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Putting aside that Brady should be at least 22 based on his being born in Season 4. Are kids really that emotionally dependent on their parents. When I was a kid you didn't call your parents if you broke up with your girlfriend or boyfriend. Your friends were your emotional support. You called your parents if you ran out of money for some reason OR if you were arrested. The arrest part happened to me on my trip to California at 18 - jailed in the Monterey County Jail for an illegal campsite :-). My parents thought my friend and I were going to be sent to a chain gang so they hired an attorney who negotiated our not guilty plea and we fled Monterey County on the plane for which tickets had been purchased with money wired to us - predated modern technology so Western Union was how you helped stranded kids.

Wipes now have a statement that they are NOT flushable - whether idiots actually read who knows because even if they read it they might assume it isn't their problem - especially renters. The specific phrase "generational wealth" has been discussed on this read - as well as elsewhere of course. My understanding is that a lot of churches are holding workshops as part of a whole emphasis on building all kinds of financial knowledge. Historically POC had lower rates of home ownership and for most working and middle class people, home ownership is the surest way to actually build wealth and have financial security. Traditionally people bought a home and stayed in the home - paid off the mortgage and then owned a home with either significantly lower housing costs OR the ability to downsize or even get a reverse mortgage. Also - in the past people would have paid off their home 10 or 15 years before retirement and so they had the ability to increase retirement savings in the final decade or so before retirement. To some extent that model has been a bit disrupted with many older people getting mortgages - people taking out HELOC and also people moving into increasingly expensive homes instead of staying in their original homes. POC were frozen out of housing for many years - mortgages were hard to get - neighborhoods were redlines and if POC lived there, no financing was available. Not to mention the practice of block busting

My experience was in a year round house that was lived in by my aunts/uncles - so no this was a pretty standard experience in the summer when rainfall wasn't enough to adequate fill up whatever needed to be filled in order to use water without regard. And based on my reading articles on what is happening to aquifers - especially in the South West, I certainly don't think that water supply from the ground is something to be scoffed at. There is a community near Phoenix (I believe) which now literally has no source of water because Phoenix is no longer willing to sell them water so they are trucking it in for a distant place at a relatively high cost. As to the cost of homes in certain areas being high, that is a reality and so a $700,000 home in Scottsdale is modest based on what that money would buy in other places. That the homes she was looking at were relatively modest was a reality - they were certainly not high end homes in any way - neither in size or finishes. She accepted her "beer budget" - it wasn't as if she was buying something she couldn't afford. Who said anyone felt "sorry" for her? I don't think anyone living in a high cost of living area doesn't look at what they could live in if they were willing to live in an inexpensive area.

I briefly scanned the articles on "sewage lagoons" and I do think that the "odor" was de-emphasized - as in briefly mentioning that odors would be expected at least twice a year when the seasons change and "upset" the balance. Presumably since there is a sewage lagoon, they have no other indicia of modern civilization so they are drinking well water. No way would I want to drink water from a source that was close to untreated sewage. A septic tank is bad enough. I used to spend summers in the "country" in a place that had a well, septic tank and used tanks of propane to fuel the stoves. It even still had an outhouse :-). Not that wasting water - even city water which flows freely and generally is safe is a good thing but the kind of water restrictions you need for wells generally really impacts normal stuff like washing dishes and flushing toilets and even taking showers and baths. There was some discussion of the Phoenix woman whose friend said she had a champagne budget on a beer budget and I kind of got it because the houses she was looking at in the $700,000 range were really kind of basic. I am in Los Angeles and so am not shocked by high housing costs for modest homes. I knew that Scottsdale is a prestigious area but was still a bit surprised that the amount of house that kind of budget would be was essentially somewhat of a basic builder grade home - and not even a new one with stylish finishes.

Well yes of course. That was my point that if you buy with someone who isn't a spouse, then you need to have a contract which spells out in detail every contingency and how it will be handled. I have my doubts as to whether everyone buying a home with someone who isn't their spouse thinks through every scenario. Just the most basic - generally most married couples believe they are an economic partnership while many unmarried couples keep separate finances. How do they handle it if one person loses their job or has unexpected financial problems?

I don't understand how people who aren't married buy a house together. The Oregon couple didn't want to get married because they wanted to spend money on the house and not a wedding. Just go the courthouse. I am not coming from a moral point of view but just a practical one. If you buy a house with a spouse, the laws are in place in terms of protecting each spouse if there is a divorce. The parties could theoretically sign a prenup but you don't need one as the default because division of property is covered. If you buy a house with a non-spouse, you are just entering into a business relationship with a partner and you need a contract in place that covers every contingency in the event that you no longer want to live in the same house.

I had no idea coyotes existed in Minnesota - honestly I would have thought wolves.

But this episode was shot in San Diego where roaches are a sign of poor maintenance and I would be very wary of how the HOA maintained other parts of the infrastructure of the property Different areas have different "wildlife" - I would imagine coyotes aren't a threat in South Carolina but actually are hazardous to small dogs in relatively urban areas of Los Angeles.

I live in Southern California which has the same eco-structure as San Diego and roaches are NOT something that is now prevalent in well maintained housing. Now ants on the other hand are a HUGE problem for some reason and people in single family homes will generally have a contract with ant extermination specialists. I am not a scientist but I think the dry weather combined with essentially no dormant period because it is never cold creates a perfect storm of ant infestation

First place in Allentown was definitely a townhome - that is pretty much universally what attached homes are called - whenever built. My comment was that the third home was called a town home as well - but I might have been mistaken. There was a new (at least to me) episode which my DVR picked up. Young kid buying a condo in San Diego touring with him mother. The places he looked at were small and older one bedroom/one bath units - the larger was less than 600 square feet. I think they were originally built as cheap rentals and then turned into condos. However I am astounded there were any choices for less than $200,000. I must say that the roach scuttling up the wall would have been an instant NO to me because it would have raised issues about maintenance of the property. I live in a multi family high rise and I haven't seen a roach in years - I used to have roaches but the chemicals used now seem to have completely eradicated outbreaks. I think the newer ones don't just kill them but have a chemical they bring back to the nest which prevents the eggs from hatching. Any place that still has roaches - yuk.

I missed the part where he wanted to put three people in one room? Although I think that a lot of people his age - right out of college - don't mind have a bunch of roommates. And not to be gender specific, I think guys are much more likely to not mind living with a lot of other guys in an extended "frat bro" type of situation. Most girls would be more focused on bathrooms. I wouldn't call the home I bought a "town house". It was just a very typical home that was built in that period. Suburbs didn't exist but a lot of homes - especially those built for working class incomes - were built close to each other but not attached. Historically a "town house" was actually the second home for the gentry in England who would use their "town house" in London during the season but not - at least in the USA - describes row homes which are attached in some way. They can either by older like NYC brownstones but their are newer townhome developments because they don't require as much land Honestly I thought the first two houses were terrible. The first town home was pretty bad - on a very noisy street AND all the rooms were small. It was a stupid choice for a single person - the logical choice would be poorer people who needed three bedrooms and wouldn't mind the very small rooms because they had kids they needed to squeeze in. The house in the suburb was completely fugly. A door to the exterior is theoretically nice but not if it isn't the only way to access the back yard without going around the front. I have seen that kind of layout in some of the Chicago apartments where the master bedroom is in the rear and that is where they have the wooden stairs which pass themselves off as balconies :-)

John was being ridiculous regarding the curbs. For whatever reason, there are some streets in Los Angeles that have extremely high curbs. The normal way that *normal* people handle this is to pull out slightly before parking so that the door can open. Hard to explain in words but it works. The curbs can be so high that you literally can't open the door so it goes beyond mere scratching

I don't know if Kenya's "new" ass really looked like the picture the producers produced to show the before and after but jeez Louise, how in the world did an ass that looked like that become aspirational? Kenya looked lovely in the older photo of her rear in the white dress - it wasn't as if she had no curves but in the second picture it looked deformed.

The neighborhoods in Los Angeles County are part of the City because of water rights. The "separate" cities within Los Angeles County historically had their own sources of water - Burbank, Culver City, Beverly Hills, Burbank and West Hollywood. Those are typically thought to be part of the "city" versus Calabasas which is also technically in Los Angeles County but isn't generally mistakenly thought of as part of the city. West Hollywood wasn't a city until 1984 when it voted to become a city - it was just an unincorporated area of Los Angeles until then. It partially became a city because it felt its interests were more that of a separate city than the mostly suburban/rural other unincorporated parts of the county. West Hollywood has a contract with the LA County Sheriff's department versus Beverly Hills which has its own police force.

I can easily fall asleep with the lights on (and often do) so I don't understand the need for complete darkness but some people do and get blackout shades. However, at least in cities where I have lived - New York and I believe Los Angeles, you can't have a legal bedroom without a window and a closet. That impacts the value of an apartment or home in terms of advertising the number of rooms/bedrooms. Again to some extent it is a matter of personal preference and life style. I think it would be difficult to share a home if the bedroom didn't have walls and a door that reached the ceiling that at least theoretically blocked out some amount of sound. I live in a condo with relatively large square footage which was built as a one bedroom. However, there is an area of the living that is an L shaped and is open wide to the living room but has a door from the hallway as well as a closet. It can easily be converted into a decent sized bedroom by putting up a wall that separates it from the living room and then you would exit/enter from the already existing door to the interior hall. It was built this way deliberately because it would have required two underground parking spaces to be a two bedroom. Many people put up the wall and I have been told that it increases the value of the condo unit even though it is the exact size of the original one with just a wall. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤫 When I remodeled, I didn't put up a wall because I prefer the wide wall of windows and larger "feel" without a wall and I didn't particularly care about increasing potential value as I remodeled for my needs.

As the cliche goes, the partial walls in the Chicago style lofts seem to be a feature and not a bug. There would be no way to actually have a wall to the ceiling in the Chicago style lofts because of the typically large duct pipes that run across the ceiling. Also there would be no window because typically they are at the rear. I am used to New York style lofts which for the most part don't have exposed large duct pipes - they might have something small but at least in my experience they don't have anything. I lived in a loft conversion in Manhattan for awhile - the one and two bedroom units were wider so the bedrooms had windows. I lived in a loft studio but since the ceilings were 14 high, there was a loft area for the bedroom that was actually pretty comfortable and a normal height person could stand below it and when actually in the loft.

Regarding Chicago corporate finance guy, many companies in creative fields don’t care about having a corporate look. I worked for a production company and the CFO was extremely flamboyant Also given their budget for housing, it didn’t appear he was a high level person so he could be a bookkeeper or accounts payable relatively low level. And he seemed to work from home as an office was critical

Or cater the wake or gathering. Vicki from Orange County had a similarly unhinged narcissistic reaction because people didn’t bring casseroles in sufficient quantity when her mother died. 🤷‍♀️😂

Interesting because my reaction to the "old" footage was completely opposite. It showed Kandi acting in a completely normal manner when Marlo first informed her of the nephew's death when it happened two years ago. She expressed condolences - comforted her in the moment - and then forgot about it until Marlo decided to resurrect it out of the blue. The only reasonable purpose for Marlo's action was to deliberately make Kandi look bad. There is an interesting recap on Vulture - the Vulture recaps are generally quite good https://www.vulture.com/article/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta-season-15-episode-6-rap-sheets-and-old-beefs.html This extended scene, which we previously saw only a snippet of, shows the empathy Marlo claimed to be missing from the exchange. It’s also important to note that Marlo never used Quentin’s name, at least not in this particular footage, so it’s plausible that Kandi didn’t know which nephew Marlo was referring to. In her dry Kandi way, Kandi did show compassion for Marlo, both in person and in her confessional, where she touches on her own close relationship with her cousins. She even opened up about her brother, who died at 23 in a car crash, a subject we rarely hear her or Mama Joyce speak about. His name was Patrick Riley, so we can only assume Kandi’s daughter is his namesake. Marlo is a textbook example of how trauma follows us into adulthood. We don’t need a degree in psychology to note that during her time on the show, virtually every issue she’s had with the ladies involves her not feeling seen, heard, and loved, all the things that were missing in her childhood. She wants everyone to cater to her and expects even more love when she’s acting out, perenially a child who chooses bad behavior to get attention. Marlo would throw mud in someone’s face and then get upset when that person, muddied face and all, didn’t hug her and ask why she was misbehaving. But Marlo is no longer a child, and these women do not owe her the love she didn’t get from her mother or foster parents, especially not when Marlo spews her venom at them. As Lala said about Raquel on WWHL, I don’t think reality TV is a conducive space for Marlo to heal and find the love she needs and deserves. And, frankly, it’s not fun to watch; it feels exploitative.

Marlo's "storyline" regarding the death of her nephew really underscores what a horrible mentally disturbed person she truly is. The footage when Marlo told Kandi about the death showed a completely normal reaction by Kandi to being informed that a co-worker/casual friend's nephew had died. You express condolences at that time and then you forget about it. I don't consider myself particularly hard hearted but I don't send flowers every time I hear of a death or serious illness of someone who isn't a close friend or relative. More importantly I don't have any expectation that someone is going to send me flowers in that situation. When my brother died people who I worked with (i.e. casual co-workers) expressed their condolences the first time we saw each other when I got back to work. That was all I expected - I didn't even have any expectation of a sympathy card. Same kind of weird entitlement that somehow Kandi should have used connections to help her get her arrest expunged? I mean WFT - maybe if Kandi were a criminal attorney of some kind Marlo could have approached her for advice on how the process works but why in the world would Kandi have any ability to help her more than any other person. If she truly believes that Kandi acted inappropriately and that somehow Kandi should have acted differently her transactions with the world must be extremely difficult and cause her a lot of issues because she is viewing the world with very warped vision and if she is acting on that warped vision, of course she is going to have problems with any kind of relationship with people eventually. And the alternative is really just as bad - that she is using the death of her nephew in a completely cynical manner - to make Kandi look as bad as possible. But I do believe that Marlo's behavior is so obviously either cynical or insane, that it is backfiring

Slight differences. They sometimes didn’t buy They saw more than three although not all shown but there might be brief glimpses and references to this being house 57 Also they had some fabulous giveaway shoots where furniture was covered by a tarp. The equivalent giveaway now is a house that is in the middle of being renovated because the sellers decided to stop mid project.

They have been running episodes of tiny houses the past month but I think the couple with the child was the most ridiculous in terms of potentially putting themselves in a living situation that would have led to someone slitting someone's throat in frustration - and with a baby The whole baby is small never makes sense either even with the normal houses. Babies grow into toddlers fairly quickly and while I don't think a child needs a bedroom the size of an airplane hanger, I don't understand why a HH thinks a tiny room is okay for ONLY a baby. I don't understand the economics of a small house. They are a depreciating asset just like a trailer home. Why would you pay cash for it in lieu of using the money for a down payment. The only episode that made marginal sense was the 18 year old kid who parked it in his parents' backyard. I suspect the parents were going to keep it parked there and use it as additional housing because it was cheaper than adding an addition to the house. They had a full house and it could be used in the future if kids and grandkids came to visit even if the kids ultimately moved out of the house.

It seems like the tax liens are from the years she was married to Joe Giudice. The IRS can place a lien even when you are negotiating a reduction in taxes or have a payment plan. Not defending tax cheaters but many people with complicated sources of income will be audited and deductions disallowed. Then your accountant or lawyer goes into the IRS and argues why the deductions are valid and typically there is a negotiated settlement. Most people can not effectively not fail to pay taxes because their income is either W2 or 1099 unless they are truly being paid under the table like a house cleaner or equivalent/ And most people don't have complicated returns because either they take the standard deduction or their deductions are relatively simple. For example, stage clothing is deductible but not clothing that can or is used for regular purposes. So Teresa might deduct some of the clothing bought specifically for the show and it is disallowed. Or deduct a portion of her house expenses claiming that it was used for business purposes - ie shooting was done there.

I go with Occam's Razor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor First the FBI and IRS didn't need an inside informer because it was all out on the screen. Do they think that the Feds don't have people watching television. They didn't need family to inform on Mike "The Situation" (Jersey Shore) or Richard Hatch (first Survivor winner) for tax fraud. And if there was an informer, the simplest (i.e. Occam's razor) is that it was a business partner who Juicy stiffed - like the one whose signature was forged on various legal documents Also Teresa and Joe committed bankruptcy fraud all on their own when they lied about assets. Teresa hid a bank account that she was funding with cash from appearances. They were represented by an attorney at this point who I am absolutely sure warned them they should declare everything honestly and then signed something which stated UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY.

Not sure why you think she was his agent and had significant coercive powers over him. My friend worked for a talent agent in her 20's and dated some actors but it would be ridiculous to equate her romantic life with the kind of abusive coercive stuff that is done to women and gay men. Straight women for the most part don't have to coerce men into having sex with them so the power dynamics aren't there for the most part. It is not like she was Sue Mengers dangling power and parts to an aspiring actor. Delores being boring isn't detrimental in the dynamics of a Housewives show because she remains popular as somewhat representing viewer's attitudes. The housewives shows need to have at least one cast member like Delores who isn't iconic but just a quiet work horse. She has the ability to work with all of the women - sometimes she will briefly have issues but it doesn't consume the screen and based on trivialities - the Fuda/Danielle feud was ridiculous and boring and the Gorga/Guidice feud is so too primally ugly and ultimately boring. If they reconcile for next season, who cares because it is all unreal at this point - and not unreal in an entertaining manner,