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I admit I found Beth interesting/funny the first few years...it was when I saw one of her therapy sessions when it first occurred to me that there was something seriously off about her personality. I orginally thought she was playing to the cameras...now I think there are some serious issues. She's unstable. The stress of being on these shows CANNOT be good for her mental health. Her dislike of Lu could be based on absolutely anything or more likely nothing in particular. Certainly it isn't based on Lu's sleeping around. I think we all know Beth doesn't have those sorts of puritan values. She's just chose something to pin on Lu. And now it's coming back to bite her. All this back and forth conversation about slut shaming vs when the Beth/Dennis relation ship started is all for nothing (imho). Non of the dynamics we are witnessing have anything to do with that. Beth hates Lu...to the detriment of the show. Now every comment Beth makes about Lu just bores me...cause its always the same..."blah, blah, blah I hate Lu". Broken record. No insights. No real opinions based on current situations. Nothing to further any interest in the show. And Carole too. Just chomping at the bit to bite Lu. Boring. These women should learn we viewers like to see interactions involving current topic/actions...not the constant rehashing of old ventattas (sp?) (That goes for you RHNJ too!!) Damn it...do your jobs!! Lol. Now Lu's weird giddiness about finding a man "who wants to marry her!" (He really, really wants to marry HER!! ) is fascinating! That can't actually be real, right? Grown women don't actually act like this, right? I just can't stop watching this!!! Good stuff.

I suspect the reason most want to shut down the drug (cocain) talk is that they know it doesn't play well in middle America. It's a business decision. So Beth is making side glances at Andy, like "really? I thought we've been told not to talk about this"...and everyone get uncomfortable...and Dorinda's not sure what to say...and only Sonja (who has NOTHING left to lose) jumps at the opportunity to discuss.

Bye bye bye Yola!

About Yola being "blindsided" by the divorce...she is the type who hears only what she wants to hear. Even if David had been telling her repeatedly that he was unhappy, she wouldn't have heard him. She's the type where you could talk til you're blue in the face, and when you FINALLY decide to wash your hands of it and walk away, she will feel "blindsided".

This might be way out there...but I always get the impression Dorinda is defending herself much more than John. She's just someone who seems like she belongs more on RHNJ than NY. She's brassy, loud, drunk and orange. But she married someone with a little more "class" (for lack of a better word). And lived a "higher class" life. I think she likes to continue to portray that imagine, but the truth is she's a lot more like John. I wonder if the frustration and embarrassment she shows around John isn't really about conflicted feelings she has about herself? Also, she's a boozer. Boozers love to keep the company of other boozers. If the people around you drink as much as you do, then you don't have a problem (by comparison). You'll keep strange company and form strange alliances to keep yourself in denial.

The way I see it, MO is likely just playing nice with Yola. I mean how could any parent actually be all right with their former spouse waving their children's medical records around in a public venue in front of cameras? There is something very unhinged about Yola. It seems reasonable that he would back away from his relationship with Lisa in an attempt to calm his former wife. It's gotta be REALLY hard to co-parent with her. I imagine it would leave you constantly walking on eggshells.