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  1. I think that is the case, as you said, but also, I think that the caregiver can also fabricate (Vicki's word) or exaggerate the illness. Maybe Munchausens' by Proxy syndrome is not the correct terminology, but it seems like something very similar to me. Maybe the medical/psychological field will name a whole new syndrome for Vicki, if she ever goes into deep therapy and they can actually figure out what, other than a huge case of narcissism is wrong with Vicki. While I don't think that Vicki is necessarily exaggerating the severity of Brianna's issues, because we've seen the results of Brianna's hospital stays (PIC lines, bruising from needles in her arms, etc.), and as a nurse, I really don't think Brianna would knowingly play that sick game, I do think that Vicki is using her daughter's illness to garner sympathy and attention from the other women. I think that Vicki knows how to do reality TV, and she does it very well. She knows that if she is shown dealing with another {REAL} health situation, she may garner some viewer sympathy. It's horrible for me to say this, but I really think that the reason Vicki "bought" Brianna a house in the OC, and drove with her sick daughter across the country was so that she could use Brianna as a redemption arc. What I can't figure out is why Brianna would agree to it.
  2. I know we are all tired of hearing the word, and it should be verboten on anything to do with the Housewives', but does anyone else think that Vicki has Munchuasens' by Proxy syndrome? I mean, I'm no therapist or psychiatrist, but there are all kinds of pointers toward that. Last year, she claimed she didn't question Brooks and believed him, because she wanted to feel love and get casseroles attention from the other housewives. We all saw that blow up in her face and the aftermath for Vicki has been earth-scorching. Now, she brings Brianna back to the OC, knowing that she is definitely having some major health issues, and we see the scenes with the ambulance, Vicki filling Heather and Tamra in on Brianna's health (using her worried, sotto voce tone). Is she looking for the other housewives to feel sorry for her, yet again, having to deal with Brianna's health issues and "caring" for Brianna's children? And, in her mixed up mind, does she think that if the other women feel sorry for her, they will just forgive her previous transgressions, and then, they can all move on, and "just have fun"?? I don't know - we all know that Vicki is a narcissist, but I think that there may be a bit of the Munchausens' by Proxy syndrome there, too.
  3. Vicki possibly lying or exaggerating about a loved one's health?? How could that be? She is really jonesing for those casseroles, isn't she? I wish someone would send her one or two so we can get past all this medical drama! I'm bored and tired of housewives (or loved ones of a housewife) of all franchises having some kind of medical emergency - real or imagined (We know that Brianna does have medical issues, but the drama tonight seemed very fishy to me and unfortunately, I didn't feel one iota of sympathy for Brianna or Vicki). And, how convenient that Internet pick-up girl, Ryan's ex-girlfriend, Sarah, just happened to be at that exact gas station in Orange County at the same time the ambulance came? And, then, she was available to go baby-sit for Brianna's kids (who were sleeping)? Doesn't she have like four kids of her own? Where were they? Also, just so happens that Sarah was talking to Tamra at that exact same time as she was at the gas station and Vicki pulls in with Brianna and the ambulance shows up? And, then, Tamra was able to rush over to Vicki's house to have a "heart to heart" talk with Sarah about Ryan, but then, Tamra leaves Sarah there to wait for the girl from Vicki's office to come and watch Brianna's kids? Why didn't Tamra stay at Vicki's and let Sarah go home to her own children? This whole thing just seems way too convoluted for a divine miracle from above.
  4. zoeysmom - This is a GREAT timeframe report!! It's a good thing you don't work for the producers as a continuity checker - nothing would ever get aired!! This is all so perfectly perfect!! :-)
  5. As long as Joe doesn't mix up that can with his spray-on hair in a can....
  6. I find it interesting that there is no blog on the Bravo site from Bethenny this week. Her blog is usually one of the first ones up after an episode airs, defending herself or giving excuses for her awful behavior. It's interesting because this is really the first time that someone has actually called Bethenny out on her nastiness to her face, in a fairly rational manner and in front of the other women, and she has nothing to say about it?
  7. I probably should have amended my post to say as passionate as Carole can be about anything. She seems to be in a permanent Prozac fog (or, maybe she just smokes a lot of weed?) I don't know - I have a friend that is bi-polar, and many years ago, she was a medication that seemed to remove all levels of emotion from her - that is what Carole reminds me of.
  8. I'm not a huge fan of Carole's, but I think she had a grand passion for Anthony.
  9. Much like Bethenny used to do, back in Seasons 1 and 2, when she was more self-deprecating, as she referred to Jules.
  10. If I recall correctly, Bethenny has a habit of doing this, and she's done it several times. I believe she did the same thing at Dorinda's last season, with Heather. She also was talking about Jules and Michael to Dorinda at their brunch back on Episode 1 or 2, when she met Jules for the "first" time. She and Carole also did the same thing at Jules' Hamptons house, and I think she did the same thing in Turks and Caicos last season when talking about Sonja. I just think that Bethenny is now taking a page from Kelly Bensimon's book and thinks that she "is up here" and everyone else is "down there"....she really gives "zero fucks" about what she says or does, who hears or sees what she says or does, and how those things affect others around her, because she honestly believes she is so much better than they are.
  11. Did anyone else notice the Skinnygirl product placement in this episode? Everyone was drinking from Skinnygirl glasses on the bus to Mohegan Sun. It was subtle, but it was there (it looked like they were rimmed with brown sugar or something). I would love to see just one episode where there isn't a Skinnygirl product anywhere in sight. Also, I think that Bethenny got drunk on that bus ride, and that was why we had that sappy, "sincere" heart to heart between her and Sonja.
  12. I think when Bethenny was speaking with Adam, she said something about him making "cauliflower pizza crust"? Whatever those pizzas were, they didn't look like pizzas, they looked totally unappetizing, at least to me, and your description of the crust is kinder than mine - I was thinking it looked like wet dog food. I also think that Bethenny drops those little bombshells, as she did about Jules and Michael's marriage, so the other girls will goad her into spilling the secrets. Again, Bethenny has the upper hand in the situation. She also did that with Luann and her comments alluding to Luann sleeping her way through the Hamptons over the summer, and also with Sonja, about whatever the "terrible awful" (tm-The Help) was that Sonja did off camera.
  13. I think they will marry, and I'm betting that Luann is negotiating with Bravo to pay for film it.
  14. I agree with you, Scoobie - especially what I have bolded. Bethenny may think that her sense of humor revolves around laughter, but what she fails to recognize is that her her humor and laughter is almost always at someone else's expense. She is a very poor, very mean imitation of Joan Rivers (RIP). Joan was the Queen of biting, sarcastic humor at someone else's expense, especially during her tenure on Fashion Police, but I don't recall her ever going as low as Bethenny can go. I used to chuckle at Joan's comments- Bethenny's usually just make me cringe for the other person. Unlike Joan, Bethenny may start out with humorous comments, but then, when she doesn't get the response she is hoping for, she devolves into an insulting, loud shrew. I wonder if Bethenny's head exploded off her body when she read Jules' blog?
  15. She certainly didn't like being called out on her nastiness, did she? It seemed like Bethenny was close to tears during Jules' pushback, and I doubt it was due to memories from her oh-so-awful childhood. I think she was totally caught off guard and upset that someone actually had the nerve to call her out.
  16. Every time Luann said "BL", my mind immediately thought and "T" as in a BLT sandwich! ;-)
  17. Well, it certainly wasn't the "Thelma and Louise" road trip the producers may have been hoping for! T There are lots of people around here who have winter homes in Florida or the Carolinas, and many of them do ship their cars. They will fly to their destination, rent a car for a few days until their car is delivered. As you said, it isn't that expensive, but given that Vicki, most likely, would have to pay for four one way plane tickets, plus pay for the car shipping, it was definitely more expensive than them driving from Oklahoma to Orange County. I'm assuming that they must have spent at least ONE night in a hotel - there is no way that they could have done 19/20 hours straight through with two toddlers.
  18. I would assume this is similar to Kyle's (RHOBH) store, Kyle by Alene Too. Alene Too is a boutique in Boca Raton that Kyle visited (did a book signing - ?), and then, she partnered with that store to blend the names for the store in Beverly Hills. I think that the "partner" Melissa introduced on the show probably is the actual owner, and the one who is putting up most, if not all, of the money, and Melissa is just the name and face behind it. Melissa made a comment that Joe didn't want to invest, or get involved with retail, so she used her own money. Something tells me that, given their old-school relationship, she really doesn't have much of her own money - I mean, it's not like "On Display" was a gold or platinum hit or anything. What could she have possibly made from I-tunes - 67 cents???? I'm sure any other monies she has made from the show or public appearances has gone into their joint accounts.
  19. I noticed that too, and it's strange - she seems to be about as thin as Jules from RHNY is, and yet, none of her castmates are whispering about her having an eating disorder or anorexia, as the other RHNY women are about Jules. I guess that's the difference between Orange County, where, apparently, you can never be TOO thin and New York, where it's okay to have a little meat on your bones (but...only a little, LOL!) My thought, exactly...they could have flown back to California, and if they didn't want to leave the car for Ryan (remember - Vicki also bought that car for Brianna), they could have had it shipped. Nineteen or twenty hours in a car with two toddlers is no fun, and nineteen or twenty hours in a car with two toddlers AND Vicki must have been worse than a ride to hell and back.
  20. Isn't that the same outfit that Kenya Moore wore somewhere on RHOA, only Kenya's was more of a mint green color? I'm going to have to check with my friends from north Jersey (I have one friend who lives in Montclair, and several that live and shop in that area) and see if Melissa actually WORKS in this store - y'know, assisting customers, ringing up and bagging sales, cleaning up dressing rooms, steaming apparel for display - all the stuff that people who actually work in retail do. I wasn't overly impressed with too much of her inventory, and her website looks very cheaply done and amateurish.
  21. Milania usually amuses me, but there were several times last night where she was extremely rude and disrespectful to her father (granted - he wasn't much better), and there was one time when she actually whacked him (pretty hard it seemed, at least for her) on his butt. This is the behavior that worries me. They (Joe and Tre) seemed to have fostered that type of behavior by laughing it off when she was younger, and now that she is a "tween", it just isn't cute or funny anymore. I truly hope that she only behaves that way with her parents, and not outside her own ugly-ass front door. I get that they are all loud and boisterous (well, except for Gabriella), but to show blatant disrespect to a parent or anyone, for that matter, is only setting her up for trouble as she matures.
  22. Unfortunately, this type of thing happens much more often than people may realize. I know of at least four couples in this area who have done essentially the same thing. They were living high and spending lavishly on big McMansions, expensive (I mean EXPENSIVE) cars, travel, designer clothes, shoes, handbags - their kids always had the BEST of everything. Then, the bottom dropped out. Instead of pulling up those expensive Louboutin bootstraps and making good on their debts, they have let their homes fall into disrepair, foreclosure (and essentially stripped the places clean), they hid what assets they could from their failed business, and are now living in expensive rental properties, with seemingly no worries, and have new jobs with more legitimate firms or businesses. I'm not saying it's right, not at all - but, I'm saying that it happens frequently - we just don't hear about it because at least these people were smart enough not to parade themselves on a reality TV show.
  23. So, is Ashlee doing makeup at Lauren's makeup studio/store? (Is Cafface even still open?) ;-)
  24. Chris is not aging well. Plus, weren't they in all kinds of trouble business-wise? Not as bad as Teresa and Joe, but weren't there some tax liens against his apparel business and didn't they almost lose their home to foreclosure or something? Plus, wouldn't you look beaten down if you had to deal with Jacqueline every single day?
  25. Nope - schools in New Jersey usually are in session until 12/22 or 12/23, depending on the day of the week Christmas Eve falls on, and then, they are back in session on January 2nd.
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