Momofgreengables

Does anyone else find it ironic that Moriah wears the shirt that says “Girls With Curves” when she has NO curves? I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with her body type, but it’s not curvy in any way.

I loved Katie’s outfits, too! You’re so right about Jayden belonging in a Jane Austen novel. I’m a big fan of all her work, so that’s probably one reason I really liked Jayden. His outfits were dashing! Speaking of Jane Austen….Did you ever notice how Michael is so much like Mr. Collins from the 2005 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice? I can’t get over it every time I watch!

The two most shocking things about this documentary were: #1 - How UGLY these clothes/patterns are: I was searching the entire docu-series for just one piece that I could imagine myself buying/wearing; and I couldn’t find a single one! I never heard of this company before the scandal. When I first started seeing things pop up about the company, like many others mentioned, my first thought was, “Do they mean Lulemon?” I’m surprised the comparison wasn’t brought up in this series. Did this woman purposely choose the name of her company to resemble an already successful one to piggyback off their success? #2 - How they stored boxes and boxes of inventory OUTSIDE, knowing it was getting rained on and moldy: I wonder how those conversations in management went? I wish the interviewers had asked the owners if they knew about that and why they allowed that clothing to be sent out anyway. Of course, they would have slithered around the truth like they always did when confronted; but I would have liked to see it. What in the world could have been going through their heads in sending out this obviously ruined merchandise!?! Did they tell their workers to include one or two wet and moldy pieces in each order in the hopes that no one person would get too much and make a huge fuss? Did they assume that each person would just shrug off a piece or two? Even if they were short on space, surely they could have found somewhere to store these pieces that wasn’t OUTSIDE! Whose bright idea was this???

***SPOILERS*** Season 2 is the best series I’ve seen in a long time. I found myself smiling, awwwing, squealing, and crying. Episode 5 was my favorite! Ronan definitely stole my heart, so I was extremely happy for him when he finally got his first kiss and an official girlfriend in sweet little Katie. I felt the same way for Mark when he and Chloe ended up together. I can’t imagine what could have happened to break them up. I wish they would have told us if it was Mark or Chloe who went cold. For some reason, I feel like Mark might have gotten scared and wanted to go back to being just friends. I know he says he wants a romance, but I thought I sensed him being a little scared and unsure during Christmas with Chloe. It might have been a little overwhelming for him. Michael is so funny. It was written all over his face what he thought of each woman during speed dating. He really wasn’t all that interested in Heather, until he made himself try to like her, since she was his only choice. I think maybe her parents picked up on that when they met him, because it was after that when she was suddenly too “busy” to see or talk to him. Her sudden change of behavior must have been the result of her parents not liking something about Michael. I think it was their idea for her to tell him that she was too busy if he ever contacted her. She couldn’t get it out fast enough when he called, but he was smart enough to press on and say what he needed to say to her. I hope Michael can find his “girl next door” next season.

I don’t think any of the Housewives mean this literally — that they think it’s anyone else’s job to educate them. It’s simply become the new phrase that Housewives, and probably people all over, use in response to being told that they’ve just said something offensive. They’re scared to offend any more or scared to be seen as if they’re not an ally or empathetic; so they use this word to signal that they’re open to learning more about the other person’s point of view.

On one hand, Ebony is constantly “educating” the other Housewives; but then as soon as they lean into it and ask for more help understanding (or being “educated”), she throws her hands up and says it’s not her job to educate them.

Right there where Dorinda interrupted LuAnn by telling her to stop, because she buried a husband sounds like the first shot to me. That’s where she basically said that nothing Sonja has been through could possibly compare to what she had been through. While that may be true, it was Dorinda herself who made the comparison, in the first place, by interjecting with that comment about her life — not Sonja. Sonja definitely made it worse with her insensitive comment in response. She should have patted Dorinda sympathetically and said, “Oh, I know, Dorinda. Of course, I would never say that my divorce was worse than you losing Richard in death.” Both were in the wrong.

Thanks for the welcome! I can see both sides of the Sonja/Dorinda argument, even after seeing it typed out verbatim. Sonja does say ridiculous and nasty things, but Dorinda escalates conversations to full-blown wars way too quickly. Of course, that’s why she’s great at being a Bravo Housewife.

This episode finally made me register, so I could join the discussion. While I agree that Sonja’s divorce can’t be compared to Dorinda’s experience of losing a husband in death, I never heard Sonja ever say that it was. Did I miss something? What I heard was LuAnn saying that Sonja has gone through hard times and then Dorinda yelling at Sonja for daring to compare their situations. How can Dorinda demand an apology for Sonja merely agreeing with LuAnn that her divorce was difficult on her? It seemed to me like a case of, “You’re not allowed to be upset about YOUR problems, because MY life is worse!” YES, I completely agree that Sonja brought these problems on herself, if she was cheating on her husband; but that still doesn’t mean that she can’t talk about the hard times she’s had since her poor life choices. They can BOTH acknowledge each other’s pain. True that the loss of Dorinda’s husband had nothing to do with bad choices, but I don’t think that Sonja was ever implying that her situation was equal or worse than Dorinda’s. What a normal calm person (not ambiguously drunk Dorinda) might have said in this situation is, “Yes, Sonja has been through some hard times, but she made certain choices that led to her divorce and current situation. I only WISH I had been given the power to CHOOSE whether Richard remained in my life. He was taken from me.”