is an excellent police officer/tracker/problem solver. His soldiers didn't just like working for him because he was physically impressive, he was also extremely highly principled and very smart. The failure to write in some of the expository stuff meant important things were left out - Reacher's time at West Point, the fact that his mom was from a wealthy French family and basically walked away from that to become an Army wife, the backstory on Reacher's pension and his transient existence, etc. Hopefully both of those things will be remedied in Season 2.

Quite the contrary, he's very much scary smart and although he's a man of few words, he's pretty affable. I feel like the actor playing him may not have read the books. If you think about the Tom Cruise portrayal, I think Cruise got the balance right between his quiet focus and the quick mind and ability to problem solve. Also, in the books, he's a bit more expositional as he's describing a lot of what he's thinking through and not just spouting out his conclusions.

I feel like this happened every episode this season!