BrindaWalsh

I can understand having Chicago go stay with Grandma Kris or Aunt Kendall or some such thing - especially if she hadn't had her flu shot and if more than one person in the household was sick. But all the way to Cleveland? That makes no sense. But I guess when you have a private jet, heading off to Cleveland is no different than the average person going 20 minutes down the road? Still makes no sense.

Maybe she should go to Jennifer's husband!!! They weren't falafel, they were kibbeh balls. Basically it is a pressed mixture of lamb and bulgar wheat formed around a looser ground lamb and pine nuts mixture. They are delicious. And nothing like falafel. Let's give credit where credit is due: Kathy did a much better job with her Lebanese spread during her goddess party than Jennifer did with her Turkish party. Both in presentation and explanation of the food. And mini-marinated mozzarella? Why not serve actual middle eastern cheeses? Jackie is going to eat Tre up and spit her out. Seriously. Tre doesn't know what's coming. She clearly has a zero interest in bullshit. And she's a lawyer. Tre is dead in the water. Is anybody else starting to resent the whole old school family shit? I don't know why but I find it so offensive. Like people who don't prescribe to the Teresa family value du jour are somehow lacking in sophistication and intelligence. What's even more offensive is that it is being spouted from a woman who went to prison and whose husband is sitting in the clinker as i type. And what is crazy is that i get what Tre is saying. How Melissa presents the discussion to Joe will impact how he responds. But Tre can't say that. And Melissa wouldn't do iy differently anyway. It's like Dr. V said. They want to be in conflict with each other.

Probably because Kylie seems to notice that if you let people actually see that you are happy, others will be happy for you. Unlike the others and their "never let them see you smile" shit. I suspect that Kylie enjoyed life off camera during her pregnancy much more than she realized. She could relax, enjoy, be herself and not be forced to always be the sexbot all of the time. And that's probably carrying over to now. I say good for her. She seems confident and happy. Unlike some other Kardashians that shall not be named.

Haha - I think if Bravo ever approached me for a show that it would mean I need to stop everything and take a long hard look at myself to figure out what it is that i am doing that makes me real housewives-material and then immediately fix it!!! Bravo: "you would be a fantastic addition to our show" Me: "Fuck. Get me to therapy right away."

OMG. I can't even with Jen's blog. It reeks of the kind of privilege you can only find with those who are the unfortunate combination of wealthy and colossally dumb.

Oh goody. A basketball player. Can't a Kardashian fall in love with a scientist or banker or something?

So I am somebody who thinks that True looks like Hattie McDaniel or rather I should say looked as her features are changing. And I mean - Hattie McDaniel. Not Mammy or Queenie. Those cheeks, the shape of her head, her wide set eyes. Was it the head wrap picture that brought me there? Yes, and that's because of my familiarity of Hattie McDaniel in Gone With the Wind, a movie I have seen more times than I could possibly count. But it was not because of the headwrap that I think that. It was True's actual features at the time. As True has gotten older her cheeks have thinned out and her face has changed. But when those cheeks were at their chubbiest, yes, I immediately went to Hattie McDaniel - whether True was wearing a head wrap, headband or nothing. There are photos of her profile, with nothing on her head, that are similar as well - again, so much of it comes back to those cheeks and the round shape of the face. I know it's a statement that can be misconstrued. I didn't realize that thinking her features are similar to an oscar winning actress is a bad thing just because of the roles that actress played at a certain time in history, reflecting one of the darkest times in history. Maybe I'm wrong? Maybe it's a microaggression and I'm not realizing it that way.

They have a different lifestyle and doesn't expect people to understand? People understand plenty. It's Kim and Kanye who don't understand. And at the very least can they should understand that their BUSINESS relies on the the public. Perception matters. Or at least it should. Looking at the latest pictures, from last night and this morning, I'm going to guess that Kanye is back on his meds. He looks out of it again, glazed over. He does not look good. Neither does she. But he looks...bad. I know it shouldn't matter, but if you were ask me, it looks like the lifestyle is taking a major toll on him and when you combine that with the medication, nothing good can come of any of this. I feel like Kanye is going to wind up institutionalized.

Let's be real. Paramus is fine, but when you consider the other towns in Bergen County, it really doesn't stand up with ridgewood, tenafly, saddle river, rockleigh, etc. It has definitely become more desireable in recent years, mainly because of the lower property taxes. But Jennifer lives next to a cemetery overlooking the mall. Not impressed. I assumed that she was getting upset hearing about her dad joking he was getting a hotel room with Melissa's mom, and upset that Melissa was relaying the story to the group. She probably sees the whole thing as disrespectful to her mom, melissa as being extra disrespectful by repeating the jokes publicly, and then subconsciously horrified at the thought of another gorga working her way into the family.

All of these women are obnoxious about their wealth (anybody remember Melissa season 1? Tre season 1?). Between the obvious plastic surgery and botox treatments, the constant need for designer labels, the really ugly and cookie-cutter McMansions (a dime a dozen in northern nj - I'll take model number 34 please, but can you make my gray slightly darker than my neighbors so it's really looks different and unique? Thanks so much!!!), there's a lot of obnoxiousness to go around. Give me Polly's house and graciousness over ugly designer belts, LV bags, and cake throwing any day of the week. Where Jennifer crosses the line is how rude she was as a guest. I'm not sure her flaunting her wealth verbally is that much worse than so visibly flaunting it on your own person through material items. I feel like I'm comparing bad, worse and atrocious. Jacqueline so far the most likeable of all of them - although Marge is really growing on me this season. I think we need to drop Tre, Danielle, Jennifer and probably Delores (she's good for commentary but I could care less about Frank) all together. I'd like to say that these women give NJ a bad name, but let's be real. They are not the exception, at least not in northern nj. You can find a million Jennifers or Kim D's up here. I would love to see Bravo find an insanely wealthy woman/family who, by choice, drive a Honda and choose to live in a more modest home and see how they interact with these women. Can you imagine the reaction?

I lost my mom a couple of years ago, and yes, the 1 year mark is slowly becoming this "anniversary day" for families to either just be together or do something happy together to bring joyful memories to a devastating day. I personally don't get it. I would see it all over social media with friends who have done this over the years. I said to my dad and sister, are we supposed to be doing something? My dad said - no, there are better days to be together to remember her, don't commemorate the day she died. So we don't. Given the grief that accompanies the loss of a mother, and the amount ot time it takes to feel your life start to "normalize," afterwards, that works for me. That said, I'm sure melissa and joe knew what day it was when the booked the bahamas. You can't not know. So the whole "we just booked a trip" thing is kind of b.s. imo. It's legit to want to get out of dodge. But it is also joe's primary responsibility to share that info with his family, not Melissa's. Joe can't handle being seen as doing anything wrong so he looks to everybody else and points fingers. Just like his sister...

Long time lurker, first time poster here! Hi Everybody! I've watched this show since the beginning and I'm beyond annoyed that Bravo is once again using Gorga/Giudice drama to drum up interest in this show. But since they are, it was this episode that firmly made me dislike Melissa and Joe. Bottom line - Joe is a little bitch. Simple as that. He has time to film. He has time to party. He has time to "work" (do people in NJ really hire him???) He can't find time in 2 weeks to talk phone his dad? Don't give me that "I'm busy" bullshit. I have a husband who works more hours than Joe Gorga ever will, and we have young children who also want his time, and guess what? He and his mom talk every Sunday. Even if it's for 5 minutes to realize there's not much to talk about. Joe Gorga doesn't make the time because he doesn't want to. It's as plain and simple as that. Melissa and her victimhood is getting old, and fast. It hasn't aired yet, but I think I actually agree with Tre when she says that Melissa can be doing more to get Joey there. I just think her delivery sucks. It's not "control your husband" it's "You monopolize him," it's asking her over for coffee and saying "listen, my dad is needing a bit more of Joe right now - I know he's with me in the day to day, but he needs to hear from Joe as well because he's still really struggling. Can you help remind him to call, even if for 5 minutes to say hello." Once again, simple as that. I just don't think Tre has the bandwidth to comprehend how easy that can be. We've already seen that Gorga Sr is NOT a priority for Melissa. There was the whole "I'm so sick with strep" issue, and she's brushed off his statements about not seeing them before. MElissa's family priority is HER family, unless the cameras are rolling on all of the and then she likes to be Melissa the good daughter in law. Joe's a little bitch. Melissa is an opportunist. Tre isn't innocent (judges agree). But it's entirely unfair for her to shoulder her father's grief and livelihood on her own. Especially when you consider that Joe Gorga lives about 10 mins away. I can't decide if I like Margaret or not. Part of me feels that she's a 50 year old trying to be a 24 year old, and she just can't pull it off (obviously) but then she actually makes me laugh. I just dont' need to see her in bed, in the shower, etc. Is her net worth really that high? You couldn't tell it by her home. I don't really "get" her. But her handling of Danielle this episode, and her "wtf" reaction was kind of awesome. You could see the anvils clunking her on the head as she realized how psycho Danielle really is. I don't think new Turkish girl is going to last. For one, I think that when you remove the layers of Jersey-Glam, at the end of the day there are too many cultural differences between her and the others. Because while she may not be as traditional and conservative as her parents were, I'm sure that household still has fairly traditional values and that's going to clash with people like Melissa, Danielle, etc. It feels like they are treating her like a novelty act. I liked nu-Jacq. She seems down to earth and friendly. I liked how candid she was. You can tell that she and Margaret have a legitimate friendship behind the scenes. That said, did anybody besides me get the feeling that Melissa is a little to desperate to have female friends? Has she driven everybody away? Jacqueline and her family seem legit. She has a legitimate career, her husband obviously has a successful career - in other words they have brains. They aren't dabbling in the garbage and pizza industries, nobody has been disbarred, nobody has been arrested for assault, gone to jail, etc. In other words, their bathroom countertops aren't breaking during a realtor tour. Melissa and her "oh we have so much in common! having kids is crazy! look our kids get along so well! Yay, we're the same person!!!" reeked of somebody desperate to be legitimized.